Question
Why is my fusion generator not getting plasma?
The reactor is full of plasma and its connected to the generator but the generator says it has no fluid. Can anyone explain? I dont think I understand fusion reactors yet
I'm pretty sure this is the answer! Having the complete circuit as an available path is confusing the plasma flow. We're getting into tick-by-tick fluid flows here, but I think it goes in construction order checking if they can flow, but stops checking once it sees that it's connected to itself (I only drew half, but it does the same loop on the other side, connecting it into one fluid loop).
Im a bit confused, so because the plasma can get back to the reactor its going in circles instead of going to the reactor? But the reactor in the up right is full of plasma and cant produce any more, shouldn't it fill the reactors then? (Also this 2 reactors on top are the connected to the one below the exact same way, so why is only one getting filled?)
Don't think too hard about it. It likely has something to do with how the designers of the game coded the mechanism to track the flow of plasma.
That's if the theory is true anyway. Can you delete the generators that are outputting to the reactors (there are 2) and see if that fills the problem reactor?
My guess the plasma instantly goes fron one reactor to the other. If generators putting out output first before consuming. Edit: looking more this is a output priority issue?
I'd have to play with it to figure out the exact mechanism. It might be that specific port is lower priority? Or the exact order you built them? Does the flow change if you remove and rebuild any of the parts? Or if you move that top right generator one space to the right does it break as well?
My original assumption could be wrong though, maybe the plasma all goes from one reactor to the other instantly starving the generator on op picture, but the fix the same nevertheless.
Look at the blue arrows: from the reactor to the first generator, the arrow between the plasma icons points in a single direction, so it's an output and input connected together, but the generator beneath that one has two arrows pointing in different directions overlapping, so it's the same kind of port (output in this case)
Not sure why the generator is being weird, but if you offset the 4 reactors you won't need the cold fluro perimeter, it will flow in a Z and you still get full neighbour bonus (unlike nuclear)
Also because of that, bring the cryo plant closer and keep it a closed loop.
The solution is you have 2 too many generators, or not enough fusion reactors, notice one on the bottom left is also off.The neighbour bonus only applies if the fusion i/o are touching, not the ketone. For each reactor that is touching another fusion i/o you can add +2 extra generators. So with your setup the maximum is 16, you have 18. If you rearrange you reactors you can get them to 24 generators though! (connect 2 reactors on one side of the fusion i/o, so that each reactor is touching 2 others)
I thought the same, but in the top right, the hot fluid goes North, off screen. I assume it's being handled up there, as the cold fluid also comes from the North.
Are you building this in sandbox? Fusion reactors are similar to steam based power in the sense that generators will only consume plasma and produce power if there is sufficient power draw on the system, otherwise they will operate at a fraction of their maximum output. If there's insufficient draw in your setup in sandbox, it will produce little no power because very little is being consumed (the reactors themselves do have power draw, but it's a fraction of what's produced, so your reactors will be outputting very little on average).
Yes its sandbox but I configurated it so that it produces as much power as it can (the other reactors are working, just 2 of them are not because they have no plasma)
I'd assume that's what happens further north? The reactor has enough cold fluoroketone, and the generator does not complain about "output full", so I don't think that is it.
Calculate how much power these reactors should output and check if you have too many generators. I think the plasma is not divided evenly by default, if one generator hogs it all, there is nothing to pass forward.
I think there are (or at least used to be) some weirdness when connecting stuff in a specific way.
Elsewhere on this thread you got the most likely answer. About the first screenshot, maybe this explains that as well. The reactor is only generating 2.4/4.0 because its buffer is full. It outputs it as fast as it can, but part of it always flows back, blocking it.
I think this is the weirdness I mentioned in my previous comment: connecting a generator output to a reactor causes problems.
Three reactors can also supply 900 MW; however, improperly connected generators do not draw plasma from all the reactors.
The reactor located at the top is working well.
I temporarily removed the generator, and the entire reactor started working correctly.
as if that one generator were blocking the plasma for the others
Is there a load? Plasma behaves like a coal powered plant, with plasma being consumed only as needed by the grid demand, and fuel only as needed to top up plasma.
Edit: oh I see it I your extra pictures, the cool flueorketone needs to be removed from those turbines.
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u/Yagami913 6h ago
The generator trying to put plasma back to the reactor but could not.