wind generators

[Gota]

Why do they exceed the limits given by maps?
Sometimes Wind gens generate winds of 2 or 3 when the map's minimum is 5.

[Tribulex]

Maybe you are mistake. The map winds effect windmills and wind turbines. Wind generators MAKE wind, instead of HARVESTING it. Ask any good old dutchie.

[Gota]

Perhaps you can NOT post if you dont know what is being talked about?
That is their name in all the TA mods.

[Llamadeus]

When the wind changes direction wind generators don't produce at full capacity until they finish turning.

[Tribulex]

When the wind changes direction wind generators don't produce at full capacity until they finish turning.

Due to head winds, yes.

[Pako]

Wind generators generate at 100% efficiency but wind strenght vector is shortened towards the middle of the period where wind is changing.
This result to the real wind average being about (1-2/pi)*(minWind+maxWind) so the real wind average is about 20% less than the arithmetic average.

[Gota]

Thx

[Pxtl]

Wind generators generate at 100% efficiency but wind strenght vector is shortened towards the middle of the period where wind is changing.
This result to the real wind average being about (1-2/pi)*(minWind+maxWind) so the real wind average is about 20% less than the arithmetic average.

... now I see why the CA guys redid the wind system from scratch in Lua. Holy balls, how were players/mappers supposed to know about this?

[Gota]

... now I see why the CA guys redid the wind system from scratch in Lua.

Oo

[Neddie]

If I recall, all they did was limit max and min.

[Pxtl]

If I recall, all they did was limit max and min.

There's also the "altitude increases minimum" feature.

[Neddie]

Still not a complete rehaul of the system, but rather, an addition to it.

[CarRepairer]

If I recall, all they did was limit max and min.

In order to limit the max and min it actually required writing new wind code. I did my best to emulate the cycles of Spring's wind behavior (change every 30 seconds, and spend 10 seconds to transition to next wind speed). The only thing I pull from Spring is the direction of the wind which is then used for the purely visual windmill direction.

http://trac.caspring.org/browser/trunk/ ... ontrol.lua

A side note about the stupid semantic arguments: Wind Generator is obviously a short way to say Wind-Powered Generator. Quit being nitpicky.

[Tribulex]

new tech idea:

wind powered wind generator! It uses the power of the wind to create MORE WIND. This makes your windmills grind wheat faster, thus producing more energy!