TC Taint vs. Flux

[Brian Cherrick]

Is there a way to use one, or the other, or is taint the new way to go about things now?

I don't mind it, but it's just so damn annoying to deal with, I'd much rather have flux.

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

Both exist in TC4
Flux is the purple goo and purple gas from crucibles and infusion crafting
IIRC flux can lead to taint

 

[Brian Cherrick]

Both exist in TC4
Flux is the purple goo and purple gas from crucibles and infusion crafting
IIRC flux can lead to taint

I see. Is there a wait to disable it in the config ? The taint that is, cause some of my TC builds, the flux is pain in the ass enough to deal with, lol.

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

I see. Is there a wait to disable it in the config ? The taint that is, cause some of my TC builds, the flux is pain in the ass enough to deal with, lol.

You can slow taint spread via configs, but besides that the best way to deal with taint is cheating in silverwoods and ethereal blooms. Or making the stuff yourself if you have the time and respurces

 

[Brian Cherrick]

You can slow taint spread via configs, but besides that the best way to deal with taint is cheating in silverwoods and ethereal blooms. Or making the stuff yourself if you have the time and respurces

So silverwoods, and ethereal blooms stop the spread of taint? What are ethereal blooms exactly?

 

[Padfoote]

Etheral blooms are created through crucibles using shimmerleaf (I think that's what it is). When placed, they help prevent and push back the taint.

 

[MoosyDoosy]

Continuing on with Padfoote, it's researchable in the Thaumonomicon to my belief or may already be there. Just make sure to shear the shimmerleaf, as they'll just drop quiksilver otherwise. Also, the flux doesn't really do anything. Just leave a hole open in your roof or something that leads out, and gas flux should disappear. I believe you can also place an autonomous activator facing the block above the crucible to immediately break any flux that is produced from the crucible.

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

Continuing on with Padfoote, it's researchable in the Thaumonomicon to my belief or may already be there. Just make sure to shear the shimmerleaf, as they'll just drop quiksilver otherwise. Also, the flux doesn't really do anything. Just leave a hole open in your roof or something that leads out, and gas flux should disappear. I believe you can also place an autonomous activator facing the block above the crucible to immediately break any flux that is produced from the crucible.

Also Flux and spawn Thaumic Slimes

 

[YX33A]

Continuing on with Padfoote, it's researchable in the Thaumonomicon to my belief or may already be there. Just make sure to shear the shimmerleaf, as they'll just drop quiksilver otherwise. Also, the flux doesn't really do anything. Just leave a hole open in your roof or something that leads out, and gas flux should disappear. I believe you can also place an autonomous activator facing the block above the crucible to immediately break any flux that is produced from the crucible.

Flux does a few things; including spawning thaumic slimes. Flux Gas goes up into the sky, flux goo sticks to your crucible and is "hard to clean". Both can lead to production of taint in a area devoid of it by default(*configs can change this).
Flux can be generated by using Infusion Crafting IIRC, but only if you fuck up enough. Words to the wise; a good infusion altar is perfectly symmetrical on the x and z axis, and has no deviations on the y axis as that's harder to balance out. The symmetry is based around the core of it, aka the fancy floating cube that is not touching anything. It scans in a 13x13x13 cube around that block for symmetry and inputs. If you can't get your altar to stop dropping stuff, using golems to collect the dropped stuff is smart, as is using vanilla hoppers to store spare items for the pillars set to place them into the inventory slot on the pillar the moment it is empty. Get a ton of "arcane doodads" and place 'em around your altar in a symmetrical manner. Mob heads are "arcane doodads" as are TC magic tallow candles and crystal collections. Make a room just for your crafting altar and make sure that you set it up so the 13x13x13 cube is properly represented(note: this is both a floor above and below a "normal" room with a 1 thick floor and 1 block above your head, though not as much below as above). And above all else, make it in a badass thaumaturge tower and show us all. My next one is going to be built at the top of a tower, up at cloud level. Should be fun.

 

[GreenZombie]

Wait wait wait.
It scans a 13x13x13 cube for stabilizing items
but a 21x7x21 area looking for warded jars for essentia?
The areas are different?

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

Wait wait wait.
It scans a 13x13x13 cube for stabilizing items
but a 21x7x21 area looking for warded jars for essentia?
The areas are different?

Yes
Yes they are

 

[GreenZombie]

And when searching for items on pedestals. the 21x7x21 box? or a new box entirely?

 

[FendishLion]

Why not put a TE terrain smasher facing right above your crucible. I do that and any taint formed is automatically destroyed. leaving me with clean floors and ceilings.

 

[Brian Cherrick]

Why not put a TE terrain smasher facing right above your crucible. I do that and any taint formed is automatically destroyed. leaving me with clean floors and ceilings.

Like directly above it, or 1 block of space in between the smasher and the crucible?

 

[trajing]

Like directly above it, or 1 block of space in between the smasher and the crucible?

Put the terrain smasher facing a block of air above your crucible.

 

[Brian Cherrick]

Put the terrain smasher facing a block of air above your crucible.

Gotcha, thanks

 

[YX33A]

And when searching for items on pedestals. the 21x7x21 box? or a new box entirely?

The pedestals are all on the same y axis, so it's more of a 13x1x13 range it scans for those. That's assuming I remember the numbers correctly, anyway, but they are all on the same Y axis, and that Y axis is two levels below the fancy cube thingy.