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14 Mar, 2020 @ 5:32am
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Generators Auto-Shutdown

Description
This mod changes the behavior of Generators when they are connected to the same power grid as Wind Turbines. If they are configured to automatically turn on when the Wind Turbines are disabled due to low wind, they will now automatically turn off once enough wind is again available, saving you precious Gasoline!

NOTE: It can take up to 60 seconds after the Wind Turbine is active for the Generator to be turned off automatically. This is to prevent slowing down the server with excessive checks.


Mod ID: 2021999762

Repo: https://github.com/cmerat/Ark.SmartGenerators
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Brimm  [author] 29 Apr, 2022 @ 4:38am 
@Nuadrin I haven't played Ark in quite a while but last I played, it still worked fine. The base logic with how this works should allow it to work more or less indefinitely so long as they don't change the base types for the Generator and Wind Turbine entities.
Nuadrin 28 Apr, 2022 @ 11:04pm 
Is this still supported? Just curious, love the concept.
FastEddy1114 9 Mar, 2021 @ 6:29pm 
Love this mod, thank you so much for making it! I've always been frustrated that the generators can turn themselves on when wind power dies, but not shut themselves off when wind power returns. Thank you for fixing this annoyance!
Brimm  [author] 10 Feb, 2021 @ 4:48am 
@Pastor of Pwn creating a second mod comes with another series of challenges, notably that I would now have two nearly identical mods to independently maintain. Right now, supporting SS generators isn't planned though I will see if there's a way next time I install the SDK.
Pastor Of Pwn 7 Feb, 2021 @ 1:42pm 
I know nothing about anything but would it be simpler to make a separate version of the mod that works on that one so you don't need to worry about cluttering this mod with dependencies? Thanks for your quick response. I can't believe this isn't a vanilla feature with the way Wind works.
Brimm  [author] 6 Feb, 2021 @ 5:19am 
@Pastor of Pwn I'm not certain that I can add that without taking a dependency on SS (which I really don't want to do). I'll look into it to see if there's a way without adding a dependency next time I have the SDK installed (it's a huge install, so unfortunately I don't keep it installed most of the time).
Pastor Of Pwn 6 Feb, 2021 @ 2:35am 
This does not seem to work with SS Generator. I would really really love having them included, as would others.
skiittz 10 Nov, 2020 @ 5:32pm 
Fair enough - thanks for the quick response!
Brimm  [author] 10 Nov, 2020 @ 2:04pm 
@skiittz depends on if they implement the Base Generator class. If so, it should work. If not, it won't. Best way is to try it for yourself.
skiittz 10 Nov, 2020 @ 1:14pm 
Will this work with modded generators? i.e. SuperStructures (aka S+)?