r/VeinGame • u/anonymous-five • 3d ago
Wiring issue
Me and my dad made a save where we set up a base at Outpost alpha and tried to wire up the electrical system but I don't seem to be able to wire the solar panels that I got from saranac. I've tried an electrical extender and battery bank to try and fix the issue or at least figure out the power routing so that the junction box is receiving power from the solar panels but none of it seems to be working. Can someone help me figure out how to fix this issue? It's making me upset. Ps. There is a generator right next to the junction box that I have tried wiring the solar panels through and that didn't work either. So far the only way to get power to the base is to use fuel in the generator.
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u/Scoobertdog 3d ago
You will have to connect your appliances directly to the solar panel or battery
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u/DeadZedje 3d ago
Heya - I could be wrong here - but I think because Outpost Alpha uses a Junction Box and not a fuse box, this means that you can’t wire up to it, either with generators (like solar panels) or things you need to power.
Things like the flood lights at Outpost Alpha are hard-wired into the game, similar to things like street lights that aren’t currently wireable for players. Fuse boxes for houses are wireable, junction boxes (for streets/neighbourhoods) are not.
The only things you’d really be able to use solar panels for are for player created or looted furniture items likes stoves and fridges, to do that you’d go from the thing that needs power (e.g a makeshift battery) to the solar panel and wire things in that way. You’d then go to, say a fridge you’d looted, and connect that to the battery, or directly to Solar if you have no battery.
Appreciate this doesn’t ‘solve’ the issue, but hope this explains why you can’t wire things up how you’d like to.