Goonhub
06-01-2025, 01:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2025, 01:54 AM by Lord_earthfire. Edited 1 time in total.)
The old medals and goals are outdated and rightfully so got reduced in the past.
The thing is simple: the energy output is used for mechanics, not bragging rights. So energy production needs to be in line among most engines so you can add features to it properly. The TEG breaks, and has broken in the past, this very concept, which is why not many mechanics exist to use the power the engine pumps out.
100 GW is in my opinion around the upper bound of something you should reach of an engine (maybe that's even too much). that's it's right around where the singularity can end up with, with Geothermal and the Nuclear reactor sitting in the back with ~5 GW (Although dunno how it is nowadays with the changed nuclear engine, i haven't worked much with it after the plasma to radioactive fallout change).
The goal i personally would set is distinct goals in mechanics, not bragging-rights like the medals. And these benchmark for mechanics are:
1. Maxcap canbombs for toxins
2. 5 GW for the insta explosion PTL.
For Maxcap canbombs, ghc is sufficient. It's much easier to start with a low plasma/fart mix and much easier to achieve a canbomb-suitable temperature with that. For the PTL, like already laid out, the TEG is able to achieve that. And go far beyond, so that's already a possible if you don't tryhard far enough.
Maybe, just maybe if we get the engines to be roughly producing energy at a compareable rate, we could try to -do- more with that energy.
The thing is simple: the energy output is used for mechanics, not bragging rights. So energy production needs to be in line among most engines so you can add features to it properly. The TEG breaks, and has broken in the past, this very concept, which is why not many mechanics exist to use the power the engine pumps out.
100 GW is in my opinion around the upper bound of something you should reach of an engine (maybe that's even too much). that's it's right around where the singularity can end up with, with Geothermal and the Nuclear reactor sitting in the back with ~5 GW (Although dunno how it is nowadays with the changed nuclear engine, i haven't worked much with it after the plasma to radioactive fallout change).
The goal i personally would set is distinct goals in mechanics, not bragging-rights like the medals. And these benchmark for mechanics are:
1. Maxcap canbombs for toxins
2. 5 GW for the insta explosion PTL.
For Maxcap canbombs, ghc is sufficient. It's much easier to start with a low plasma/fart mix and much easier to achieve a canbomb-suitable temperature with that. For the PTL, like already laid out, the TEG is able to achieve that. And go far beyond, so that's already a possible if you don't tryhard far enough.
Maybe, just maybe if we get the engines to be roughly producing energy at a compareable rate, we could try to -do- more with that energy.