FUN FACT: Just because it isn't raining doesn't mean you're safe. Lightning can strike 10 MILES from any sort of rainfall.
Back on topic, this idea has some merit, but I don't think it would negate the effects of a coil entirely. Some of those bolts would still find a path to the ground, one way or another.
This would probably be covered by the (eventual) Industrial Conflict addon that Al and the rest of the boys are working on - but as long as the topic's here...
I kinda agree with SpwnX on this one. It'd be better to have some sort of Flak system that can target any flyers if supplied with either gunpowder or a sufficient amount of EU.
So, what you propose is basically Minecraft's version of the TARDIS?
Not sure how well that would fly. Interesting, to be sure, but I suspect people will find a way to abuse said 16^3 block.
Just in case you guys don't know this yet...
Forge for 1.3.1 has been released. Go get it!
LexManos did caution that they need modders to iron out any bugs that may be present, however.
Personally, I find them to be a riot.
I do like the idea of just nuking the landscape for shiggles, but other than that, the only thing attractive about Rocket Science is the fusion reactor. And even then, I found my MV Solar Arrays were plenty of power to run my factory complex.
Hey, guys.
Just so you know, the first weekly snapshot for 1.4 has been released.
Gamechap and Bertie did a couple small reviews on what we can expect/know:
First: Pyramids of Power?!
Second: Infected Villagers
More to come as the snapshots progress. What will this mean for IC2? Only time will tell...
Better Than Wolves creator known for making his mod incompatible with literally every other mod out there except for buildcraft with his Better Than Buildcraft mod
Not quite what I meant, but I was a little vague, so not your fault - I was curious as to what "FC" stood for (Flower Child, upon reading further down the page).
Alright, we'll compromise. Since people seem so set against removing 2 circuits from the equation, how about this: the original solar energy cell recipe will generate 2 cells, but you need 3 cells to make a solar panel. This was one of my original ideas, as an aside.
Mmm, I like ICBM except for the fact that it dosen't currently use the ic2 API.
That may change, good sir...that may change. =P
...Maybe. Cal, care to shed some light on what Al's approval entails?
Probably a dumb question, but who's FC?
Display MoreThreadjacking to get an opinion before I make an actual topic.
I'm thinking of a solution how to manage both stupidity and assing around.
There are a lot of annoyances in the suggestion threads. So many that using the fear of getting flamed is a necessary means of enforcing a certain level of quality. But that's not all.
This is mainly because a traditional forum isn't fit for that kind of thing:
- Good threads get lost because of stupid new suggestions
- Only way to tell the "validity" of a poster is the post count
- Dead threads that get bumped due to off-topic banter
I'd like to either move the suggestion section to somewhere with a "reddit-ish" voting functionality or include it into the forum if that's something that can be done rather easily. (Obviously no experience on that topic.)
- Good threads get bumped to the top for the devs to see
- Repeated suggestions and irrelevant can quickly be downvoted into oblivion
- Quick view of the quality of the post / poster
Building on that idea some more, why not also make a pinned topic where each person can upload all their suggestions to (with the already-approved/denied stuff, as well)? It might save time, and it'd certainly save me the trouble of wading back through all the other topics to find the ones I made months ago.
I don't really see them as such, panels you plop down, instant eu, water gens require systems of Redpower machines with a blutricity requirement, to produce any meaningful amount of energy; they aren't exact plop down and receive instant eus, wind gens could be considered start and forget, but you have to take into account the possibility of breaking at high heights requiring maintenance which if you work out the math on it you can make it so it doesn't break, but once again, it's not really the whole plop generator down and attach cable ease of solars, so even though I do use solars for starting energy (I don't like high bases, and I can never get ender pearls for retrievers) I think that the two circuits is completely justified
Using that tutorial, Wind Gens will NEVER break. So, sorry, but it still becomes a "set it and forget it" situation. And who honestly resorts to water mills any more? I certainly don't.
So it costs 1 more Coal, 1 more Glass and just 1 Iron and 6 Coppercables less? OK, if i want a cheaper Recipe, then i'm using my Silverbased Circuits (gives a x2 Bonus).
But the Logic behind the Recipe (except the 2 Redstone for the Solarpanel) is worth consideration.
The 2 redstone were just kinda tacked on there to preserve some of the cost - my main beef was the requirement of 2 circuits, which tend to gum up the works in the massive autocrafting factories I make when I want to create multiple MV Panels (Yes, I use CompactSolars, and I prefer Logistics Pipes to RedPower's stuff, because I know how Logistics Pipes works better than setting up RP2 Autocrafting).
Again, the cells could be used for more than just a rework of the solar panel - another idea I had was similar to RedPower's Solar Detectors that Elo implemented. But, that's something to explore at a later date.
Hey, guys!
Before you bite my head off, I searched both the list of approved/denied ideas and the suggestions forum itself - in both cases, my idea did NOT turn up, so I am not restating any old ideas (to the best of my knowledge).
So. Solar. We love it, use it, and argue over it. In my case, what if we were to add another step (or two) to make Solars, yet take away from the cost ever so slightly?
My thought is this. The current recipe to make a solar panel, barring a nuclear reactor and its chambers, is the most expensive of the generators to make. You need 13 insulated copper wires (for the battery and 2 circuits), 4 tin (battery again), 10 refined iron (for the circuits and machine block), 8 cobblestone (furnace), 6 redstone (battery and circuits again), 3 coal (for dusts), and 3 sand (for glass). Clearly, there has to be a better way.
I propose, therefore, an intermediary step.
Instead of the current crafting recipe, why not implement the need to craft solar energy cells? The photo-voltaic circuitry could also be implemented into other things, but for now, the solar panel rework is the main one. The recipe I have in mind is as follows:
G D G--------- D G D
D C D---OR---G C G
G D G--------- D G D
G = Glass (Panel, possibly, but the actual block is what I am planning for the moment)
D = Coal Dust
C = Electronic Circuit
This would yield one or two solar energy cells, depending on people's opinion. For the moment, though, I'm sticking with just the one, and you'll quickly see why with the new Solar Panel Recipe, which is as follows:
X S X
R P R
X X X
X = Nothing
S = Solar Energy Cell
R = Redstone
P = Generator
The Solar Helmet Recipe would remain unchanged, however. Anyway, just throwing this idea out here. What do you guys think?
He's a busy guy from what I can tell so you can't blame him for that.
Yeah. Things like work, his HD crashing...didn't he also get married, I thought I heard? Anyway, Real Life(tm) got the better of him.
Gotta say, Cal, I was wondering when you'd find your way here. XD
On that note, why not merge the mods somewhat? Just throwing the idea out there.
EDIT: P.S., awesome job getting approval from Al to allow compatibility between UE and IC2. It'll make setting up my base that much easier once everything's ported to 1.3.1.
Hmm...
Taking Sebra's point into consideration, what about "Machinist's Wrench?" I was gonna suggest Crescent Wrench, but that's what ALL the wrenches look like, and calling it a Pipe Wrench wouldn't be entirely accurate.
