Honestly I don't care about him overusing turtles. I just wish he'd do more tutorials and less let's play. That's the part that seems repetitive. I mean, people have other qualities besides the gameplay they do. I couldn't care less about Etho's islands or Dire's turtles. I just like a nice soothing voice to listen to while I play Skyrim or read. Not some 12 year old with a voice squeakier than a balloon. I also prefer GenerikB over Bdouble0. They just have to have a monotonous voice that won't call attention to itself.
Thoughts on MFR
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Actually that was probably the one turtle build of his I didn't object to. And honestly it was a good thing, too. The last hitch many people have when it comes to RP2 replacements is "But what about FRAMES!?!?!" Which really means, "I want my frame quarry!" Well, he addressed it, now shush about RP2.
I thought the same thing until I tried to design one. The problem is the lack of faces on the wells. You need one for the deployer, one for the breaker, one for power, one for the frube, one for the drill face and one for power. Add it up, that's 6 faces. Except in a traditional setup you have them sitting side-by-side so two faces are taken up by the wells to either side. So fitting 6 connections on 4 faces is kind of, well, impossible.
At that point you have two options. First, turtles. This reduces the number of faces required down to 3 as the turtle is deployer, breaker and frube in one. That leaves power and drill face.
The alternative is to rig up some way to have the mining wells offset to free up the 2 extra faces, then fit them all together so none of the tubes between deployer and breaker interact with each other or the frubes, still get power to everything, and redstone signals to everything, and wrap it all in a frame. When I realized the mining wells needed to be broken and redeployed every movement, and realized what it would take to do all off that with an offset, I decided to just go with a tunnel bore. Trust me, there's no "easily" or "nice" about a non-turtle mining well frame quarry.
Sometimes I like to take a step back and think of how silly this all is. It's a forum, about a package, of modifications, for a video game, which is loosely based on real life. That's more obscure than "Lego Batman the game the movie" which i'm sure we'll be seeing soon..
They've actually announced plans for an animated Lego Star Wars TV show based around Yoda. So you're not too far off, Choc.
What I love about MFR is how customizable it allows you to be. The farm system allows you to basically use whatever shape you like, rather than enforcing a specific design onto you the way Forestry does, and can do whatever you want as well. Just, between the mix-and-match farm blocks and the safari nets, there's practically an endless number of ways you can design a farm. Also, the conveyor belts are just so much fun to watch.
The brick blocks sure could use a visual upgrade though. Bleh.
What I love about MFR is how customizable it allows you to be. The farm system allows you to basically use whatever shape you like, rather than enforcing a specific design onto you the way Forestry does, and can do whatever you want as well. Just, between the mix-and-match farm blocks and the safari nets, there's practically an endless number of ways you can design a farm. Also, the conveyor belts are just so much fun to watch.
The brick blocks sure could use a visual upgrade though. Bleh.
The amount of words is too damn high.
All MFR needs is an automated mining block He actually has it know, as far as the rumors are true ;-)
It's not actually mining, it's basically a mass fabricator but for ores that needs access to the bottom layers of a world. This means bedrock for the overworld, but works in void ages like the end and bottomless ages like the promised land biome in BoP. So yes, for those wondering, you can use the mining drill in places that have no bedrock.
Edit: Also, bonus points for those that make a flying fortress made up of all TC3 warded blocks and whatnot except for the mining drills and then making it so anything trying to enter your base through the drill holes gets ripped to shreds.
Edit: Also, bonus points for those that make a flying fortress made up of all TC3 warded blocks and whatnot except for the mining drills and then making it so anything trying to enter your base through the drill holes gets ripped to shreds.
"I am a strong independent laser drill and I don't need to hole to complete me."
Was a schedule for 1.6 announced? I've been out of the loop for a few days due to IRL stuff.
I really, really hate any kind of automated mining. Even something as impractical as that. Don't even ask me my thoughts on frame quarries and turtle miners
That's why it's (essentially) a massfab, not a true drill.My understanding was sometime next week. There was apparently a post on tumblr about it: http://mcupdate.tumblr.com/post/53355081580/whats-happening-at-mojang
Huh, I guess whoever told me august was slightly off. I'll probably start porting as soon as forge is available, but no idea when a stable will come out. I guess 2.7 won't be part of 1.5 after all.
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This only goes to prove that XKCD is always right.
I really, really hate any kind of automated mining. Even something as impractical as that. Don't even ask me my thoughts on frame quarries and turtle miners
I'm not saying it should mine the stuff that's there, just that it should use the laser to make the hole instead of you having to mine down to bedrock. Just switch it on and POOF! Hole
You want a laser to excavate a 1m x 1m hole through 60m of solid rock? That's some laser!I'm not saying it should mine the stuff that's there, just that it should use the laser to make the hole instead of you having to mine down to bedrock. Just switch it on and POOF! Hole
Well look at the TC hammer that knocks out a 3x3x1 meter hole, and then steve with his black hole pocket.