Natural Gas Generator Broken

[Treeman]

I have been having a problem where in all of my saves natural gas generators do not work. The game does not register them as a gas output and the gas does not flow there.

The screenshot is of a setup i was trying to make in debug mode (it happens regardless of weather i use debug mode or not). Gas was flowing to the vent, but it now says that the pipe is blocked even though it is connected to a generator.

I have tried restarting both the game and my computer, various pipe configurations, using the mini-pump and connecting the generators to an active automation signal. Nothing has changed. It is only happening with the natural gas generators.

Please help

[Alpe12]

I think you reversed input/output.

[Risu]

Refer to tutorial on the right of screenshot for piping help.
 

[PhailRaptor]

You have them plugged in backwards.  Green flows to white.

[The Nightmare Tank]

Like everybody else says, you've messed up the output. You've got a gas pump as well as the generator trying to pump gas to a vent that doesn't exist. Gas pipes aren't operable if they have nowhere to send the gas. In addition, the Natural Gas Generator Outputs Carbon Dioxide. In that piping system, you're trying to push Carbon Dioxide out of the Natural Gas Generator and into the Gas Pump, which is the opposite of what the pump should be doing. Here's a list of directives on how to fix it.

 

1. Break the connection from the Gas Pump to the Natural Gas Generator's output (Green square) and wire it to the input (White square). Otherwise the gas pump will be sucking in gas and putting it out in a vent just a few tiles away from it, which would render it useless.

2. Route the Natural Gas Generator's output piping to that unused vent on the right. That'll get the generators functioning and expelling their Carbon Dioxide from that vent. Do the same for the other generators. Do not do a straight pipeline across all three outputs. This can block the pipes for two of the generators at once and limit production, since the generators would be inoperable while their output pipes aren't serviceable. The fix is simple - pull the piping one tile vertically from the output tiles, THEN make a straight line.

3. Get a liquid pump installed in that room. The reason for this is because the Natural Gas Generator also produces Germless Contaminated Water, which cannot be directed with a liquid output pipe, since the generator does not allow for one. This Contaminated Water will start to flood your generator room if left unchecked, so be prepared to direct it somewhere else, such as into a germless Contaminated Water Tank or a Water Distiller.

 

Also, be careful about Carbon Dioxide leaking into the Generator input pipes due to gas pumps. Inserting the wrong element into the generator will damage it, so maybe invest in a filter just to be safe, or make sure no other gases can be pumped into there through pipes, pumps, or vents.

 

Here's a crudely made (In Paint) diagram of a regular setup to handle Natural Gas Generators.