gloomwalker

I had a problem similar to this not that long ago. I believe You have to OP buildcraft (/Op [buildCraft]). Apparently sometimes the mods(IC2 and Buildcraft at least) aren't given permissions to break blocks, so by OPing them(/op [industrialCraft] and /op [buildCraft]) It allows them to break blocks. Hopefully this helps :)

Awesome! It works, thanks alot We did the same with buildcraft for the mining well, and its working as well.

Title: Miner Eats EU, doesnt mine? Version: 3.0.3/3.0.4 OS: Win7 64x Java Version: Java 7 update 4 Description of Problem: IC2 miner doesn't mine at all, uses EU at much faster than normal. We placed fully charged drill, and OD scanner inside, and miningpipes. I've tested the miner in SSP Tekkit, it works fine, but for some reason it isn't working on our server. Error Messages: none. Error Log:

Updating from Technic 6 to Technic 7 I tried to update to Technic 7 and all I got was a saving chunks error or white screen Solution: Go to your .techniclauncher folder, and delete your technicssp folder. Then just re-launch the Technic Launcher and re-download and install Technic 7. Reason: Technic 6 is installed to the TechnicSSP folder. When You try to update to Technic 7, it installs all the Technic 7 mods into THE SAME FOLDER. Think of it like this: If You installed Hack/Mine, and then installed The Yogbox Directly into the same folder, You would expect errors right? The same goes for upgrading to Technic 7. Technic 7 is essentially a new Modpack. Since it doesnt delete the original TechnicSSP folder before updating, You end up with config files and such for the Technic 6 mods. Minecraft doesnt like that, and will crash. Hopefully This helps, I've seen a TON of people posting with this problem. I know Technic 7 is still a Dev build, but If this is a common solution, it might reduce the number of people who post about getting this issue.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Esilaire, If You made any changes to the reactor wesnc made, You have to use the "save" button, otherwise You're just linking to the reactor wesnc made (which is what You did) Just need to fix the link so we can see the modifications :)

What technic version is this? 1.1.4 doesnt sound remotely familiar to me... You should probably post more information regarding Your setup, if You have recently tried installing other mods etc otherwise its difficult to actually offer any help at all... Your current issue could be a large variety of different things, so without more information of what You have been doing prior to getting the error there's nothing anyone can really do...

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Wesnc, While that does look like a pretty good layout, take a look at this (Created by SimpleGuy) reactor that uses half Uranium Yours does, and creates almost as much EU(20M opposed to 24M).It only has a 38m cooldown, so its essentially more efficient as Your getting the approximate same ammount of EU in the same amount of time for much less Uranium. Pilchard, I don't think anyone has actually, no. Mainly because theres no such thing as a perfect reactor. You can have a reactor that creates massive amounts of EU(See my post about the reactor build i tested and got working), but needs alot of ice(SUC-Single Use Coolant), or a reactor that creates much smaller amounts of EU(such as Wesnc or the reactor build I posted in the part to Wesnc), that are much less work, and dont require any extra coolant. Most setups use anywhere from 2 - 4 or 5 uranium usually, in order to get the maximum efficiency while keeping generation time at max to avoid redstone work, and to keep the cooldowns relatively small as well. Then there are the reactors that have all their chambers almost entirely full of uranium, but require alot of extra redstone work, and SUC's such as water buckets or ice blocks. THe only other thing I can think of on the topic of perfect reatctors is that there are so many possible setups that it would be practically impossible to go through them all to find the one that does the absolute best. Thats why we post our designs here that way we can see the best designs we've found so far, but again, its hard to come up with a "perfect" reactor due to the fact that everyone wants something slightly different from the reactor they themselves are using.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Yes You could use it as a second reactor, no doubt. Low-Maintenance reactors are pretty nice, I do agree on that point. You can run a 3 cell reactor and a breeder reactor and not have to check on either, and still only have to come back and check them at the same 4 hour interval as before. My reason for saying "make a breeder type reactor" is that the way You are running it now, Yes you are getting one uranium cell back, Your still getting a -2 loss of cells each generation cycle. So regardless of whether you put that depleted cell in there or not, You're still losing uranium in the end. If You don't want to have to go hunting for uranium eventually You can make a breeder reactor, run it a few times, then switch it to your preferred layout after that until Your low on uranium again. It's mainly to help self support your reactor systems. I run a breeder style reactor and a normal reactor, and whenever i have a decent surplus of uranium cells i just switch the breeder to a normal reactor setup, and when i get low again i switch back. I don't have to check up on it constantly as both the normal reactors and breeders have no real cooldowns.. As well, The reactor setup I use only uses 3 cells(no depleted cell) and has a 21 second or so cooldown. That reduces the wait time to about 3 hours, instead of 4, theoretically. Even if I did come back a bit early, it can run for infinite cycles, so it will never overheat. Breeder Reactor Setups: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/reactorplanner.html?7baq0hj5hnxytheu41au4olui=1m101010114010101001019 http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/reactorplanner.html?9101qiia11xpishk9m5teqhzms476xac3=101k1010114010101001019 Reactor Setup I Use: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/reactorplanner.html?93qkkjfufykbie9pp8uqkalr76aw69z4=1k10101001501521s1r11r10 Again, As You can see, none of those reactors requires checking, other than to refill or refuel them every 3 or so hours. Im not saying You have to do it this way, it's just a suggestion to maybe reduce the effort on your part :)

