Superheating

by GotLag

Adds superheaters and oil-fired boilers for increased efficiency in power generation

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8 months ago
1.1 - 2.0
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b 40.0/s instead of 60/s

8 months ago
(updated 8 months ago)

Hello, sorry for bothering you, but I'd like to notice you what I think is a bug, the super heater output steam is locked at 40/s instead of the maximum of 60/s.
I tried multiple configuration, like more 165 boilers and stuff but nothing does and the super heater output is still at 40/s.
(I tried the same setup of the mod's screenshot and I have only 14.4 MW in energy production instead of 21.6 MW.)
I note that the mod have it's default configurations.

Thank you in advance.

PS: Also, sorry if I miss or misunderstand something.


Edit:
It's the same for the quality one (if you have the quality enabled), the output is less than expected:
- Unncomon: 52/s instead of 78/s
- Rare: 64/s instead of 96/s
- Epic: 76/s instead of 114/s
- Legendary: 100/s instead of 150/s

8 months ago

Strange, I can't work it out either. I think this might be a Factorio 2.0 bug, I will keep investigating

8 months ago

Strange, I can't work it out either. I think this might be a Factorio 2.0 bug, I will keep investigating

Thanks.
And I think so, I tested the mod alone only without the DLC and any mods and it's the same result.

8 months ago

I've added a setting to allow superheaters to work without the boiler, heating from cold water to 465°C in a single stage at 150% efficiency, so the same fuel cost and power output that the boiler+superheater combo is supposed to have. I'll leave it in even after the Factorio bug gets fixed as some people may prefer it.

8 months ago
(updated 8 months ago)

I'll try this when I'm back on my computer, but yea, I prefer the initial idea to be honest ~
And thanks!

7 months ago
(updated 7 months ago)

Hi, I'm having this same issue where I'm only getting 2/3 of the output at every tier. Would a potentially temporary work around be to buff the tiers to accommodate this loss? Maybe there could be a mod setting to enable/disable this buff or change the buff value. Just a thought, idk how difficult that would be to implement.

edit: also using the mod rate calculator, it shows the superheater consuming steam at 60/s but only outputting steam at 40/s - not sure if that helps troubleshooting

7 months ago

Yeah this is due to a current bug in Factorio, boiler consumption/output calculations seem to be partially ignoring input temperature or something along those lines.

The workaround until this is fixed is to enable Single-stage superheaters in the mod startup options, which will make superheaters take in cold water and output 465°C steam (and use 3.6 MW of fuel).

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