[suggestion]inventing table

Name: inventing table

Description: the inventing table would let players try (and fail) to invent better machines, tools, and generators
boiled down here is how it works...
[undetermined amount of EU]+[undetermined amount of experience points]+[ingredients for a normal crafting recipe for a machine, tool, or generator]=[a one in something chance of producing a machine, tool, or generator with unique randomize and hopefully beneficial stats] to fail the one in something chance means you lose your ingredients. some possible buffs and nerfs for the players inventions could include
1. improved/reduced efficiency
2. chance of explosion or breaking if operated for to long with out a break
3. extra output or input slots
4. improved/reduced overvoltage protection
5. wild effects like causing mobs to spawn when in use
6. harm zones(like Tesla coils)
7. improved/reduced internal power storage
8. improved/reduced operating speed
9. stuff like getting 4 rubber instead of 3 out of a piece of resin
10. combo machines (generator/ canning machine, compressor/ extractor, mining drill/macerator so on and so forth)
EDIT: chance of success could be manipulated by the number of machines and book cases around it like an enchanting table

Recipe: totally up in the air


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- Hayo!

Quote from mijnboogje

i dont know... sounds like fun. and alot of coding...

in the end "a lot of coding" is up to the devs i wouldn't be surprised if this did make it to the todo list it would be by the skin of its teeth and on the bottom (want base-in-a-box first)

Quote from GregoriusT

Intressting. What if we need it for inventing all the Basicmachines before we can go Industrial?

possible as far as i know. but personally i didn't want to totally copy thaumcraft i was thinking more along the lines of a way to implement less than perfect suggestions(like dirt batteries) by using randomness as a counter balance

Quote from mijnboogje

wel, i gave this some thought.

conclusion:
combining machines is OP dont do it.

giving them more slots, seems like an good idea to me

adding variable EU ussage's and efficiency's also sounds good.

overall, good idea

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while true balance would be impossible the OP-ness of combo machines and tools can corrected by randomly assigning the machine flaws like reduced speed and efficiency or the tendency to explode and thats assuming you get the machine to randomly spit out a combo machine for you in the first place. a perfect combo machine would be very rare indeed

@ the above 2 comments: this is not an enchanting table its not meant to be an industrial version of it aside from borrowing the success boost from nearby blocks mechanic, and an enchanting table gives you a random out put as well so stop loving the vanilla enchanting table and hating the random mechanic of this at the same time.

now to try and do a better job explaining the idea:
this would not be like tf2 the is no pre-made designs that just pop out with balanced buffs and weaknesses its possible and just as likely to give you some thing that is all around better as it is to get something that is all around worse with possible special effects and requirements sprinkled in.

its crafting table where steve is trying to tinker out a prototype and find something new. none of the designs are mass production worthy. its not meant to compete with nano tech and[start mini-rant] I'm beginning to get tried of this "i want to see this idea go down in flames cause i want to see a different one implemented" type arguments on these forums. please try some more constructive criticism. [end mini-rant]

in the end this is a a suggestion about inventing that is the essence this idea is trying to capture so try to keep your tweaks along that line if it doesn't keep this small detail it might as well be a totally different suggestion

sorry i must have mixed the two together in my brain(it was very late/early my time when i wrote that)