Posts by SpwnX

I'd like to apply for moderator in following sections : Suggestion and Bugs/Support sections.
I feel a bit sad looking on countless of posts of already denied/reported stuff. I'm very active and like being helpful to others.
I am polite with everyone (that deserves).
My english is perfectly understandable, even though it is not my main language.
I've been playing IC since it started (Somewhere near Beta 1.5_01 if i'm not wrong.) so i believe i have enough knowledge of IC².

Hired ~ Alb

Couldn't understand a thing.
I just know that Hydrogen stuff have been suggested before.

Already suggested before

Quote from FenixR

-No hotfixes for serious bugs.
-No communication from the devs about the status of the mod.

I kinda agree with these, it is sad to be forced to play on old MC because newest ver is bugged.
Only complaint i have is about suggestions which is not well replied by devs, leaving suggestions in a void state like : Denied or not?...
Bug and Support forum is fine because there is always a user to say "this bug have already been reported use search!" help others.

About IC² development, i'm fine as it is.

This would be nice, i would help writing info about all addons i use/know.

I got an idea to reduce "already reported" posts, just don't know if it is possible.

Make all recently registered users be obligated to read a small alert of "Things not to do\rules" (which includes "do not report bugs that have already been mentioned before") every new thread they make. And apply penalty to those who don't respect it.
They must click and wait 10s to prove they have read it. [Waiting 10s to create a topic is not much time, enough to make them read it]
After 20 posts or 1 week after register alert message does not show anymore

However you are increasing height AND tower distance, making normal setup even less compact.

=D

Quote from Zinabas

Just messed with it and with 1 additional block on the top 3 windmills as well you can bump it to 188 with 104.32 eu/t average. Also the averages above are off yet again because I forgot to put 2 cables beneath the tower of 16 so subtract .24 eu/t from them to compensate if you really want to be scientific.

I think its a reasonable upgrade from 97.6 eu/t to 104.32 eu/t. I'm surprised I was the first to catch it honestly.

On a 16 tall tower, my design is running 9 of 16 on each side at maximum safe efficiency.

Edit 1: Screenshots added, as promised.

I bet your design works, but for singular towers.
Once you try making more, it becomes a real big problem as you have to calculate obstructions to all windmills on all sides... etc.

Quote from Elessar_Elanesse

Buggy? how so... also another question

using flatification it says it flattens an area in it's radius and also fills in voids below it and around it's radius with dirt. Is it using dirt from uneven areas around it or is it generating the dirt from nowhere?

It fills area below it with dirt (but not from bedrock, it has a Y limit)
And dirt used for flatification is made from energy (like massfabrication).

Why this really does look similar to my post =D ?
Take a look into this : Windengineering by SpwnX

And you gave me a small idea, which i will try to develop it later.

Quote from sliderpro

That would probably kill the idea of slow complex high-tech machine.

Okay, then making all centrifuges Automatically outputting cells into tubes/pipes (Like Thermal expansion).
Maybe, all IC² machines, with GUI modifications.

My suggestion is to make terraformers work less randomly and much more "mechanically" making it MUCH easier to use.

Change the way it transforms\creates\deletes blocks:
by making it start transforming\creating\deleting blocks from center and going to borders [Like a cube] once all blocks near the center are already transformed.
Making it check every 200+ ticks if there are available blocks to transform so it won't stop randomly like actual terraformer does, if almost all blocks in the area of effect are already transformed.

Change the way it uses EU :
Consume X EU to transform\create\delete a block, instead of randomly altering blocks depending on EU input.
Accept upgrades : Transformers increases EU/t usage [and speed] and Overclockers increases Area of Effect [and increases EU per block transformed]
Stop consuming EU once all blocks inside Area of Effect are transformed.

Change the Area of effect:
Alter a space of NxNxN (With N being a value, depending on TFBP and upgrades)

Other:
Change biome inside area of effect.
Blueprints have a tooltip showing EU usage, per block transformed\created\deleted.
Accept UUM as an amplifier (Like scrap does with UUM production).
Require an adjacent MFSU to work.

It is not that big. It is about 101x101 with it in center, although i've never measured correctly. [Just took a skyview look]

Anyway i would like if terraformer is completely reworked. Now it is too buggy to work with it.
It affects stuff strangely.

A screenshot would be very helpful, although i disapprove energy loops because they would connect Energy generation / Storage / Machinery wires and IC² energy net will behave strangely.

Or you can use a similar one to X ray : Cavefinder, which shows you air pockets underground.

If IC² ever code something like that it would be funny, because it still won't show ores surrounded by stone.

Quote from GregoriusT

I really would like that the centrifuges are faster, that's why I hate making SI-Cells and everything else. I use Clay Dust to make them.

Complaining about slow things being slow doesn't help you. Make more than one Centrifuge, if you want Speed.

How about adding upgrade slots to centrifuge?

7th : Windmills are the best in terms of Area used, if compared to solar and watermills [Not compact solar ones].
A massive setup [Compact] with 6400 wind mills occupy only an area of 56x56 (and about 20 blocks high but thats not much)
If you are smart enough you can even make more 3136 windmills below that area using normal setup which needs relatively lower height. [Will occupy an area of 53x53]
Windmills generate energy during day and night, solar doesn't.
Windmills requires MUCH less wiring than solar.
Windmills if properly placed will never break and have a higher production than a solar panel.

8th : About Watermills, there is a kinda cheaty setup you can do with some mods.
Powercrystals\TehKrush Powerconverters + CoFH Team Thermal Expansion = Easy energy

Quote from MatLaPatate

What's that ? Is it a mod I have to look at ?

Universal Electricity by calclavia : http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1276496-…y-to-minecraft/ which is natively compatible with BC and IC².

Quote from 1n5aN1aC

so you can now use Scrap boxes in UU-generation I've heard.

My question is: is it somehow more efficient, or can you just fit more in the UU-gen at the same time?

Maximum amplifier usage is 20 every second, so you can feed your massfab more power and consume up to 180 scraps per second (20 scrapboxes).

Quote from Trintus

Hm... seems legit. I may use that, but I was planning on something more "other mod-friendly".

Dense biofuel could be used in BC combustion engines, Forestry bio-gas engines, UE generator and other stuff.
Anyway, a new generator type wouldn't be bad.