Modded Minecraft :: Part 3 :: Solar Power & Ore Duplication!

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Howzit going everyone? Welcome back to

Modded Minecraft. This is episode three

and my name of course is SystemZee.

And today, we're going to be playing

around with Industrial Craft 2.

And there is a cricket hopping around

in front of my face. (chuckles)

Look at him. He's just dancing around!

They're so annoying though,

they're everywhere.

And thanks to you guys I now know

why there's blood in my smelter here.

Speaking of the smelter, where is -

Oh okay! That was pretty creepy.

You guys saw that there was

nothing in there and now there's

all of a sudden everything in there.

And there is a little bit

more blood in there now.

But that's why there's blood;

is because of the crickets. (chuckles)

But anyways guys, and we're missing

a lot of stuff here. It seems there's

some weird visual errors

going on. And texture differences?

What's going on? These look a little weird

I have a feeling that the Shader Pack

is throwing things off a bit unless

that's how it originally looked.

I did add a few Mods though,

I will be honest.

Looks like the shader pack

has nothing to do with it.

But yeah, I did add a few mods

so maybe these blocks are just gonna look

different anyways? I dunno know.

I'll look into that but for the most part

everything looks the same,

except for this missing block.

But what I am doing is

trying to get some more copper,

I don't know why that just turned off.

Because we're gonna be doing,

as I said Industrial Craft stuff.

I said 'doing' weird just then.

But thank you

guys so much for all your support on

these episodes lately. I am very excited

to see how far along we go with this

particular series. Just because you guys

seem very enthusiastic about it.

And look at 'em go. Look at that freaking

cricket, poisoning the blood stream.

Well, not the blood stream but

poisoning the stream with blood.

(chuckles) That is the way to say it.

But yeah, we've got a few things we've

got to do in order to successfuly get

started with Industrial Craft, and one of

those things is first, we're gonna have

to make some tools, Actually, we've gotta

get some rubber first. What am I doing?

We're gonna do that. Throw those in there.

And I probably ought to add more copper,

so lets go ahead and get nine copper out.

As you can see

I've got tons of resources now.

I've been doing a lot

of resource gathering.

So we're gonna need a little bit of wood,

we're gonna make a tap to start with.

So I've got that now. I am gonna run over

here in this direction but first I am

gonna go ahead and just throw this

copper in here. But we're gonna run over

to some rubber trees, that way we can

start getting some rubber.

I hope that thing doesn't overflow.

I really need to expand it, but I honestly

don't know how. (chuckles)

But I am not really worried

about it for now. Just because

we've got a good amount

of tools so far. At least enough to play

around with. But anyways there are some-

This is some interesting material.

What is that? I haven't seen that yet.

I don't even know how to pronounce that.

I am not even going to try given

my track record of pronunciation errors.

I am just not good at talking

so let's just avoid even trying to say

that word. I haven't seen it before.

But anyways, there are some rubber trees

right over there as you can see.

If you don't know already, the way you

can always tell is if they have a pointy

top and those have a pointy top,

so those therefore are rubber trees.

There's also some copper

I presume? No, it's tin, gravel ore

But we'll grab those. I don't know

if you have to smelt these. That's what

I am assuming, which is kinda odd but

whatever; the more the merrier.

Okay, so these are the rubber trees

and you can see a little bit of rubber,

just kinda peeking out the side there.

If I right-click that with this

tree tap, it'll make some weird noises

but we'll get tree taps - or well, rubber.

No! sticky resin. Which if we cook

in a smelter, then we can get rubber.

I think that that's how it works.

Now I've gotta chop a few of these down

just so that then we can hopefully get

some saplings, so that we can move these

and start growing more of them.

Because they are pretty rare, I think.

But I am going to use my lumber axe

just to chop it down.

Oh! that didn't work.

Maybe because of that? I don't know.

And our tree tap is already almost gone.

Luckily we've got eight of these so far

but I am gonna go ahead and, you know,

wait for these to produce some saplings.

I am going to try and get more resin, cos

I know there's some on this tree. I am

pretty sure. Unless it is this tree?

Unless it's like random?

