Posts by Vendan

Sometimes transformers seem to fail to connect and need a redstone state change before they start working(i.e. downwards transformers need to state changes)
Problem Scenario:

Drop a transformer into prelaid wiring, and if it's placed in certain directions, it won't function till you apply and remove a redstone signal.

Solution:

In the blockElectric source file, you are calling the setFacing function from the onBlockPlacedBy function. Change all these setFacing functions to alterFacing functions, as setFacing doesn't update the EnergyNet.(it's lines 171-191 in my decompiled version code)
Had same issue with my Power Regulator addon, applied this fix to it, it now functions correctly.

(not many bug reports come with detailed code fixing instructions and all, huh?)

Quote from CovertJaguar

Well if you are using it for grid to grid overflow, you will want it to be EV.

O.O
I've honestly never had a grid that big.
I'll see about adding EV on the next version though, but I gotta go to bed in a few minutes.

MarkII-1B i.e. your 3 efficiency reactor, but will run full cycle without needing a clock, just needs a good long cooldown(should be about a half a cycle to cooldown)

http://test.vendaria.net/index.php?reac…CCHCCHHCCCHCCHC

Quote from CovertJaguar

Personally, a EV or HV version is probably all that's needed. No one cares about power overflow on low capacity grids.

I leave no range out(although I didn't do a EV version, I think EV is just too high power for anything but transformer to transformer, but if someone wants it, I can probably add it).

Some may want a LV version for some reason, and I didn't want to make it so you'd have to use the HV one for it.

Link to addon post https://forum.industrial-craft.net/index.php?page…d&threadID=1143

Quote from OvermindDL1

That does not really work though for these purposes. I have not needed such a thing yet (I just have mass-amounts of solar generators feeding to a singular power station), but I can see the point. What is actually wanted is a power unit that directs to one direction if things there need power, else it directs to another direction if they do not or of any excess that is unused by the first direction.

Like this for example:

Code

/ Storage(MFE/MFSU/BB's/whatever) -> Primary facilities
Power Gen -> Regulator
               	\ Mass_Generator/Etc...

A Regulator (Working Name, not accurate for its job) could, for example, be a block where, when wrenched, have its primary output on that side, and the secondary on the opposite side, taking power on all other sides. Whatever power it receives would be directed to the primary for everything that wants however much power, any remaining goes to the Secondary output.

An example, the Power Gen feeds 64EU/t to the Regulator:

• The Storage is empty because all manner of devices are in use down the line so all 64 EU/t goes to the Storage line.
• Now say the storage is almost full, has a 16 EU/t drain due to one or two devices down the line taking that, thus the Regulator feeds 16 EU/t to the storage/Primary line and the remaining 48 EU/t goes to the Secondary/Backup/Whatever line.
• Or if nothing is in use on the primary and all storage is full then all 64 EU/t would go to the Secondary/Backup/Whatever line.

Hmm, this might not make a bad suggestion post, perhaps multiple levels. I shall also submit this in suggestions. If only I had access to an IC2 SDK or code so I could make an addon myself for this. I have read all of the suggestions over the past few days, I certainly hope I did not miss a similar request... Please forgive me if so...

Just made it, link to addon post https://forum.industrial-craft.net/index.php?page…d&threadID=1143

Name: Power Systems

Summary: Various power grid enhancing blocks

Description
The power regulator allows you to keep your workshop fully charged, and use any extra energy to run a mass fab, keep some induction furnaces hot, i.e. anything that could use power that you don't want to use power unless everything else that needs power is full.

The power regulator works by first acting as a pass through, then sending extra power out it's output blocks.

The power regulator can be disabled by applying a redstone input(i.e. lever or whatever). This will stop the overflow from going out the output, but the regulator will continue passing current through to the main output.

Simple design

Power regulator looks like a storage unit for it's voltage range, and outputs to the side with a double dot. Output block looks like the power regulator, but outputs at the quintuple dot. Thanks sirbrandino for the sprites.
Note, the power regulator sucks in as much as it can, so it needs to be before your workshop, not in the middle of it, in order to work properly.

The power switch only passes energy through when it gets redstone signal. It will transmit anything up to HV, and won't blow stuff if you put it in a LV circuit.

The power meter tracks power flow through it. Like the power switch, it will transmit anything up to HV, and won't blow stuff if you put it in a LV circuit.

Recipes


Current ones are crap, I'm taking suggestions.


Regulator LV

Regulator Output LV

Regulator MV

Regulator Output MV

Regulator HV

Regulator Output HV

Power Switch

Power Meter

Download


http://test.vendaria.net/Mods/mod_PowerSystems.zip

Note to IC2 admins:
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edit: update, forgot about redstone behavior.

It actually seems like this is impossible as a single block(the way the Energy Net works) so it would have to be 2 blocks (or more). Still investigating.

I whole-heartedly approve of this suggestion, and I'm going to try to make it into an addon. My perspective is that there be 3 tiers to match the low side of the transformers. I'm not sure about designating primary/secondary sides, my current idea is top/bottom is primary/secondary, but that strikes me as rather inflexible. I am interested in input on side designation. I don't want it to be too complex, but maybe wrench right click designates primary, and the prior primary becomes the new secondary?

Vendarian Reactor Corp
For when you don't have the resources or the need for a 6-chamber reactor.

