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Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup As far as automating nuclear reactors, that I am not 100% on as I almost exclusively play Tekkit so I personally would rather have a "hands-on" relationship with my reactor (don't take that as women advice). However, I do recall someone mentioning that only the center chamber (not the six addons) is the only thing capable of accepting items from a BC pipe. I haven't confirmed it, mostly because I use RedPower pipes. As for the whole cooldown timers in general, if they're very low then as long as you're not using an automated reactor that doesn't account for the CD timer then you're fine, because the CD Timer really measures your ability to run a reactor with consecutive generation lifetimes. And if it takes you 21 seconds to load the thing before starting a new generation cycle, then you're fine. :)

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Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup First let me give you the context of my thoughts so you can see where I am coming from. When it comes to 1, 2, 3, and 4 uranium celled reactors and efficiency, for each of them are pretty set. With 1 Uranium Cell, the maximum efficiency you can get is 1.00 (it by itself) [Net gain: +1] With 2, the maximum efficiency you can get is 2.00 (placing it next to the first one) [Net gain: +1] Now with 3, you can't place it next to both of the two previous cells if they're already next to each other, so the maximum efficiency you can get is 2.33. [Net gain: +0.33] With 4, you can finally form a square, which yields an efficiency of 3.00. [Net gain: +0.66] ...or with 4 you can form the tetris T shape for an efficiency of 2.50 [Net gain: +0.17] ...or with 4 you can have two sets of two cells for an efficiency of 2.00 [Net loss: -0.33] Note that no matter where you place a 5th U-cell next to a square, the efficiency is still 3.00 [Net gain: +0.00] This is purely looking at the efficiency of Uranium use. If you need to conserve iron/copper/tin for other projects and want to utilize minimum cooling components (and don't need a huge energy demand) then you'll have other factors in choosing. I think your setup is ridiculously great, because you're generating at 2.33 efficiency with minimal cooling components (Note that if you change one of the platings to an integrated cooling unit then you can run it infinitely, Mark I-O EC), and you've already surpassed the lackluster 0.33 Net Gain from adding a third cell, so once you're ready to expand into a 4-cell reactor you have many many options available to you: [li]The Ridiculously Efficient but Long Cooldown Time Mark II-1 EB (3.00 Efficiency, 76 mins CD, 82.36 Effective EU/t) [/li] [li]The Efficient 4-celled shorter Cooldown Time Mark II-3 EC (2.50 Efficiency, 38 min CD, 81.4 Effective EU/t)[/li] [li]The Less-Efficient-Than-A-3-Cell But More Sheer Power & Safety Mark I-O EC (2.00 Efficiency, 0 CD, 80 Effective EU/t)[/li] Those are just some examples of what you can expand into once your (awesome, did I mention awesome?) 3-celled system isn't providing enough juice. I'm not 100% sure they're the most efficient setup, so let me know if you find one better!

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup I hate to say it, but you could be running three reactors with the same amount of uranium you're using to produce twice as much power total as you currently are with this setup. Also it is a "turn on and forget" setup as well.

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Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup I don't believe it goes through all 4 stacks of 64 in 17 seconds. If you go to "SUC Options" it says how many stacks are used. However, I am unsure if it is per generation time (17 seconds) or per Uranium cell loading (2 hours of generation time). Apparently it uses 1.94 stacks.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Yes but keep in mind each ice block represents a stack of 64, and thus they will need to be replenished in some manner.

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Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup I'm not sure how much EU/t you need to run fully automated, so that will influence your decision.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Actually maximum output for a nuclear reactor is 2400 EU/t. No reason to create it though since not even HV Cables can safely transfer that power. Here is a tool that can help you plan a reactor, and this is my current "safe" setup: Nuclear Reactor Planning Tool w/ a Mark I-O EC setup EDIT: If you're feeling more ballsy, or EC isn't efficient enough for you, here is a Mark II-1 EB reactor design that can operate a full cycle and needs 76 mins, 11 seconds of cooldown in between. EDIT2: Here is the obligatory super-efficient hardcore-mode where you need good redstone skills in order to run it properly. The EU/t it generates is just barely usable and its efficiency is about the best you can ask for. Mark V-SUC EA

What have I started! :o

I use RP tubes, I find them a heck of a lot more useful and their cost a lot more balanced than BC pipes personally. I don't mean to imply BC is imbalanced, I just like challenges.

