Nuclear Power

[karmic gazelle]

the sbb builder engine

[hasty willow]

Pretty sure the devs have just outright said no to any kind of nuclear engine multiple times

[karmic gazelle]

fundamentally this is the same suggestion as most of the other nuclear engine ideas

big engine thats efficient and blows up when damaged

unfortunately large steam does exactly that

it even blows up now

[stable sentinel]

I specifically said it is only explosive underwater and that there are ways to prevent it from melting down, but they aren't cheap.

[karmic gazelle]

large steam but it blows up underwater isnt a very useful niche

[hasty willow]

Oh, so it's less volatile than steam? That totally makes it balanced and worth adding

[stable sentinel]

I said in the suggestion that it should only be more cost-effective than steam at extremely large sizes

Above water the corium would still do devastating damage, just not through an explosion

[karmic gazelle]

why would you need engines larger than large steam

[hasty willow]

Steam engines can already get very big

[karmic gazelle]

they also get more efficient the larger they get

[stable sentinel]

There is a limit to how efficient they can get

[karmic gazelle]

yes but they the time youre building a 3 mil mat boat i dont think efficiency is top of the list any more

[hasty willow]

There's also a limit to the patience of the devs being repeatedly asked for nuclear engines despite saying no to it every single time

[stable gust]

finaly

use of lead

if they added a plate of lead

like alloy

or metal

[stable sentinel]

The nuclear engine could also be extremely heavy so that it is more practical on land to efficiently power other structures.

[stable gust]

iand it weighed like 5

[wild pier]

No

[stable gust]

whyt tho

they need to make some simple guins

like a 75 105 155 203 and 263

for noobs like met hta cant design shit

[hasty willow]

That's just a skill issue on your part

[stable gust]

yea

there shouldb e a way to uhhh

Idk

[wild pier]

It is pretty funny that the nuclear engine posts can now be confined to the containment forum, though.

[hasty willow]

If you really want to use nuclear engines in your builds, I'll let you in on a little "secret"

They're already in the game

However, they aren't functional, and never will be

[stable sentinel]

I know that already

[karmic gazelle]

i still stand by renaming steam to nuclear and pretending to have added nuclear as being a very funny april fools update

[stable gust]

terraria undeluxe edition ass thing ong

[hasty willow]

I mean, technically speaking, steam could actually be really inefficient nuclear

Because nuclear reactors are literally just used to boil water

[stable gust]

theres a game on roblox called

realistic boiling water simultaor or somth

and you just control a nuclear plant

[stable sentinel]

Roblox? Under absolutely no circumstances am I touching that game again

[stable gust]

i mean

roblox aint a game realy

its like a platform like steam

or unity

[stable sentinel]

But shittier

[hasty willow]

Not even close

It's extremely predatory

[stable gust]

yeah

but ttheres some cool games

[hasty willow]

And has borderline illegal monetisation

[stable gust]

like 20 but eh

[stable gust]

skibidi toilet gyatt rizz simulator

for real

[stable sentinel]

And moderation is a rumour there

[stable gust]

it do be moderating

i was talking about war stuff in a war game

and i got banned 10 mins later

😭

fucking pos

[stable sentinel]

And you have to speak newspeak there essentially

[west estuary]

this is the same niche as large steam but for even larger craft

the devs dont want to encourage massive craft much

[stable sentinel]

Read the last point I made

[west estuary]

that they should be heavy...

how does that change anything?

[stable sentinel]

Makes them impractical on most craft exept for structures and submarines

[west estuary]

why

[stable sentinel]

So that they can have a distinct niche

[west estuary]

why does this niche need to exist

[stable sentinel]

Structures other than rescource gatherers are rarely used and built by players, a semi-exlcusive and more efficient power source might encourage their use more often.

[west estuary]

it wont

structures are the craft type that need engine power the least

[stable sentinel]

A far more efficient form of power might make defensive structures more viable

Like AA pac towers or railguns

[west estuary]

engines are already one of the cheapest parts of most normal craft

structures use less power so engines are going to be an even smaller part of their cost

making a structure like 1% better is not going to make them useful at all

that doesnt outweight the insanely large disadvantages of not moving

a buff needs to matter to change if something gets used

[stable sentinel]

I never said that it cannot generate energy

[west estuary]

that doesnt affect what i said at all

[stable sentinel]

Energy is typically used for railguns and pacs, not usually for primary propulsion.

[hasty willow]

Also, how would you avoid this just buffing spacecraft?

[stable sentinel]

Weight is still a factor in space.

[hasty willow]

There's no risk of sinking though, so all it does is add inertia

[stable sentinel]

Added inertia is detrimental to evasion

[stable gust]

if you need to power a fortress u just slap on a 3x3 elecrtic engine example

[karmic gazelle]

the response to nuclear power has generally always been
"thats just steam 2" and "what is this even for"

my recommendation, find someone willing to help make a mod and just make a mod that reskins large steam into nuclear

[stable sentinel]

I don't have such connections

[stable gust]

lets be real who even needsn uclear

nobody is gona be sane enoguh to make a 1000x200 boat

or som shit

[karmic gazelle]

nah people have done that

problem is by the time youre doing something like that it doesnt matter how many mats the engines eat

since its completely unusable outside of designer anyway

[stable gust]

but duhudh i need my 10mat/s engine if id ont have it the boats unusubale!!!

(50milion boat)

[median schooner]

Ironic part about that is, nuclear power is literally just steam power with extra steps

[dense talon]

So they're really heavy an only explode underwater and you want to mount them on subs???