Posts by MagusUnion

  • Suggestion: MKII Miner.

    Better idea, requires: Zeldo's Tele-pipes and Energy Coupler

    :Advanced Machine::Cable::LV-Transformer::Glass Fibre:


    :Glass Fibre: = Power teleport Pipe

    :Cable: = Cable

    :Advanced Machine: = Miner

    :LV-Transformer: = LV coupler


    Mine from basically any location.. doesn't require you to have alternate energy sources on site, and is only 4-5 blocks to rotate around...

    If that's still unacceptable, idk what to tell you then..

  • So wrench failures. Let's talk about them.

    Quote from Kuudere

    I think you need to take a step back from how you've been thinking up to this point and ask yourself: How do (semi)immobile machines contribute to gameplay?

    It's not about gameplay.. it's about realism. In REAL industry, machines that are too large to practically be moved are assembled on-site, due to their volume and sheer complexity. The reactor itself may look like 7 blocks to you, but 3-by-3 meter^2 device that usually weights alot more in a plant's core than Minecraft is showing.

    Industrialcraft (thankfully) goes for realism instead of immersion. It gives examples of real-life aspects that occur in the world of industry, and we as players have to tackle them in our simulated world. Because of this, we are given the same limitations that we would encounter if we were to, say, pursue a career in electrical engineering or energy management (to a degree. I still think Pollution should be a troublesome aspect of the game, lol). In which case, the mod itself becomes a teaching tool for those of us who do have interests in these types of careers, or are already involved in said careers anyway. This way we can relate more with the fictional 16 bit world that is Minecraft in a more relative form of immersion from what we experience beyond just 'gameplay mechanics' for fictional machine blocks...

    Quite frankly, if this mod didn't have that sense of realism, I doubt so many people would play it.

  • Water Gen. Output

    Quote from Rick

    You probably had a transformer or MSFU in that system.

    uh... no... :thumbdown:

    All I had was 8 Water mills connected to a Batbox. No power emitting from Batbox either. Once I get back home, I'll upload pics. of what I'm talking about...

    I'm betting it's a EU Reader bug, but that makes testing Watermill outputs difficult...

  • Water Gen. Output

    Using the EU reader, I've been getting some variably high amounts with Water Gen. output.: with values from -55 up to 287 or something to the like. Is this a bug with EU Reader, or with how Water Generators output EU with flowing water blocks?

  • Are Water Mills as useless as they seem to be?

    Quote from Igawa

    Here's the simplest and most efficient design i could come up with. The update was actually a boon in disguise. Line of pumps in the middle, 1 chest 1 water on either side, alternating. Add pipes and redstone engines and it'll run forever at full speed. dimensions are 5 long, 7 wide (including blocks for redstone) and 4 high. Design is best when stacked vertically or lengthwise

    According to my measurements a water gen is equal to three solars over a minecraft 24hr, because you have to cut the solar's 1EU/t in half due to night. the water gen loses about .2 of it's EU/t to the pump. so gen makes 1.8/t, which is around 3 solars, conservatively. 24 iron for 3 solars VS 16+1(circuit)+2(engines)=19 iron for watermill+pump+2 redstone engines

    One bucket just flops back and forth between the chest and the watermill. If the bucket is empty, the pump fills it and puts the full bucket back in the chest. Easy as pie, no loop required.

    Takes a lot of wood to make this though, for the stupid engines. Could also be more efficient (pump-wise, 1 pump can supply about 1.2 gens) with tele/distro pipes but this is built for vanilla IC and BC

    O.O

    ... I'm going to have to work on this one... lol
    Awesome work! :thumbup:

  • [Addon v1.95]Rocket Science v0.89 - flying autominers, missiles, and nuclear fusion!

    Confirming this bug as well... crashing my bug test each time... :-/