Automatic Geyser Calculation
Automatically calculates several useful quantities for every geyser. These values are added to the geyser’s information panel.
Calculated values:
- average flow rates (active period only and full lifetime average)
- required buffer mass to maintain average flow rates
- thermal cooling capacity for geysers under 20°C
- thermal energy output for geysers above 95°C
- number of steam turbines potentially powered by heat output (in tooltip)
- for steam geysers specifically, how many turbines they can directly feed (in tooltip)
I got tired of calculating these values by hand every time i wanted them, so i made a script to do it.
Then i got tired of running that script every time i wanted these values, so i put it into the game.
Now here it is! It’s pretty straightforward, just adds the info to the details panel that appears when you click on a geyser. Some info will be hidden until the geyser is analyzed, so this doesn’t give you any info you couldn’t have worked out yourself.
All values have explanatory tooltips, which i tried to make as clear as possible.
Temperatures will of course be in your desired units: C, F or K.
Steam turbine calculations are provided as part of the tooltip when hovering over the thermal information. They assume a desire for maximum power, and assume the turbine is externally cooled (or an aquatuner is used). If you prefer self-cooled setups, simply multiply the expected number of turbines by 3. I considered adding more info for steam turbine setups, but it got overcomplicated very quickly so i went with the basics here.
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As always, all feedback is welcome. Either here, or on github.
Source code for this mod can be found on github, here[github.com].
As far as i am concerned, this mod is public domain. You can adapt, copy, modify, repost, or generally do whatever you want with it without my permission, so long as you also abide by Klei’s terms of use.
