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Solar Panels

Solar panels are pretty simple. They give out redstone power in the day,
and they don't at night. They need to be in direct sunlight in order for
it to work. Right click on a solar panel to set what the minimum light level
for the solar panel is. For example, setting this value to 15 will make that
solar panel only give out power in full daylight.




Solar Furnaces

Solar furnaces make use of solar panels to convert sunlight into
energy to power itself. That means that solar furnaces require
absolutely no fuel! However, they only work in sunlight and are
33% slower than normal furnaces.




Light Detectors

Need to know if the light level is high enough for your
solar panels? Want to know if it's dark enough for mobs to
spawn? Then use a light detector. Just hold it in your hand
and it shows what the current light level is.




Download
Requires ModLoader



Installation

1. Download the mod from the link above.
2. Install ModLoader.
3. Delete the META-INF folder in your minecraft.jar.
4. Put the SolarEnergy.zip in your /.minecraft/mods/ folder.
5. Play Minecraft!

Videos



Change Log

1.1 - Updated for Minecraft 1.2.3
1.01 - Updated for Minecraft 1.1
		- Fixed lots of solar furnace bugs
1.0   - Initial Release

If you enjoyed this mod, please click the little + in the corner.
Leave any comments/ideas/complaints below!

Quote from TheMinecraftModder98

Really nice mod! Would it be ok if I did a mod spotlight on it?

That would be great!

Quote from Phobic_Bus

The pic for the crafting of the light detector shows up as a broken picture :S

Really? It works for me. Well, the recipe is:





= Glowstone Dust

Alright, added those two videos to the main post!

Currently working on an SMP version...