Oil Field

[robbversion1]

So I was searching my new Unleashed server map and came across a nicely sized ocean oil field. Had to be about 10 big oil geysers. So I setup my pump and tesseract and start pumping. I logged out for a couple hours, and came back to this:

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My old field is on fire! I didnt even know this was a thing lol. Anyone know what could cause this?

 

[acker]

Maybe a skel on daylight?

 

[robbversion1]

freakin saboteurs everywhere you turn. atleast its still pumping while on fire.

 

[Staxed]

lightning can set oil on fire

 

[Shakie666]

Oil fires are annoying. Thank god you can make mystcraft ages with desert oil fields biomes.

Still, could be worse. Imagine if you'd been pumping a mystcraft oil ocean. Fire = bye bye server.

 

[b0bst3r]

Good luck putting it out, there's no easy way.

 

[Trunks9809]

Still, could be worse. Imagine if you'd been pumping a mystcraft oil ocean. Fire = bye bye server.

Actually done this. The server did not like it in the slightest... Oil ocean + Instability is not pretty. We had to use rejuvenation missiles to get rid of all the fire, and turn off fire spread .

 

[AlanEsh]

Eh, just leave it, no need to put the fires out.

 

[Trunks9809]

I'd thought that as well, but the server was struggling with the fires - not sure if it was because of fire spread or not, but we put them out anyway.

 

[Gerald Huppertz]

The fires are actually pretty easy to put out. Start at one end and place a cobblestone block above the oil block thats on fire. Then either fly or sneak your way backwards sticking more cobblestone until you have a layer of cobblestone over the oil blocks. No more fire. Then just remove the cobblestone again if you prefer the look of your oilfield.

We had a huge oilfire on our server and it was causing lag on some the clients when going near it so 2 of us spent 10 minutes and cleaned it up.

 

[Staxed]

or you could just use cans and collect the oil

 

[Trunks9809]

The fires are actually pretty easy to put out.

Not so easy when the entire dimension is a single, giant ocean of oil...

 

[Kitchen_Fire]

I just turned off oil fires in the config files. I like the idea that the oil burns but I had a few fires close to bases that were chunkloaded and it was causing lots of issues.

 

[Zjarek_S]

I once had an idea to use oil to get rid of Natura redwood tree. I put one block on the top, wait for it to spread and put it on fire. While it was loaded the game run ok, but when I left the area I couldn't come back without crash. MCEdit was necessary to clean it up.

 

[robbversion1]

my question is, is the oil under the oilfire still pump-able or do i have to put it out first?

 

[Gerald Huppertz]

Not so easy when the entire dimension is a single, giant ocean of oil...

This is true, and would be Epic!! lol

 

[Kitchen_Fire]

my question is, is the oil under the oilfire still pump-able or do i have to put it out first?

I am pretty sure it is still pump-able.

 

[AlanEsh]

It is pumpable, i have done it.