Cos I am pretty sure

when I was checking it out earlier

I saw some on this one. But anyways guys

I am gonna go ahead and get a few things

collected and we're going to continue

on with the mod. (groovy music)

And there we go!

I am smelting these Sticky Resin

as you can see, and it's giving me

rubber. Now there is a way to do it to be

rubber wood, and extract resin from it

at a better speed. But I don't know how

to do that truth be told. I think it's

like an extractor or something? Yeah an

extractor which seems to be a pretty

cheap device. I am assuming that this

would allow us to do it, but we just have

to have some sort of power.

And I need to make all that stuff.

There's a lot of stuff that we're

gonna have to make that, truth be told,

I don't know how to make at all.

But let's go and take this rubber

and we're gonna start today with this Mod

by making - what's it called? Macerator?

Yeah Macerator. So this is what we are

working with today. We're gonna need

flint, cobble, a basic machine

casing and then an electric circuit.

Now this electric circuit

is gonna be really what is most required.

And this is pretty cheap if you ask me.

We've gotta make these copper plates

which we need these cutters for.

So we're gonna have to do a few things.

I know that I have pretty much everything

I am gonna need. I hope anyways.

But at the same time,

I am probably going to

have to smelt some more of this iron.

Which I really should be throwing in the

smelter over there so I can double it.

But that is what this

Macerator is gonna do. So that's

kinda why I am waiting for that.

So we're gonna first go in here and

just make.. I believe we are gonna need

three of these, then we're gonna need

more iron so let's grab that. And then

if you do that design we should be able

to make a pair of cutters. Yeah, cutter.

And now if we grab our copper

which I've thrown in here and then go

back to the -well really we could

do it here - and get the cutter..

No no no, we've gotta get the Forge Plate

to make some of these. So we're gonna

need, let's see, we're gonna need

six of these, which requires one each.

Okay that is not going to be bad.

So we're basically only going to need

to do six of them, right. So one, two,

three, four, five, six. Alright and now if

we do that we can split it all

- oh it gives us two so we really only

had to do three. We'll do 'em all

just so we can have 'em. That way it won't

be that bad. So now if we do that we

should be able to make six cables.

But let's just make nine of them, why not?

Okay, so now we have the cables.

What else do we need to

make just the electronic circuit?

It's so expensive.

Just a little bit of red stone.

So we're getting pretty close to having

our first Industrial Craft item. Gonna

have to make one plate, and then Red

Stone, I believe was all that was left.

And I should have some in here.

So if we do that on both sides

and then the iron plate and then

we just throw these in the middle

and we will have an electric circuit.

Just like that! And then we're going

to have to get four cobble I believe.

So one, two, three, four.

And then flint. Now this is the thing

I am a little scared about.

Ugh! no, we've got plenty of that,

So now,

If I click on that and shift-click that.

Nope, wrong. No we've gotta make that first.

Right, okay. So we're gonna need a little

bit more iron, but we should still be

good nonetheless. Let's just make a load

of 'em, do that again and if I right-click

that, is that how it works? Or do that?

No. There's a way to make it so that it

automatically gets everything. I am still

not done. That's right, I am gonna make

that - I am jumping ahead of myself.

Now if I do that (click) really!? No!?

We have everything. It should allow us to

- I mean that works,

I am just being lazy at this point.

But there is a way to make it

to automatically craft it. But I guess

I am not able to do it. I don't know.

I'll have to check the comments again

because someone was awesome enough

to tell me. I just seem to have forgotten.

But if we do that then we'll be able

to make the macerator

which requires power. So I am a little

nervous about that but using this

once we power the device we can

duplicate ore. Basically it will crush it

and then output two crushed, like ore

based on the ore. So if we do iron ore

it'll create two crushed ore essentially.

I believe it's crushed. Yeah, so crushed

iron ore. And then that since it will give

us two, each one produces one ingot,

one smelted. So it's basically just like

the smelter just on a different mod.

So I guess the next thing to do is to

figure out how in the world

we're gonna power this thing.

Now solar panels are nice

but they're also extremely expensive.

Well, I think they are anyways. It just

requires a generator. Which I guess a

generator would be pretty easy I think.

But then again there is all of this

and we don't- we have ten.

