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Age of Steam is a mod about tech and automation in a slightly different approach....

There are no wires, no FE/RF. Everything is done with mechanical energy transmission.

This mod is the core mod of the project. It contains the simple realtime physics engine for calculating acceleration on the network and a physics engine for calculating mechanical stress on individual parts of the network. (yes, they break if overstressed)

This mod itself brings with it the basic parts of mechanical transmission:

a motor / generator (FE to Mechanical power converter)
hand generator
axles and flywheels (currently only wooden)
linear gearbox with 4:9 gear transmission
T-junction gearbox with 1:1 gear transmission
distribution gearbox (a 4 sided gearbox with 1:1 transmission)
clutch
crankshafts (small & large - where large is still too small for some people...)

Everything in this mod is well optimized on both server and client side. You should be able to run it even if you have a potato pc.

Credits to Create mod for the nice casing texture.

For Mod Devs:

Every part of the network (see AbstractMechanicalBlock.java ) has mass, a resistance and a force that is added to the network. You can easily create your own expansion packs on this engine by implementing an AbstractMechanicalBlock in your BlockEntity (see EntityAxleBase.java).

Expansion Packs

Here are the future plans for expansion packs that I will create and what they will provide:

WORKSHOP EXPANSION (click)

sieve / mechanical sieve
millstone / crusher
spinning wheel
woodmill / woodcutter
conveyor belts
plant waterer?
liquid / solid mixer?

MECHANICAL PUMP (click)

a nice looking mechanical pump

AW2 GENERATORS (click)

aw2 stirling engine
water wheel
windmill

Everything below is just noted as possible future ideas

STEAM ENGINE (multiblock structures, but not until someone makes me the models)

steam engine
steam boiler

ORE PROCESSING EXPANSION (multiblock structures):

bloomery (slow iron ore to bloom processor burning whatever can burn)
blast furnace (mass production of iron ore + coal + fresh air to pig iron.)
smeltery (tconstruct-like, will melt pig iron or wrought iron into steel (when addition coal is provided) or minecraft iron, can cast plates, rods, ingots...)
mechanical air blower (heater for blast furnace)
mechanical hammer (to hammer bloom to wrought iron automatically)

FUEL EXPANSION (multiblock structures):

small combustion engine
large diesel generator
fuel / diesel refinery

MINING EXPANSION (multiblock structures):

buildcraft quarry
mechanical drill (can be placed next to block and mine it and drop it)
core sample drill
large ore miner will excavate ores from deep below the world

MINING EXPANSION 2 (maybe):

mechanical cart pulley
complete mining rework

Age of Steam Core