rgduck Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I keep experiencing blackouts because my generators run out of coal, but I've got a bin full of coal right there and a sweeper that can reach the generators. What am I doing wrong? FYI, the sweepers do load up the generators. They just do it "reluctantly." They'll move a small amount, then take a break, etc. Occasionally they fall so far behind that the power actually goes out. Edit: Adding an extra battery seems to have solved it. Edit 2: No, it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charletrom Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Couple of problems are probably happening here to cause the issue 1. Coal generators do not accept coal while they are disabled by the smart battery 2. Sweepers will not pick up tasks that are assigned to dupes If you use a broad range on your smart battery (eg on at 10%, off at 90%) you will maximize the duration of uptime and give the sweepers more time to complete their errands before the generators are disabled by the smart battery. This addresses issue #1 issue #2 is a bit trickier, but can be solved if you are able to restrict dupe access to the generator room. My guess is that dupes are being assigned the resupply errand, but it takes them too long to travel to the generators before they are disabled by the smart battery. Blocking dupe access will allow the task to be assigned to the sweeper. I have some guesses as to why adding an extra battery helped, but am quite confident that the fundamental issue will be solved by the steps described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioespinho Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 In case you need dupes to go in, if you want to tune or wtv, you can also set generators as priority 1. Usually tht gives enough time for sweepers to get the task before dupes do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgduck Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Charletrom said: 1. Coal generators do not accept coal while they are disabled by the smart battery You're right. This is what was happening. I tested some more and I was wrong about the battery alone solving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Also set the slider on the coal generator to 100%. That means that even if the battery is 100% full the refill task is still being issued and not cancelled. This fixes the issue that many people think it's the coal generator internal storage the slider represents. It also fixes the issue that the default value is 50% thus untimely cancelling a refill task when the battery charge state reaches above that. The slider is for use with regular batteries when automated it should always be set to 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primalflower Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/9/2023 at 4:51 AM, Saturnus said: The slider is for use with regular batteries when automated it should always be set to 100%. would this not mean the coal generator is constantly requesting small amounts of coal to be topped off with, the moment that the smart battery reaches below its threshold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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