Description
Discord link: https://discord.gg/bgs9mCxVzj
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:
- sieve / mechanical sieve
- millstone / crusher
- spinning wheel
- woodmill / woodcutter
- conveyor belts
- plant waterer?
- liquid / solid mixer?
- a nice looking mechanical pump
- 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