Better Power Management

Started by Nibiru1221, December 19, 2014, 11:59:27 AM

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Nibiru1221

This might be something better given in a mod but I put it here hoping it could be added into vanilla.

I love having really big bases but I'm not very good with math so the bigger my base gets I constantly find myself clicking on any of my powered devices and trying to calculate how much total power I have available and how much each device is taking away from it and how much power I have to spare. Then in the unfortunate event that faulty wiring blows all my battery's (Curse this!!), then I need to know which devices can be turned off or left on so I can fill the batteries up again. Then all the while wondering how many more power generators I'm going to need in order to have enough power for all my bases upcoming expansions. 

So I was hoping we could in some way be given an in game screen which would show all our produced power per generator (solar, wind or geothermal) then give a list of all our powered devices and how much they are taking away in a nice and neat format like a spread sheet or something like that. Perhaps also give us a way to toggle power to all of them from this screen?

I was also thinking this could be a screen in the UI given by a new button down near "Research" or given from a new "Better Power Management" workstation type device that could be researched then built? Either way would be fine.

Thanks.