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup @mmaughanjr While that looks like a pretty decent setup, having a 69 minute cooldown is quite a dealbreaker for me :l I could run my 3cell reactor twice in the time yours would run and cooldown, and I'd be generating more power as well:P for a four cell reactor it is pretty decent though @Naturam, Cool idea, although If You really want a reactor to recharge a depleted cell, You're probably better off creating a second reactor and using it as a breeder, or switching layouts every other generation... It is nice that You get one cell back essentially after each run though..

I could be wrong here, but isnt everyone else playing technic 6 now? Because apparently he's still using techinc 2.0? if that even actually exists anymore.. And even if He has an alienware, You can get custombuilt alienwares that are absolute S#!t if You dont max out the specs. They can be so Underpowered and still cost more than the average pc, all because of that fancy little logo...

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Thanks Blaster. And as SimpleGuy said, efficiency is hardly the only thing to look at in a reactor. Cooldown, generation time, and how much Ice You're putting in are all factors as well. I don't play tekkit, but I still prefer using something that I know isnt going to possibly blow every four seconds if I messed something up... I also never find myself needed 350 million EU's ever... It is cool to have that much power, but hardly necessary in my opinion.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup hey blaster, check your links, the last three You posted all lead to the same 5 chamber setup as You originally posted...

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Very Nice reactor Blaster, Mind if I steal that at some point? haha Post a picture or two of that solar array, I've always been interested in setting up something using solar energy, but never felt like actually building them all...

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup They both look like plausible reactors for sure, and as the cooldown is low on both I dont see that it would be a problem to run them on redstone and ice, similar to the way i did mine. I will say though that You would probably have to re-do the ice converter timing in order to not have to little ice being generated, and If You change the redstone timer for running the reactor itself, that would cause further changes to the ice converter... It is plausible to setup reactors such as those, It just requires alot of effort to do so to make them safe. And be aware, no amount of calculations can guarantee that something wont go wrong, and You wont still have a giant hole in the ground. But Yes, They're both plausible, however unless You really need 300+ million EU's, Theres no real need to make reactors such as these, or even the one i did. I could make that much energy last a full minecraft year, if not more...

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup So, for anyone Who's still interested in this thread, I thought I'd post a bit of an update in regards to how my testing of a super reactor went. I decided to take up the challenge of setting up a reactor, capable of generating massive amounts of eu, being easily controlled using redstone, and also easy to maintain in terms of components. I used this Reactor setup. I'll try to post as much information as I can in this post, without posting anything too overwhelming. If you view the general info tab, You can see that the generation time is 24 seconds, and the cooldown time is 11 seconds. I setup a redstone timer with a delay of 20 seconds(to prevent the reactor from reaching any higher than 70% heat), that would then trigger a toggle latch. A few blocks over, I have the same setup, however the second timer is set to go off at 2x the delay of the original(or 40 seconds). These two latches then connect to a NAND gate. The way this works, simply put, is that whenever both toggle latchs are set to an "on" state, the NAND gate outputs an "off" state, allowing the reactor to run. The redstone setup will have one "on" state, followed by 3 "off" states. SO, the reactor is on for 20 seconds, and is then allowed to cooldown for 60 seconds. The reason for the extra cooldown time is to allow the Ice to refill. The two blocks and the redstone(and redstone torches) are there to allow for synchronized starting of the timers. By placing a redstone torch directly "below" the redstone in between the two blocks, You will activate both redstone timers at the exact same time. The ice is made by converting diamonds down to ice using the following conversion process. Diamond>Gold>Obsidian>Lapis>Ice The ice is then sent into a endless loop in front of the reactor. The pipe that inputs the ice into the reactor is an Advanced Insertion Pipe(looks like obsidian pipe), and MUST be connected DIRECTLY to the Main Reactor. The endless loop is just made using Iron Pipes to prevent any items from leaving the loop by exiting the wrong direction. In order to not have an Underflow or Overflow of ice blocks entering the loop, (overflow causing lag, underflow causing an Explosion), You should run a timer to extract 1 Diamond every 250-270 seconds. The EXACT time required using my EXACT setup to replace the amount of ice being eaten is 269.4 seconds. However, I have tested the reactor for extended time periods at this time, and it will eventually explode, as it will sometimes use more ice than expected. To run the reactor from almost full cells to completely used cells, I chose to set up the timer to extract 1 Diamond every 250 seconds. This will cause lag however over long periods of time. If You have any sort of Diamond making machine, or setup, this is an easy to maintain setup, As over the entire process, I used ONLY 141 Diamonds to create a total of 351,990,656 EU's. Approx. 352 Million Eu's. This took approx. 67 Minecraft days to accomplish, and even with the use of the Somnia mod, took the better part of a day to complete. I believe thats the better portion of the information I have to share. It's after midnight here, and I've been designing, testing, and simulating for over 12 hours, so I hope SOMEONE finds this useful XD I'm adding snapshots in the spoiler below as I couldn't figure out how to re-size them to be manageable on the forum. Edit: THis is the map save for the reactor setup, for anyone interested in seeing how i set it up.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Well, I'll play around with it at some point then to see if its possible to do it one way or the other, \as i mostly use BC pipes, I actually havent ever used Redpower pipes. Yea, As long as I'm putting the cells in myself, Im not too worried about having such a short cooldown on it.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Thanks SimpleGuy I'm glad that it's For now, I think the reactor i posted will be plenty powerful for me If for some reason I need more, I might make a copy, or possibly use one of the ones You suggested, I never had much luck making 4-cell Reactors... Thanks for pointing out that, I'll most likely change it up so that theres no cooldown then I have been wondering though, If my cooldown is already only 21 seconds, Is there any other benefit other than not having to wait 21 seconds to put new cells in? What i mean to say is, If I had a reactor with a 0 second cooldown, is there someway to entirely automate the process, from running it to refilling it and such? As far as I can think, There'd be no way to refill the reactor with all the empty spaces left over in my design... I suppose if I filled them with Coollant cells(cheapest part to make) it could be done? Edit: I have managed to refine my reactor to have the same stats as before, however using 2 less Heat dispensors. It's not that big of a deal, But i figured I'd post it to show the difference in layout in case anyone's interested. Note:I didnt change the hull plating over as You suggested SimpleGuy simply to show the reduced materials, and because I'm relatively okay with a 21 second cooldown My Reactor Revised My Original Reactor

