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[Occupational Upgrade] A way to automate SmartBattery + Coal Generator


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5 minutes ago, turbonl64 said:

It is nice for out of the box thinking, but... there is the power shutoff device; will this not shut down the coal generator?

No.  It will shutdown the power output but the gen will still run since it is not being sent power.  

1 hour ago, Zarquan said:

If you have the space in the room below, you can make the door vertical.  You can still build on it and it still turns off the generator when opened, AND your dupes can still get around it.

Dupes can walk on sideways opened doors. Illogical I know but they can.

I've seen the door trick with the coal generator before and it's pretty handy.  Also works with wheezeworts too.  In fact, decided for one of my experiments with the oil well to try this with the ore transfer arm.  Just load up the room with some coal and let the arm and the battery take care of the rest!

 

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Turns out oil well is only somewhat abuse-able heat-wise.  The natural gas it produces is roughly around 150C higher then the water input and it's internal storage is effected by the temperature of the machine and the space around it so, with a little help with some magma, you can get the natural gas kinda hot, but it's unfortunately not heat positive pass the temperature the natural gas it produces.  Also, the oil reservoir is apparently made out of sedimentary rock for some reason and thus can easily melt past 900C.  If it melts and you save your game, exit and reload, the game crashes.  :D

4 hours ago, The Flying Fox said:

I've seen the door trick with the coal generator ..

Using it looong time
That topic comes out, once a month as "new trick" ^^
On the picture is a smart battery sensor too. I am wondering why the CG not gets an automation slot. Bruteforcing it so looong..
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7 hours ago, Oozinator said:

Using it looong time
That topic comes out, once a month as "new trick" ^^
On the picture is a smart battery sensor too. I am wondering why the CG not gets an automation slot. Bruteforcing it so looong..
image.thumb.png.82d498d4e8e49c35bcb6910c431ec2bc.png
 

I've never said it was a new trick, just showing an update of this set up.

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