{discussion} Random idea's for generating EU and other random stuff

how about a power source that generates at the cost of spawning hostile mobs? preferably slimes they don't drop much that can be exploited for grinding

I keep saying, the less ic2 need is more generators but more machines that uses that energy for something.

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ah the discusion is open!
so, an generator which reduces the spawns of hostile mobs in order to generate eu?

i think it would make the world "to safe" how about one that increases the spawn of monster (small gui inside to set power) to make it even harder then hardcore.

that's what i meant the cost is that the generator actually spawns the mobs so to get more specific you can have a generator that feeds off the ambient energy of a nearby nether or end portal but the easier nether portal one can spawn hostile(not pig men) nether mobs. or a microbe fuel cell that runs off depleted uranium cells and organic "waste" but spawns hostile slimes

Maybe a way of generating biofuel by culture of microseaweeds ?
But Biofuel should in this case provide more energy. And do not waste cells.

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Maybe a way of generating biofuel by culture of microseaweeds ?
But Biofuel should in this case provide more energy. And do not waste cells.

at what cost? whats the counter balance?

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just to throw something into this bioculture thing.

why not work it out as an addon for the agriculture sector? it would improve the connection of both sectors.

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combining a few ideas a new generator could be (flavor text wise) a self contained biomass farm that uses depleted uranium cells to continuously mutate, grow, harvest, and burn biofuel. over the long run some one could get like 100,000 eu per depleted cell (a little less that 1/8 of a full cell) initially the eu/t could be rather low(<5eu/t) but picks up as the biomass mutates(10eu/t max) with the risk of spawning hostile slimes with progressing frequency the only way to stop it is to add new biomass and start the mutation cycle over

there was talk at one time about an unlimited zpm for creative did that make it to the todo list?

i should mention i started a thread for ways to use eu http://forum.industrial-craft.…page=Thread&threadID=5672

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there was talk at one time about an unlimited zpm for creative did that make it to the todo list?

I think alblaka was going to implement it as a unlimited energy storage (storage not generator!!).

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at what cost? whats the counter balance?

Maybe with a sort of special tank craftable with one looking like the BC's one and with "Microseaweeds ADN"--> Could slowly turn Water into biofuel whith help from the Sun.
Idea for the
"Microseaweeds ADN" craft: same shape as chest/furnace but with matter: Could make it very useful but obtainable only at a certain level of developpement.

why not just do what i suggested here

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combining a few ideas a new generator could be (flavor text wise) a self contained biomass farm that uses depleted uranium cells to continuously mutate, grow, harvest, and burn biofuel. over the long run some one could get like 100,000 eu per depleted cell (a little less that 1/8 of a full cell) initially the eu/t could be rather low(<5eu/t) but picks up as the biomass mutates(10eu/t max) with the risk of spawning hostile slimes with progressing frequency the only way to stop it is to add new biomass and start the mutation cycle over

here all the biofuel infrastructure is contained inside a single unit. what do you think of it by the way?