IndustrialCraft: Good early power system
In Feed The Beast there are a lot of mods (as we all know) and one of them is IndustrialCraft (talking about v2 with the gregtech extention) is probably the most difficult one in the game to get started with.
After doing some mining and getting around 5 stacks of iron, 3 stacks of copper, 3 stacks of tin, half a stack of gold, 18 diamonds and 2 emeralds I figured it was time to get started. I just don't know what to do first. I figured energy(EU) it the way to go but i am in a massive desert so I can't use watermills. I don't know any other easy-to-setup energy sources. except solar panels, which require energy to make.
I also thought of a generator but I am low on wood and coal I need to use for cooking things and torches of course.
I might get into windmills but they are so ugly hanging up there in the sky.
Are there any other ways to get energy(EU)?
Best Answer
"Getting started" there are 4 basic energy generators you can use.
- Generator
- Water Mill
- Windmill
- Solar Panel
By far, the best one to "get started" with is the basic Generator. It only requires coal to run, and if you find a tree, you can start a tree farm, turn the wood into charcoal, and burn that.
The next best option would be the watermills. Sure, they don't provide much power, but they are low cost, and only require a pool of water to run. Setting up a puddle of water shouldn't be too hard. (If I need to instruct you on the building and usage of an infinite water source, we have bigger problems)
Up from that, the windmills provide more power per unit, however, setup and cabling can be a real pain. To be even slightly efficient, They need to be above level 70 (it might be higher, I can't quite remember), and that distance alone is enough for the cable leakage to render the power output next to nothing on anything lower than glass-fibre cables. Plus, as you said, it's hard to get a setup that looks halfway decent.
The last option is by far the best power source you can get. High power, renewable, so no wastage of resources, and you don't need much space to set them up, and they're upgradable (with the right modpacks). However, creation can be highly resource intensive, and can be a pain to try and set up right off the bat, and like you say, do actually require energy to make.
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What energy does IndustrialCraft use?
What is IndustrialCraft 2? IndustrialCraft 2 (IC2) adds a variety of electrically-powered machines to the Minecraft world, bringing Minecraft to the Industrial Age and beyond. It offers machines that can double ore output and generate power, as well as nuclear power and quantum armor.How do you generate IC2 power?
EU - Energy Unit is the measure of energy used by IC2. It is most similar to the SI derived unit Joule. EUs are 'produced' by generators, transmitted along cables, stored by mobile units like an RE Battery or by stationary units like a batbox, and 'consumed' by various IC2 machines.Modded Minecraft: IndustrialCraft 2 Tutorial Part 1: Power Generation
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In the very early game, I use sugarcane. Put it into a compressor, then into a canning machine, then into an extractor, and you get biofuel.
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