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[Feature request] Multiblock solar array #570

Closed alfuken closed 2 years ago

alfuken commented 3 years ago

Can I haz featurerequest? Using lots of solar panels on wires can be quite lag-generating. Would be nice to have a multiblock machine, free-form-but-square-ish, which would just have a controller and a bunch of non-TE blocks attached. LV version would be up to 16 photovoltaic blocks max (because of 16 amps max), MV - up to 64 PV blocks (64bl 32V = 2048W = 128V 16A, HV - up to 256 PV blocks (16x16, for example) (256bl 32V = 8192W = 512V 16A), and so on.

Alas, I am not that good (yet) in MC modding as to implement this myself, but it doesn't sound too complicated... or is it?

Thanks!

alfuken commented 3 years ago

Or just add tiered versions of PV covers... Which would be simpler but a tad more boring...

brachy84 commented 3 years ago

we are not enviromental tech

brachy84 commented 3 years ago

We decided long ago to not implement solar panels or any form of passive generators. They are op and don't fit into greg tech

trerri commented 3 years ago

If solar panels had a half-life of sorts where they would need to be replaced after breaking due to wear, and produced little power when the sky was "cloudy" (read random power fluctuations) and if skipping through the night made them wear as much as if you hadn't done that, then maybe it would be balanced and/or engaging. But there shouldn't be any better photovoltaic cell than the ULV one, just an array multiblock to make it less laggy. This sounds like a huge project though, and you guys have enough of those.

alfuken commented 3 years ago

Well, you see, there are already solar panels in GTCE. It's not a question whether you're gonna implement them or not - they are there. The question is only about lag generation. I can't tell my players on server "do not place too many solars or it'll lag" — they will do it anyway. The only real question here is how to mitigate the lag.

brachy84 commented 3 years ago

by banning solars

alfuken commented 3 years ago

Thanks, cpt. Obvious! 👍

brachy84 commented 3 years ago

Sorry, if I was rude. What I meant to say is, we will not add more solar panels to gregicality. If you want solar panels you can look into mods like enviromental tech (and use converters) or make your own mutiblock with multiblocktweaker.

Syrcan commented 3 years ago

I would like to bring some insight. (Passive) Solar Generators only currently exist as steam boiler, and as covers up to LV (32 eu/t). It is a cheap early game powergen, and a way to power select remote machines without worrying about wiring them. Any passive generator meant to power a non-early game base does not exist, and will continue to not exist within GTCE/Gregicality.  

I can't tell my players on server "do not place too many solars or it'll lag"

Well, sad truth is: you won't go far in the game with 32eu/t solars, even if you spam them. Also that's an expensive investment compared to using a more conventional approach. Each subsequent power tier is 4x the previous one, so every 2-3 tiers players are encouraged to switch over to a different power source. That's also what GregTech is about.

It's not out of question that more solar panels get to see their implementation in GTCE, however the idea will remain the same. They will be expensive and not suitable to give enough power relative to your current tier.

huneau commented 3 years ago

related to #164

serenibyss commented 2 years ago

Closing as a duplicate of #164