), I was thinking this would work for a later game TC inclusion, just a thought.First off I love the pack design and the factory building itself, very well done. Now on to comments!
So while staring at my furnace smelting iron, I decided to flip through the book a bit. In terms of things to add from Thaumcraft, if you want any ideas, I thought of the alchemical centrifuge. Considering you have the two lamps (growth and fertility) and the essense jars required as puchase-ables, does progression follow to include the ability to fill those jars yourself? (Similar to being able to make chests to sell back) Really I just love the look, function, and sound of the centrifuge, and it's very industrial as a concept...
Off the top of my head I know the herba (growth) jar can be worked out by trees and I believe life (fertility) can be worked by eggs...wheat?...both? I forget. A problem is you'd need the alchemical furnace as well to break down whatever into essence (And jars! but really this should be after you have bought jars and used them). But as far as TC goes, alchemy is fairly non-magical to the point of appearing industrial. Especially if you think of it as you already sell the jars and lamps anyway and this just allows production (and selling?) of them yourself. Also, this is a golem factory, and a golem's basic thaum job is the alchemical furnace (since no one wants to work with those icky glitchy pipes
Also, while writing this a thunderstorm happened, and I've decided to consider endermen as theives (ninjas) and am pondering how to kill them without death... I have other ideas/comments, but I need to focus on my 'factory' first! *Runs into office to hide*
Can you give me a bit more detail? So far, when the quests' cooldown are about to expire, they then randomly get more time added to the cooldown? Is that what you're saying?
Actually... That is an interesting proposition, using the alchemical furnaces to get essentia might work, I just need some way to fluff it in as an industrial project. Possibly as manufacturing 'chemicals'... I love it! I do try to make my map thematically consistent, even if it's a different style to most others.
However I still think it's going to be a bit weird trying to sort out golems pathfinding through the gate blocks, since I've heard tha golems can't pathfind through them. Then there's powering the furnaces, but then again I do sell you coal. I'll try to figure out how to impliment that, sure.
Also, you're meant to be on peaceful
On the notes of pains, is the cyan clay required to be there? I find my derpy golem hopping on the corner of one moving from the pulverizer to the chest I placed somewhat between it and the furnace location. I may just break that block by hand if it doesn't need to be there, though I fear it may for the gate thingy (that I totally didn't 'see' was there until I placed a tin ore because of it >_< )Alright it really is just a weird display of the remaining time. The quest itself got reseted.
*Warning, babble ramble ahead. Guess I need to take more breaks and comment more often*
Pft, peaceful!? I mean food is already almost irrelevant , the random ninja army that appears is something threatening at least! Speaking of which, the extra life we get from the one quest...is that a joke or meant to be used? Since I see HQ isn't on I couldn't..eat..it.. >_>
Other comments. Having played TC quite extensively I will admit I have no idea the speed or carrying capacity of any golem beyond straw. So I was trying to think of a way to have like an employee stat sheet/book. Either a seperate book having a page for each golem & core's stats, or maybe fluffing the HQM book itself a bit? If nothing else I'll stop being lazy and eventually make like signs on the wall stating the basics. Just a thought so you can buy the proper golem (since really just carry size and speed matter without other upgrades).
My other...comment..is with the placement of the pulverizer. I figure it's probably too much work to ask you to flip them, so the first upgrade is closer to the furnace than its current placement but that would be amazing... I have an entire argument thought up if you want to hear it or if it might help persuade you. But as it, it's dealable, but a pain
If you want help or suggestions or something for the alchemy I'd be glad to. Part of my rationale for it's balance was what you said, only the centrifuge itself is 'free' power/fuel, the furnace needs something burnable (alumentum, coal, blazerods, charcoal) so you'd have to manage more resources if you want to produce the 'chemicals'. Plus you'll have less jar overflow to deal with. (As a suggestion before you answer if you want any, the void jars will be very useful if you do try to implement anything with the essentia line). I'm trying to get into the animal/tree upgrades to see how you did them so I can make suggestions on the alchemy part, since as is I don't know how you worked those into a warehouse/factory
, I think that if you want good infrastructure, have some carrier golems run around the bricked paths instead of running through the minefield that is unpacked machines. The top of the machines are all gate blocked, I had to find a way of making sure players can't access the machine before purchase and the golems can afterwards, so I had resorted to pistons.
