Description
Tiered Power Management is designed to combat one of the longest-standing annoyances with power systems and batteries in the game, namely the fact that while charging batteries from reactors/hydrogen engines is only 80% efficient, having a system with renewable power sources and batteries, with a reactor backup, will not function as intended, and will instead use the reactor to charge the batteries.Details
This script will sort all power generation into groups by type (solar, wind, hydrogen, etc), and will only enable later tiers if the previous ones are unable to meet the current power demands. It will also use renewables - and only renewables - to charge the batteries, dipping into hydrogen or reactors only if the batteries are already being drawn upon and power generation is still insufficient.It will also render all of this data to a screen for quick and easy overview, allowing you to see which power types are in use, and by how much, as well as the battery charging state and current charge level.
Script Options
The script contains the following configurable variables/functions to adapt the script to your ship configuration or needs:DISPLAY_TAG
Type: stringCurrent Default Value:
"PowerStatus"
BATTERY_REACTOR_MIN
Type: floatCurrent Default Value:
0.05F
ENABLE_BATTERY_CHARGE_IF_LOW
Type: boolCurrent Default Value:
false
SOURCE_PRIORITY
Type: string[]Current Default Value:
{"Solar", "Wind", "Battery", "Hydrogen", "Reactor"}