How do you keep it from turning the lava into obsidian?Since I've gotten into screenshooting recently, helpful pictures!
This puts out the same power as ye olde Lava + 4 Water.
The next Xycraft update looks amazing!
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The lava turns to basalt, and odds are good that the ice will melt first. That said, eventually this design would require replacement of the lava if the ice is constantly replenished.
I do wonder if there is some sort of internal heat to the thermopile, so if you left it without ice for a while you could guarantee that no basalt would form.
I do wonder if there is some sort of internal heat to the thermopile, so if you left it without ice for a while you could guarantee that no basalt would form.
You need a High temp diff to make lava turn to basalt. Since the temp between 1 ice and 1 lava is about the same as 4 water 1 lava it is just as stable.
Should be stable...
I have to test this myself. I'll build one of my mega piles like I did in my Silly BT thread and leave it up and running for a few hours to see if this is really true. But it sounds solid.
As long as there's only one Ice block touching any given Thermopile, that won't happen. So you tile a bunch of little crosses together. It doesn't make a nice neat block, but it's damned functional.
Ice blocks are exciting. They can also make force fields if you do it right. It's tricky to break an ice block and not have it revert to water, and the ice block is so fast that it re-hardens the wall. I think the Wither can break through it because its explosion is special, but I am pretty sure TNT just breaks ice blocks and reverts them instead of subtracting them. I had a bad experience once with that..
A bit more of a pragmatic Xycraft thing, Liquid Void blocks are super-amazing. They're a really nice tool for mining around lava. You can make crazy architecture no one has ever seen before including:
A bit more of a pragmatic Xycraft thing, Liquid Void blocks are super-amazing. They're a really nice tool for mining around lava. You can make crazy architecture no one has ever seen before including:
- 3 dimensional infinite water sources.
- Accessible Lava source blocks as a roof.
- Easy underwater bases.
- Very compact water treadmills with a vertical component.
I'm so confused.
I mean, if you have screenshots, that'd be cool, haven't had the chance to mess with Xycraft quite yet.
It erases fluids in adjacent blocks. This includes preventing flow.
It erases fluids in adjacent blocks. This includes preventing flow.
Sorry it took so long for a screenshot. I had logged off in a Labyrinth.
Oh god. :Q DO WANT soooo tasty looking.
It erases fluids in adjacent blocks. This includes preventing flow.
Sorry it took so long for a screenshot. I had logged off in a Labyrinth.
"Hoverlava."
Also know as "OH GODS, IT BURNS! WHY DID I BUILD THIS INSTEAD OF USING SOMETHING LESS PAIN ARG PAIN PAIN PAIN!!!" in about ten seconds....