Posts by HeadHunter67

What we need is an ultra-low voltage transformer - that steps 32 EU/t down to tin levels.

I had a thread on the same issue in the Support forum. I'd like to be able to craft the CF pack and try my hand at building with it.

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Added mobile auto-miner. This handy (and quite expensive) device mines until it runs out of pipe or hits an obstacle, then withdraws its pipe and rockets to a new position nine squares away. It'll repeat this process until its inventory fills up or the Lapotrons run out. The autominer's jumps take it outward from its original position in a spiral pattern, guaranteeing it will harvest all ore in the area.

That sounds like it would be a very successful standalone add-on too! You should consider that...

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You're totally right... I'm new... got confused for a second while I was writing and didn't catch the mistake. Actually saw these replies when I realized my mistake and returned to fix... Sorry DireWolf, got you confused with Headhunter for a second.

That will probably let you off the hook with him - but if that means you were talking about me instead? I don't come close to his contributions, but I've still done more for the IC community than someone whose only posts here have been criticism of the way the team handles update information. I find it sadly ironic that you posture yourself as someone who "knows what he's talking about", when the whole issue is that you clearly don't know what's going on around here.

Since it seems like a lot of effort for you to look around for the info you need, I'll give you a blanket summary from someone who's been around for a few months:

The next version will be ready when Alblaka feels it's ready.
There is no projected date because all it takes to throw off such a date is for Mojang to decide to update something that breaks IC's work in progress.
A "rough estimate" is useless, considering how inaccurate it could be.

In short, you have plenty of time to get on with your life and do all those important things that IC 2 was holding you back from. How inconsinderate of them - don't they know who you are?

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Generally with a quad miner you'll want 4 lapotronics for fully equipped miners. The H / I configuration for wiring is also about the most effective (any more miners and it becomes too much of a pain, plus you can no longer fit the mining op in to a single container.

I'd be interested in a screenshot or a diagram of this. On the surface, it seems simple - until you add in considerations of downstepping the output, and pumps to keep each miner clear.

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Try right-clicking on sheep/leaves?

I take it you are asking hypothetically, rather than rhetorically. Try it yourslef - it doesn't work.
It would be great if the chainsaw were given the functionality of shears, but until then, we could use an electrical version of the shears.

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someone like the op stated that is just getting into it can easily be overwhelmed and find it hard to get all the information since it's spread across 4 sites. Yes that's right 4 sites to get all the info you'd like to know about the dev of IC2.

It's not "spread across" those sites, it's there for redundancy. One needn't check the blog or wiki or MCF if one reads this forum - which is where the OP expected the information to be. Yet, here it was, for weeks now, and he didn't see it? Because he didn't look.

Any time something relevant has been added to one of the other sites, it's been mentioned here. Someone who's so keen on up-to-date information should at least be making more than a cursory effort to research it.

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Why do you have to make it like that Headhunter? I'm trying to discuss and illustrate my opinion on the scenario and you seem to be taking an antagonistic, inflammatory approach. You are making excuses without taking previous points into consideration.

I'm not trying to be antagonistic - you seem pretty reasonable, just misguided. I'm not the one making excuses. As I said, there can be no "excuses" because you are not owed anything. They don't need to justify their position because they are not accountable for what you do with the information that was already available.

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You can say that someone has stated something as many times as you would like to say they have stated it, but my point about not having to go on a scavenger hunt to find it STILL nullifies that excuse.

What's YOUR excuse for not reading THIS forum and seeing what has been stated in many threads here? There's also a Wiki and Alblaka's blog. The information is available from several sources - you needn't check them all, any one of them would have given you the information you need. This lends me to believe that you didn't make the effort - so how on Earth can you expect someone to tell you? Were you expecting an email or phone call from the IC team?

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Did I mention that I'm a Developer for a 1600 member gaming community that is looking to expand? Point is that I know what I'm talking about and I know where I'm coming from- You, Direwolf, obviously do not.

Direwolf20 has done more for the IC community (as well as BC and RP) than just about anyone else short of the actual developers. All you've done is come here, complain, make excuses for yourself and point fingers. and you wonder why you get an "antagonistic" response? Isn't that what you were looking for?

Basically, you don't read the forums, you don't read the blog, you don't read the Wiki... and you wonder why the information wasn't "clear" to you. All I can say is, it's clear that you expect others to make more of an effort for your convenience than you do. You can't be bothered to look, and the IC team can't be bothered to cater to you.

And seriously, you need to put this all into perspective. You act like your decision to hold off on the other mods cost lives or something. IT'S A GAME. What is your REAL issue here?

