Posts by taufiq

Quote from SpwnX

Changed compact setup height, i miscalculated obstructions (forgot 14), i'm sorry.

Thanks for confirming, should boost power output a bit

Thanks for the tutorial, SpwnX, used the compact version of your wind farm model in an SMP server, have 19 towers so far and more under construction, all legit. Just have a question, the topmost windmill is at 223 but couldn't the towers be made taller/higher without risk of damage? May have calculations wrong, but from what I understand:

Obstructions on each level (except bottom two) = 13

Obstructions currently in effect for each topmost windmill = levels of obstruction * obstructions per level - tower we're checking
= 7 * 13 - 1
= 90

Obstructions currently in effect for each bottommost windmill = 5 levels of obstruction on and above current + 2 levels below - current tower
= 5 * 13 + 2 * 2 - 1
= 68

From what I understand, power = weather multiplier * wind speed * (y - 64 - number of obstructions) / 750
For max power of 5, max wind speed and thunder:
5 >= 1.5 * 30 * (y - 64 - number of obstructions) / 750

So, fiddling around with this formula we get:
Obstructions needed to avoid damage >= y - 64 - (5 * 750 / 1.5 / 30)
>= y - 64 - 83.3 (approx)

For topmost windmills:
= 223 - 64 - 83.3
= 76 (rounded up)

For the bottom ones:
= 208 - 64 - 83.3
= 61 (rounded up)

This leaves 90 - 76 = 14 more obstructions at the top than max output, and 68 - 61 = 7 more obstructions at the bottom than max output. So the tower can be built to a maximum height (its topmost generator) at 237, and/or can start higher, with its bottommost generator at 215.

Is this right? If not, I'd like to know where calculations have gone wrong. Have yet to actually put this into practice, so haven't yet had pieces of windmill start falling around me