Maybe I'm just tarded but... I'm trying to come up with a main power source for my base I was gonna do the big boiler with ethanol however. They don't connect to my Te3 stuff? Then I found out Mj doesn't go into Rf but Rf goes to MJ so now I'm really confused. Is there a way to make my boiler work or is it now really pointless. I really don't wanna do nether lava as I feel it's really cheap and not very original any help please?
What is the point of steam boilers now?
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You can pump the steam out of the boiler and into whatever steam powered engine you wish.
But if I wanted to use the industrial steam engine at 8.0Mj/t how would I go from that to make it useable by Te3? I mean I'd rather not use the Te3 engine as it's boring and doesn't sound nearly as bad ass.
The TE3 Dynamos doesnt animate or play sounds specifically because it is trying to keep server/client load at a minimum. Which is a very noble goal IMO. But yeah at some point you start loosing the "fun" factor of it all.
Thermal Expansion 3's Steam Dynamo can accept steam too. They output up to 80 RF per tick which is equivalent to 8 MJ per tick. RailCraft's Industrial Steam Engine outputs 8 MJ per tick too, so TE3's Steam Dynamo is what you are looking for.
If you prefer to use RC's engines because they are more "badass", you can try to use those and see if they work with Ender IO or not, assuming your pack has them.
And iirc, MFR also got some new steam generator block that accepts steam and output in mj or rf?
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If you prefer to use RC's engines because they are more "badass", you can try to use those and see if they work with Ender IO or not, assuming your pack has them.
And iirc, MFR also got some new steam generator block that accepts steam and output in mj or rf?
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One possibility - takes a little work, but kinda fun: you can create an "MJ Converter" using the Engineer's Toolbox mod. Once you have the basic Engineer's Toolbox stuff setup, it doesn't take much to crank out a few converters. I found a great tutorial that walks you through it step by step:
Can be used to, for example, run steam from boiler to Commercial Steam Engines, and then convert that to RF to fill up Redstone Energy Cells quickly. There are other converters too in the modpacks, but this is the one I ran across and tried. Definitely works.
Can be used to, for example, run steam from boiler to Commercial Steam Engines, and then convert that to RF to fill up Redstone Energy Cells quickly. There are other converters too in the modpacks, but this is the one I ran across and tried. Definitely works.
Someone will probably correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Mekanism universal cable will allow you to connect BC/RC engines into you RF network. The most recent updates have been very stable for me.
I too will recommend Mekanism but since this is posted on General FTB Chat and not mods discussion, I will try to keep it within the packs and not recommend mods outside the pack.s
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If you're playing on monster and want to try something different, you could probably pipe the steam on a steam grate to power up a Reactorcraft turbine and then convert power as you need.
Not sure which pack you're on, is power converters disabled by default on it?
If not, you can just use an energy bridge to convert. The wiki says you can convert steam directly, but that's pretty much nonsense. MJ <-> RF works fine though.
If not, you can just use an energy bridge to convert. The wiki says you can convert steam directly, but that's pretty much nonsense. MJ <-> RF works fine though.
DW20 doesn't have power converters, and unless I'm missing something in your post, you can only go from RF to MJ, not the other way around.
This. A million times this. They're easy(ish) to get to, require some tech progression and don't derp or lag up the world anywhere near as much as energy bridges seem to do.
NVM. No Engineer's Toolbox in DW20
The latest Power Converters mod allows both conversion from and to RF.
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Agreed, Extra Utilities is the best option without MFR.
That said, I'd go so far as to say add Engineer's Toolbox just for this purpose, even though the other things you can do with it are also completely worth having it.
That said, I'd go so far as to say add Engineer's Toolbox just for this purpose, even though the other things you can do with it are also completely worth having it.
Am I missing somthing? Aren't TE Steam Dynamos and RC Industrial Steam Engines essentially the same thing except for cosmetics and output?
Short of using a BigReactor because of how ridiculously good they are, a Steam Boiler is still a VERY efficient way to go to produce a lot of STEAM.
Short of using a BigReactor because of how ridiculously good they are, a Steam Boiler is still a VERY efficient way to go to produce a lot of STEAM.
Nope, it's the other way around. It will connect to RF producers and convert to MJ.