So I've gotta lot of preparing to do

to even get it close to anything. But I am

gonna have to look into power sources

I think, which maybe this will help with?

I mean we've got the cable so that's good.

Generators' is obviously gonna make power

for us, and then there's you know

water mills and what not

which may be good. I just need

to figure out how to make

this stuff and just like how to use it

(chuckles) entirely. So just kinda looking

around.. not really seeing much we could

use. Recycler no. Actually does that?

Nah, that doesn't help with power.

There's plenty of things that we could do

I just... I am noob. I am a noob

that's what I meant to say. Okay, so what

I am gonna do is go through the Wiki

and just try and figure out where in the

world to go with next. I mean I know what

to do and I know how to get this thing to

work I've just only done it in Creative

so the fact that I don't have solar panels

is kinda making this a little hard.

So we're going to figure out what to do

next and I will be right back.

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Guys I am in way over my head

right now. So now this has been powered

so there is really no reason to connect

it to this generator. I am going to do it

anyways and let's hope that it doesn't

explode or anything. So what I should do

okay that is draining battery, and that

is filling it up. Wait. Yeah okay.

So let me rewind here. I've been glued

to the Wikipedia page for Industrial Craft

reading about power. And so we've gotten

this generator as well as an RE-battery

which is a rechargeable battery. Now if we

throw in some burnable fuel, or well

resources like wood then it'll power this

which is powering this Batbox, which is

then powering this Macerator. So now we

can use that. Originally I thought we

needed all of this, but I guess not.

Really theoretically we could've just

powered this with the batteries. But at

least in this way, we're able to do that

Now from what I tried I wasn't able to

directly connect these two together

so I am assuming that this is some sort

of regulator almost, or maybe...

No, cos there are transformers and

transformers are for that, I am pretty

sure. Or maybe these are just to

upgrade the wire, that's most likely.

Cos from what I remember it blows up

if you try and connect different wires.

But do I have any more coal? I don't.

Coal is definitely something we're gonna

need a lot more of, cos I am definitely

low here, but I am gonna grab those

and we're just gonna test something. If I

If I throw this resource in here then that

will start to kinda cook it, and what this

should do is create some sort of dust

from what I remember, and from what

I've cheated with cos the recipes are all

right here. So I can get this coal dust,

which if you look here is the main

ingredient for the solar panel and the

solar panel can allow us to power

everything without having to worry about

using coal which is pretty important

at the moment. Oh! give me that back,

I needed all that. So now we've got two

of that. I need, I am not sue of how much

of it I need. Actually, I do know I need

three. So I've got the glass already.

The only thing I am short on is one

more electric circuit. We're also gonna

need to make another generator.

Let's grab these.

I am a little messy at the moment,

I feel like a mad scientist.

I am like Rick Sanchez right now if you

guys know who that is. Rick and Morty

if you don't watch that show, well first

of all if you're the right age you should

watch it otherwise if you're young then

don't watch it. But if you do watch it

you know, funny show, hilarious.

But anyways I feel like

a mad scientist right now

because this stuff is just crazy.

So now let's just throw this

generator in here. Now I've just gotta

make one more electric circuit.

But if we come over here before we do that

and throw for example some Tin Ore

right here, you'll see that as it's

cooking it it should in theory create

a Crushed Tin Ore which if it burns

through one it should create two.

So you'll see now, yeah there we go!

We've got two crushed Tin Ore

and then three Tin Ore still left for two

it should've been two but you'll see

it basically duplicated it. So if we run

over here, throw that in there,

cook it then that will basically

each one is equivalent to one Ingot

So it's essentially just like using the

smelter just different and a little bit

easier in some sense. Plus we can

automate this a little bit better.

This is gonna be really, really fun.

But before I end off the episode,

because these episodes are so easy to

run out of time with, there is just

so much to do. Okay we're

almost done with that, we're just

gonna make one more of these

solar panels which I am gonna need

a lot more rubber for. Fortunately we

have a lot of rubber trees, the only main

problem is that it's very

easy to burn through it all.

And they don't really give enough

to where I can just sit here

and show you guys. Well then again

there's all these. I don't know

we'll see if I can get enough.

Right now though it's been very

hard to get enough to make anything.

