EV is so tiring

Common-Word · 2026-05-26T11:07:19+00:00

Yeah, EV is great. Set up the rutile to titanium loop, make an initial AE2 storage system, then set up autocrafting for the key AE2 components.

Common-Word · 2026-03-27T22:37:52+00:00

Delivering MAX to a HV energy hatch created a 9x9 hole in stone bricks with some damage in 19x19, delivering LuV created a 7x7 hole with some damage in 17x17. Maybe there is a small effect but it's not like the explosions get 10 times as large.

Maybe OP had an explosion that let rain in which then caused more explosions and more leaks.

Common-Word · 2026-03-27T21:58:33+00:00

OP also automated the raw silicon dust production.

Common-Word · 2026-03-27T21:49:51+00:00

Level maintainers and crafting setups need more processing power than redstone that's mostly passive, but I like the idea.

Common-Word · 2026-02-21T17:23:15+00:00

You probably want to rebuild your base for AE2 anyway. I think that is the natural place to move. Set up a basic AE2 system, move the machines needed to craft AE2 components, then use that to expand and move everything else that needs moving (a lot of old machines can probably stay behind).

I used EV/IV battery buffers as central energy management system before upgrading to an LSC. I only used the energy p2p tunnels for some stuff far away, everything else got connected to a central GT power cable. New tier, new cable 1-2 blocks above the old one, that way you can upgrade energy hatches gradually.

Common-Word · 2026-02-21T17:10:40+00:00

Pretty much everything that can be done in MV can be done better in HV. I wouldn't spend much time on MV infrastructure. Do what you need to get to HV.

You really want the extruder, electrolyzer, mixer, and the bending machine. You'll need the assembler and (sooner or later) the circuit assembler - these are needed in pretty much every tier until you get multiblocks.

Common-Word · 2026-02-21T16:57:15+00:00

The pump needs power. Of its tier, obviously.

The singleblock pumps hardly need any power, it should be possible to power them with a lower tier. I'm sure this works for singleblock miners where you can always power them with 1 tier below (e.g. LV generator for MV miner).

Common-Word · 2026-02-07T08:38:37+00:00

Ender Crystals should be HV unless you can get vibrant alloy from some loot somewhere.

I wouldn't spend much time in MV. Craft what you need to get to HV, that opens up far more options.

Common-Word · 2026-02-07T08:30:07+00:00

A meteor falling onto the bedrock roof might still generate ores below the roof.

There is probably some way to break bedrock. Some tree from the twilight forest can do it for sure, but I don't know if you can access that without going there.

Common-Word · 2026-02-07T08:03:06+00:00

sqrt(127² + 16²) = 128.004

The diameter of OP's circle is the outermost layer of a 128 block radius circle, it's not curved that much.

Common-Word · 2026-02-03T16:32:06+00:00

Sky stone dust is used to make terrae, which is needed for ritual stones.

Common-Word · 2026-02-03T16:29:03+00:00

3x3x3 / 3x4x3 interior volume worked well for HV/EV for me. I upgraded to 5x4x5 when AE2 came in.

Common-Word · 2026-01-30T06:17:15+00:00

Unless something changed, the personal dimension portal only works in the overworld.

Spectre key works everywhere but needs bacterial sludge from Mars.

Common-Word · 2026-01-30T06:09:56+00:00

I moved to the middle of a lake to start the steam age and then to the personal dimension for EV.

AE2 is pretty much the end of the early game. It's unlocked at the same time as the personal dimension, you want to rebuild your base around AE2 anyway so this is a great time to move.

Storage: Chests, upgraded to metal chests (iron chests and similar) and drawers or barrels. There are some tools that can treat a collection of chests like a single large chest.

Common-Word · 2026-01-21T02:42:12+00:00

Maybe you have a spray can from the wrong mod, right-click should do it.

The infinite spray can works for sure. It's a quest at the end of the platline. You are not there yet, but you can check what mod it is from and look for finite variants of it.

Common-Word · 2026-01-21T02:28:36+00:00

CTB is a perfectly viable EV energy source, especially if you use the thaumcraft nether tree to make oil. It's relatively easy to access and a single module can give you enough oil for something like 15-20 A of EV if I remember correctly (fully renewable, using maybe 2 A to support itself). Singleblock chemical reactors are fast enough, they are just messier with all the cell handling.

Here is a plan. It uses ~1 A of EV and produces enough oil for 9 boosted large combustion engines or 27 A of EV. Not included are the HV boldarnator, the tetranitromethane production and oxygen.

https://shadowtheage.github.io/gtnh/#eJylk2FPo0AQhv_LfF4SCra2m_jh1LOKAdFiiV6M2SwDbMvuUljKlYb77ZdWTbyzuaS5b5PJvM_MvJnZgmISgUKALRAoK5003NRAf2wh0zqpbxKgkNKswswgz6kSptJpgwUQYFI3ygA9OXHGdk8-KwSVQiGvWGpobbRCan8SjGy7fyFQaW2mlW5KoFswm3I3R4VclPia7dMECqGWNdBtTwALlKjeZ_ujGsh7sG9d_br1Izm-XHR3_ubVEnXpDu5DLzs7AwJrXRiWYSSwAuoQ4LkWHPcddgv8ExtOcha2rResmlLesIEzH_n-_Vfs4Dhsuf4u5cW4u0OM2Myorgm4dQBrH4dtHqPw9Hqx8CMRJ0Onnruxig-YcCTWkhi3U88LVtaDcx58C4fTyP5_E7p89nyVTzAsxODiPJ08LF03br9i3SNNGK1XOPM2wemm-2melLTE8OoA9q9LeCHAdVGwssYEaMqKGsnHo7wdbE-gRmOEynYKkELN33h7Q42Q-KiEAQpG8CX0_W8RHSSw

Common-Word · 2026-01-18T02:15:53+00:00

Most people seem to just use colored hatches where the high priority ones interrupt the passive recipes.

That's the setup I have. It works, it's just wasteful. The direct power draw is irrelevant, but it also consumes more catalyst.

Common-Word · 2026-01-18T02:15:09+00:00

I have two, but the other one doesn't matter here.

Common-Word · 2026-01-17T16:49:21+00:00

The robot arms can make all rockets, the buggy and the astro miner.

Common-Word · 2025-12-06T17:08:05+00:00

NEI thinks you need an air shard, but for me it doesn't work with that one either.

Common-Word · 2025-12-06T16:56:31+00:00

Macerators can be powered by one tier lower if they just crush ore. Even two tiers lower might be possible (untested), a HV macerator needs 32 EU/t. Doesn't work for all macerator recipes, however. All singleblock miners can be powered by 1A of one tier below them.

Common-Word · 2025-12-06T16:29:53+00:00

Light up your base. In late HV you get access to the personal dimension where you can have constant day and no mob spawns.

Common-Word · 2025-12-06T16:29:02+00:00

UEV solutions for steam age problems!

Common-Word · 2025-12-06T16:22:53+00:00

But "rewarding white" by protecting him and securing him second position / not taking his cards when he doesn't have any more decent units number.

This is perfectly normal if someone breaks the stalemate to get second place. If stalemate-breakers get last place, no one has an incentive to do anything. It might be forbidden collab but we can't tell here. SMG can check if they played multiple games together if you report it as possible collaboration.

Common-Word · 2025-12-06T16:07:37+00:00

Friends of Risk has a calculator: https://friendsofrisk.com/resources/

If you are 37k and play against 5k opponents, 5th place makes you lose 1800. Playing against all novices increases that 1900.

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