Concentrated Solar (Configurable)
Why?
I wanted to be able to adjust the max temperature, the temps contributed by the heliostat mirrors, and finally, the actual range that will accept mirrors. I couldn't do a normal mod calling on the original, since StolenCheese embedded his magic numbers in a file not accessible by other mods.
Also, considering how late in the tech tree this gets unlocked during a K2/SE/Rampant run, a turret doing 3 damage is pitifully weak, so that needed to be configurable too :)
Also now (badly) supports German, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) in addition to the original French and English.
To summarize, these values are now configurable in Mod Settings > Startup
Heliostat Mirror Maximum Intensity (°C)
- Default: 4.26
- Minimum: 0.1
- Maximum: None
Solar Tower Collection Radius
- Default: 45
- Minimum: 1
- Maximum: None
Solar Tower Maximum Intensity (°C)
- Default: 3650
- Minimum: 1
- Maximum: None
Solar Tower Heating Power Output (MW)
- Default: 600
- Minimum: 1
- Maximum: None
Solar Laser Tower Damage Modifier
- Default: 5.0
- Minimum: 0.1
- Maximum: None
Solar Laser Tower Minimum Attack Range
- Default: 6
- Minimum: 1
- Maximum: None
Solar Laser Tower Maximum Attack Range
- Default: 150
- Minimum: 1
- Maximum: None
Cheese's defaults are quite a bit lower than most of these defaults, as I was aiming for a very specific future vision (graphite blocks as concentrator receiver) alongside what is possible with current solar concentrators.
(Mostly) Original Description
This mod adds concentrated solar power to Factorio, in two components:
- Heliostat Mirrors - A mirror that rotates to send solar power to the closest tower within their range.
- Solar Towers
- Including the Solar Power Tower, which turns solar energy into heat.
- The Solar Laser Tower, which concentrates solar energy into solar devastation.
Performance
Most work is done on building placement and deletion, then each group of a single tower and all it's mirrors are updated at once, making this quite performant. For UPS oriented megabases this is clearly not the way for the same reason as nuclear power; fluid.
Mod Compatibility
- Glass - Adds glass and other ingredients to recipes when available.
- K2 - Tweaked crafting recipes (included glass, lithium-chloride, etc.).
- Space Exploration - Towers can be placed in space, requires space science.