I don't use BC pipes so forgive me for the stupid question: Why would you use a wooden pipe for anything but extraction?

That would be chunk loading. Kill it with fire. This is another drunken post. Thank you for your time.

If you really want the problem solved, I would have seen tech specs by now (such as RAM, CPU, any Routers / network specs). So for now it's storytime: Usually I find my server does the "LOL i unbroke all your blocks for you!" when one of my roommates starts watching hulu or doing something network intensive, like downloading 4TB of meme images (My lawyer says I have to say all of our activities are legal). But that only happens to me, connected to a server run on the same computer through Hamachi, I don't get jerky movements. Other people connected outside experience lag (the kind that apparently causes jerky movements & unbreaking blocks), and people connected on the same network experience just unbreaking blocks. I can usually host 5 people (including myself, with render distance on "far") with 8GB RAM no problem and i5-2400K Sandy Sandwhich intel chip. Our router is a Linksys model WRT54GS and we have high speed internet due to proximity to a university (would have fiber optic for the entire city but politicians happened).

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Assuming that the fall was at a terminal velocity of 54 m/s (rough estimate based on a person belly-down skydiving): The force from a fart required to produce enough acceleration in a short enough amount of time to negate this speed will be derived through Newton's second law, Force = mass * acceleration. The average duration of a fart is 1.2 seconds (http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-fart-in-seconds I always name my sources, thanks Sexual Orientation!). Acceleration times time gives us velocity: a * t = v, thus solving for a: a * 1.2 s = 54 m/s a = 45 m/(s^2) Assuming creepers are heavy 100kg beasts, Newton's second law is used: F = m * a F = 100kg * 45 m/(s^2) F = 4500 N This is the equivalent force of setting yourself on a bed of nails with a 1012 lb weight on your stomach. This force is so extreme, I must exclaim it is a miracle at all we can cause enough internal damage to kill them with meager blunt objects when they cannot be crushed by 1012 lbs of force. Thank you for letting me tribute this post to Mr. Newton, who proved that mathematicians were heretics in 1492.

I've never really been a big BC fan (I find this whole "create a 1 meter by 1 meter moving piston and it provides power!" really silly), but I've been building a RedPower tube system with an automatic sorting and storage well (along with a recycling station for an overflow of any specific items, or if people put in undesirable items i.e. Rotten Flesh. Yay automation!). I love it, wasn't that hard to set up (although Ender Pearls are the one thing I find hard to obtain), and if there's complaining about specific ores then I highly suggest using IC2 Miners to snipe good ores so you don't have to wait on quarries, or dig down by hand to place them at the lower locations. All in all, I've never used teleport pipes (I find BC pipes ugly personally) and have had almost no resource problems (again, excepting Ender pearls). Almost finished getting ~2800 Reinforced Stone for my Nuclear Powerplant's hull. The only three gripes I have with RedPower2: 1) Uses bluetricity instead of EUs (Two power systems isn't that hard to do but it isn't super nice) 2) Can't interact with BC's automatic crafting table well 3) Requires lots of Ender Pearls for Retrievers (so higher cost in making an automated sorting/overflow system) Of course, I do things pretty locally so I can understand how the chunk unloading could be a pain. But RP2 isn't bad, just different.

Man I hope that tree is made up of HV Solar Arrays... put some uninsulated HV wire for the trunk and wooden panels and tell people to go hug trees!

You have a lot of long cables. If I were to venture a guess, http://wiki.industrial-craft.net/index.php?title=Cable#Cable_Efficiency may help. EDIT: Got Kaker Sniped. :(

That's exactly what happened to the Coke Machine on my server. But it can easily be avoided by using the right patch file. I suggest using the one I posted to be able to see the old tubes (granted, they're shown as mining tubes). That way, all you have to do is find "Mining Tubes" in the patch file I posted and edit the ID's correctly.

