electrical connections in total

[LtGenZombie]

I’m working on a little project and have connected up lights/traps/switches and so on to generators. But I’m getting an error ‘ Physics.PhysX] QuickHullConvexHullLib::findSimplex: Simplex input points appers to be coplanar’ when I reach a certain limit on electrical connections does anyone know this limit?

[blugold1]

Unless something has changed, I believe the limit for output connections from one item is 9. But you can just daisy chain electrical relays to increase to as many as your power source can support.

[LtGenZombie]

It’s not connecting more items to one relay or blocks it’s the whole game in general, the max concurrent connections in the whole game. I have probably over 100 connections from different blocks I have generators connected to relays connect to switches/traps/doors/lights after a while i get the error, but reducing the connections stops the error.

[SirFfuzzyLogik]

I would like to know how feasible it would be for FTP to rework the electrical system to allows for systems to have multiple parent connections. Perhaps through a specific block, like a transformer. I have a base and a shed with 8 generators, 3 battery banks, and plans to add more solar banks. I'd love to attach them all to the same grid. It would really help simplify the system.

[FA_Q2]

^ this is something that many of us have been asking for as it would go a long way in allowing for general logic gates as well - something that is sorely needed IMHO.

 

Bot sure if it will ever happen though - TFP have not really seen to addressing the electrical system for awhile now.

[Khulkhuum]

I don't know how feasible it is to tamper with the number of connections themselves, but i suppose introducing new blocks would help things like:

1. Proposed above, a transformer block that would gather multiple sources. I would change it to a 2x1 device, where the base would "receive" and the top (or antenna) could be used to "send" power.

2. If not 1 device, add 2 blocks where the first would be a receiver and would shift the power to the neighboring sender block.

 

I think in general the electric systems need a rework to be able to view them as networks, instead of a series of interconnected devices and blocks.