[Addon v1.95]Rocket Science v0.89 - flying autominers, missiles, and nuclear fusion!

Another bug: The isotopic separator continues to work even if the slot containing empty cells is full. This leads to infinite cells, and confusion ensues. Thanks!

When I try to power the rocket with redstone to provent it from lunching I get this error

Edit: When I place a rocket it just takes off straight away with out a redstone current

So I was reading the OP.

My reaction: What have you done?! Now we're all going to die!! D:

My serious reaction: Thank you for undertaking this task. Just as IC2 is a complete restructuring of Minecraft's awesomeness, this is the same to IC2. I want to see this on a bukkit pvp server with the "Factions" plugin. Can't wait to fire an ICBM at a mortal enemy from the moon. That'll be possible, right? :p

Quote from Kuudere

It has to do with the most efficient fusion pathway, what's referred to as the D-T (Deuterium-Tritium) fuel cycle.
Deuterium-2 + Tritium-3 ---> Helium-4 +n

Where the 2 neutrons in the deuterium and the 3 in the tritium together constitute the 4 in the resultant helium atom plus a free neutron. It is this free neutron that then reacts with lithium in the D-T design to produce power in the
n + Lithium-6 ---> Tritium-3 + Helium-4
pathway.
When encountering Lithium-7, the
n + Lithium-7 ---> Tritium-3 + Helium-4 + n
pathway occurs, which fails to produce energy, but repopulates the reaction with neutrons, thus helping it continue, so a D-T reactor would contain both isotopes of Lithium.

so tl; dr: The number of neutrons is important. You can also less efficiently use Deuterium-2 + Deuterium-2 in the D-D fuel cycle.
I think there was some fusion pathway that uses vanilla hydrogen to combine with a heavier element to reduce neuton production (because energetic neutrons will cook your face) but I forget.

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Ah, I see now... makes sense considering.. ty for the explanation.

Hopefully I can install this with little to no conflicts now that I'm on my machine again, lol...

Quote from pregnant platyous

For the future of rockets I suggest Moon to earth missiles and earth to moon missiles. Taking at least two booster moduals to make up fuel for the longer flight time. Warheads would also need a new type of coating for moon to earth missiles lest they during entry.

A question.
Alblaka confirmed his position of making this a military mod. Since your add on has already crossed that border do
you plan on releasing weapons? Heavy calliber artillary? Laser/Rail cannons?

^This. Another soul waiting to rain nuclear death from the moon!

Have you considered implementing Plutonium? One comes across it as a byproduct of nuclear fission, and Steve decides to throw it into a warhead.

As a side note, does anyone know if jamioflan would allow someone to do a bit of coding to make an addon allowing some of his bomber planes to drop a nuclear bomb?

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When I try to power the rocket with redstone to provent it from lunching I get this error

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Minecraft has crashed!

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Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem.
If you wish to report this, please copy this entire text and email it to support@mojang.com.
Please include a description of what you did when the error occured.

--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 9c9730cf --------

Generated 11/1/11 9:09 PM
Minecraft: Minecraft Beta 1.8.1
OS: Mac OS X (x86_64) version 10.7.2
Java: 1.6.0_26, Apple Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Apple Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS OpenGL Engine version 2.1 NVIDIA-7.12.9, NVIDIA Corporation

java.lang.NullPointerException
at rocketScience.MissileBoosterBlock.b(MissileBoosterBlock.java:49)
at rocketScience.MissileBoosterBlock.a(MissileBoosterBlock.java:132)
at vy.a(Chunk.java:361)
at rv.b(World.java:419)
at rv.d(World.java:533)
at qi.a(ItemBlock.java:77)
at ul.a(SourceFile:87)
at xu.a(PlayerControllerSP.java:186)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:1056)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.k(SourceFile:1342)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:666)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

--- END ERROR REPORT eb647413 ----------

Edit: When I place a rocket it just takes off straight away with out a redstone current

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Confirming this bug as well... crashing my bug test each time... :-/

Quote from Kentington

v0.6 has been posted; it fixes the NullPointerExceptions caused by missiles, the isotopic separator's 64-cell glitch, and a couple of other things. I've also added the wet/dry vac, a crystal batpack, and a lapotron batpack.

Next coding objective is SMP support.

Godcraft Thanks you!

Whoo! finally a Lapotron pack! thanks alot!
good luck with your further endeavors!

I would die for:
Crystal/Lapotron BatPack SMP <3

how do i prevent the missiles from launching on their own?

Quote from Kentington

v0.6 has been posted; it fixes the NullPointerExceptions caused by missiles, the isotopic separator's 64-cell glitch, and a couple of other things. I've also added the wet/dry vac, a crystal batpack, and a lapotron batpack.

Next coding objective is SMP support.

What do you need to work faster, coffee, booze, women,....men? Just name it and it shall be yours. soon, soon they will rue the day they burnt my home down. I shall rain down fire from the skys like god apon them!

I love this mod. I'll support it any way i can. If you need me to test it, or anyone else, let us know.

WE LOVE YOU!

GAH! Broski, could you please update the title of the topic:P I'm so glad I just decided to check the recent posts and noticed that you posted .6:D

I have a suggestion:
The Countdown Block!
Are you tired of not hearing a voice which says when your missile starts?
Now your problems are solved! Just craft a Countdown Block, activate it with a redstone pulse and wait! After 10 seconds it will give off an redstone pulse to activate your missiles! HI-JOE!
And that's not all: The block will make a count-down sound (T minus ten nine eight seven six five four three two one ignition!) so you always know when the rocket starts! HI-JOE!
And it's easily crafted:

being redstone, being a redstone repeater, being a noteblock and being ! HI-JOE!

Thanks for reading!

PS: I could make the sprites for this block if it was added, I already made a texturepack and the sprites for two mods.

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Are you tired of building complex redstone systems just to make your missiles fire exacty 10 seconds after you press the button?

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Why would you want a rocket to fire ten seconds after? Cant you just hit a button? and wire that up to under the rocket? Here's my build...

The lever launches the rocket and retracts the piston at the same time, putting out the fire

Can someone tell me why im getting this error

Quote from Deathbyfire222

Why would you want a rocket to fire ten seconds after? Cant you just hit a button? and wire that up to under the rocket? Here's my build...

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Okay, okay. Changed that.