[CHALLENGE] (v4.3-ish 6/7/18) Refugee to Regent Kingdom Building Challenge

[whizzball1]

The engines seem to work by generating friction, as the ring around the center pushes back and forth.
If the ring was inside the center, it could count as Pneumatic due to the air being pushed.
In, say, a Steam Engine, the Coal burns and turns a turbine which creates electricity.
I can only associate the pumping of the engine to the turbine wasting electricity on pushing an unneeded ring.
The Combustion Engine would probably work like a car's engine, the explosions powering pistons (probably moving the ring outside the center, and so wasting good electrictity) powering the crank shaft, as KriiEiter said.
So I can only assume that it must not be friction.
I cannot understand why on earth Buildcraft makes the Engines pump back and forth when that movement has absolutely nothing to do with generating electricity.
If this were in real life, that would be a huge waste of electricity.
In reality, the light in the center supplies the electricity to the pipes.
The ring is not needed at all.
Buildcraft is starting to look a little less realistic, eh?

 

[GPuzzle]

We're trying to put realism into Minecraft, a game where mixing 154,4 tons of gold with an apple gives you health advantages.
It's not going to work.

 

[Maul_Junior]

Interesting discussion. Keep it civil, kids. I see anyone trying to shove anybody else into Schrodinger's possibly poisonous boxes, I'm calling a mod.

Aside from that, have fun with the debate. I'm reading with popcorn as I work on the Redstone stage.

 

[whizzball1]

Oh, we are just discussing realism and how BC strayed a little.
I mean come on!
That's just a waste of energy to pump a pointless ring back and forth.
I thought it was generating friction in turn generating static electricity, but nooooooooo.
It's a pointless, energy wasting disk that has no use except to make it look pretty (which it really doesn't).
And BC doesn't even put some kind of loss for that disk.
Le sigh.
MJ can't really be classified as one specific thing.
Each engine has it's own classification.
I guess it's an all-encompassing Mechanical system, but each has it's own classification.
TE/BC Steam/Stirling: Steam turning Turbine, so I guess just simple Mechanical.
Combustion: Centrifugal Energy.
Electrical: Electromagnet...? Turning a turbine...? Electromagnetic energy.
Peat: I guess also turbine turner, so Mechanical.
Biogas Engine: Like the combustion engine, so Centrifugal.
RC Steam: Steam turning turbine, so Mechanical, unless it's heat energy, which actually now that I think of it is absurd in the circumstances.
Magmatic: Heat energy.

 

[VaalDeth]

I like the Blulectric Engine how it spins like a real engine. Either way I call MJ's mechanical power, they are all 'engines' in my simplified view. =D Personal preference really!


Here's my next episode, I hope you all enjoy!

 

[whizzball1]

See, Elo knows what she is doing.
Blulectric engines actually make sense.

 

[Technician]

Elo knows what she's doing because she's an electrical engineer..

 

[VaalDeth]

Episode 11, full of awesome!

Hope you all enjoy, please leave me some feedback either way! =D

 

[VaalDeth]

Here we go Episode 12, just about done with the Stone age, FINALLY.

 

[VaalDeth]

 

[VaalDeth]

Well I'm still going strong, now in the Bronze age!

 

[VaalDeth]

 

[VaalDeth]

 

[Senseidragon]

Maul_Junior, on the wiki, what happened to "Gold City"? Wasn't that supposed to be "Stage 5"? I see Redstone Discovery now listed as Stage 5...

I'm nowhere near stage 5, so it's not like I'm in a quandary about it, but I enjoy reading up on what I'm building toward.

Thanks, and great work thus far!

 

[VaalDeth]

Think Maul has checked out, but here's my latest vid with my own personal variation of this challenge!

 

[The Mobius Archives]

Think Maul has checked out, but here's my latest vid with my own personal variation of this challenge!

I hope he hasn't checked out for good. I've only just started with his Stone Hamlet and I'm working on Normal with bits of Hardcore thrown in. I like how organically my settlement is growing. I'll toss up the videos on my progress shortly.

 

[The Mobius Archives]

Here is the start of our Refugee to Regent Challenge. Enjoy!

 

[The Mobius Archives]

And the second episode of our Refugee to Regent challenge series where we both start on our Wooden Settlement and realize the mistakes we made during our Dirt Hovel episode:

 

[VaalDeth]

 

[Toadswart]

I have a question for any one reading. I'm trying the hardcore version of this. I'm very early in the wood age, hovel stage took me forever, having 9 types of trees near me and so much clay...

Wood age says to build a well, is there a way to move water in the age that I can't figure out? Or should I be building my well over some water? Right now I have a 3x3x12 block hole in my town centre(or what will be my town centre).

Having lots of fun with this so far and will be watching Vaal's and Mobius's play throughs soon. Working my way through Mobius's older stuff atm. Hope to see Maul back here as well, he did some great work on this and would hate to see it left behind.

Been playing with FTB Ultimate, but I think I'll play around with the launcher and see if I can't figure out how to get all the mods from the wiki in a custom pack and try to move my save game or probably start over.