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6 months ago Duplicate of #109, but you make some pretty good points which would be worth throwing in that issue.
Closed James103 closed 6 months ago
62832
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6 months ago Duplicate of #109, but you make some pretty good points which would be worth throwing in that issue.
The mod "Applied Flux" implements the feature proposed in #75, but, according to the description, only goes up to 256k FE Storage Cell, which can store approximately 1.100 × 1012 FE.
However, 1.100 × 1012 FE may not be enough for late-game Mekanism and some other end-game applications in mod packs. For example, Mekanism antimatter production costs 4 × 108 FE/t at the optimal production rate, while GregTech for modern versions can easily use 109 FE/t for a large end-game base. In All the Mods 9, a single Star Forge running the most expensive recipe producing Allthemodium and Unobtainium consumes 36A UHV, equivalent to almost 3 × 108 FE/t.
At these rates, 1.100 × 1012 FE is only enough for 1-3 minutes of power, insufficient for long-term storage and may not give enough time to shut processes down and conserve power while the reactor or other power generation is restored.
From this, large bases wanting to use AE2 for power storage and distribution will need higher capacity cells. This can be implemented by extending the FE storage cells implemented in Applied Flux with 1M through 256M variants, allowing for a maximum FE capacity of 1.126 × 1015 FE in a single cell, equivalent to about 15 hours of power at 109 FE/t. If more power is desired, additional FE cells can always be added to the drive; a drive full of them can hold 1.126 × 1016 FE, or about 150 hours, and 8 such drives can hold 9.007 × 1016 FE, or about 1200 hours.