refined fuel

Infantry Posts : 584 Join date : 2012-04-19

I was wondering if you (the developers) had already decided on fuel for the ships. I was thinking that it might be cool if there were a process to refine the coal that you mine into a better fuel source for lower level ships. That way, all the coal you mine won't go to waste, and, when you get to a higher technology level (not sure if that's how FC is going to work), you can sell it to less advanced servers for a small profit.

Newbie Posts : 48 Join date : 2012-01-27

Make's sense.

Subject: Re: refined fuel Thu May 03, 2012 7:34 pm

r2fart2 wrote:: Makes sense.

I don't think starship fuel will be based off coal at all. They will be powered by batteries/generators/ZPMs, as described in the MCForums OP.

Infantry Posts : 584 Join date : 2012-04-19

Last_Jedi_Standing wrote:

r2fart2 wrote:: Makes sense.

I don't think starship fuel will be based off coal at all. They will be powered by batteries/generators/ZPMs, as described in the MCForums OP.

Yes, but batteries require being charged, generators consume fuel, and ZPMs receive power through some sort of witchcraft that I don't fully comprehend...

The point of this idea was to try to give a use for coal after you've gotten past using combustion engines.

Subject: Re: refined fuel Thu May 03, 2012 9:21 pm

Laserbilly wrote:

Last_Jedi_Standing wrote:

r2fart2 wrote:: Makes sense.

I don't think starship fuel will be based off coal at all. They will be powered by batteries/generators/ZPMs, as described in the MCForums OP.

Yes, but batteries require being charged, generators consume fuel, and ZPMs receive power through some sort of witchcraft that I don't fully comprehend...

The point of this idea was to try to give a use for coal after you've gotten past using combustion engines.

You can always throw it at the enemy.

That reminds me of a joke:

Spoiler:

Captain Posts : 1529 Join date : 2012-01-18

I seriously do not get that, am I stupid or ignorant?

Subject: Re: refined fuel Fri May 04, 2012 3:49 pm

hyperlite wrote:: I seriously do not get that, am I stupid or ignorant?

It may not make sense if you're not a bagpiper.

Captain Posts : 1529 Join date : 2012-01-18

So I am ignorant.

Newbie Posts : 59 Join date : 2012-04-28

Last_Jedi_Standing wrote:

hyperlite wrote:: I seriously do not get that, am I stupid or ignorant?

It may not make sense if you're not a bagpiper.

Explain the joke to us non-bagpipers because i don't understand at all

Infantry Posts : 584 Join date : 2012-04-19

I'm not a bagpiper either, and I also don't get this joke.

Subject: Re: refined fuel Fri May 04, 2012 6:40 pm

OK, so this was a mistake. A high-quality set of bagpipes is a fairly expensive thing, and something that you want to be careful with. Basically the joke is that instead of stealing the bagpipes, someone put in more. This is because bagpipes have a (admittedly well-deserved) reputation for being loud and obnoxious. If you play the bagpipes or are involved in the bagpiping community, it's hilarious. This may have more to do with us not hearing very many jokes, or indeed much at all.

Subject: Re: refined fuel Fri May 04, 2012 8:58 pm

Haha it was a good joke. I know a guy who bagpipes. Cool kid.

Infantry Posts : 584 Join date : 2012-04-19

A catfish, clown fish, and puffer fish swim into a fish bar...

Oh wait, are any of you guys fish? Maybe you won't get the joke then...

Subject: Re: refined fuel Sat May 05, 2012 1:52 pm

My idea was to have crude oil be refinable, and have coal only used for creating electricity. The idea was to give people a certain amount of energy and rocket fuel to bridge the gap between the start of the game and the creation of renewable energy sources and rocket fuel such as solar and wind. Then you can make hydrogen and oxygen to burn as rocket fuel.

Subject: Re: refined fuel Sat May 05, 2012 2:11 pm

Laserbilly wrote:: A catfish, clown fish, and puffer fish swim into a fish bar...

Oh wait, are any of you guys fish? Maybe you won't get the joke then...

I got a good one. If you don't know Anti-Joke Chicken you won't get it.

[Random Guy] So a black guy, a Hispanic, and a white guy walk into a bar...

[Anti-Joke Chicken] What a great example of a integrated community!

Subject: Re: refined fuel Sat May 05, 2012 6:02 pm

tonyri wrote:: My idea was to have crude oil be refinable, and have coal only used for creating electricity. The idea was to give people a certain amount of energy and rocket fuel to bridge the gap between the start of the game and the creation of renewable energy sources and rocket fuel such as solar and wind. Then you can make hydrogen and oxygen to burn as rocket fuel.

You see, this is the kind of idea-generation we need.

Subject: Re: refined fuel Mon May 07, 2012 6:22 pm

Lord Mackeroth wrote:

tonyri wrote:: My idea was to have crude oil be refinable, and have coal only used for creating electricity. The idea was to give people a certain amount of energy and rocket fuel to bridge the gap between the start of the game and the creation of renewable energy sources and rocket fuel such as solar and wind. Then you can make hydrogen and oxygen to burn as rocket fuel.

You see, this is the kind of idea-generation we need.

So, that is a no on the jokes on this topic?

Captain Posts : 1529 Join date : 2012-01-18

Is the cat and buttered toast thing I said on here a good idea? I will say it again.

If cats always land on their feet and toast always lands buttered side down, strap a piece of toast to a cat and drop it, it will spin around infinitely, then hook it up to a generator and you have INFINITE ENERGY

Subject: Re: refined fuel Mon May 07, 2012 6:46 pm

what happened to my post that said i thought you were dead?

Subject: Re: refined fuel Mon May 07, 2012 9:21 pm

superninjakiwi wrote:: what happened to my post that said i thought you were dead?

What is with you and the "dead" thing?