Let me start by saying I've read through the ReC change logs and am running the latest version as of starting this thread. That said there are a few things that I just don't understand that I'm hopeful some of you can help me with and hopefully @Reika can keep this accurate.
For months now any block in ReactorCraft that emits neutrons (breeder fuel core, fuel core, spent fuel container) can act as a chunkloader and this ability can be turned on and off via the ReC config. What is not clear to me is the following:
1) In an unloaded chunk with a fuel core, does the core or the fuel somehow know "I haven't ticked for the last 2 hours, once I do load again, I will spam 4,000 neutrons all at once and melt down MWAHAHAHAHAHA! or as I imagine unloaded chunks actually working when it does load just start ticking and emitting neutrons starting from the moment it became loaded again. Reika has previously said on many occasions that unloaded chunks = meltdowns but I've not seen a detailed explanation as to why.
2) If either the core or the fuel actually do know how much server time has elapsed since it last ticked (reading and writing to a text file would accomplish this), then that would mean that the chunks they are in can never ever ever unload. So if that is the case, how is that even possible. I mean even spawn chunks in the OW unload when everyone leaves the OW. I put my first test fission reactor directly at spawn in the OW on our server and logged back in to die in corium. This was a spent fuel container completely surrounded by water source blocks and 2 blocks away was a breeder fuel core also totally surrounded by water source blocks. If that chunk was loaded, I would have expected the breeder fuel to continue converting because neutrons kept coming off the spent fuel container and the whole setup to keep destroying water source blocks which should have kept reforming because of infinite water. This is not what did happen since it melted down so I am obviously mistaken in one or more of my assumptions
3) How has anyone on a server managed to keep their reactor chunkloaded 100% of the time?
I would really like to fool with fission on our server and branch out from HTGRs but not at the cost of destroying our server. If I am being an idiot, I would appreciate a nudge back onto the right path!
For months now any block in ReactorCraft that emits neutrons (breeder fuel core, fuel core, spent fuel container) can act as a chunkloader and this ability can be turned on and off via the ReC config. What is not clear to me is the following:
1) In an unloaded chunk with a fuel core, does the core or the fuel somehow know "I haven't ticked for the last 2 hours, once I do load again, I will spam 4,000 neutrons all at once and melt down MWAHAHAHAHAHA! or as I imagine unloaded chunks actually working when it does load just start ticking and emitting neutrons starting from the moment it became loaded again. Reika has previously said on many occasions that unloaded chunks = meltdowns but I've not seen a detailed explanation as to why.
2) If either the core or the fuel actually do know how much server time has elapsed since it last ticked (reading and writing to a text file would accomplish this), then that would mean that the chunks they are in can never ever ever unload. So if that is the case, how is that even possible. I mean even spawn chunks in the OW unload when everyone leaves the OW. I put my first test fission reactor directly at spawn in the OW on our server and logged back in to die in corium. This was a spent fuel container completely surrounded by water source blocks and 2 blocks away was a breeder fuel core also totally surrounded by water source blocks. If that chunk was loaded, I would have expected the breeder fuel to continue converting because neutrons kept coming off the spent fuel container and the whole setup to keep destroying water source blocks which should have kept reforming because of infinite water. This is not what did happen since it melted down so I am obviously mistaken in one or more of my assumptions
3) How has anyone on a server managed to keep their reactor chunkloaded 100% of the time?
I would really like to fool with fission on our server and branch out from HTGRs but not at the cost of destroying our server. If I am being an idiot, I would appreciate a nudge back onto the right path!