October 17th, 2023 Livestream Q&A: Can Generators only activate if there's load and not activated based on cable connected?

October 17th, 2023 Livestream

Q&A: Can Generators only activate if there's load and not activated based on cable connected?

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would be nice if the generat is only activated if there's load and not based on cable connected so, that's a conscious design decision I kind of forget why we did that way I think it's, to make sure I think one of the reasons is to make sure that like when you get to Coal which is the first automated, Power tier, you can easily get to a point where you think everything is hooked up and working and then you leave your Coal Power Plant and then you hook it up with the rest of your Factory and then it doesn't work because you haven't set up the pipes or whatever correctly and having it so that they always draw full power means that you can much faster recognize when there are issues in your setup with power, I don't think that's the main reason why we decided to do it that way but that is definitely one of the reasons, and one of the reasons why I think we should definitely stick to that