Both RedPower and Forestry are available for 1.0 - each of them has Copper and Tin. The only things you wouldn't have are uranium and rubber (dunno how RP rubber trees work).

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This will be useful for the days when my miner+pump spits out 2 stacks of lava cells yet not a single diamond.

If you're brave enough to go down the hole, I'll bet you find some diamonds around the lava lake that was pumped out! They're not close enough for the scanner to see but that'd be a sizeable cave.

Is anyone successfully using this in 1.337? I forgot that the new .jar didn't have it until I broke a machine.
Since it modifies the .jar directly, I'm reluctant to apply it without confirmation.

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Timelines- that's why you set generous timelines. No one will complain if something is released a week early, or if the release is a bit more polished because you had a chance to look over it a couple more times.

No, they;ll complain because "OMG! It's going to take THAT LONG! CAN'T YOU GO ANY FASTER?!?!!1!" Don't believe me? Then explain why the day after MC 1.0 released (if not sooner), people were already asking "when will this be updated for 1.0" on nearly every mod thread on the MC Forum.

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Sorry, I just feel that there is no excuse for the chosen attitude when no effort is made to alleviate the root cause.

No excuse is necessary - the developers have no obligation to you, So your attitude that it's "inexcusable" smacks of entitlement.

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I've been waiting since the 1.9PR's to add other mods (Forestry for BC, RP perhaps, etc.). Now... had it been a bit more clear what the IC2 development schedule would have been I DEFINITELY would not have waited... had I known my choice of mods were going to hold me at 1.8.1 this long then I could have taken better advantage of updates to BC and F-BC.

See what I mean about people not reading forum posts? Alblaka has stated that here many times between the 1.23 release and now - and on his blog as well. It was no secret.

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It's not about impatience... it's about being able to plan properly with the information from multiple sources (and multiple sources for the multiple sources).

Those sources were available to you - it's up to you to use them, and then accept the consequences of your choices. It's no one else's "fault" that you chose to wait.

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While I like this idea (particularly Alblaka's change to more EU consumption), there is currently no reason to use it over simply building another machine of the same type. If the overclocker gives 2x production rate at the cost of 4x EU cost, there is no reason to not just build a second machine to get 2x production rate at 2x EU cost.

Congratulations on a very sendsible first post - and welcome to the forum!

Does it keep going to loading chunks when you try to get the drill out of the batbox, or as soon as you load the world?
If you can fget into the world, don't open the Batbox - just wrench it - or break it if need be. See if that helps.

I think the update notes said Tin can handle 5 EU/t packets. But even if you swapped that gold out for copper, it would work just fine.

1) Many people don't read announcements or stickies on the forum - no matter where they are, no mattter how blatant.
2) Some people feel that their question or opinion is so important that it must go in its own topic or no one else will see it.
3) People on the Internet have historically turned their own desires into rumors, which become "announcements" which become "promises" - despite the fact that there was no official word on the matters. Why risk it?
4) Alblaka KNOWS that Minecraft 1.0 is out... so why do people need to ask for an update, or when it will be? It's done when it's done - promising a date doesn't change that. If something arises (like, say, Mojang updating Minecraft amid the IC development process), then Alblaka is faced with one of two choices: Miss the projected date, or release something that isn't completely ready.
5) If you find you don't like the "attitude" here, examine your own. If you want to see a mod with the "don't like it, bugger off" metnality, go take a lokk at the MCF thread for Better Than Wolves. They treat their fans worse than Alblaka treats his detractors.

In short, the only problem here is the one you brought with you. I think your mining pick left a big chip on your shoulder.

For the purposes we are discussing here (dedicated luminator power), they are impractical. Now generators produce too much EU/t to be carried over tin - and any other cable has much more loss.
It seems from what I've read here, that this is the main concern.

I could do that, but it's academic. I've alrady got a wiring infrastructure that serves more than one machine and has variable incoming power.
Regardless, even if a STACK of sand could be made with a single piece of UU-M, that's almost 2000 EU per piece. You know it doesn't cost that much to macerate cobble.

Why must people nitpick the irrevelant details and overlook the actual point?

Isn't that what it costs for a Macerator to perform a task? That was the impression I got. Anyhow, I hope the spirit of my statement is understood - why fabricate sand when you can macerate it for a lot less energy?

How about you try and use the items before you make that recommendation? Because watching Direwolf20's spotlight on the changes, it appears that you have the wrong idea of what these things do.

What we're looking for is nothing like that. I'm going to assume you live in a home with light switches, so you know what one is. If you'd care to elaborate on how you think these new cables could fill that purpose, feel free.
Otherwise, remember that your attitude is worth far less than results.