Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid

Immersive Solar Arrays (v41, GitHub reupload)
Solar panels keep disconnecting on serve restart
Every time my server restarts, I need to connect all my panels plus the battery bank is turned off. Strangely enough the generator is still connected to the battery bank.

Does anyone have any idea why this would be?
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Poltergeist  [developer] May 21, 2023 @ 12:22am 
I can not replicate the issue, all panels stayed connected in my test. If you can help find the problem I'll fix it.


Reinstall the mod: unsubscribe, delete the mod folder on client & server, resubscribe.

Only use one version of the mod. Search in your mod folders for mods with this id and delete them completely.

Check server logs for errors (Stack Trace, Severe)


This will probably not change anything, but you can try picking up / placing the objects if you notice inconsistent behaviour after changing mod versions.
Last edited by Poltergeist; Sep 25, 2023 @ 12:17am
I am having the same problem on a dedicated server. I also have to reconnect the generator.
Rawr the Dragon Aug 12, 2023 @ 1:32pm 
Originally posted by BHB LIKE_50_NINJAS:
I am having the same problem on a dedicated server. I also have to reconnect the generator.

Forgot to update this:
Seems to happen on my unRAID server whenever it restarts. To solve this, I simply did not stop the docker container when it was backing up daily.
Running this from my PC did not produce this issue after resetting.

It's challenging to determine what the issue is but that's what my findings were.
Seamus Sep 16, 2023 @ 7:49pm 
I am having the exact same issue. I am hosting on a dedicated server and whenever I restart (shell script to kill the process then restart), and I join back in, the battery banks are turned off, and the solar panels are disconnected (luckily they are just at 99% connected so its a quick turn of the screwdriver). I have a generator with a failsafe next to it and those stay grid connected. I am also unable to just simply turn back on the battery bank, it goes through the animation and there's a sound, but the text remains "turn on" on the battery bank. To actually get power back on I have to turn the generator on, then turn the battery bank on. After a few minutes the battery bank realizes that the generator is there and the batteries have juice so it kills the generator and then is back to normal. However, now there just a red error on the "details" tab.
Poltergeist  [developer] Sep 18, 2023 @ 12:33pm 
Can you find the error logs? Maybe it can explain what's wrong.
biglewis1869 Jan 5, 2024 @ 7:53am 
Anyone ever find a fix for this mine are doing the same thing
Shnow Jan 7, 2024 @ 9:10am 
Good morning
I have exactly the same problem, any solution or at least a clue?
Shnow Jan 7, 2024 @ 9:13am 
Originally posted by Seamus:
I am having the exact same issue. I am hosting on a dedicated server and whenever I restart (shell script to kill the process then restart), and I join back in, the battery banks are turned off, and the solar panels are disconnected (luckily they are just at 99% connected so its a quick turn of the screwdriver). I have a generator with a failsafe next to it and those stay grid connected. I am also unable to just simply turn back on the battery bank, it goes through the animation and there's a sound, but the text remains "turn on" on the battery bank. To actually get power back on I have to turn the generator on, then turn the battery bank on. After a few minutes the battery bank realizes that the generator is there and the batteries have juice so it kills the generator and then is back to normal. However, now there just a red error on the "details" tab.


did you find a solution?
winkky Mar 11, 2024 @ 3:32pm 
Sadly, I have the same issue. No clue why I have to reconnect my panels every time.
Thisismynameok Apr 2, 2024 @ 4:55pm 
Same issue... very annoying...
chelovekula88 May 11, 2024 @ 4:50pm 
i have this problem too
Anach Jul 5, 2024 @ 4:58pm 
This will happen If you try to connect multiple generators to the same solar panels.
🚀 Sep 22, 2024 @ 2:25am 
EDIT: Problem seema to resolved itself ... the only change I made was to change the power calculation values, I don't know if these make any difference:


ISA = {
ChargeFreq = 1,
DrainCalc = 1,
-- Minimum=1 Maximum=100 Default=25
solarPanelEfficiency = 25,
-- Minimum=0 Maximum=1000 Default=100
batteryDegradeChance = 100,
-- Minimum=1 Maximum=10000 Default=100
DIYBatteryMultiplier = 100,
-- Minimum=0 Maximum=100 Default=25
solarPanelWorldSpawns = 25,
BatteryBankSpawn = 3,
StashMode = 2,
-- Minimum=0.00 Maximum=100.00 Default=1.00
LRMSolarPanels = 1.0,
-- Minimum=0.00 Maximum=100.00 Default=1.00
LRMBatteries = 1.0,
-- Minimum=0.00 Maximum=100.00 Default=1.00
LRMMisc = 1.0,
-- Minimum=1 Maximum=1000 Default=120
ConnectPanelMin = 10,
enableExpandedRecipes = true,
},



Original Below:


I have this issue I will see if I can give anymore details which may help.

As well as this mod I am using a couple others which may affect this? The battery repair mod, and the battery weight reduction, you can see the full server collection here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?edit=true&id=3327815359

I have the same issues as listed about the battery bank being off when restarting, having to reconnect the panels (they are like 99% connected) I have a generator next to the panels but we don't have the book to let us connect it so this isn't connected to the battery bank / fueld up.

Additionally, on restart we noticed all the light switches had been set to "On" (at least in the area covered by the battery bank were not sure if this is server wide).

In terms of server setup I am using the script from LGSM to handle this and this runs under Ubuntu, I am not sure if this is responsible in anyway or not but its worth mentioning if that's a common denominator here.
Last edited by 🚀; Sep 23, 2024 @ 1:32am
Zezin Nov 24, 2024 @ 8:32am 
I have the same problem, when i restart the server all the ISA generators are desconected and i need connect all solar panels and turn on
Mr-Gepetto Dec 20, 2024 @ 8:18pm 
For anyone that's having this issue, I found out for my problem that it was from not correctly shutting down the dedicated server properly. If you're hosting, you need to type "quit" into the console when you want to shut it down. This stopped my solar panels from disconnecting from the battery bank, plus a few other fixes with it.
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