| commit | author | age | ||
| ee0765 | 1 | -- Solar panels are the building blocks of LV solar arrays |
| S | 2 | -- They can however also be used separately but with reduced efficiency due to the missing transformer. |
| 3 | -- Individual panels are less efficient than when the panels are combined into full arrays. | |
| 4 | ||
| be2f30 | 5 | local S = technic.getter |
| S | 6 | |
| 83c649 | 7 | |
| S | 8 | minetest.register_craft({ |
| 9 | output = 'technic:solar_panel', | |
| 10 | recipe = { | |
| 11 | {'technic:doped_silicon_wafer', 'technic:doped_silicon_wafer', 'technic:doped_silicon_wafer'}, | |
| 12 | {'technic:fine_silver_wire', 'technic:lv_cable', 'mesecons_materials:glue'}, | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | } | |
| 15 | }) | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | ||
| 563a4c | 18 | local run = function(pos, node) |
| N | 19 | -- The action here is to make the solar panel prodice power |
| 20 | -- Power is dependent on the light level and the height above ground | |
| 21 | -- There are many ways to cheat by using other light sources like lamps. | |
| 22 | -- As there is no way to determine if light is sunlight that is just a shame. | |
| 23 | -- To take care of some of it solar panels do not work outside daylight hours or if | |
| 24 | -- built below 0m | |
| 25 | local pos1 = {x=pos.x, y=pos.y+1, z=pos.z} | |
| 26 | local machine_name = S("Small Solar %s Generator"):format("LV") | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | local light = minetest.get_node_light(pos1, nil) | |
| 29 | local time_of_day = minetest.get_timeofday() | |
| 30 | local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos) | |
| 31 | if light == nil then light = 0 end | |
| 32 | -- turn on panel only during day time and if sufficient light | |
| 33 | -- I know this is counter intuitive when cheating by using other light sources underground. | |
| 34 | if light >= 12 and time_of_day >= 0.24 and time_of_day <= 0.76 and pos.y > -10 then | |
| 35 | local charge_to_give = math.floor((light + pos1.y) * 3) | |
| 36 | charge_to_give = math.max(charge_to_give, 0) | |
| 37 | charge_to_give = math.min(charge_to_give, 200) | |
| 85a984 | 38 | meta:set_string("infotext", S("@1 Active (@2 EU)", machine_name, technic.pretty_num(charge_to_give))) |
| 563a4c | 39 | meta:set_int("LV_EU_supply", charge_to_give) |
| N | 40 | else |
| 41 | meta:set_string("infotext", S("%s Idle"):format(machine_name)) | |
| 42 | meta:set_int("LV_EU_supply", 0) | |
| 43 | end | |
| 44 | end | |
| 45 | ||
| ee0765 | 46 | minetest.register_node("technic:solar_panel", { |
| S | 47 | tiles = {"technic_solar_panel_top.png", "technic_solar_panel_bottom.png", "technic_solar_panel_side.png", |
| 48 | "technic_solar_panel_side.png", "technic_solar_panel_side.png", "technic_solar_panel_side.png"}, | |
| 83c649 | 49 | groups = {snappy=2, choppy=2, oddly_breakable_by_hand=2, |
| S | 50 | technic_machine=1, technic_lv=1}, |
| 51 | connect_sides = {"bottom"}, | |
| ee0765 | 52 | sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(), |
| 7c4b70 | 53 | description = S("Small Solar %s Generator"):format("LV"), |
| ee0765 | 54 | active = false, |
| S | 55 | drawtype = "nodebox", |
| 56 | paramtype = "light", | |
| 57 | is_ground_content = true, | |
| 58 | node_box = { | |
| 59 | type = "fixed", | |
| 60 | fixed = {-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, 0, 0.5}, | |
| 61 | }, | |
| 62 | on_construct = function(pos) | |
| 63 | local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos) | |
| 64 | meta:set_int("LV_EU_supply", 0) | |
| 7c4b70 | 65 | meta:set_string("infotext", S("Small Solar %s Generator"):format("LV")) |
| ee0765 | 66 | end, |
| 563a4c | 67 | technic_run = run, |
| ee0765 | 68 | }) |
| S | 69 | |
| 70 | technic.register_machine("LV", "technic:solar_panel", technic.producer) | |
| 71 | ||