Okay, yeah that's plenty. Perfect!

So if we run over here then,

cook this up, there we go.

I think that duplicated it, I hope

it did. We're gonna throw that in there

so we can get all these

and we're gonna make, let's see...

First thing we're gonna have to

do is get the cutters and then we're

gonna have to do that cos we need

about six wires. So we're gonna need more

rubber and we'll do all that.

And I still haven't figured out

how to auto-craft by the way.

I tried to find the comment that

suggested it, but I couldn't find it.

So that was fun. While we're waiting

let's go ahead and see what this is

gonna require, it's gonna require one

Iron Plate which we can make.

We don't have but we can make

pretty easily. I had to make

a new Forge Hammer too

because it went away I used it all.

Alright, this should be close to the

last one so we'll do that.

And then one more and we'll be good to go.

Now I realize that this

is a bit of an old mod,

I am not sure if a lot of people really

use Industrial Craft anymore but I really,

personally, like it cos one, I kinda know

how to use it. Let me focus here and

figure out how to do this.

But what is the new one people use?

I forgot. It's like Thermal Energy or

something like that. I actually have that

in this mod pack, I actually added it.

So we'll play with that in the future.

But there's a lot of stuff out now

that I don't know how in the world

to use. Okay so let's just focus here

and create this solar panel. Wrong!

I was hoping that I would do it right the

first time but I didn't.

Okay we'll do that. Solar Panel. Boom.

So now if we just place that somewhere

perhaps we should do it on top of it?

No, it probably requires some

sort of cable. I am a little nervous

but we're just gonna try this,

this could just blow everything up.

But this is just like a testing round

anyways so I am not really

that worried about it.

We're just gonna do that to create

a little more cables. I already had some

I think. We're just one more cable

and theoretically if we just jump up here

this should allow us to get rid of

the fact of needing the

generator entirely. If we do that

and place the solar panel on top

That should power it on it's own.

Yeah! look at that. That powered it

like instantly so now if we break it

just as an example you'll see it instantly

rise up. So now you'll see it's zero

so it doesn't hold anything

but now that we've got

that solar panel just doing that,

instantly, no not instantly

But you see it's powering it

and there is nothing being powered.

So we're generating energy

and at least it's renewable.

So that's the first step.

But I think that's really gotta

do it for today, I've got a lot of stuff

to do and I think next episode I'd like

to work on making some sort of building

dedicated to this in Build Craft.

Now with Build Craft I can actually

take pipes and we can actually move

blocks around which is cool.

Kinda like Hoppers,

but a little bit better.

It's more entertaining I think.

I've just got a lot of organization

and resource gathering to do.

So maybe we will actually

build a house next episode.

Or like a factory of some sort,

just a working space.

Right now I am just trying to get used to

everything. I haven't even moved from the

original spot which is a little sad.

We haven't even explored.

But before I end of the episode,

I just want to let you guys

know about all the mods I did add.

And then kind of how you can play

this mod pack on your own.

Cos I know that I've been getting

a lot of comments regarding

how to do that. So before the night ends

or before the day ends, let's go ahead

and go through the general stuff

that I've added. So I've added the

Ship Mod, I forgot... Archimedes

something like that. Ship's which

is cool because you can

make like air balloons or boats

and all that that actually ride

or drive which is really cool. And then

the Thermal Energy Mod or the Thermal

Expansion, of course Industrial Craft,

Build Craft and all that kinda stuff.

So just kind of a glimpse, you know

you can pause the video on all of these

to see exactly everything I have.

But to be honest the easiest thing

for you to do is going to be to

download the Life in the Woods:

Renaissance Mod pack and then add a few

of the mods I've added to the mod's

folder. That's the easiest thing.

But anyways guys, I am gonna go ahead

and end before the night time comes.

Thank you so much for joining in

on this episode. I apologise for it being

kinda messy, but this has been a very

mad scientist like episode.

But we've learnt some cool stuff today

and I am excited for next episode.

Thank you for all the support,

make sure to leave a thumbs up if

you enjoyed,

and if you didn't let me

know why in the comments below.

My name has been

SystemZee,

you guys

have been awesome,

thanks for watching.