Solar capacitors will always prioritize using solar energy before burning fuel.
Empyrion solar panels in space.
Get at least a dozen solar panels up and turn off things not in use and one should see batteries actually charging.
Is there an edit to the game options i can select or add manually to increase or remove this limit on my server.
In addition any generators present in the base will not consume fuel as long as there is ample solar energy stored in capacitors to meet the base s power needs.
Solar panels work in space just fine.
Empyrion galactic survival.
The green indicators indicate the efficiency maximum output of the panel with 4 green indicators being the best.
The yellow indicators indicate the current output of the panel again with 4 being the highest.
Is solar power in space supposed to suck.
I fully understand the need to limit this in full survival mode game but the server i run for my friends and i is a world i edit and tinker with and we d like to build some truely massive stuff including things like solar farms.
So if your solar output is not more than your consumption your batteries will never charge.
There are no infinite sources in empyrion other than the trusty survival constructor and water so not dying and spending most of your time not just mining is pretty much about using energy efficiently.
This just seems off to me.
The best way to make use of solar energy is to set up device grouping in the control panel.
I have a base on the planet that generates 1 5mw on solar but my platform in space only generates 572kw.
Solar is used first then generator power.
If you read nothing else.
Do they not work in space or am i doing it wrong.
Let s talk about energy efficiency.
I have a space station with 15 solar panels facing the sun.
Generally love thy survival constructor.
All lights on them are full which means they are getting power.
The capacitor for the station is turned on but the station is not getting any power from the panels.
As such it.
As a guide each panel can produce 50 60kw of power so you can produce up to about 1mw of power.
Solar energy setups can be complicated and require some thought to become truly efficient.
This means in order to make a base sustainable you re looking at a maximum of 300kw of consumption.
And 2 or even 4 small solar panels isn t enough.
The further out you get in au from the sun the less efficient they are until the point it seems like they don t even work.
15 solar panels isn t exactly massive heh in fact.
