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SatanicSanta

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It is actually.
That's... odd. I suppose you're to get it in the nether then.

ANYWAY, back to the original topic!

I'd so, go into /minecraft/config/cofh/CoFHWorld.txt or whatever it is and see where and how often diamonds spawn, then choose the middle point between those values.
 

nvrsbr

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Another question:

What happens when the Quarry hits bedrock?
Obviously it stops mining, but what happens to my Electric (solar powered) engines?
Do they continue to run?
Can they blow up?
 

Iluvalar

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I'd suggest to go 1 layer over the bedrock. I think diamonds are more frequent deeper even if you have to navigate carfully because of lava lakes.
 

nvrsbr

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I'd suggest to go 1 layer over the bedrock. I think diamonds are more frequent deeper even if you have to navigate carfully because of lava lakes.

Yeah I have to say that I found more Diamonds at lower levels (Closer to Bedrock).
 

dothrom

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I'd suggest to go 1 layer over the bedrock. I think diamonds are more frequent deeper even if you have to navigate carfully because of lava lakes.
It actually makes sense to find diamonds rather close to lava, since it takes pretty extreme pressure and heat for them to form.

Another question:

What happens when the Quarry hits bedrock?
Obviously it stops mining, but what happens to my Electric (solar powered) engines?
Do they continue to run?
Can they blow up?

They wont (shouldn't anyway) blow up. The quarry will keep consuming power though. Wich is important to note if you were powering it using tesseracts hooked into your main power gen.
 

ScottulusMaximus

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It actually makes sense to find diamonds rather close to lava, since it takes pretty extreme pressure and heat for them to form..

It makes sense but is a Minecraft myth I'm afraid.. Finding lava does not guarantee increased diamond spawns, diamond just happens to spawn around the level of the lava lakes. Diamond veins are up to 15 as far as I'm aware, I mine at 11 because it's one above lava lake gen(prevents nasty surprises).


The quarry will stop at bedrock, no your solar powered electrical engines won't blow up, it's one of the first engines with rate limiting scaling with demand... Although a quarry supplied by electrical engines is soooooooo 1.2.5 it's amazing;)
 

nvrsbr

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What are the best engines to use ?
I dont seem to gtet any good output from any of them :p
 

dothrom

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BC quarries accept up to 200mj/t (2krf/t) unless set differently in the configs. When I use them, I usually throw at least 100-150mj/t at them.
As for what engine? Depends on fuel options and how many engines you want to make. No one engine will power a BC quarry.
 

nvrsbr

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Lets say Biogas engines.... how do I link them together and then to the quarry?
 

dothrom

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Not quite sure energy conduits will work in this case, but I think they will.
If not, conductive pipes. One wood one connects to each engine, then connect them all together and to the quarry with other pipe types. Waila/nei will tell you how much energy each type of conductive pipe carries.
 

SatanicSanta

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Not quite sure energy conduits will work in this case, but I think they will.
If not, conductive pipes. One wood one connects to each engine, then connect them all together and to the quarry with other pipe types. Waila/nei will tell you how much energy each type of conductive pipe carries.
Note that they are now called Kinesis Pipes, not Conductives anymore.
 
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Iluvalar

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It makes sense but is a Minecraft myth I'm afraid.. Finding lava does not guarantee increased diamond spawns, diamond just happens to spawn around the level of the lava lakes. Diamond veins are up to 15 as far as I'm aware, I mine at 11 because it's one above lava lake gen(prevents nasty surprises).
That's exactly why I made this comment. Diamonds in monster are rarer on layer 11 that they are under the layer 8. You need to go deeper in monster.