[Mod] Technic [0.4.16-dev] [technic]

[VanessaE]

Clearly you're trying to shortcut the process of using this mod. Others have had no issues at all using it. Your battery box has no network because you aren't using a switching station and the proper cabling. The basic configuration of a network is:

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[power source] [Battbox] [switching station]
      ||           ||             ||
      =========================================== --> load

...where "power source" is something like solar arrays, fuel-fired generators, wind turbines, etc., "load" is the thing drawing the power, and the "======" are the power cables of the appropriate type.

A nuclear reactor will serve as a HV power source assuming you built it correctly - i.e. with the right layers of water, stainless steel, blast-resistant concrete, and optionally regular concrete, and that you have filled it with nuclear fuel rods, and connected it to a proper HV power network similar to the above.

[Ivà]

@alvinomaster, the mod is ok. I recommend you to join a server where this mod is enabled and ask other players or look some examples of how they builds technic stuff.

[maikerumine]

HI! great mod!!

I have noticed some bugs and naming errors:

In the water_mill lua 83,96 the line reads: technic_run, it should be: technic_run = run,

Also,
Lv grinder is just named techncs:grinder, it needs the lv part....
the craft for the lv grinder should be:

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minetest.register_alias("grinder", "technic:lv_grinder")
minetest.register_craft({
   output = 'technic:lv_grinder',
   recipe = {
      {'default:desert_stone', 'default:diamond',        'default:desert_stone'},
      {'default:desert_stone', 'technic:machine_casing', 'default:desert_stone'},
      {'technic:granite',      'technic:lv_cable0',      'technic:granite'},
   }
})

technic.register_grinder({tier="LV", demand={200}, speed=1})

[DoyleChris]

Is it possible to move a rector after its built.
I would like to move it in the y+ direction.
Can i take the fuel out, dissconnect network and dissasamble and move then reassamble.

[Dartmouth]

That should work, I'd start by removing the fuel and waiting for the reactor to stop before continuing to disassemble it, to avoid a meltdown

[Jesseman1]

Hi, I'm trying to build an automated centrifuge system to create uranium fuel rods using a working layout depicted earlier in this thread, but I keep having output problems(Every centrifuge has a control logic unit). At first, I set up the centrifuges on the same level, side-by-side, exactly like in the layout, but despite each one being hooked up to a sorting tube(also exactly like in the layout), the output would constantly end up being placed directly in the adjacent centrifuges without being sorted. This required me to manually sort them, which takes a rediculously long time. To solve the issue, I set the centrifuges to be at alternating levels, but now the output isn't going anywhere. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[Dartmouth]

The centrifuges need to be oriented in a special direction for the output to actually work, although I don't know why this is or how it works... I uploaded a small singlenode map that has a full enrichment system on it a few pages back in the thread, you could have a look at that.

[DoyleChris]

Tonight i can explain which direction they need to be to work.

[Dartmouth]

Tonight i can explain which direction they need to be to work.

That would interest me a lot. I've just been working my way there by trial and error, but somehow I haven't found a pattern yet...

[DoyleChris]

I was in the same boat.
Question i got is do you have enough power to run 35 cents.

[DoyleChris]

I had the same trouble trying to get the Cent. (Centifuge). Trying to get the proper exit side to make it work. The exit and enter is the same side.
In the picture you can see below i have my Cents setup, The cents are setup with me facing to the South and the tubes are on the right side of the Cents or to the West.
upon Testing that is the way i got them to exit.

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[Dartmouth]

Ok, I'll give that a shot once I get there, just started my first technic survival round.
Having a bit of a problem getting started with the machines though, as I can't build any power supplies without grinding or alloying... The LV fuel-fired generator needs a machine casing, which needs a brass ingot, which is made by alloying zinc and copper (iirc), so I can't do it. The LV solar panel (not the arrayed one) also needs me to alloy two things to make the doped silicon wafer. Any ideas?

