Timed electrical switches

Started by Kagemusha12, August 09, 2016, 05:05:55 AM

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Kagemusha12

I.e. electrical switches for which you can create a schedule (similar to the schedule for colonists workdays) when the switch should be switched on or off.

This way you could, for example, create a separate electrical circuit (connected by such a timed switch) in which all Lamps and/or workshops in the common area are switched off during the night (when all colonists are asleep) ... so that the power for the workshops and lamps is saved during the time when they are not used and solar panels aren't active.

Of course, if you change the schedule for such a timed switch, a colonist would have to go to the switch and enter it (in order to prevent exploiting of such a switch as a "normal switch" that can just, at a whim, be switched on/off without colonist interaction)

Serenity

There is a mod that does that. I use it them for sun lamps. Plants can't grow all the time so I turn off the lamps at night and charge the batteries.