enegry generators

[Proxy_PlayerHD]

i have the idea of more energy sources like:
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Coal Generator
generate enegry by consuming coal or wood
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Solar Generator
generate enegry by facing to the sun (has to be min. a 3x3 plate)
twice as efficient as a coal generator
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Scrap Reactor
generate enegry by consuming any kind of item / block
can be 1x1x1 / 3x3x3 / 5x5x5 / 7x7x7 / 9x9x9 blocks large
twice as efficient as a Solar Generator
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Nuclear Reactor
generate enegry by consuming Uranium capsules (has to be cooled... or it will explode)
can be 1x1x1 / 3x3x3 / 5x5x5 / 7x7x7 / 9x9x9 blocks large
4 times as efficient as a Scrap Reactor
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Antimatter Generator
generate enegry by consuming any kind of item / block
(has to be cooled... or it will delete the complete ship, because antimatter will destroy matter)
must be craft in the marco factory (make it expensive to craft! can not be buy in a shop!)
8 times as efficient as a Nuclear Reactor
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Kinetic Generator
generate enegry while flying
will only generate the same energy that is using by thrusters (maximal 20 thrusters per generator)
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Energy Crystal
the ultimate energy source!! produce infinite energy
can only find in a chest (very very very very very very very rare!)
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[Megacrafter127]

1. Already suggested in similar fashion
2. Not hard to program at all

 

[starhaiden]

it has to fit in with the current system and nuclear fusion rectors can turn hydrogen into power

 

[Planr]

the kinetic reactor you proposed is impossible. in order for the ship to even get moving in the first place it has to expend power. and if it can only generate the same amount of energy/sec as what the thrusters are consuming, that makes it absolutely useless for ships!

 

[NeonSturm]

the kinetic reactor you proposed is impossible. in order for the ship to even get moving in the first place it has to expend power. and if it can only generate the same amount of energy/sec as what the thrusters are consuming, that makes it absolutely useless for ships!

Maybe you could regenerate power from the relative velocity differences of pulsed thrusters and the rest of your ship.

With regular thrusters this would be 50% of thrust force.
But thrusters also have a thermal energy loss (heat->power transformators??? ​

I would like heat->power-transformators as a way to boost the energy efficieny of systems.
The opposite of Overcharge.
Maybe shared among weapons, thrust, ...?
More mass for less power, but a lot more endurance.

 

[lemdoran]

I personaly agree in some points, that some "bigger" blocks for energy storage and generating can be interesting. But they have to be scaled in price and mass, for not make them overpowered.

Otherwise, i'm not on the infinite power thing, regardless of the difficulty to drop, cause putting this on a core, make a catalog entry, then copy is pretty easy. but imagining some 10x efficiency block seem inresting for me. A little like a hull and an hardened hull, i can imagine a power reactor and an enhanced power reactor.