Generator Upgrade

Generator Upgrade

Can be used to generate energy from fuel on the go. Burns items to generate energy over time, based on their fuel value.

Note that fuel can only be inserted into the generator via its API, so you'll have to charge your robot up to a certain level using a charger block first.

Per default the generator's efficiency is at 80% of a BuildCraft Stirling Engine, i.e. it consumes the fuel at the same pace a Stirling Engine would, but only outputs 80% of the energy a Stirling Engine would.

The Generator Upgrade is crafted using the following recipe:

• 4 x Iron Ingot
• 1 x Piston
• 1 x Printed Circuit Board
• 2 x Microchip (Tier 1)

Component API

Component name: generator. Callbacks:

count

count(): number

The current number of fuel items still in the generator.

insert

insert([count: number]): boolean[, string]

Inserts up to the specified number of fuel items from the currently selected inventory slot into the generator's inventory. Returns true if at least one item was moved to the generator's inventory. Returns false and an error message otherwise.

Possible error messages are:

• "selected slot does not contain fuel" if the selected slot has no item which can be burnt
• "different fuel type already queued" if there is already another type of item in the generator
• "queue is full" if there already are 64 items of that type in the generator

remove

remove([count: number]): boolean

Removes up to the specified number of fuel items from the generator and places them into the currently selected slot or the first free slot after it. Returns true if at least one item was removed from the generator's inventory, false otherwise.

Example

local component = require("component")
-- Assuming the generator was just added to a robot and
-- the selected slot contains one stack of coal:
local g = component.generator -- get primary generator component
print(g.count()) -- 0
g.insert(1) -- true
print(g.count()) -- 0 because the item was immediately consumed, generator is running now
g.insert(5)
print(g.count()) -- 5
g.remove() -- remove everything from the generator
print(g.count()) -- 0
g.insert() -- insert everything into the generator
print(g.count()) -- 63 (minus the one consumed in the beginning)

Contents

Items
Components	Data Card - Debug Card - Graphics Card - Internet Card - Linked Card - Network Card - Redstone Card - Wireless Network Card
Storage Devices	Floppy Disk - EEPROM - Hard Disk Drive - Memory
Upgrades	Angel Upgrade - Battery Upgrade - Chunkloader Upgrade - Database Upgrade - Experience Upgrade - Generator Upgrade - Hover Upgrade - Inventory Controller Upgrade - Inventory Upgrade - Leash Upgrade - Navigation Upgrade - Piston Upgrade - Sign I/O Upgrade - Solar Generator Upgrade - Tank Upgrade - Tank Controller Upgrade - Tractor Beam Upgrade
Containers	Card Container - Upgrade Container - Disk Drive
Others	Analyzer - Texture Picker - Component Bus - CPU - APU - Drone Case - Manual - Microcontroller Case - Nanomachines - Remote Terminal - Terminal Server - Server - Tablet Case - Tablet - Crafting Materials - Ink Cartridge - Scrench - Hover Boots - Grog - Loot Disks