Create: Solar Powered

About:

Create: Solar Powered adds a new block, the Solar Panel, which generates Forge Energy by converting sunlight into electricity. I highly recommend using it together with Create Crafts & Additions but it's totally optional.

Features:

Solar Efficiency. The solar efficiency affects how much energy a panel can generate per tick - lower efficiency means less power. The efficiency depends on the time of day, with a peak of 100% between 4000 and 8000 ticks. Weather also plays a role: rainy days cut efficiency by 50%, and thunderstorms reduce it by 90%. Altitude can also affect output, but that's disabled by default (you can enable it in the config file).

Energy Generation. A solar panel injects FE into the block directly below it. Connectors from Create Crafts & Additions can draw energy from any side, but cables and connectors from other mods will only work when attached to the bottom. By default, a panel produces 12.5 FE per tick at 100% efficiency, but you can change that in the config.

Energy Sharing. Each panel has a built‑in buffer of 1 kFE. Panels next to each other will share their stored energy, so a large array only needs a single connection to transfer power. The buffer size is configurable as well.

Mod Compatibility:

Any mod that uses Forge Energy should be compatible. Addons like Create: Power Grid are not supported due to complexity. Create: The Factory Must Grow is compatible with the help of Converter block that TFMG itself adds which will convert FE into TFMG's energy units.

⚠️ Please note that cables from mods other than C&A should be connected from the bottom ⚠️

The Crafting Recipe:

Planned Features:

A ponder scene for the solar panel. ✔️

Support for Create's contraptions.

Create's reach‑around block placement system implementation.

Connected textures.

Solar heater.

Dust accumulation (will be off by default).

A github page with source code. ✔️

1.20.1 backport.

Solbullar pastry.

Sun glasses :)