Posts by ndk49mason1giabyv7g

  • Change Ore processing to give more benefits to adding ore Washer and Thermal Centrifuge

    I understand that the centrifuge gives some materials that you cant get otherwise (silver ore is not in default IC2, but needed to make glass cables, etc.) but in a modpack where it isnt necessary to get those materials that way, the balance of the three ore processing machines pushes players to *not* make the additional machines.


    MAcerator: cheap to make, cheap to run, EASY to run, doubles ores.

    Ore Washer: cheap to make and run, a bit more involved to run (water) and gives a few tiny dusts, which require auto crafting to make into full dusts. Overall maybe a 1.2x ore bonus?

    Thermal Centrifuge: expensive to make and run, also just gives a few bonus dusts.

  • Geiger counters

    Hey just a little suggestion I've been wanting to make for a bit, it's about geiger counters, you know, the devices used to detect radiation.

    The basic idea is that its an item you can hold one in your inventory, and once you get close to radioactive items like uranium, iridium or anything else like a reactor it would start making the familiar ol' geiger counter sound which would indicate presence of radioactive materials nearby, It would intensify the closer you get to the source, this would be very cool and could even help you in some situations.

  • Fluidized-bed Burner Generator: next tier of simple generator

    In real life, over 50% of electricity production by burning fuel uses a so-called fluidized-bed burner. (And rest is mainly even more complicated things..)


    Fluidized bed burners have 2 key characteristics, which, in my opinion, can be turned into nice tech mechanic:

    - burns only pulverized fuel (usually coal)

    - requires supply of air to keep dust in fluidized state



    So, I suggest advanced (say Medium Voltage) version of generator inspired by Fluidized-bed burners.

  • Ballistic Shields

    I wouldn't suggest such powerful or complicated shields as Lion4K did. My suggestion is to add a ballistic shield made of advanced alloy.


    This shield is much stronger than wood and iron and has a durability of 559. It usually takes a strong hit dealing five hearts or more to affect the durability. However there is a downside, the shield is weak to pickaxes, drills, and mining lasers. These tools will always affect the durability and, like an axe, have a chance to disable the shield.