Conditional power production - automatically start and stop power wheels or engines

7 votes

Much like the priority system for building and occupying there should be a system for powered buildings. If no power is available for X time move to another building or fill power building with beavers in power wheels. When power is being produced from other sources that are (power wheel) not manual (windmills, etc) then take that beaver and move him to another building but if there is no power being generated in that system then beavers move to power wheels.

Under consideration Gameplay Suggestion Suggested by: Chute (02 Jul, '22) • Upvoted: 14 Mar • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

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01 Oct, '23
MasterBeaver Merged
Considering this issue is closed, I open a new one: https://timberborn.featureupvote.com/suggestions/319578/engines-should-only-provide-power-when-needed-only-while-staffed

In the new U5, when an engine is connected to a Centrifuge or Decontamination pod, the engine keeps spinning and burning fuel. It does this even when all contamination pods are empty and when the centrifuge is not running because it's out of badwater.
02 Oct, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin
"U5: New badwater buildings: Engines should only run & provide power when there is demand" (suggested by MasterBeaver on 2023-10-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
14 Mar
Mandos
Agree, running engines is expensive in logs and having to turn them all on individually each drought when the water wheels stop is just irritating. Having them kick in when demand is there would make them a far more useful thing to build.