POWER GRID LINKING SYSTEM Link Reactor or other source To Specific blocks using numbered bus system
The ability to link a Power Producing block/block groups like Reactor, Hydrogen Engine, Battery, Solar Panel or Wind Turbine to a specific block or blocks, The Power producing block would have an optional drop down list with a Channel or Wiring Bus numbered A to Z or Numerical value and the block receiving the power would have to be set to the same Channel or Bus to be powered solely from that power producing block, this will open up a HUGE potential of system designs.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Dedicated power systems for Thrusters, Dedicated Power system for Safe Zones (It would KILL the safe zone EXPLOIT being used right now on servers by pirates draining power to drop safe zones by having connectors on their own bus sysytem) you could have reserve power systems being charged but not dischared until swithed to that power bus. you can have solar panels powering specific blocks to activate something when in sunlight only, you could have a solar panel power a bus and you can use such, as a switch to deactivate another block using a timer to trigger it because the timer would be turned on only when powered.
The potential of such a system cannot be fully appreciated yet because people will find new ways to use such a system later when it's available to them.
Of course all power consuming blocks would need the same power bus selection option to be able to fully implement such a system. This would address the wiring system people have asked for already in other posts,
You can also have on the selection list a default setting that would just use a main bus that powers everything on the same grid unless the receiving block is on another bus.
Add the ability for timers to switch the power bus setting of a block or group of blocks to automate the function as well.
PLEASE consider this as an addition to the already Great Game in the works to become a masterpiece.
MIC
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