Steam Age: Difference between revisions
m
move to tiers.
m (→Steam: fix anchor) |
m (move to tiers.) |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
The '''Steam Age''' is heavily dependent on Bronze, an alloy of Tin and Copper. You should already have made some to have gotten this far, but if not the dust can be mixed in a crafting table after using a mortar to grind down copper and tin ingots into their dust forms, then smelted in any Furnace. While some other early alloys can also be made this way, a Mixer will be needed for higher tier stuff later on, and Mixers also sometimes give a better ratio of return. Another option is the Alloy Smelter, which can make Bronze Ingots directly from one tin and three copper ingots. Make plenty of bronze as multiple stacks are needed to build your first basic infrastructure.
== Goals ==
* Boilers
* Steam Machines
* Bricked Blast Furnace
* Nether
== Steam ==
[[File:TooltipBronzeFluidPipe.png|thumb|alt=Black tooltip for Bronze Fluid Pipe stating a Fluid Capacity of 2,400 liters per second and a heat limit of 2,000 K.|Hover over pipes to see a tooltip.]]The machines in this era use '''steam''' as energy. Steam is produced by [[#Boilers|boilers]] that combinine heat and water, and is used to power machines at a rate of 2 Steam:1 EU. The amount of steam needed is determined by the recipe. Adding water to a dry but heated boiler will cause an [[explosion]]. Coal and Solar Boilers are otherwise immune to rain and fire.
[[File:ExplodingSteamPipes.gif|thumb|alt=short animation of a dark brown wood pipe leaking white steam, then exploding and catching the nearby boiler on fire.|Do ''not'' use wooden pipes for steam!]]
Line 18 ⟶ 24:
File:Gregtech Boiler Simple.jpg|Simple Boiler setup picture
File:BasicSteamPipeBuffer.png|thumb|alt=a 3x3 dark wood water tank feeding wooden fluid pipes to three orange and brick coal boilers, connected to more bronze pipes that lead to three steam tier single block machines, connecting to their bottom sides.|[[Water Tank]], Coal Boilers and machines
File:BasicSteamRCTankBuffer.png
File:SteamSetupNoWaterPipes.jpg|alt=Dark brown wooden water tank on fence legs, feeding water via wooden fluid pipes into three bronze coal boilers. The coal boilers feed into bronze pipes connected to three steam machines.|Coal Boilers, using [[Water Tank]]'s auto-output.
</gallery>
All boilers need water. They use fuel to produce steam - except the simple solar boiler, which needs access to the sky and resetting every few hours instead. Different boilers have different production rates and generally use more fuel the more advanced they are. For most GT boilers 1L of water equals
Non-solar boiler sides can be used for both steam or water. The bottom side only accepts water and the top only outputs steam - these are the recommended faces to use since it avoids the possibility of getting water or steam in the wrong pipe. A steady water supply, such as a [[Water Tank]], must be provided to boilers to avoid
If you have extra resources, build an Iron Tank (Railcraft) and use it as a steam buffer between the Boilers and machines. Until you have an Iron Tank, you can use a line of Large or Huge Bronze Fluid Pipe between the boiler(s) and machines to buffer steam instead. A buffer is helpful because many steam machines consume power faster than you're able to generate it with only one or two boilers.
Line 78 ⟶ 85:
{{Template:Navbar GTNH}}
[[Category:
| |||