Stations with no living players will no longer lose power + maxed SMES at 5 players and less (#38354)

* power

* fix

Author: boy2mantwicethefam

code/controllers/subsystem/power.dm

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var/list/cable_list = list() //Index for all cables, so that powernets don't hav
 	var/list/currentrun_cables
 	var/list/currentrun_powerents
 	var/list/currentrun_power_machines
+	var/no_pop_mode // Will make powernets provide power when there's no players online.
 
 
 /datum/subsystem/power/New()
@@ -48,12 +49,19 @@ var/list/cable_list = list() //Index for all cables, so that powernets don't hav
 		if (PC.build_status && PC.rebuild_from() && MC_TICK_CHECK)
 			return
 
+	if(istype(ticker.mode, /datum/gamemode/dynamic))
+		var/datum/gamemode/dynamic/D = ticker.mode
+		if(!D.living_players.len)
+			no_pop_mode = TRUE
+		else
+			no_pop_mode = FALSE
 	while (currentrun_powerents.len)
 		var/datum/powernet/powerNetwork = currentrun_powerents[currentrun_powerents.len]
 		currentrun_powerents.len--
 		if (!powerNetwork || powerNetwork.gcDestroyed)
 			continue
 
+		powerNetwork.no_pop_mode = no_pop_mode
 		powerNetwork.reset()
 		if (MC_TICK_CHECK)
 			return

code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm

@@ -742,6 +742,12 @@ var/datum/controller/gameticker/ticker
 			play_vox_sound(sound,map.zMainStation,null)
 
 	create_random_orders(3) //Populate the order system so cargo has something to do
+	if(istype(mode, /datum/gamemode/dynamic))
+		var/datum/gamemode/dynamic/D = mode
+		if(D.living_players.len < 6) // Fill all the SMES to capacity if there's 5 or less players, to give players more time to set up the power.
+			for(var/obj/machinery/power/battery/smes/S in power_machines)
+				if(S.charge) //Only do this if the SMES has any charge in the first place
+					S.charge = S.capacity
 
 // -- Tag mode!
 /datum/controller/gameticker/proc/tag_mode(var/mob/user)

code/modules/power/powernet.dm

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 									//  An unsatisfied_priority of 0 means either there was either no power or more than enough to cover every load, so priorities get the
 									//  same satisfaction (0% for no power, 100% for excess)
 	var/haspulsedemon = 0
+	var/no_pop_mode = FALSE // If on, will always fulfill load demand. This is toggled on by having zero players.
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////
 // POWERNET DATUM PROCS
@@ -120,11 +121,13 @@
 	// Apply loads, calculate satisfaction, and see how much excess we're left with (if any)
 	netexcess = max(avail, 0)
 	unsatisfied_priority = 0
-	if (!netexcess)
+	if (!netexcess && !no_pop_mode)
 		satisfaction = 0 // No power -> 0% satisfaction for all
 	else
 		satisfaction = 1 // Assume 100% satisfaction for all, for now
 		for (var/i in 1 to load.len)
+			if(no_pop_mode)
+				load[i] = 0
 			if (netexcess >= load[i]) // Go through all loads and substract them from excess
 				netexcess -= load[i]