Dec 13 2015 3 47am originally posted by.
Space engineers auto adjusting solar panels.
Solar panels appear on some pre built ships most prominently the commercial types which are generated with large arrays at the fore.
Dec 12 2015 1 50pm solar panel sun tracking.
It s a c script and it s.
Space engineers general discussions topic details.
Name the advanced rotor that will be tracking the sun rotor again lower case for reasons stated above.
There you can either attach solar panels staright to the rotor pad or add a block then attach the panels.
Make sure you own everything.
Today i set up something i should ve done a long time ago.
An automatically rotating sun tracking solar panel tower.
Solar panels are so under utilized in space engineers but is the a system that allows them to continuously track the sun as well as output the maximum amount.
In order for a solar panel to produce energy its solar face must be exposed to direct sunlight.
This tutorial describes how to setup auto aligning solar panels using dual axis rotors with my ingame script for space engineers.
For example two batteries charged by solar panels is able to power a 5mw required machine refinery assembler etc for as long as the batteries remain charged.
Some new construction actually happens.
You can set it to make the whole ship rotate to face its solar panels to the sun.
I suggest that you attach one panel each first and then adjust the panels so they rotate up or down to point directly at the sun.
This is a quick setup guide for my solar alignment script v3 5 or higher.
The panels are best used with batteries set to recharge or auto mode so as to create mw power output when required for short periods.
Name a solar panel solar panel lower case so it will never be the same as any other default solar panel.
Place a programmable block and a timer block anywhere so long as it s connected to the same grind as your solar tracker.
Solar panel uses natural sunlight to produce power.