Stationeers\rocketstation_Data\StreamingAssets\Data\worldsettings.xml

<SolarScale>1.0</SolarScale> is moon/earth orbit default value of sunlight. 1.5 for Vulcan.
You can edit this file in savegame file too without full game modding.

But solar panels can't make more than 500 w of energy per tick.

Unless you edit the game dll by dnSpy or something
Stationeers\rocketstation_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll
For this method strings of SolarPanel class:
But this hardcode modding may be unstable and will be rewritten by every update.
And it's not possible to post it in Workshop.

All this stuff being hardcoded is a real bummer. I seen a reddit post that is 2 years old where the developers said they would expose these values in xml's but it seems they never did it.

This also explains why the modding scene is dead in the workshop.

I am certain your constructive feedback will motivate the dev's to do better.

This is not exactly feedback but an observation. This was asked for 2 years ago with a direct developer response. However despite a positive response saying how easy this would be to do. Curiously this was never done and likely intentional. The only things that seem to be exposed are recipes and their respective costs.

However the workshop does have a single mod that I don't understand how it was made. Unless I subscribe and dissect it I won't know how it was created. Normally this mod would be easy to make but because the code is not exposed I'll have to look into it. The mod changes the capacity of a nuclear battery. But I ether missed it or that code is not exposed.

Originally posted by OperationDx:

The mod changes the capacity of a nuclear battery. But I ether missed it or that code is not exposed.

It's simple attributes mod, as it is written in tationeers\rocketstation_Data\StreamingAssets\AttributesExampleMod.zip

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1785747072

Alright interesting. So I figured it was something simple like this but where did the mod maker get <powerMaximum></powermaximum> code from?

I assume this is a built in override for the hardcode that the developers put in.

Because something like this for power generation should be something similar

<PrefabName>GasGenerator</PrefabName>
<MaxPowerGenerated>150000</MaxPowerGenerated>

Oh you are the mod maker. Nice!

I see the code is in the example file. Got it.

I wonder if you can do something like.


<PrefabName>Coal</PrefabName>
<BurnTime>999</BurnTime>
<EnergyReleasedWhenBurning>150000</EnergyReleasedWhenBurning>

Not much of fields/parameters is exposed for xml editing.

This ones is not about power generated in Solid fuel generator, but just for item burning in the room to raise local temperature.
Well, it can be used for proper coal burning with oxygen consumption and Stirling engine nearby.

You can open Stationeers\rocketstation_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll by dnSpy and see game code inside (works for most of Unity games).
This tool can edit some methods to change values sometimes and analyze things to find, where particular parameter is changed and used.
To find all moddable parameters just Search for ModData.