What's the point of RotaryCraft?

[Reika]

How do I do this? I can't place a heater because the bottom slot is the power input, the friction heater says it's a non-heatable machine and simply giving it more power or varying the torque/speed ratio does not appear to do anything. I've tried maximum torque at lowest possible speed and maximum speed at 1 Nm, for a total power between 2 and 8 MW. I get 873C all the time.

Either do not supply water or feed it oxygen.

 

[Ieldra]

Either do not supply water or feed it oxygen.

Thanks. I'll look into that.

 

[YX33A]

Speaking of biome traits, @Reika is there any hope of a RC item to detect humidity and temperature in a biome? I can do it with Forestry(and need to for my bees), but your mods could really benefit from such a thing.

 

[Reika]

Speaking of biome traits, @Reika is there any hope of a RC item to detect humidity and temperature in a biome? I can do it with Forestry(and need to for my bees), but your mods could really benefit from such a thing.

They already do, but according to registries that I coded, not something endemic to vanilla which is often arbitrary and useless (for example, temperatures normally range from 0.2 to 1).

 

[YX33A]

They already do, but according to registries that I coded, not something endemic to vanilla which is often arbitrary and useless (for example, temperatures normally range from 0.2 to 1).

See why we need this?
If you already have something for this, Krosis.

Hotter or colder makes a difference for RoC and Bees, and the thing is, Bees can do this with a single Apiary and a pickaxe if one doesn't have a way to pick it up otherwise.

 

[Reika]

See why we need this?
If you already have something for this, Krosis.

Hotter or colder makes a difference for RoC and Bees, and the thing is, Bees can do this with a single Apiary and a pickaxe if one doesn't have a way to pick it up otherwise.

I fail to see what you are trying to say. Forestry uses the vanilla values because it cares little about the exact magnitudes and instead is only concerned with relative categories ("hot" biomes, etc). I, however, need the exact numerical data.

 

[Padfoote]

I fail to see what you are trying to say. Forestry uses the vanilla values because it cares little about the exact magnitudes and instead is only concerned with relative categories ("hot" biomes, etc). I, however, need the exact numerical data.

I think what @YX33A is trying to say is that he wants a machine / item / something in RotaryCraft to tell us, the players, how hot a biome will be so we can judge how that will impact various machines. An Apiary gives a general idea, which he's using as an example of Forestry providing that information to the player.

 

[YX33A]

I think what @YX33A is trying to say is that he wants a machine / item / something in RotaryCraft to tell us, the players, how hot a biome will be so we can judge how that will impact various machines. An Apiary gives a general idea, which he's using as an example of Forestry providing that information to the player.

Bingo. Some data on how hot where I'm at is would be insanely good. I mean, I had to bring my RC Blast Furnace down to basically Bedrock, and there was lava everywhere, just to get to barely hot enough to make steel when I first got started in RotaryCraft. Was in a Extreme Hills Edge biome IIRC. A desert would have been better, or the nether of course, but I wanted steel quick and there was no deserts around, nor did I have all I needed to go to the nether.

 

[RavynousHunter]

Either do not supply water or feed it oxygen.

Don't pulse jet furnaces fail violently when improperly cooled, though?

 

[Reika]

Bingo. Some data on how hot where I'm at is would be insanely good. I mean, I had to bring my RC Blast Furnace down to basically Bedrock, and there was lava everywhere, just to get to barely hot enough to make steel when I first got started in RotaryCraft. Was in a Extreme Hills Edge biome IIRC. A desert would have been better, or the nether of course, but I wanted steel quick and there was no deserts around, nor did I have all I needed to go to the nether.

Extreme Hills Edge Biomes are coded at 25C and the Blast Furnace works fine at sea level with adjacent lava. Even snow biomes - which I should not need to specify are colder - only need a small descent or an additional fire block.

Don't pulse jet furnaces fail violently when improperly cooled, though?

Not if you are clever with the duty cycle.

 

[Ieldra]

Don't pulse jet furnaces fail violently when improperly cooled, though?

I suspect you can use periodic water supply to keep things running at higher-than-normal temperatures, but yeah, that's why I'll try "feed it with oxygen" first. I'll need electrolyzers anyway for deuterium production, might as well get started with that early on.

 

[RavynousHunter]

Not if you are clever with the duty cycle.

Could I skip the clever part and use CC instead?

 

[Reika]

Could I skip the clever part and use CC instead?

That still requires being clever.

 

[YX33A]

That still requires being clever.

It's a different kind of clever, though. One that lets you check how hot something is and shut it down before it melts.

 

[Ieldra]

How much torque is required to mine bedrock with the boring machine? I've had up to 32768 Nm with a total power of 67 MW for a 1x1 area, and my boring machine still complained.

 

[Demosthenex]

You can't use a boring machine under Y=4 in the overworld. The boring machine can get the nether ceiling, but only after clearing the full 7x5 area one layer in front of the bore.

 

[trajing]

How much torque is required to mine bedrock with the boring machine? I've had up to 32768 Nm with a total power of 67 MW for a 1x1 area, and my boring machine still complained.

Sane requirement as the Bedrock breaker, but per block.[DOUBLEPOST=1404926912][/DOUBLEPOST]

You can't use a boring machine under Y=4 in the overworld. The boring machine can get the nether ceiling, but only after clearing the full 7x5 area one layer in front of the bore.

^This too.

 

[RavynousHunter]

That still requires being clever.

If you listened to some folks, you'd think it was an idiot box you could plug into anything and make it work with no effort whatsoever.

Also, does your fertilizer thingy use bonemeal effects, or does it use growth ticks? I ask because a certain setup I'm working on would be even more ludicrous if I could speed up growth ticks fast enough.

 

[Ieldra]

You can't use a boring machine under Y=4 in the overworld. The boring machine can get the nether ceiling, but only after clearing the full 7x5 area one layer in front of the bore.

I am at the Nether ceiling, and people said it works there. That's why I asked. I'll try clearing the area.

 

[Reika]

Also, does your fertilizer thingy use bonemeal effects, or does it use growth ticks? I ask because a certain setup I'm working on would be even more ludicrous if I could speed up growth ticks fast enough.

It uses bonemeal to trigger growth ticks. It is fundamentally the same mechanic as Timewood clocks, ThaumCraft growth lamps, ExtraUtilities watering can, and OpenBlocks sprinklers.

I am at the Nether ceiling, and people said it works there. That's why I asked. I'll try clearing the area.

The Borer digs the full 7x5 face the first step, meaning that you are likely trying to mine 20+ blocks of bedrock at once, leading to a power requirement around 16kNm and 40MW.