Troubleshooting - turret001/OffGrid GitHub Wiki
Most problems announce themselves on the monitor, the Info card or a note over your head. Here is what each one means.
When it says
| You see | Why | Do this |
|---|---|---|
LOW BATT, LOAD SHED BACK AT N% |
The batteries reached their floor. | Wait for sun. Switch appliances off to bring N down. More batteries or panels mean fewer dark nights. |
BREAKER TRIP |
It tripped on a version before 2.10.0. | Off-Grid › Reset the breaker, once. It won't trip again. |
| Not wired to anything. Makes nothing. | No cable joins it to the system. | Run cable from here, then Connect on the controller or on a part already wired in. |
| Sky: under a roof | The array can't see the sky. | Move it outdoors. |
| Too far for one run of cable. | Longer than 12 tiles, or 30 to or from a transformer. | Chain through another part, or move the parts closer. |
| Switch it off first | A running controller can't be moved. | Off-Grid › Switch off, then pick it up or rotate it. |
| Placed by somebody else | The owner lock on a server: picking a part up, and its controls. | Ask the owner, a member of the safehouse it stands in, or an admin (see Multiplayer). |
| Connect this transformer to the controller first. | No cable joins it to the controller, or the controller is so far away (about 70 tiles or more) that the game has unloaded it. | No cable: Run cable from here, then Connect on the controller or on a transformer already wired in. Too far: wire it from within 70 tiles of the controller and 20 of the transformer. In singleplayer that only works up to about 90 tiles from the controller; on a server, have someone stand near the controller. |
| No building in reach. | No building has a room within 20 tiles of the part, and the part does not stand in a structure you built. | Move the part closer, or pick a structure you built with Choose buildings.... |
| Not a closed building with a roof. | A structure you built has a gap in its walls, or less than half of it is roofed. | Close it and roof it, then pick it again. |
| Another system already powers that building. | A different controller's system has wired it. | Unwire it from that system first. |
| This part already wires all it can. | One part wires up to 8 buildings. | Wire the rest from a transformer. |
POWER REACH LIMITED (LOADS page, while it lists nothing; Info shows Power reach in red) |
LG Extended Electricity's "Mod sets generator range" option cuts the game's power range to 1 tile, for the controller and every transformer. | Turn that option and "Mod sets generator vertical range" off in its sandbox settings, then restart the server or reload your singleplayer save. |
NO FUEL (GEN) |
Its tank and its barrels are empty. | Off-Grid › Refuel with a Gas Can, or Connect fuel barrel (see Backup generators). |
INDOORS (GEN) |
It is inside a building, or walled and roofed in. | Move it outside. A walled yard without a roof counts as outdoors. |
FAULT (GEN) |
Worn out, or its square caught fire. | Put any fire out, then Off-Grid › Repair the generator (Scrap Electronics; Electrical 3 or the magazine). |
MIXED FLUID (GEN) |
A barrel holds something besides gasoline, so it is skipped. | Empty it and fill it with gasoline only. |
HOSE LOST (GEN) |
A barrel was taken, moved or left out of reach. Its hose lies beside the generator. | Pick the hose up and Connect fuel barrel again. |
OFF BY SERVER (GEN) |
The server has switched backup generators off. | Ask an admin: Sandbox › Off-Grid › Allow backup generators. |
| Switch its AUTO off first. | Its AUTO is on, so Auto decides when it runs. | Switch its AUTO off on GEN, or Off-Grid › Auto: turn off, then Start or Stop. |
| Turn the generator off first. / Disconnect the generator first. / Move the generator outside first. | Converting needs it off, disconnected and outdoors. | Do that, then Off-Grid › Convert to Off-Grid backup. |
| Stop it first. | A running backup generator can't be picked up, rotated, repaired or converted back. | Switch its AUTO off, then Off-Grid › Stop. |
| Cut its cable first. | A backup generator still cabled to a controller can't be converted back. | Off-Grid › Cut a cable, then convert it. |
| This controller already has four generators. | A controller runs up to four. | Cable it to another controller. |
When something's off
| Problem | Why | Do this |
|---|---|---|
| The panels make little | Clouds, winter, dust, snow, damage or a poor facing. | Read the array's Info card. Clean, sweep, repair, and face it south. |
| An appliance gets no power | The controller is off or starting up, or the appliance is past its 20 tiles in a building that is not wired. | Switch it on, wire up the building (see Power whole buildings), and check System monitor › LOADS. |
| No Off-Grid menu | You are in a safehouse you don't belong to. | Ask one of its members. |
| The bank holds less in winter | Cold. A rack out in the weather loses most, a rack in a room much less. | Move the bank indoors. Above 15 C there is no penalty at all. |
| A backup generator never starts | It is not cabled to the controller, its AUTO or the controller's AUTO is off, the batteries are above START AT, or GEN shows NO FUEL, INDOORS, FAULT or OFF BY SERVER. | Open System monitor › GEN (see Backup generators). |
| No equalise option | It only shows when a crate or Battery Bank has lost health. | Nothing. Sealed cabinets never need it. |
OffGrid: INCOMPLETE in console.txt |
Another mod is blocking Off-Grid's tiles or items. | Report it with that line and your mod list. |
Reporting a bug
- With Error Magnifier: open it, go to the Mods tab, pick Off-Grid and press Copy. That copies the error and Off-Grid's own report on your rig.
- Without it: send
%UserProfile%\Zomboid\console.txtright after it happens, before you restart. On a server, send the server's console log too. - Say whether it was singleplayer or a server, and list your other mods.
Post it in the Bug Reports discussion on Steam, or open an issue.