Quoted from "SpwnX"
Blast furnace (Liquid Silicon and Mercury)
Why the fuck should I add Mercury to the Blast Furnace!?!
Guess he meant the Industrial Grinder
Posts by AngryMidget
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I mentioned this this in the Frogcraft thread already but i want to bring it up into the official suggestion thread , just more precisely.
My first point of changing the Distillation tower to become useful in the later stages of the game is to use liquid instead of cells (At least while processing , you can stil transpose the liquid into cells if you like ).
The reason for this is that liquids are easier to use since you can simply transport them with tesseracts without a big waste of space , it looks more neat 2, since you dont have to use AE or BC pipes to transport the cells .A hint to my second point should already become obvious by looking at the title. In my opinion the tower should start with 4 layers whiche means (3X3x4 -> just an idea , make it 3 or 5 to start w/e) , the point is to make it possible to get started with basic distillation earlier and expand it when you need it or you have the ressources to do so. My first idea was to increase the efficiency of the tower with every layer. But than i thought it would be a better idea to add a new type of destillation product with every layer . Ill take an example of a real oil refinery . Due to their different boiling points , "parts" of the crude oil are divided to creat new substances . In addition to that machine casings could be used to improve the efficiency of the process , whiche basicially means more products for the oil you input.
My Third and last change suggestion is rather an addition to point 2 . My idea to put some kind of output hatch on every layer so the stuff added with this layer is pumped out directly in liquid fom . This could look like (Just reality oriented brainstorming) first layer : asphalt or tar (Dont have a usage for them in mind yet ) . 2nd layer Fuel , 3rd layer Kerosene, 4th layer Gasoline .
Those substances could be used in special generators either one for each or a general generator where everything is used to generate energy depending on its "tier" . The substances also could or should be used to power either special engines or combustion engines to create a higher Mj output.
I hope you like the idea and help me to improve/expand it . Remember that this is just a very basic construct whiche came to me when i was playing with the distillation tower.
sincerely midget
ps: im aware of the fact , that some things mentioned here , like for example the liquid consuming dieselgenerators are mentioned in some way in the ToDolist . My major point was the remake of the distillation tower , whiche lead in points , who partly were already in the todo list
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'm thinking about whether my condense tower is too cheap or not
Pretty much my point , due to the fact its a 1x1 expansions come really cheap , whiche make it uninteresting for late game. I just compared it to the distillation to give you a idea of what im thinking the Condense tower could look like
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Yeah I agree, but it would also conflict with others structures (I mean, having almost Identical structures for 2 machines isn't good because it allow you to share too much Casing Machines ^^)
you got a point with conflicts but i guess you there are ways to improve the condense tower and the distillation tower without forcing conflicts between frogcraft and gregtech
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Isn't it already like that ? Of course that's more interesting, but I believe that's already how it works.
Btw, this tower should definitely be used as a more expensive but more efficient version of GT Refinnery
Yeah but in my opinion its to easy . 1 block provides you with the next tier auf recipes. If you had to add a whole layer auf casings (lets say 3x3) it would be more expansive and more challenging towads the late game . This Mod looks quite cool but you are done with it to fast . And the idea to use it as some kind of advanced refinery is really great actually . Since the distilation tower kinda sucks towards the later stages of the game. Since there are much more efficent way to creat energy once you are able to build one than diesel generators.
For example it woulb be a ridiculously cool addition to BC if you were able to power some kind of engine with diesel . I mean literlly Liquid Diesel instead of cells , whiche kinda suck in my opinion , but i guess that belongs into the gregtech thread
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First off all , Great Idea to bring more chemical components into IC . I really do appreciate that.
But for example the condensetower chast a lot of potential . You could try to look at the GT Distilation tower. Its way more "challenging" since its a 3x3x5 Multiblock . It would be cool if you changed the Condensetower in a similiar way so it becomes more fun to build and looks more impressive .Im thinking of some kind of evolving model that enables you to process more advanced substanced the more layers you add to the distiliation tower. Much like the Steamboiler , who gets more efficent . In terms of what substances you can process the type of casings you use could play a role 2 . This way the codense tower would become way more complex and fun .
