Structural Power

StructuralPower

Version 3.1.3 · Satisfactory 1.2 (≥491125) · SML ^3.12.0

Structural Power adds a hidden power network through structural pieces — foundations, walls, ramps, and bridge poles — so you can power outlets and poles without running visible wires along every segment. v3.1 adds opt-in machine groups and pipe topology (generators, storage, resources, production; fluid supports and machine pipe ports → inline pumps; transport stub). v3.0 reworked attach, load, and reconcile on vanilla circuit APIs with opt-in structural lighting and named light groups.

How it works

• Retroactive — existing structures are wired on load; no rebuild required after installing or updating
• Wire one structural outlet to your grid; connected structure shares the bus
• Ground poles, wall outlets, and towers bridge to the nearest powered structure
• Connectivity is rebuilt from world geometry on load — nothing structural is persisted, so saves can't carry stale links
• Machines (opt-in, default off) — generators and power storage attach on structure; miners and manufacturers draw from the same bus when a bus host is present
• Pipes (opt-in, default off) — fluid pipe supports and machine pipe ports inject structure power into connected pipe runs; inline pumps draw from that bus (not hypertubes)
• Structural lighting (opt-in) — lights on powered foundations draw from the bus (named groups via lights control panels)
• Id assign (I) — Source/Control ids on eligible buildables (lights, switches, panels, and other enabled components)
• Power switches gate keyed subnets on structures — optional pole bridge; Mode B keyed subnets by default
• Hoverpack tethers from nearby powered structure geometry — adjustable horizontal/vertical reach on the server

Chat commands

Type in the in-game chat on the server or listen host (dedicated-server operators with authority). Commands start with ! and do not appear in public chat. Responses show as Hal: system messages.

Available commands ([] — required argument):

• !lighting — toggle structural lighting (default off)
• !Generation — toggle generators + power storage on structure (default off)
• !Resources — toggle miners / extractors (default off)
• !Production — toggle manufacturers / radar / sink (default off)
• !Transport — toggle wired transport consumers — stub (default off)
• !Pipes / !pipe — toggle structural pipe bus (supports + machine pipe ports → pumps; default off)
• !Belts — toggle belts group — no attach yet (default off)
• !HoverH [1-10] — set hoverpack horizontal reach multiplier (saved to cfg)
• !HoverV [1-10] — set hoverpack vertical reach multiplier (saved to cfg)
• !pwrhelp — list Structural Power chat commands

Settings persist to Configs/StructuralPower.cfg on the server/host. Change via chat, console (StructuralPower.Set), or edit the cfg file directly. Chat Mk 2 expandable help lists the same commands when installed.

Roadmap

Feature releases after the v3.0 foundation. Stages are opt-in on servers (off until you enable them).

v3.0.0 — Foundation rewrite (previous)

• Vanilla-first reconcile — processors, transfer-gated bridges, rebuild-from-geometry
• Stable retroactive load after v2.1 save pain
• Structural lighting, I-key Id config, switch subnets, hoverpack tether
• Faster / more stable load remesh on large saves
• Server config via cfg / console / chat only

v3.1 — Machines + pipes (current, 3.1.3)

3.1.3 simplifies the pipe-support spline lookup. 3.1.2 recooks vs CL 502094 (protected OnBuildEffectFinished hook). 3.1.1 fixes satisfactory-calculator.com save uploads (SCIM-safe persistence of Id-panel names and overrides).

• Generators — coal, fuel, nuclear, geothermal, wind, alien booster, HUB biomass
• Power storage — charge/discharge on structure grid
• Resources — miners, water/oil, fracking, geysers
• Production — manufacturers, radar, AWESOME Sink
• Pipes — fluid supports + machine pipe ports inject runs; inline pumps on bus (!Pipes / !pipe)
• Transport — wired-power stub (stations, elevators)
• Belts — toggle only (no attach)

v3.2 — Belt topology (in development)

• Conveyor runs to remote miners

v3.3 — Hypertube topology

• Launcher draw along hyper runs

v3.4 — Rail topology

• Rail bed coupling; train power stays vanilla third rail

Requirements

• Satisfactory 1.2 (≥491125)
• SML ^3.12.0

Multiplayer

Works on client and all dedicated servers (Windows and Linux). Required on remote — all players need the same mod version (^3.0.0).

Server operators: edit Configs/StructuralPower.cfg on the dedicated host, or use console / chat when connected as authority. See Documentation/multiplayer.md and Documentation/chat-commands.md.

Source

GPL-3.0 — github.com/TheHaliax/SatisfactoryMods