[VISUAL(?) BUG] Solar Panels Misrepresenting Power (Experimental 55058)

Kurasu

When placed on top of your base, solar panels are worth 250 power instead of the 125.

However, when you go to check them visually, the panel reports only 125.

Picture below to show what I mean.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1170099012

(Picture set to 'hidden'; if you are unable to view it because of that, let me know and I'll set it public)

Hulkie2345

You can upload pictures directly to the forums. Though the button sometimes vanishes. Just keep reloading the page if it does.

Kurasu

The button is there. However, every time I click it in this forum, it only leads to 'image URL'.

Kurasu

Now in the *general* forum, it allows me to upload pictures. However, not this one.

garath

The forum software is notoriously glitchy.

elfcrisis

... I had no idea you could upload directly to the forum. I made an imgur account and use the "img" bbcode tag for what I post there. Works like a charm.

Kurasu

Thanks, @elfcrisis. I'll keep that in mind! I used to use photobucket, but... yeah. :P

elfcrisis

@Kurasu Imgur has, to me, the most straightforward interface. Nice and stripped down, very easy to use.

garath

Back to the topic of the thread, I'm seeing the same thing. My starter base has 2 solar cells. As with the OP, I see 125/125 when I look at each solar panel outside the base. Inside the base, it shows I have 500/500 power.

Edit: Looks like they made a change to Solar Panels halving their power storage.

Kurasu

Yep. So now we'll need to see whether the visual goes a different way.

baronvonsatan

The nerf didn't cut the power storage down by half; it went from 125 to 75 per panel. Although you get twice that above the surface, it still shows up as the original value in #55241, though.

0x6A7232

Kurasu wrote: »

When placed on top of your base, solar panels are worth 250 power instead of the 125.

However, when you go to check them visually, the panel reports only 125.

Picture below to show what I mean.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1170099012

(Picture set to 'hidden'; if you are unable to view it because of that, let me know and I'll set it public)

Also note, if it helps: when the power is "doubled", items take 2x the amount of energy (IIRC). So, fabricating something costs 5 power, well, if your panels are on the base instead of the ground, they cost 10 power instead. -- Not sure how that plays with mixed generator types, would have to check. Also this might be outdated info, but last I knew, it wasn't.

As far as image hosting, I prefer TinyPic, seems a bit lighter than other services (faster page loads; do note, however, that I use the uBlock Origin extension for adblocking, which might affect that).

Belgarel

Kurasu wrote: »

When placed on top of your base, solar panels are worth 250 power instead of the 125.

Fixed in 55376.

Kurasu

Awww. No more bonus power when they're on top of your base? Bogus.

Belgarel

Kurasu wrote: »

Awww. No more bonus power when they're on top of your base? Bogus.

As @0x6A7232 mentioned, there never really was any bonus power, it was basically a display bug. The power would appear doubled but the amount of power you used would appear doubled, too. So you have the same amount of real power in 55376 as you had before it, it just might look like a different total.

Kurasu

Ah! I misunderstood how it worked. In that case, handy!