RTG – Guide

Power without fuel. The Isotope Generator (RTG) supplies its rated power permanently, the Isotope Generator Creative supplies whatever the network demands. Both respect the cable limit: they never offer more than the weakest cable in the network carries, so no cable burns out. Both have their own 3D models (core with cooling fins, warning stripes and radiation sign, plus a control cabinet), a display with three pages, LEDs, a governor and full IC10 control. Model labels, displays, buttons and device names appear in German or English, depending on the game language.

Overview#

Neither needs fuel, and neither produces exhaust or waste heat. They never offer more than 95 % of the weakest cable in the network.

Requirements#

• Stationeers 0.2.6428, BepInEx 5.4.23.5, StationeersLaunchPad 1.0, see Installation
• Mod in the active mod pack
• In multiplayer: the server and all players

Building and recipes#

The creative kit has no recipe on purpose.

Setup#

• Floor-standing unit 1 × 0.5 m, 1 m high (2 × 1 × 2 small cells). It fits on a frame.
• The core with cooling fins sits on the left, the control cabinet with display and buttons on the right.
• Ports at floor level: power outlet at the back of the core (red ring), data port at the front below the cabinet (green ring).
• The unit only rotates around the vertical axis.
• A newly built unit switches itself on once and starts supplying right away. After that the main switch decides.

The creative RTG has the same shape, ports and controls. It is violet with gold accents and carries a CREATIVE plate.

Cable protection#

Every tick each RTG checks the weakest cable or fuse in its network and offers at most 95 % of it (setting KabelReserveProzent). From that it subtracts what the other generators in the same network offer in that tick: solar panels, wind turbines, transformers, battery outputs or generators from other mods.

For the survival RTG with 800 W any cable will do. The protection matters for the creative RTG and wherever many generators share a thin network.

• Several RTGs in one network share the remainder in turn. Even together they stay below the limit.
• Exception: if the other generators alone already offer more than the full cable limit, the RTG can no longer raise the cable flow. The typical case is the output of a charged battery in the same network. Then the RTG supplies normally instead of waiting until the battery is empty.

Operation#

• Survival: - and + move in 10 % steps of the rated power. When you switch to MANUAL, the limit starts at the rated power.
• Creative: - and + move in steps of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 kW and so on up to 10 MW. When you switch to MANUAL, the limit starts at the largest step below what the cable currently allows, at least 1 kW.
• In AUTO the creative RTG offers the demand plus 25 % and 5 kW. The reserve makes sure that consumers you switch on get power right away.

Display#

Three pages, switched with the arrow buttons:

1. Overview: output, limit with reason (core, governor or cable), demand, cable limit, mode and state.
2. Core: for the survival RTG the isotope (Pu-238), rated power and operating hours. For the creative RTG the weakest cable in the network with its limit and what other generators offer.
3. Statistics: generated kWh, operating hours, peak output.

States on the display: OFF (main switch), NO CABLE at the power outlet, CABLE FULLY USED (other generators), LIMITED by cable, LIMITED by governor, SUPPLYING, READY.

Looking at the unit shows output, limit, mode, demand, the weakest part in the network and the state.

LEDs#

While running, the glowing slots between the cooling fins light up.

IC10#

On, Mode and Setting are writable. Writing a power to Setting means MANUAL – Mode 0 switches back to AUTO. If the creative RTG has no limit at all (network made only of Power Cable+, KreativHoechstW 0), Maximum reads 1,000,000,000.

Writable addresses are marked (W). clr resets the statistics (kWh, hours, peak).

Example: show the output, report a fault#

The generator is named "Isotop", a small LED display "RTG". The display shows the supplied power in kW, green while running, red on a fault.

# RTG: show output in kW, red on fault
define RTG -354603149     # Isotope Generator (RTG)
define ANZEIGE -815193061 # LED display (small)
define KW 1000            # W per kW
define ROT 4              # Color.Red
define GRUEN 2            # Color.Green
alias leistung r0
alias stoerung r1
alias farbe r2
start:
yield
lbn leistung RTG HASH("Isotop") PowerGeneration 0
bnan leistung start
lbn stoerung RTG HASH("Isotop") Error 0
div leistung leistung KW
select farbe stoerung ROT GRUEN
sbn ANZEIGE HASH("RTG") Setting leistung
sbn ANZEIGE HASH("RTG") Color farbe
j start

Console commands#

Open the console with F3. rtg status works everywhere, rtg reset only on the host or server, or in single player.

Configuration#

File: BepInEx\config\dominik1199.rtg.cfg, or through the mod settings in LaunchPad. The server's values apply.

Multiplayer#

New devices: the server and all players need the mod. The server calculates, the players display. See Multiplayer.

Known limitations#

• The RTG only limits its own offer. If other generators alone already offer more than the cable carries, it supplies normally. If the network then draws more than the cable carries, the cable burns – with or without the RTG.
• In MANUAL the governor of the creative RTG goes up to 10 MW. In AUTO only the cable and KreativHoechstW limit it.
• The survival RTG can only be throttled in 10 % steps of its rated power.
• There is no recipe for the creative RTG.

Troubleshooting#