Mods / Reversible Windmill Rotor
Author: Windows98
Side: Both
Created: Mar 22nd at 3:22 AM
Last modified: Mar 22nd at 9:49 PM
Downloads: 234
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Latest release (for Vintage Story 1.20.4, outdated):
reversiblerotor_1.0.0.zip
1-click install
PSA: The "outdated" tag is bs. Please test the mod before asking me to update it.
Adds a new windmill rotor that is identical to the vanilla one expect that it rotates counter-clockwise, as opposed to clockwise.
Entirely compatible with my Windmill Configurator mod.
The inverted windmill rotor can be obtained by simply putting a regular windmill rotor into your crafting grid, and vice versa.

Some people might ask, "but why need inverted rotors anyway?".
Here is an example with two rotor connected in series, both of them rotating clockwise.
As you can see, the two forces applied on the axle cancel each other out. Resulting in no motion. :(

Here is another example but with the rotor on the left rotating counter-clockwise.
Now both windmills are working together everyones happy. :)

I ran into this issue when making my first multi rotor windmill power house. It quite annoyed me that i couldn't just invert the rotation as you would in real life.
As opposed to have to add extra gears and invert the torque between each rotors.
Note that the inverted rotor isn't any different esthetically from the vanilla one, beside the fact that it rotates the other way. Meaning it's sails aren't pointing the other way as they logically would in real life.
Might change the model at some point if enough people care. I personally don't (laziness?).
Translation for the new rotor's name and description availabe in English, French and Spanish.
Feel free to post any issue regarding this mod. 🤙
PSA: The "outdated" tag is bs. Please test the mod before asking me to update it.
| Mod Version | For Game version | Downloads | Released | Changelog | Download | 1-click mod install* |
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| 1.0.0 | 234 | Mar 22nd at 9:49 PM | reversiblerotor_1.0.0.zip | 1-click install | ||
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do you think you could tackle millwright rotors when you get the chance? honestly was angering me how you basically eat performance by having uninverted rotors. so thank you for this