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by deadfa11
Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:27 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource
Replies: 9
Views: 5175

Re: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource

JamesOFarrell wrote:You could take a page out of the DyTech book and pass water through a new assembler which converts it into heavy water, a fluid with a higher max temp.
Hmm, will steam engines generate power out of fluids that aren't water?
by deadfa11
Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource
Replies: 9
Views: 5175

Re: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource

Schmendrick wrote:This would prevent you from restricting it from use in other burner items
Being able to burn uranium in a furnace would seriously damage the flavor value of a mod like this.
by deadfa11
Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:11 am
Forum: Modding help
Topic: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource
Replies: 9
Views: 5175

Re: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource

I like the liquid idea, I'll give it a try.
by deadfa11
Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:03 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: Produce a lot of steam from a little resource
Replies: 9
Views: 5175

Produce a lot of steam from a little resource

If one wanted to create a machine that used pellets of enriched uranium to turn water into steam, and each single pellet lasts a long time, say 30 minutes, how would you recommend going about that?

I've thought about modding an existing boiler, but of course fuel is hard-coded, so with that ...
by deadfa11
Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:56 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Some feedback for 0.10.1
Replies: 4
Views: 2670

Re: Some feedback for 0.10.1

The problem is that the electronic circuit and advance circuit are very similar in color now. I am not color blind but i have problems noticing what is what on my belts.

Well, the circuit is green and the advanced circuit is red, right? I can only speak personally, but to me they're easily ...
by deadfa11
Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:37 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Steam engine pollution
Replies: 5
Views: 3091

Re: Steam engine pollution

Steam engines are totally clean. You can test this by running a hot water pipe to a pollution-free area and hooking up a steam engine.

Oh! Excellent. :D

I think he's talking about the water vapour clouds.

Yeah, the clouds are what threw me off. At least it's an easy fix to comment out the ...
by deadfa11
Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:01 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Steam engine pollution
Replies: 5
Views: 3091

Steam engine pollution

Howdy folks.

What's with the steam engine pollution? Shouldn't all the pollution come from the boilers?

I'm thinking about this with nuclear power in mind, where there is next to no pollution, but the power is still produced by pushing steam through a steam engine.

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