Players who want to have to use transformers to avoid some kind of voltage drop over distance. However, there’s always been a few players looking for more of a challenge, wondering if electricity could be made more realistic. This works very well for the goals and constraints of the game and fits most play-styles perfectly. It’s almost like they strung cryogenically cooled super-conductors to cheap wooden poles. Your electrical grid can transmit infinite power over infinite distances indefinitely.

Wouldn’t it be cool to have this realistic behaviour of electricity in Factorio? Why is it hard?įirst, in vanilla Factorio, electricity behaves ideally - meaning there is no resistance in the wires. When I suddenly close a tap and I hear the water hammering in the pipes I see an inductor’s voltage spike, which is used for boost converters. When I flush the toilet and it creates a whirlpool, I see an inductor being charged up by a capacitor. Even more interesting is how similar the flow of electricity is to the movement of fluids. The backwards-travelling wave of cars inching forward in traffic is the movement of electrons to my eyes. All of them have their own issues and trade-offs, which is why he then introduces his own take at this age-old problem, with great results! The Fluidic Power Experiment stringweaselĮver since my education in Electronic Engineering, I’ve seen the flow of electricity everywhere I look.

A Short History of Electricity Overhaulsįor issue #51 of Alt-F4, long-time contributor and editor extraordinaire stringweasel delights us with a deep dive into the history of mods trying to make Factorio power network management more realistic.

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