Posts by RockRaiderZulu

I just realized that Quadrant II piles have a higher energy density than the stationary Quadrants. You can fit three into the same space at a single Quadrant IV (or any other six chamber unit for that matter).

Came up with this unit as a result: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…5k494ynyd2oham8

160 out, 12 cells in, can be stacked in tight spaces.

Quadrant V, derived from the above, and thus is mobile, but not exactly the most efficient one for breeding: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…i96ig2sdr8ididi

Quote from Knightmare

Just simplified your design, and and cut down a good bit on the resources for it, RockRaider.

http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…3e4ivum72s2qlae

New four chamber unit: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…okwls2k099ytwjk
Now in the space of a six chamber unit, you can have 540 EU/t without SUC or periodic shutdowns.

Um, was that from the Quadrant II? If it was, then you just decreased the power and took away its ability to breed fuel, which was the point.

Got the Q5 to make more fuel than it uses! Now for the Quadrant V Mod 0: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…7mkhoamr12slhlg

This is why I will not use quantum armor.

Flowing water uses an entirely different block ID from source blocks, so why would it stop if it can not count on the source being close enough to grab?

I am trying to say that a using a launcher like the Technic one could allow for a "hidden" beta, a beta that is open, but few really know about it and can easily revert if they are so inclined. Thus more people could have tested the build and thus find more bugs and thus a lot of bugs would have been known earlier.

As for the RRU bit, it means I think all of the people requesting and nagging caused Al the Dragon to breakdown and release the second beta build as a full release. (I got this from the version number. Notice that it is exactly one build after beta build 1.105)

The off topic appearance of my statement could be cleared up by the off topic conversation the preceded my first post in this thread.

Quote from Luingar

same error here.
log:

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2012-09-28 23:31:09 [INFO] [STDOUT] Error in class 'SourceLWJGL OpenAL'
2012-09-28 23:31:09 [INFO] [STDOUT] Channel null in method 'stop'
2012-09-28 23:31:10 [INFO] [STDOUT] Channel null in method 'stop'
2012-09-28 23:31:10 [INFO] [STDOUT] Error in class 'SourceLWJGL OpenAL'
2012-09-28 23:31:10 [INFO] [STDOUT] Channel null in method 'stop'

it just repeats.

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Looks like someone forgot to call the sounds

Saw the rework. Does nothing in the more light department. Guess superluminosity is the way to go for now.

Lighting Rework? Care to explain this one?

I hate to say it, but I think Team Technic has the right idea, a launcher that allows users to choose their build and chooses for them if users don't decide on a specific build. It is very likely that most users of the Technic launcher just chose a modpack and go, not even touching the settings, thus getting the latest recommended build, not the beta build.

On a side note, at RRU I would call this "pulling a Lego Group" as this is what happens to many bit of Lego software. TLG would set a ridiculous deadline, and the developers can't build a full game. Here I call this "Pulling an IC2 user" as that may have what happened when the testers said its ready. The team simply got tied of having to answer questions and in an act of compassion, the testers said it was ready.

I already have a cooling unit for this:

Cool http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…irhtrf1az77rfuo your nukes

Quote from kevindude

Quantum Zombies!

I request that FenixR make a comment about that spelling. I am horrified that a regular IC user could misspell that.

Anyways, I think a certain purple dragon needs to find a way giving Iron Golems armor and lasers. Also, the sun took revenge on the fallen.

Looks good.

Quote from Atukaski

I hate replacing hundreds of components every cycle. So i came up with this mark-1 design. You can put any cells in the middle and the cooling cells and anything cools itself off. Only thing is that it might have a bit low EU output. Can someone help? (no condensors please i hate to mend them)
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…drmj5ro9s7b42dc

-Edit by the way its quite cheap you use up a bit of starting materials but you don't need to replace them (yea 4 diamonds, 200 copper, 137 iron, 52 tin, 16 gold, 31 rubber, 16 redstone and thats it. You only need to replace the uranium cells. Pretty good for me

Compared to what I have been using, that is good for power and on par for cost, and lacking in breeding. Compared to what I will be using, that is on par of power, good for cost, but is still lacking in the breeding department.