[Ivà]

Ok, I'll give that a shot once I get there, just started my first technic survival round.
Having a bit of a problem getting started with the machines though, as I can't build any power supplies without grinding or alloying... The LV fuel-fired generator needs a machine casing, which needs a brass ingot, which is made by alloying zinc and copper (iirc), so I can't do it. The LV solar panel (not the arrayed one) also needs me to alloy two things to make the doped silicon wafer. Any ideas?

Yes, there is a fueled alloy machine (I don't remember the exact name now). It's in the mod documentation.

[Dartmouth]

Hmm, I've never seen it, but I checked the documentation last night, although I could have missed it. I'll have a look.

Edit: Yup, it's the Fuel-fired alloy furnace. Thanks! :)

[Jesseman1]

I had the same trouble trying to get the Cent. (Centifuge). Trying to get the proper exit side to make it work. The exit and enter is the same side.
In the picture you can see below i have my Cents setup, The cents are setup with me facing to the South and the tubes are on the right side of the Cents or to the West.
upon Testing that is the way i got them to exit.

Help.jpg

Thanks, I'll try that.

[Jesseman1]

Nope, now the output just lands on the ground...

How do you find north?

[Don]

Press f5 and look at the top left corner

[Jesseman1]

I had the same trouble trying to get the Cent. (Centifuge). Trying to get the proper exit side to make it work. The exit and enter is the same side.
In the picture you can see below i have my Cents setup, The cents are setup with me facing to the South and the tubes are on the right side of the Cents or to the West.
upon Testing that is the way i got them to exit.

Help.jpg

I had to completely rebuild the system, but now it's working! Thank you so much!

[Jesseman1]

Press f5 and look at the top left corner

Thanks!

[GFX_Garage]

I'm doing a video series on Technic mod and I can't find info on the lv extractor. Could someone give me a quick heads up on what it is used for?

[Dartmouth]

It's used for extracting raw latex from rubber tree grindings.
Steps:
1. Cut rubber tree wood
2. Grind it, each block of wood yields 4 grindings
3. Put grindings in extractor to yield 1 raw latex per 4 grindings

[maikerumine]

I'm doing a video series on Technic mod and I can't find info on the lv extractor. Could someone give me a quick heads up on what it is used for?

There quite a few recipies aswell...

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local S = technic.getter

technic.register_recipe_type("grinding", S("Grinding"))

function technic.register_grinder_recipe(data)
   data.time = data.time or 3
   technic.register_recipe("grinding", data)
end

local recipes = {
   -- Dusts
   {"default:coal_lump",       "technic:coal_dust 2"},
   {"default:copper_lump",     "technic:copper_dust 2"},
   {"default:desert_stone",    "default:desert_sand"},
   {"default:gold_lump",       "technic:gold_dust 2"},
   {"default:iron_lump",       "technic:wrought_iron_dust 2"},
   {"technic:chromium_lump",   "technic:chromium_dust 2"},
   {"technic:zinc_lump",       "technic:zinc_dust 2"},
   
   -- Other
   {"default:cobble",          "default:gravel"},
   {"default:gravel",          "default:dirt"},
   {"default:stone",           "default:sand"},
}

if minetest.get_modpath("moreores") then
   table.insert(recipes, {"moreores:mithril_lump",   "technic:mithril_dust 2"})
   table.insert(recipes, {"moreores:silver_lump",    "technic:silver_dust 2"})
   table.insert(recipes, {"moreores:tin_lump",       "technic:tin_dust 2"})
end

if minetest.get_modpath("gloopores") or minetest.get_modpath("glooptest") then
   table.insert(recipes, {"gloopores:alatro_lump",   "technic:alatro_dust 2"})
   table.insert(recipes, {"gloopores:kalite_lump",   "technic:kalite_dust 2"})
   table.insert(recipes, {"gloopores:arol_lump",     "technic:arol_dust 2"})
   table.insert(recipes, {"gloopores:talinite_lump", "technic:talinite_dust 2"})
   table.insert(recipes, {"gloopores:akalin_lump",   "technic:akalin_dust 2"})
end