Odd, the last paragraph in the post is a link to Rei's Minimap. That's probably where you went wrong. Otherwise, don't use Stanchez's patcher file. It consistently got stuck when trying to update the players' inventories. I used a modified version of the log file that came with the mIDas *GOLD* version as shown below: 217 Arboretum -> 201 Arboretum 152 Cargo Dropoff Rail -> 132 Cargo Dropoff Rail 143 Copper Block -> 224 Copper Block 227 Rubberwood -> 143 Rubberwood 148 Luminator -> 218 Luminator 226 Ruby Block -> 145 Ruby Block 158 Builder -> 157 Builder 153 Cargo Pickup Rail -> 131 Cargo Pickup Rail 157 Filler -> 155 Filler 214 Humus -> 197 Humus 138 Reinforced Glass -> 230 Reinforced Glass 135 Reactor Chamber -> 233 Reactor Chamber 137 Reinforced Stone -> 231 Reinforced Stone 156 Land Mark -> 154 Land Mark 124 Mining Pipe -> 171 Mining Pipe 123 Generator -> 246 Generator 189 Charging Bench Mk1 -> 187 Charging Bench Mk1 207 Elevator Rail -> 210 Elevator Rail 128 Rubber Tree Sapling -> 241 Rubber Tree Sapling 170 Refinery -> 167 Refinery 251 Timer -> 138 Timer 165 Automatic Crafting Table -> 169 Automatic Crafting Table 166 Frame -> 160 Frame 134 Rubber Sheet -> 234 Rubber Sheet 238 Null Cell -> 149 Null Cell 151 Passenger Dropoff Rail -> 130 Passenger Dropoff Rail 141 BatBox -> 227 BatBox 130 Industrial TNT -> 239 Industrial TNT 252 Alloy Furnace -> 137 Alloy Furnace 160 Mining Well -> 174 Mining Well 255 Nether Coal -> 177 Nether Coal 155 Planter -> 124 Planter 142 Personal Safe -> 225 Personal Safe 125 Mining Pipe -> 244 Mining Pipe 131 Nuke -> 237 Nuke 149 Luminatoroops -> 219 Luminatoroops 150 Passenger Pickup Rail -> 129 Passenger Pickup Rail 213 Logger -> 203 Logger 202 Detector (Storage) -> 206 Detector (Storage) 126 Rubber Wood -> 243 Rubber Wood 159 Template Drawing Table -> 158 Template Drawing Table 168 Tank -> 165 Tank 224 Solar Panel -> 151 Solar Panel 169 Pump -> 164 Pump 136 Iron Fence -> 232 Iron Fence 141 Electric -> 227 Electric 228 Leaves -> 141 Leaves 140 Cable -> 228 Cable 229 Ruby Ore -> 140 Ruby Ore 147 Scaffold -> 220 Scaffold 164 Mining Pipe -> 171 Mining Pipe 230 Marble -> 142 Marble 225 Deployer -> 150 Deployer 216 Apatite Ore -> 198 Apatite Ore 144 Teleporter -> 223 Teleporter 215 Fermenter -> 205 Fermenter 154 Conveyor Belt -> 125 Conveyor Belt 145 Construction Foam -> 222 Construction Foam 127 Leaves -> 242 Leaves 210 Biogas Engine -> 204 Biogas Engine 232 Indigo Flower -> 139 Indigo Flower 212 Forester -> 196 Forester 167 Quarry -> 153 Quarry 253 Cobblestone Cover -> 136 Cobblestone Cover 380 Steel Ingot -> 1242 Steel Ingot 234 White Lamp -> 147 White Lamp If you want to preserve your pipes, then it's an easy matter of finding the new Pipe ID's (easy) and the old ones (hard) and then remove the 4-5 references to mining pipes in the patch file above and edit it such that all pipes are preserved correctly (hardcore mode). This patch file should preserve electricity and cables, as that was the reason I edited it. EDIT: I can't really offer you any more help because your posts are oddly detailed and extremely meticulous in documenting your problem, especially seeing how dedicated you are to fixing your world.

When I used mIDas *GOLD* to update from v1.0.0 I didn't use Stanchez's patch file, I used the default log file and had to switch some things around so that cables and "Electric" (w/e that is) would be preserved. Unfortunately, all the buildcraft pipes defaulted to Mining Pipes but I discourage BC pipes on my server so only one guy was (mildly) affected. However, the Coke Machine for railcarts turned into invisible "Unnamed Blocks", but that was the only thing that happened (and could have been avoided if I looked up the proper ID switch but I just gave the gal who owned the 1 Coke machine another).