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Power Converters geothermal mk2 banned? #83

Closed overclock22 closed 12 years ago

overclock22 commented 12 years ago

I hear they are overpowered but someone reasoned on a post that a bunch of engines on a HV converter will produce the same results so mayhbe unban them? Maybe nerf them a bit? I like the idea of the geotehrmal generator but it seems the best option is stacks of solar array.

I will try and find the exact post with the reasoning but it is along those lines.

mushroomhostage commented 12 years ago

Haven't changed anything myself to ban them.. Need to confirm, but I think the only difference was that mark II accepted piped lava, but now regular geothermal generators already do, so the II in Power Converters is obsolete (but remains for backwards-compatibility).

overclock22 commented 12 years ago

That makes perfect sense. I just couldn't construct it so I thought it might've come banned by default in the config.

mushroomhostage commented 12 years ago

Indeed. From config/PowerConverters.cfg, it is disabled by default:

Enable.GeothermalMk2=false

seems to be very similar to the regular IC2 Geothermal Generator, though it does have a configurable Rate.GeoMk2EUPerTick=20 (same as mkI). Suppose it could be enabled with a higher EU/t, but probably not a sufficient cost to add a tank (and nothing else) to get a higher energy output. May change in the future, but going to leave this as-is for now..

mushroomhostage commented 12 years ago

Actually, I suppose I can enable the Geothermal Generator Mk2, even with the defaults. It is identical to the Geothermal Generator, except only accepts piped lava (no GUI), but it has a nicer-looking block texture in my opinion (including particles emanating from the top when it is active). It doesn't use any additional block IDs, and can be enabled purely server-side.

Should be available now after the next server restart. Note, the recipe still won't be visible in NEI until the next client update (1.2.5rev5c+), but you should still be able to craft it (geothermal generator + tank) and use it.

mushroomhostage commented 12 years ago

Enabled now on server, craftable with Geothermal Generator + Tank (but note, it has no GUI, only accepts piped lava, and produces the same EU/t output – but it looks cooler ;)