if minetest.get_modpath("homedecor") then
   table.insert(recipes, {"home_decor:brass_ingot", "technic:brass_dust 1"})
end

for _, data in pairs(recipes) do
   technic.register_grinder_recipe({input = {data[1]}, output = data[2]})
end

local function register_dust(name, ingot)
   local lname = string.lower(name)
   lname = string.gsub(lname, ' ', '_')
   minetest.register_craftitem("technic:"..lname.."_dust", {
      description = S("%s Dust"):format(S(name)),
      inventory_image = "technic_"..lname.."_dust.png",
      on_place_on_ground = minetest.craftitem_place_item,
   })
   if ingot then
      minetest.register_craft({
         type = "cooking",
         recipe = "technic:"..lname.."_dust",
         output = ingot,
      })
      technic.register_grinder_recipe({ input = {ingot}, output = "technic:"..lname.."_dust 1" })
   end
end

-- Sorted alphibeticaly
register_dust("Brass",           "technic:brass_ingot")
register_dust("Bronze",          "default:bronze_ingot")
register_dust("Carbon Steel",    "technic:carbon_steel_ingot")
register_dust("Cast Iron",       "technic:cast_iron_ingot")
register_dust("Chromium",        "technic:chromium_ingot")
register_dust("Coal",            nil)
register_dust("Copper",          "default:copper_ingot")
register_dust("Gold",            "default:gold_ingot")
register_dust("Mithril",         "moreores:mithril_ingot")
register_dust("Silver",          "moreores:silver_ingot")
register_dust("Stainless Steel", "technic:stainless_steel_ingot")
register_dust("Tin",             "moreores:tin_ingot")
register_dust("Wrought Iron",    "technic:wrought_iron_ingot")
register_dust("Zinc",            "technic:zinc_ingot")
if minetest.get_modpath("gloopores") or minetest.get_modpath("glooptest") then
   register_dust("Akalin",          "glooptest:akalin_ingot")
   register_dust("Alatro",          "glooptest:alatro_ingot")
   register_dust("Arol",            "glooptest:arol_ingot")
   register_dust("Kalite",          nil)
   register_dust("Talinite",        "glooptest:talinite_ingot")
end

minetest.register_craft({
   type = "fuel",
   recipe = "technic:coal_dust",
   burntime = 50,
})



[swordpaint12]

*continuing network discussion from pp#45*

I tried putting the switching station on top and a variety of ways of the generator branching out, and I still don't have a network. Why won't it have a network? How exactly do I set one? It's not making sense and till I figure this out I can't really do anything with the mod except melt down networkless nukes. :-(

[Dartmouth]

Can you post a screenshot of your setup so we can see it?

[swordpaint12]

I don't have an image sharing site. But I'll try to explain... as soon as I get back to playing that world. :-S

[Dartmouth]

I think you can upload images as attachments to your forum posts on here :)

[ShadowAce]

I have a question about the technic mod--is there a distance limit on the HV cables?

I ran a quarry machine down to the full depth, and then I decided to move it down to the bottom of that pit (and I ran HV cable all the way down, plus the tubes, and connected it all up, but the quarry machine did not see the network--no power available.

[Dartmouth]

No, they don't have a limit by themselves, minetest unloads the areas of the map that are too far away, so parts of your power network are unloaded.
You need to place the world anchor nodes that technic supplies in order to force areas to stay loaded in memory. It isn't craftable, you need to use "/giveme technic:admin_anchor 99" (without the quotes) to get 99 of them. Place them in areas that you want to stay loaded and enter the radius of the area around the anchor that it should keep loaded and press the button that says "Disabled" to change the status to "enabled"…
Just remember that the button shows the current status ;)

[ShadowAce]

Ahh--thanks! I appreciate that!

[Alienant1]

I think I am having trouble with the technic mapgen mod or biome_lib because I have flown and teleported all over my world and there is no desert stone! is this a common thing?