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- Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:17 pm
- Forum: Balancing
- Topic: "Free belt system" versus "belt circuit"
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24147
Re: "Free belt system" versus "belt circuit"
Belts shouldn't have any slowdown or length penalty: it doesn't really make sense and it doesn't help the gameplay. Adding motors sounds like a nightmare. They really just need an electricity cost, but have it so the belts connect to each other so as long as one is powered, all of them are powered. ...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:54 pm
- Forum: Balancing
- Topic: Possible balance issue: Electric energy / Effectivity
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18374
Re: Possible balance issue: Electric energy / Effectivity
This isn't a real balancing issue: generating heat via electricity via coal-fired turbine should be less efficient than generating heat by burning coal directly. The 50% boiler efficiency is meant to show energy lost in the electricity-generation process - wikipedia says [uncited] that stationary po...