[Bug] Capacitors

[Volcanosf]

In my current game I have 8 capacitors in the Power Station building, of which only three are build directly against the Power Station. The others are linked to the station but they are not taken into account by the game, which considers only three capacitors linked to the station.

[Inkognito]

Didn't the tutorial learn us that we have to build them at the main generator thing?

[Volcanosf]

The tutorial shows a place to build the capacitors close to the power station, true, but neither the CEO or something else in the game says that the capacitors have to be placed absolutely against the station. And I don't see why it should absolutely be the case, as there are electric wires to connect them to the station. And you could notice too that in this tutorial the power station is in a room large enough to build many capacitors

[Belsameth]

I had this problem too.
For the capacitator to work it has to be build directly against the generator.

Interestingly I also tested adding a second generator but firing both up just shut em down again, it didn't doule my power. (Yes, the extra generator was also flanked with capacitors)

[Chris]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

[XmAkiNA]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

So who else is going to connect two power stations as soon as they next play PA?

[gsuberland]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

Noticed this myself - it causes it to trip.

Since it's difficult (not possible?) to remove wiring, it can be a pain if you accidentally join them up. I've found the best solution is to install a button and switch it off, to separate the grid.

[Hessen]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

Ghostbusters style "don't cross the streams!"

[Andcarne]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

Noticed this myself - it causes it to trip.

Since it's difficult (not possible?) to remove wiring, it can be a pain if you accidentally join them up. I've found the best solution is to install a button and switch it off, to separate the grid.

You should be able to remove wiring with the delete utilities option. Its worked for me before at least. Just be aware that it deletes pipes as well, so any overlaid utilities will be removed entirely.

[gsuberland]

You should be able to remove wiring with the delete utilities option. Its worked for me before at least. Just be aware that it deletes pipes as well, so any overlaid utilities will be removed entirely.

Tried it - the builder kept saying it was unreachable

[a__gun]

Must of been unreachable then.....under a wall or something maybe?

[gsuberland]

Nope. Right in the middle of the yard, during a mealtime when no prisoners were anywhere near it. Perfectly safe, perfectly accessible. Refused to do it even after I moved a worker to it manually.

[a__gun]

Hmm I've never had a problem with removing utilites tbh

[Belsameth]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

This seems unnecissary complex. Expecially since there's a limit on how many capacitors you can have per generator. Seeing how only the ones build against the generator actually work.

[a__gun]

You can have more than one power station but you mustn't connect them together.

This seems unnecissary complex. Expecially since there's a limit on how many capacitors you can have per generator. Seeing how only the ones build against the generator actually work.

In what way is it overly complex? Just needs a little bit of thought to have different generators powering different parts of your prison.