[suggestion] Windmill safety shroud

    A windmill safety shroud unit would be built out of some formation of iron-bars (similar to the chain-link fence addon). When placed in a 5x5 or 9x9 plane centered on a windmill face it would define a region that the windmill's blades operate within. While this would reduce a windmill's output by limiting it to a maximum of 5eU/t; it would also have the benefits of causing the windmill to cease making any other block checks /and/ for it to never break in high winds.


    I feel adding this element to the game would make windmills actually look like windmills, instead of like stacks of jet engines stuck on poles. The 5x5 / 9x9 regions would also force wider spacing.

    Quote from MJEvans

    it would also have the benefits of causing the windmill to cease making any other block checks /and/ for it to never break in high winds.

    How can that cause windmill to never break ?


    It will definitely look nice if made similar to BTW mod windmills (but more modern). There sould be some way to force the windmill to stop rotating during storms for example (like redstone input at the bottom).

    The logical explanation of it preventing windmill loss is that it prevents flying derbies from hitting it, as well as deflecting higher speed winds by it's own shape such that the wind-mill is never over-loaded.

    Quote from MJEvans

    The logical explanation of it preventing windmill loss is that it prevents flying derbies from hitting it, as well as deflecting higher speed winds by it's own shape such that the wind-mill is never over-loaded.


    Pretty good idea when you put it that way.