Posts by SpwnX

    A Report :
    Your rotors seem to glitch and renew themselves after some time.
    IC² exp 155.

    Carbon rotor on MV windmill, it has been there for 2 days and its time is : 47 hours 57 minutes 40 seconds.
    Some time later it decreases to 53 minutes, but again after some time it has 59 minutes...

    So, i've tried the thermal centrifuge and tought two things that would be a great addition to it.

    1 : Overclockers make the centrifuge heat up faster, apply overclocker formula to the EU/t drain.
    2 : Apply a redstone signal to keep maximum heat possible, using constant EU/t , like the induction furnace.

    Ok, here is the thing.

    It doesn't really matter how far you tweak, greatly increase or decrease the cost of UUM.
    As long i can drive a massfab with non-maintenance-energy it's only a matter of time (AFK-Time) on my server till i get what i want.

    Sure, but non-maintenance-energy generates way too few energy to drive a massfab (even less for a matterfab) in a time worth afking.

    Iridium should be more expensive than diamond, considering its value to hightech stuff.
    Osmium value should be decreased or "osmiridium" stuff implemented, as it is pointless to make it for now.
    Iron, gold and silver should be cheaper, considering the extensive amount is required.

    Diamond : 9000 L
    Iridium : 10000 L
    Osmium : 14000 L
    Iron : 1500 L
    Gold : 1500 L
    Silver : 2000 L

    Personally, i don't think it is a bad idea, as people tend to fail on wiring and exploding stuff.
    Have you ever managed to blow up a GT machine? If yes then you know what i'm saying...
    [Once, I didnt know that boilers blew when inserting water when it is already hot]

    you shoud not do something "for idiots" only cos there are too many idiots around.

    completely realistic energy flow damn hard to understand and many factors included and it does not include packets anyway.

    Most things are made to be idiot-proof, including our energy supply (RL). Guess why it shuts down if a high current goes through a plug.

    IC² energy is meant to be a simplification of the real one. People already blow up stuff, fry wires with the current (old) e-net. They would even more with a completely realistic one.

    Remind me again why does US use the incredibly efficient and far more dangerous 120V instead of 250V of the rest of the world, again?

    I've been shocked by 240V MANY times before and once by 380V. The 380V thingy literally threw me across the room against a wall but I got off with a bit of a scare, nothing else. My younger brother in all his wisdom once decided to check if power is on by sticking two wires in a wall socket holding one in each hand. He is still here and also nothing bad happened to him


    Not saying electricity is completely harmless, just you need to be extremely unlucky to die to it or go touching the far more dangerous 120V lines.


    I got shocked several times by 127V and never by 220V (the two standards), i'm still fine.

    Another thing is that whenever the electric connections of a house are directly connected (like putting a wire connecting the two holes of the plug [or when someone somehow makes that connection, while being the "wire"]), the current is too high and will deactivate the energy supply through a device which i don't remember its translation.

    that depends on what part of you is the circuit, if it never goes through your heart or head you're ok, you'll still be hurting. I've been shocked by 120 before, it is not fun even when it was just fingers. (Never try to plug in a cord by feel with your fingers touching the prongs.)

    Something similar happened to me, but because the plug was wet (bathroom).

    Thats also why people can survive thunders.

    If you REALLY want to be a decent coder you should start much sooner and on your own. I'm almost certain in the few years you spend in uni you won't really learn much about programming unless you do a metric ton of it in addition to school tasks. At least that was so about 10 years ago when I "studied" it. Apparently even just the 5 years of toying around and not getting past a simple tile-based renderer/x-com remake wannabe I was capable of much more than what was taught in post-grad courses.

    Then i will keep the way i am helping IC². My objective is to be a good "civilian" engineer (the one that builds roads, buildings, dams, railways...), not a programmer.
    Even though i did like writing simple algorithms in "introduction to computing" classes, i don't think i will spend my time doing more than that.

    there is no packets possible in system with realistic energyflow, optimization of such system done relatively easy:

    each energy source and energy sink linked via network and linkage information stored inside hashtable, link is permanent, cable always have "flow" inside, ever both sink and source stay inactive, power does not flow over cables, it just teleport from source to destination with losses based on link total resistance.

    lowtech devices shoud provide constant voltage.

    hightech devices shoud provide variable power, if voltage loss over link is 20% and max destination voltage 100, hightech source shoud send 122 volts, to minimize loss, energy sent in constant flow without packets, all losses percent based.

    That makes sense, for the part of "energy teleportation" code, but not the rest.
    AC/DC is not going to be implemented. People already think that EU/t, EU/p and energy loss is hard to understand.
    Thats why my suggestion is based on them.

    And here is why I won't fix it. Thanks for explaining it SpwnX.

    I got a question, why does ores have different values, if they are all going to be mined by the miner in the end?
    Just because of scanner? If it is that, they could make the scanner be like an improved version of your prospectors pick or even a nerfed version of the extra utilities ender goggles.


    The thought has crossed my mind to try and get integrated into core, but I had not considered offering to help with IC2. I dont' know if I have much to offer other than my reactors - but an interesting idea.

    At least you have something. I would like to help IC² development, but the only thing i can do is to give out ideas (and moderate the forum to keep everything clean).
    Who knows in the next years i get to learn some C (then java) in the university...