Posts by spikelema

Quote from Bluehorazon

Hg exists not only as cinnabar, but also as a liquid (there are seas of Hg in Spain). Cinnabar won't be found near lava, but in geological active zones (real lava would just burn it^^). But cinnobar isn't a material that is really needed in IC2. You could use it for mirrors too, but that's only the second use.

Aluminium is something more industrial and even there it is hard to find uses. Because normally you use most other metals for the same things you already use Iron etc. for. You could make Aluminium for cans instead of tin and it makes a good construction material, but we have steel and again iron (oh... and even bronze). So there is no real reason for such materials because they are already substituted by iron, steel, tin, copper and bronze.

The only thing I could imagine is a ore with just precious metals inside. This could be after some hard refining-process iridium or could be used as substitute for every rare materials like platin, zirconium or palladium... but again there is no real need for this materials. In reality we only use little amounts of them, using them in the crafting grid would create something that is created to 1/9 from this material... quite much. Most likely advanced circuits would include small amounts of zirconium or other precious metals and of course a little bit gold (... according to IC2 the gold is part of the glowstone-dust, so actually we use gold). But you don't use enough of this to make it worth it's own ore. Actually Zirconium and Niobium or Tantalum could be used for reactor-plating or other parts of reactors... but that's mainly the only use.

The truth and strangest thing is IF Mercury was not poisonous it would be an amazingly useful material. Every use I suggested for mercury is a real world use for it, excepting the fact that it isnt used for toxicity reasons. Beyond those reasons are a number of other lesser reasons that could still be effective.
http://www.glrppr.org/docs/mercury_in_industry.htm

Due to Cinnabar being found near Lava and Alkaline Springs possibility of using a recipe to 'extract' it from stone.

[Stone] = Mineral Stone

Mineral Stone -> Extractor = Cinnabar Fragment x 4 or 9 = Cinnabar Ore.

This way it uses existing items to create the new ore.

I would have to agree with the introduction of yet another furnace recently (Induction) ANOTHER one would be silly, unless it wasnt a 'furnace' but something else and for just 2 things that are not that unique probably not too good.

Introduction: Cinnabar is Mercury ore and this will be an attempt to add Mercury to the game.

Availability: This could be a new ore avaliable or something that can be obtained through a recipe. (Something to do with lava and water as it occurs naturally near volcanoes and alkaline hot springs)

Creation: Cinnabar would then be macerated to form Cinnabar dust which is run through a furnace to obtain molten Cinnabar and then finally an extractor to obtain Mercury.

Uses: Mercury can be used to create a number of objects, Thermometers, Advanced Coolant, Accelerated Fuel, Mercury Battery, also opens up fancy items like a Telescope, which can be used to predict weather (if possible)

Thermometer:
Creation:
[Glass][Redstone][Glass]
[Glass][Mercury Blob][Glass]
[Glass][Iron][Glass]

Uses: When used on the surface will tell you the temperature and windspeed. When used underground will tell you the temperature (higher when close to lava). When used in a Reactor can let you know how hot the reactor is (Useful to see if you have enough cooling)

Advanced Coolant:
Creation:
[Mercury Blob][Empty Cell] = [Mercury Cell] ----> Extractor

Uses: More effective than the current coolant cell. Possible side effects if that is not viable.

Accelerated Fuel:
Creation:
[Mercury Cell][CoalFuel Cell] = [Accelerated Fuel Cell] ----> Canning Machine

Uses: Provides double(Variable rate based on discussion) the ability to fill a Fuel Can. 1 Accelerated Fuel Cell = 2(var) CoalFuel Cells.
NB. Recipe applies for Biofuel with possible variable rates.

Mercury Battery:
Creation:

[Mercury Blob]

Uses: Single Use Mercury Batteries are higher storage than the 1000 of the single use. Possibly the same as a rechargeable battery.

Telescope:
Creation:
[Glass]

[Mercury Blob]

Uses: The block is placed down and provides a weather map (if possible) of the surrounding area. Possibly a forecast for the next 'week' as well. It also opens up space ideas, Meteorites could be used as a way to bring more ores into the game etc. If it also tells windspeed and direction would be useful with wind generators.
NB. The telescope is the least practical use for Mercury (although very practical in the real world). It is also less like its real world counterpart, deep space telescope, and more like a Meteorological Weather Radar.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to feedback (and other possible uses for Mercury)

This idea is not a dimension but just a machine that generated the heat and pressure of the earths core to
Open up recipes in that vein. Turning some kind of stone into magma, lava. I think possibly my mercury idea might have been the better to post first as a link to this as I see that 2 recipes are not enough to warrant a new machine.

Quote from Alblaka

Extremly failed grammar, but
This.

New recipe-machines are only added if they serve more then just a few purpouses.

Thanks for the reply, I do have an extension for this idea with more recipes when including my second idea I have not posted with mercury. I just didn't want to post all my ideas together and wanted feedback on this before I kept posting. When I get time this arvo (Aussie time) I will post a new thread for my mercury idea. Including recipes for this machine (mercury idea does not NEED this machine to actually work.

This machine is the basis of achieving things that happen in the earths core. So anything to do with what happens in our core could be translated into this machine. Creation of other ores etc.

The ratio itself can change. But it basically turns industrial diamonds into real diamonds at a cost. It could be 1 industrial diamond provides the carbon for 2 shards making it 1 diamond = 1 industrial diamond.

Coal is not infinite but is very important in most things. So the ability to create ( expensive) coal I thought could be available.

Other than preexisting items the only new item is a macerated diamond creating diamond shards. The products used otherwise are already existing and the resulting creations of the machine are coal and diamonds. Unsure if you misread, my explanation was bad or I misread your reply.

Hello Everyone,
This is my first post although I have been using IC since it was just IC. I was thinking of more useful things to be put into the game for variety and came up with a few, this is the first Pressure Furnace.

Overall Purpose: To make coal an unlimited resource, fairly, and to allow industrial diamonds to 'realistically' (I use the term loosely) be turned into normal Diamonds, for use with other mods ie. Buildcraft.

Pressure Furnace:
2 Slots “Seed” and “Fuel”:
The seed is used as the bases for the thing you are creating and the fuel is what is used to create the object.
As well as power slot of batteries.
Like all machines a slot to hold the batteries or charge.
Output Slot
The machine like a furnace will have an output
Seed Types:
Diamond Shard: This is created by macerating a Diamond, as a solid metal it is not broken down into a dust but rather breaks into 2 shards. (Possible use in high level Agriculture)
Charcoal: You should all know what this is, created by putting wood through a furnace.
Can create coal or diamonds.
Diamond Shards are used as the seed while Industrial diamonds are used as the material. It can be single of multiple industrial diamonds needed to create a single Diamond. Essentially turns an industrial diamond into a gemstone diamond. But would require you to be up to this machine and have existing diamonds. The idea of growing diamonds from seed diamonds is not unheard of and the pressure furnace would also be able to put in the 'heat' and 'pressure' required for this to occur.
Charcoal is the seed while compressed plantballs are the material. Coal itself is compressed plant matter undergoing a similar process of 'heat' and 'pressure' to create and as such it would not be unreasonable that this high powered machine be able to replicate that.
Secondary Function: Pressure can go both ways, high and low, a vacuum furnace is a much more clean furnace than a regular furnace free from the pollution of air at low pressure you can use it as a furnace for special materials such as what I will post in another suggestion, which is Cinnibar. I will wait for feedback on this before I begin my second suggestion.


Recipe: I am not good at this but I would think combining the compressor with the electric furnace would not be a bad idea.
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