Here is a "lossy" breeder version. http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…02d2pavl0hlmeio

Quote from Vyrebird

So with Neutron Reflectors adjacent to Quad cells, they'd last 10k/4, or 2500 ticks. Thus why you need Thick Neutron Reflectors.

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Mark II reactors rely on storing heat somewhere in order to vent it during the cooldown phase, and there aren't many places to store heat in the current system. 60k coolant cells, over a 10k cycle time, average to storing 6 heat per reactor tick, the same as a normal vent - you do gain slightly with the coolant cells, since you can timeshift the cooling, but that's relatively small. Heat storage in 'normal' components amounts to a small sum as well - going with the generous assumptions of a 50/50 mix of vents and Component Exchangers across 50 reactor slots, that amounts to a 150k heat sink, or about 15 heat per tick.

So it seems like the 1.106 reactor model heavily favors Mk I, III, and V, with only a very narrow window for Mk II to possibly operate in.

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http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…0pz81u5cdf2obuo

My potential contribution to the list.
Mark I, Efficiency 4, 160 EU/t.
Iron 234, Copper 413, Tin 65, Gold 16 (5-chamber)

It's higher efficiency than any Mk I currently in the list (aside from the reflector-based eff 7), and it is a different resource balance: lower gold, more copper/iron. I don't know if that's enough to make it useful to others.

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Edit- 4-chamber variant with lower resource costs. Remove the bottom-rightmost heat exchanger to save a couple copper and make it a Mark II-1 ;p
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…p00ipcfv9ahophc

Iron 215, Copper 364, Tin 64, Gold 16

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made a breeder out pf the more costly one http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…6tfv2ap7crk9b0g

Quadrant IV High Efficiency Hybrid Breeder:

http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…dtcdq40mgs7egw0

Class: MK1 Breeder EA*

EU/t: 60

EU eff: 3 of 7

Breeder Eff: 4 of 7

Cells Charged: 16

Cells used: 1xQuad

Cost: 817 Cu 101 Sn 5 CuSn 431 Fe 30 Au 90 SiO2 373 Polyisoprene 4 Anthracite 160 Redstone 2 Glowstone 2 Lapis Lazuli 30 Diamonds 5 UO2 minimum 4 coal dust minimum

I could add some plating, but that would add cost. Then again, cost is not the first priority if you are using a Quadrant of any sort nor are effects related to extreme heat. I may just update Quadrant II and Quadrant III families.

Edit: I did add plating to the Quadrant II, III, and IV families. On a side note, exactly what does the heating cell value indicate on the Quadrant II? Is it something to worry about?

There seems to be a major bug: I calculated a design having 264 cooling, yet it claims that there is only 260.

Edit: I missed the part about spreadvents not being consistent about cooling.

Will the reactor split its packets across many outputs? If that is a no, then making any pile produce at 2049 EU/t or higher is pretty pointless.

Quote from Rick

Talonius already made a design with heating cells which automatically stays at 57k heat.

Also just a little detail but your design will melt stuff.

EDIT: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/v3/reactorplan…zfzq95bxh52s9qd
No need for micromanaging your reactor just put the uranium cells in it and it breeds them for ya. 4x 18 cells per cycle recharged and it uses just 1 uranium cell. 85% heat is at 59160 heat and it operates at ~58000 heat.

There is a reason why I stuck with the "Basics" for the Quadrants. The goal of the Quadrant family is to minimize operating costs, not building costs. Also, is it just me, or are Quadrants the most powerful breeders in this topic (that won't have problems)?

Is there a limit on how much energy a transformer can process in one tick?

Replace buckets with coolant cells and you have a coolant cell cusuc.

Quote from jppk1

Be aware that nuclear engineering is getting a complete rework in the next version.

But you are limited to 2048EU/t in a "practical technical" sense from cable limitations, but because you might have to send all of it through an LV cable system, you are likely limited to 128EU/t from the fact that LV transformers are limited to 128EU/t in either direction (32*4 or 128 *1 for your set up).