Hi devs,

since today's patch, our (group of several peeps) power-grid in-game is failing regularly and constantly. (Styx map, open-game)
the electrical furnace isn't even able to finish ONE higher tier ore-to-ingot!
there IS enough power on the grid! (8 solar-arrays, 5 water-wheels)
happens during in-game day-time.
tested locally, P2P hosting and dedicated hosting.

do they even QC the patches?!?

Originally posted by JohnVerv:

Originally posted by Atlana:

8:30a to 4:00p?
that ain't much...your base in a mountain crevice or something?
I got solar power from 7:00a to around 7/8:00p

Good enough for what I am using it for, the main problem is the electric furnace doesnt resume automatically when the solar starts working again, you have to manually switch on the furnace, at least before I could set the equipment to do bulk jobs and then go do an expedition, now I have to babysit it, use a generator or use the coal equivalent furnace.

very
much
the
same
here
On my end, neither local, nor P2P-host nor dedicated server hosting gets me ONE ingot finished in the electrical furnace!

clean up your water wheels and solar panels need direct sun light

Originally posted by Trik:

clean up your water wheels and solar panels need direct sun light

thanks for the tip...but it's bright day light in-game, and the wheels are turning... I know that the water wheels are stopping, when it's gunked up with 50 items...

Originally posted by Atlana:

Originally posted by Trik:

clean up your water wheels and solar panels need direct sun light

thanks for the tip...but it's bright day light in-game, and the wheels are turning... I know that the water wheels are stopping, when it's gunked up with 50 items...

This is why I stopped using them. Too much babysitting required. I usually go with biofuel generators. More power and less hassle.

I have same problem. I have 2x solar panels which are connected to 4x freezers. Till now food was not spoiled. After this patch you can see on food "will not spoil" but after playing game I'm checking all the time but food is spoiling. This patch did this!

I recognized that solar panels are working and then not working and again and again. So something is wrong with solar panels?

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Originally posted by Atlana:

thanks for the tip...but it's bright day light in-game, and the wheels are turning... I know that the water wheels are stopping, when it's gunked up with 50 items...

This is why I stopped using them. Too much babysitting required. I usually go with biofuel generators. More power and less hassle.

I hear ya, but I've set it up so I can be away from our groups main-base for 3-4 days in-game and our stuff in freezers not being rotten away. Solar/water-wheels are cheaper long-term...don't have to deforest entire valleys for bio-fuel materials (we're already at that point)
x-)

IN ADDITION: the game still doesn't differentiate between idling power usage and active use power usage.
Not to mention that there's no hardwired power priority in-game, like freezers then fridges then lights then AC/heater then the rest in what needs power supplied first.

Originally posted by Fear:

I have same problem. I have 2x solar panels which are connected to 4x freezers. Till now food was not spoiled. After this patch you can see on food "will not spoil" but after playing game I'm checking all the time but food is spoiling. This patch did this!

I recognized that solar panels are working and then not working and again and again. So something is wrong with solar panels?

you know, you're actually correct!
I didn't believe it at first, that the devs could screw THIS up? But the in-game checking if sun's rays are hitting the solar panels (or not) has gone down in frequency? Whatever it is, it ♥♥♥♥♥ up the entire power-grid!

pic:
https://imgur.com/a/lm1zBg5

as one can see, sun is hitting the solar panels (they're at about 6th floor above ground) but the green power lights are off, at this captured moment.

For some seconds they are OFF and then again ON. So it's useless to have solar for now. Better to have generator or water wheels and wait till they correct this.

Maybe I have same trouble in [AGRICULTURE: Hydroponics]

ON:36sec -> OFF:3sec -> ON:9sec -> OFF:3sec -> ON:21sec -> OFF:3sec -> ON:9sec -> OFF:3sec...

It was very noisy with mission-prrogress turned beeps until move the next step. :(

I am seeing this aswell since the last patch, The solar panels do switch off randomly even if there is 100% direct line of sight between them and the sun. Thought i would test this so I have set up two sets of solar panels in different locations to try and balance out, basically I have double the amount of solar panels I actually need for whats connected, the plan was to compensate for some of them switching off on one side and having the active ones still having enough power to cover everything, but still not working. Before the last patch I had 90% load on the panels and could run everything from 8:30am to around 4pm without interruption.

Originally posted by JohnVerv:

Before the last patch I had 90% load on the panels and could run everything from 8:30am to around 4pm without interruption.

8:30a to 4:00p?
that ain't much...your base in a mountain crevice or something?
I got solar power from 7:00a to around 7/8:00p

did they patch the power-grid issue with the solar panels yet?

Originally posted by Atlana:

Originally posted by JohnVerv:

Before the last patch I had 90% load on the panels and could run everything from 8:30am to around 4pm without interruption.

8:30a to 4:00p?
that ain't much...your base in a mountain crevice or something? :lunar2019deadpanpig:
I got solar power from 7:00a to around 7/8:00p :lunar2019piginablanket:

Good enough for what I am using it for, the main problem is the electric furnace doesnt resume automatically when the solar starts working again, you have to manually switch on the furnace, at least before I could set the equipment to do bulk jobs and then go do an expedition, now I have to babysit it, use a generator or use the coal equivalent furnace.