[Suggestion] Carbon Nanotube Cables and Magnetic Vacuum Flywheel Electric Storage Unit

    I'm still working on the balance ideas, but I'm specifically trying to figure something to do with charcoal while not being unbalanced (renewable and all...).


    Charcoal -> Extractor = Carbon Dust


    Carbon Chunk-
    CarbonDust - CarbonDust
    CarbonDust - CarbonDust
    (might work on changing to all 9 slots)


    Carbon Chunk -> Compressor = Carbon Ball
    Carbon Ball -> Electro Furnace (none others) = Carbon Nanotubes (CNt)
    (work with a more controlled environment of temperature with a higher end furnace, but not the induction furnace so it also requires some more time on purpose)


    Carbon Nanofiber (CNf)-
    CNt - CNt - CNt


    Carbon Nanotube Cable (CNt Cable)-
    CNf - Rubber
    (this currently works at 12 charcoals to one rubber for a single cable, but with 9 carbon dusts for a chunk, this goes up to 27 to 1)


    Nanotube Flywheel-
    N/A - CNf - N/A
    CNf - CNf - CNf
    N/A - CNf - N/A
    (N/A is nothing)


    Steel Flywheel-
    :Nano Saber::Refined Iron::Nano Saber:
    :Refined Iron::Refined Iron::Refined Iron:
    :Nano Saber::Refined Iron::Nano Saber:
    (Nano Saber is nothing)


    Vacuum Pump-
    :Refined Iron::Refined Iron:
    :Nano Saber::Refined Iron::Refined Iron:
    :Nano Saber::Refined Iron:
    (Again, Nano Saber is nothing)


    Air Line (x2)-
    :Rubber::Rubber::Rubber:
    :Rubber::Nano Saber::Rubber:
    :Rubber::Rubber::Rubber:
    (you get the pattern by now)


    Vacuum Machine-
    Refined Iron - Electronic Circuit - Refined Iron
    Air Line - Vacuum Pump - Air Line
    Refined Iron - Machine Block - Refined Iron


    Vacuum Containment Unit (VCU)-
    Adv Alloy - Adv Alloy - Adv Alloy
    Adv Alloy - N/A - Adv Alloy
    Adv Alloy - Adv Alloy - Adv Alloy


    Magnetic Vacuum Flywheel Electric Storage Unit (MVFE)-
    Machine Block - Magnetizer - Machine Block
    Vacuum Machine - VCU - CNt Cable
    Machine Block - Iron - Machine Block


    Carbon Nanotube Cable loses 1 EU per 2.86 blocks (loss of 0.35/block) at a maximum EU of 64 EU/packet. Trying for something balanced between copper and gold, so hopefully this works just right. Will change if the balance works better for something else.


    MVFE can store 45000EU with Steel Flywheel (takes 55000EU to power to this) and stores 90000EU with Nanotube Flywheel (takes 100k EU to power to this). Yes, this means you lose 10k EU either way. It also can take a maximum of 64 EU/packet and outputs at that as well.

    This is a decent form of energy storage in real life, and the cables are also good. But consider how it is compared to this game. We already have the ability to store ludicrous amounts of energy in MFS units. We already have near perfect conductors that are very costly (glass fiber cable). And if you want to talk realism, consider how flywheels are a VERY high tech form of storage, and their energy density is so poor that only experimental ones in research labs can store a significant amount of energy. The commercial ones store no more than batteries.

    Quote from BrickedKeyboard

    This is a decent form of energy storage in real life, and the cables are also good. But consider how it is compared to this game. We already have the ability to store ludicrous amounts of energy in MFS units. We already have near perfect conductors that are very costly (glass fiber cable). And if you want to talk realism, consider how flywheels are a VERY high tech form of storage, and their energy density is so poor that only experimental ones in research labs can store a significant amount of energy. The commercial ones store no more than batteries.


    almost less than battieries. The amount of storage they hold is enough to hold stuff over for scant minutes. Just long enough for the generators to kick in.
    Their big advantage is there aren't costly Sealed Led Acid batteries to replace every 3-5 years like in a UPS

    Quote from BrickedKeyboard

    This is a decent form of energy storage in real life, and the cables are also good. But consider how it is compared to this game. We already have the ability to store ludicrous amounts of energy in MFS units. We already have near perfect conductors that are very costly (glass fiber cable). And if you want to talk realism, consider how flywheels are a VERY high tech form of storage, and their energy density is so poor that only experimental ones in research labs can store a significant amount of energy. The commercial ones store no more than batteries.


    Changed the storage down by a factor of 10. I'm not looking for the highest end stuff with this idea. In fact, I'm looking at some more advanced stuff that doesn't require too high end of materials to gather (like diamonds). As such, the balance I'm looking at is around Tier 2, but now it's more like Tier 1.5 that I've got it going with, especially with the cables.