These are some designs for less then 6-chamber reactors. This is for the beginning reactor engineer, so I'm also designing them not to be crazy "Run this at 50% duty cycle to make sure it gets through a cycle". Any Mark I's are modeled to not build heat, and Mark II's are modeled for very limited heat build, unless otherwise noted. Feel free to set up sufficient storage, and then let them run while you're out mining. I do recommend hooking up a redstone lever so that you can cut them off when your storage gets close to full. Reactors that have been cut off don't waste fuel, and allow cooling for Mark II's (so you can start a new cycle sooner).

Mark I-OC

http://test.vendaria.net/index.php?reac…CHHCCUUCCCHCCHC

No additional chambers needed, only limited water blanket required (bottom 9 blocks flooded with water should do it if most nearby cells are air, 12 blocks water total and everything else can be filled in). Only 20 EU/t, but good for a starter reactor or a small industrial complex. Can directly power a batbox, so good for low end machines without needing a transformer.

Mark I-OC v2

http://test.vendaria.net/index.php?reactor=2HCCCHCCCHCCCHUUUCHCCHCCCHCCCHC

Next step up of first reactor, needs full water containment, but only 2 reactor chambers. Make sure you cable off of a chamber. Vertically flipped copy of Kuu's "The Harmony of Elements", but it's an independently evolved design. Seems like it's the only way to fit a 2.33 efficiency design into a 2 chamber reactor. 35 EU/t, so it is a MV design.

Mark II-1B

http://test.vendaria.net/index.php?reac…HCCHCCCCHXXXXXX

Will run full cycle at 3.0 efficiency and 60EU/t. Main drawback is the need for a cooldown cycle after every run, but allows very good efficiency while still only needing 5 chambers. Only real need for this reactor is to maximize EU yields. I am investigating the use of the reactor post-cycle as a breeder system.

1up'd: http://test.vendaria.net/index.php?reac…XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

The reactor's HP(max heat it can take) is 10000 + (1000 * # of chambers) + (100 * # of plating)

All effects happen more often as the heat increases once their threshold is reached.

85% - Lava/fire spawn
70% - Hurting nearby entities(player included)
50% - Water evaporation
40% - Wood, Leaves, and wool spontaneous combustion

Plating also helps mitigate explosions, but not by much. You'd need 5 platings to cancel out the effects of one uranium core.

I've tried both while logged in and while not logged in, and 3 different downloads. To me, that indicates a misconfigured forum, especially if other users are reporting the same thing.

Yeah, the code specifically doesn't have the plates transfer to the HDs. If thats not intended, then half a dozen falses need to be changed to trues. I think its a little odd though, but it might be a balance issue.

Is there anyway to make it so that extra power being put into the energy grid could get redirected to another grid? My problem is that I don't want to have 2 seperate grids in order to run my mass fabricator full out, I want it to run with the excess power from my main grid. I was thinking the electrolyzer could siphon extra power from my end MFSU, and then I could buildcraft pipe it to a second MFSU running my mass fab, but the electrolyzer is way too slow to consider for that. Only other thing I can think of is to have a duty cycle on my mass fab, but that's not a very good idea IMHO. Any one have any ideas?

Just set it up so that the pumping from the overflow chest goes through a redstone pipe(addon to buildcraft) Same basic idea, but i think the blackhole band has much better grab range then the obsidian pipe. Also, i'd set the overflow chest to just redirect back to the reactor, i.e. through an iron pipe. That would increase the total ice/second, allowing you to run longer if you do setup an overflow triggered cycle system. I'd have done it to mine, but i tried to extend the cycle to long with my timer, and the reactor went critical. Big enough boom to kill me, and hit my 3 reactors running in my underground base. Only thing left was a MASSIVE hole in the ground.

Can't really make it go any faster, it tries to do 100 'ticks' per second, but it's limited by your browser. Still manages about 20~30 times minecraft speed(on my system, in chrome), which means a full cycle in about 8~9 minutes.

Bear in mind that the only other reactor planner available has some serious flaws in it's simulation, and has one of my MarkI's blowing up partway into the first cycle. It doesn't do that in minecraft, or in my app, and my app does a much more realistic simulation of other reactors, f.e. Kuu's MarkI earlier in this thread does model as a MarkI in it, but has wildly flickering temp on 2 of the cells that don't actually heat up in minecraft or my app.

I am going to work on a compiled language version of mine, so that would solve speed issues, but it's not very high priority for me.

Yeah, cooling components(plating, coolant cells, and IHDs) show heat on the "damage" bar. Uranium cells show usage, and Isotope cells show reenrichment status.
Usually when testing, I have an unconnected IHD to allow me to see the reactor hull temp easier. Bear in mind that it won't keep up with the reactor hull if you start overheating quickly, it only matches at 25 heat a second. The whole "will only load one cell at a time" is why I designed my overflow activated cycle system. Once it's overflowing, you can be sure that there's lots of individual stacks of ice. It is a rather complex system though.

the buildcraft addon for pumps, not the native buildcraft ones

Redirected the ice flow down to my reactor.

Down down down

Reinforced stone and glass shield.

5 chamber reactor with ice feeder.

MarkV-A reactor with ice buildup.

Redpower logic duty cycle latch(set at 33%)

Craploads of power

Line running back up to surface...

providing power for ice factory.

Yay, closed loop ice system, All I have to do is swap out the uranium cells. Now to dig even deeper and set up a cobblestone recycling, mass fabricating, uranium cell factory.

If only we had a system for the reactor chamber that would allow you to automatically swap in new uranium cells as they run out.

press and hold, right-click, release.