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Hey SimpleGuy, You seem like a capable Nuclear Engineer, What do You think of My setup? or at least, the one i plan on using? http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/reactorplanner.html?93qkkjfufykbie9pp8uqkalr76aw69z4=1k10101001501521s1r11r10 It only uses 3 uranium cells, and its another "turn on and forget type", but it only has a 21 second cooldown, doesn't require filling the reactor with huge amounts of cooling components, and the components will never break.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Ah thankYou arcten. I did find that mod a little before You posted, and I installed it and am currently playing around with it as I type this... It is very helpful, It would have been nice to see this in the official release, but regardless:) And Felix, I did watch the Yogscasts videos on the technic pack, but as far as I remember, they were more a mod spotlight, and it wasnt even this release that they filmed it in... And the series they did in technic was more of a adventure as they are prone to getting themselves into. Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of the Yogscast, but their videos tend to be less helpful at figuring out a mod and more funny in watching them screw up almost everything and listening to them screw around the entire video. Thank You for the suggestions :)

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup Im going to be honest... I have no Idea how You're powering a QUARRY using IC2 power. Maybe I'm missing something... I also get confused when people start talking about mark II versions of geothermal generators and stuff, I don't remember ever seeing anything of the sort in my install... I'd love to here how You're powering the quarries though...

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup In the More Info Seciton It also state IceBlock Stack:256 I think It means it goes through 1.94 stacks per generation time, and 256 stacks of ice per cell loading. I tried doing the math, i ended up getting about what it says, 1.94.... I actually got anywhere from 1.8 to 2.5, but in the end,it depends on exactly which numbers you choose to use for the variables, so theres no way to be sure what they calculated it with. Either way, only way to find out for sure is to test it... Didnt have time today, probably wont tomorrow, but I do plan on doing it, as that would be one crazy reactor to have running. I will admit, the redstone aspect of the timing is an awful scary thought.. :-\

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup so it goes through a stack of 64 ice in 17 seconds? That could definitely complicate things XD However, I still am going to take up this challenege....At some point XD And obviously, Not legitly to start with... if my testing goes well i might however actually attempt it legit(wish me luck)

If this is for tekkit(online mode) this is in the wrong section. Also, No, this doesnt ring any bells with me, But it could be something to do with one of the inventorymods, or possible minecraft thinking one of your keys is stuck. Occasionally my shift key gets "stuck" in minecrafts mind, and i can only pick up full stacks. Just close your world and reopen it, or restart minecraft altogether, usually fixes my problem, and as it doesnt happen often, its not too big a deal.

Re: 6 chamber Nuclear Reactor Setup So If I (theoretically) setup a redstone time to run the reactor for 15 seconds(to avoid harsh negative consequences) And a 15 second(or possibly longer) off time, I could (again, Theoretically) run this reactor until all the uranium cells die off, generate 408 MILLION eus, and never have to watch it? I think I might just play around with this idea later ;)