Posts by SpwnX

Thats the main flaw of current E-net system, it has only Voltage. Thats not good.
Voltage, Amperage, Wattage and Resistance should be implemented in my opinion.

Wattage : EU/t - Total EU per tick transferred, this is what the EU-Reader shows.
Voltage : "Packet size"
Amperage : "Amount of Packets"
Resistance : "% of EU lost over distance"

Cables should have three factors. :
Voltage is determined by the smallest packet size of EU that is flowing through it.
Amperage is determined by the Amount of packets that are flowing through.
Resistance is determined by cable type, but it is also affected by voltage and amperage. Resistance is lowered if Voltage is increased and increased if Amperage is increased.
If Resistance exceeds a limit (if more than X % of energy is being dissipated as heat), the cable overheats and melts.

So, the more packets flowing in a cable, the bigger is the loss, so you can't stack infinite amounts of packets, otherwise you are going to lose more and more energy.
Voltage increase is still useful to transfer energy with less losses however you have to deal with up-down transformers.
Transformers would work similar to the way it did before the e-net overhaul.

Example 1:
2048 EU/t -> Energy Transfering wire -> Input machine
would have 64 times less loss if compared to:
64 packets of 32 EU/t -> Energy Transfering wire -> Input machine.

Example2:
32 EU/t -> 128 EU/4t -> 512 EU/16t -> 2048 EU/64t -> Energy transfering wire -> 512EU/16t -> 128 EU/4t -> 32 EU/t -> Input machine
would have 64 times less energy loss if compared to :
32 EU/t -> Energy Transfering wire -> Input machine

I'm making a suggestion for this.

I say that it is an WIP feature, which causes explosions when EU/t exceeds the previously maximum packet size.
For example, 32 EU/t for the batbox.

NO, IC² is NOT dead.
Currently, the main (active) developers are Player and Thunderdark, with some help of GregoriusT (The developer of GregTech) and sprites-textures by SirusKing (he is now an official IC² spriter).
You can find latest IC² experimental builds (which are unstable, by the way, use LF meanwhile) here : http://ic2api.player.to:8080/job/IC2_experimental/.


IC² experimental has some new WIP features and overhauls (E-net, nuke, new nuclear generator, liquid UUM).

Quote from RawCode

one additional note, IC2x obviously WIP, some features can be placeholders or compatability holders, possibly there is no more dust in IC2x and dust item left for compatability only, after some time dusts will be removed from recipes and purified ore will be used.

I don't think they are going to remove dusts.
Some dusts are meant to be "pure" elemental metal.
While crushed ores still has byproducts.

Redownload the config

Server crashed?
I'm not able to connect.

Configs not updated yet :3

just get the amount of steam used and divide it by operation time, if they have the same operation time of their electric counterparts, just less efficient energy-wise?

Well... what you can do is to cheat a nuke in and delete the components you think is fair for one.
Also, i don't recommend upgrading to IC² exp, its way unstable atm.

Do you have NEI? (Not Enough Items, by Chickenbones)
You can check its recipe with it.

GregTech also changes nuke recipe.

If you are using IC² experimental that may be your problem.
IC² experimental is overhauling almost everything, so its recipe may have changed, alongside its functions.

They might have, test it out by yourself.

Unless it already shows in numbers, like RC boiler...
If not, thats what we want.

Quote from MoltenX

If it's hard recipe then I'm even more than happy

It is a bit harder, and works more "efficiently", so you can wireless redstone your machines without external blocks.
http://gregtechcommunitywiki.wikispaces.com/Covers (look down for wireless redstone covers)

Quote from MatLaPatate

Just make a Methane/Hydrogen Jetpack ^^. Or the IC² one being compatible with Methane/Hydrogen.

The point was to make a slightly more realistic electric jetpack and water electrolyzation was the only way i found.

@above : What about a thermometer upgrade? So it will show you the temperature in ºC

Quote from MatLaPatate

Yes you do
And you even complained all the time to get it!

Before, yes, i admit. Now i don't.

Suggestions :

Steam Jetpack - Tier 1
Uses compressed steam to fly. Compressed steam is obtained in a steam powered canning machine. [1 Steam bucket -> 0.5 compressed steam bucket]
Stores up to 64 Compressed Steam buckets. Each Compressed steam bucket lasts for 30 seconds of flight.
(greg you should add a tier 1-2 liquid tank [digital tank, for example], expecially now that we have liquid UUM, steam, pipes and tons of fluids)

Nitro Jetpack - Tier 2
Uses glyceryl (Nitroglycerin) cells to fly.
Stores up to 8 glyceryl cells.
One glyceryl cell lasts for 10 minutes of flight.
Taking over 6 base damage (from any source, before armor reduction) or catching fire, causes the tank to violently explode, destroying the jetpack and dealing 20 damage.

Electrolytic Jetpack - Tier 3
Electrolyzes water to produce hydrogen and oxygen gas to fly (Rocket fuel).
Stores 1 Million EU, lasts for 5 minutes of flight.
Stores 8 buckets of water, each bucket lasts for 5 minutes of flight.
Water is refilled automatically by standing on water (will extract 1 bucket of water in the world per second) or manually with water buckets and cells.
Special ability : Water ejection, places a flowing water block on the players head and foot, whenever the player catches fire , use 1 bucket from storage.

Quote from UnixRano

Good idea, i'll add that to the crossmod compatibility checklist.

Anyone that wants to suggest something- feel free. I don't really have as many good ideas anymore as I don't really play minecraft... lol.

Thaumcraft 3 robes (and goggles of revealing) for vis discount and node vision.

Quote from MatLaPatate

Fun how you're saying "we" now ^^. Keep saying "they", you're just the painter :p

He is just convinced that he is the mighty sirusking who is on IC² team, even though he doesnt code anything.
:3

You guys may already know that i have moderator power here, but i'm not saying that to everyone, everytime.

Iron is rarer than coal, yes, but in my mining trips i usually come back with one or two stacks of iron ores, so whats the matter...