Power Priority; ideas wanted
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:53 pm
Sometimes I want the steam engines to charge my accumulators so I have a backup for when the laser turrets start firing.
Other times I want the accumulators to drain completely before the steam engines start up so I can minimize coal consumption & pollution.
So it'd be nice to be able to sort the three power structures (engines, panels, accumulators) somehow to determine which has priority; like if accumulators have higher priority than engines you get the second scenario, and the other way around is the first scenario (how it works right now).
I know there are work-arounds, but it'd be nice to have this in the game official-like. Question is, where and how would this be done? The electric network info has all these clickable icons of consumers and producers, maybe something could be done there?
Other times I want the accumulators to drain completely before the steam engines start up so I can minimize coal consumption & pollution.
So it'd be nice to be able to sort the three power structures (engines, panels, accumulators) somehow to determine which has priority; like if accumulators have higher priority than engines you get the second scenario, and the other way around is the first scenario (how it works right now).
I know there are work-arounds, but it'd be nice to have this in the game official-like. Question is, where and how would this be done? The electric network info has all these clickable icons of consumers and producers, maybe something could be done there?