I love the Idea of the HV cables, but their current functionality makes them almost useless it seems atm you can only pull a single step-down's worth of power out of the HV cable due to the directionality of the cable
can these be made to connect to step-up/down transformers with junctions like how steam pipes have?

That's the part idea mentioned earlier, it would be easier to balance.

*Power
Not heat, thermocouples generate power

Realistically the waste heat of a system wouldn't necessarily be enough to drive a turbine. However, it would be entirely enough to put through a thermocouple, which is designed to make heat out of a differential.

Consider that heat transfer isn't 100% efficient, it would be perfectly fine to have it be an ineffficient but cheap secondary source of energy recycled from the system

@Wandering Stars
That would be entirely possible, however, I don't know how balanced it would be, as you'd essentially get "free" energy out of parts. It would need to be a very small amount of power generated per heat unit, and could be combined with an existing stirling engine part idea.

After just checked, MMCT is entirely functional in the new update?

can this be updated plz

it needs to be updated

If this were to get an update would be possible to utilise waste heat to generate power with turbines? After all it's just boiling water, i think it would make sense to use the heat in the network to generate extra energy

I just saw your comment @knytet!
Thanks i will defo check it out!

Yes, that's one of it's most common uses in my experience

Is the wireless substation able to connect to cables?

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It works in 0.30

0.3plz

(Can't reply to specific comment for some reason, This is ment as a response to @Kuro)

I happened to have already found the conveyor mod you desire. Here is the link: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3531718858

Would love for a version of this for Item conveyors. With loaders to transport items across the ship

I recognize this may just be me due to some other mod maybe but I cannot for the life of me get the step up transformer/step down transformer/HV to pull power from the Steam Turbine no matter the orientation of all parts, I found Harbin's guide to reference a "converter" but as of 4/26/2025 I could not locate such a piece. Maybe I am just a ding dong but after 2 hours of reading and trying, Nuc Mod Core-> Pipe -> Steam -> Step Up -> HV -> Step Down -> Distri

I also wish for a HV turn block...

I like it and I hate it at the same time.

I wish there were more informations about energy generation and transfer than just Power Bandwidth which feels off at times. (I'd love to see in real time how much energy is generated/transfered but I guess it's not a must if it's not already implemented)

High voltage Cable seem useless. In description it's the same PB as basic cables.
Output doesn't seem to change no matter how many converters I connect to the step-up transformers.
(even if it's just me doing something wrong - personally I'm against them)

For substations there should be an option to turn on/off the intake of plasma batteries.

"Cross" Steam pipe - There's no need for it. It's just more expensive version with different texture basic steam pipe.

I really like the idea of this mod, but would prefer to have some numbers that I can work with.. Like I have seen in comments that a nuclear core can provide steam to 2 steam turbine.. But how many transformers should I use for one steam turbine for example, does it matter at all?? When should i use HV cable instead of normal cable. The Substation shows 16 power Bandwidth (16 pw/s???), but when connecting 2 Advanced ion beams on continuous fire, that is 2 x 3.75 pw/s , it cannot keep up.. its hard to plan when one is not aware of the baseline power numbers. Thanks!

glad to hear. i did give garagoth veriant a test and i do enjoy what they have there in terms of utility. mostly cross mod support with more storage, but the fact i forgot in my comment is how the step up converters can be side loaded the step downs only function as a terminal (end point) it makes feeding off the side of the HV annoying. (and this was with like 3 step up's feeding) not shure the capasity of HV lines but i feel like having a power going in just to not be able to run it to a equal number leaving the line was annoying but i wonder what ya got planed to that in time. eh minor griefs, my one wish to see ya add though is maybe something so when ya use a transformer to turn ya steam power into proper eletric power it shows on the bar. even if its just regeristering the most posable power a transformer can provide.

That's valid, HV right now is just the first version, the next update will likely have a turn block (either only a 90 degree turn, or a 4-way split like steam pipes do), though my true goal is to implement some form of an adaptive turn block, which won't need six different blocks to work.

i enjoy the mod my only complaint is with HV there is no ability to turn it. so i cannt say make a centeral power spine that binds around a centeral laser path of a ship.and wondering what ya thoughts and plans are of it.

I think the confusion comes from the supply bandwidth still saying 16. If I'm correct, it can transport 16, but at a faster rate? (I'm not sure, but I think that's how it works)
Also, would it be possible for certain parts, namely the reactor cores and turbines, to have some kind of stat or something in their description that details how much steam they produce/how much they can process?

High Voltage cables are extremely high throughput, that's... kind of their entire point. But I can say that you're wasting reactor cores, just one can supply enough steam for two turbines.

Is There a Tutorial Video for how this stuff is Supposed to work? Cause it works but... not as intuitive as you think 4 Steam Turbines (Work order: Stepdown Tranf-Highvoltage cable- Step Uptransf,- Cable-Converter- Steam Turbine- steampipe - 3 Reactor cores each) are not enough to power a High Voltage cable adequate? What dos it take then ?

How is the step up/down transformer supposed to work? Aswell as is there a way to have reactors directly have their output put into the grid aside from crew inputing their batteries into capacitors first?

Oh, I noticed that, but I thought I just never noticed it called that. Thank you for the quick response, cheers

That's because I accidentally pushed a WIP developer build to the public mod, which is something I'm reverting specifically because of things like that, I'm sorry lol

Heyo, I've noticed a problem with the newest update.
The substations are unable to give parts more than a certain amount of power. Parts with more than ten power won't power themselves fully, such as the large shield generator.

@Lily Evershine u stoped (Translation: If a item has a power mechanic, then usually it'll work. Surprisingly, hyperion powered items and sulfer powered items also get powered by MMCT i think.....not like you'd use MMCT to explicitly power those things...Right????????????)

It isn't intentionally designed for it, but if their mod provides support then, yes?

Does anyone know if this mod plays well with SirCampalots Extended Tech Tree mod?

i mean a substation generator hybrid fueled by hyperium

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by that, substations pull power from the grid.

Hello, can there be hyperium fueled substations too?

yes! thanks guy!

I suppose that's fine, but I do want to ask if you could make sure it's clear in the upload that it's a rebalance, and not the main mod.

may i upload it?

i rebalanced it, just edit electric transport quantity and tick.
but i just test it on build mod.

MMCT is already balanced for campaign, though?

may i rebalance it and upload it?

i love MMCT

The Substations don't work properly when used with engine rooms. While the engine room gets supplied just enough power, each connected thruster only gets a single battery worth of power. Once that power runs out, power gets redelivered, but the thruster starts its ramp up time again. Is this intentional?

Awesome mod. Really like it. How much power is produced by the steam turbine? Would it be possible to add the stat to the item's description (ship builder menu)?

This module can't adapt to the new stack thruster, because the new stack thruster needs to be whitelisted for power supply. Can you take the time to add the module to the whitelist?

@rhawin I used Garagoth's version of the mod, but I think the steps to be taken should be the same. Have to edit a couple of the mod files.

1. Go to the mod directory (\steamapps\workshop\content\799600\2885124288\ for this mod). The files to be edit are the respective substation.rules.
2. Look for "CombinedBatteryStorage" and change this line "ComponentID = BatteryStorage" to "ComponentIDs = [BatteryStorage, LocalBatteryStorage]"

Anyone got it to work with the new thrusters?