powerplant building idea

Sheekel · Post by **Sheekel** » 09 Sep 2006, 04:09

pheldens = emmanuel?

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 09 Sep 2006, 04:28

Thats the current theory.

nobody2u · Post by **nobody2u** » 09 Sep 2006, 06:46

How about an unit with mirrors or something to function as anti-laser?

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 09 Sep 2006, 08:00

Targon wrote:I think it would be interesting to see a unit with full mirroring surfaces, unless there is already one out there?

I think some CvC units have full reflectivity surfaces but it really doesn't look that much more interesting.

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 09 Sep 2006, 08:00

pheldens is trying to teach us english it seems O_o.

oldsergey · Post by **oldsergey** » 09 Sep 2006, 12:16

That will be funny idea.

The factory which works as energy building resourse center, but when enemy is close it turns its mirror and focuses energy on enemy.

Funny - dual usage - nice idea structure.

Sorry for my english.

pheldens · Post by **pheldens** » 09 Sep 2006, 13:34

I mean satellite on the surface area, adjacent buildings.

PicassoCT · Post by **PicassoCT** » 09 Sep 2006, 13:39

Really Cool would be a PowerPlant that plants(GAIA) Trees and then harvest them- that way you could use Treefields for Short-Time-Basedefense

pheldens · Post by **pheldens** » 09 Sep 2006, 13:42

see how the mirrors superheat the towertip.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 09 Sep 2006, 13:42

FizWizz: felony 4, First warning

Everyone else: As verified by IP pheldens is not emmanuel, he's not even french, your paranoia is not appreciated, your lack of respect for new community members is frankly disgusting.

j5mello · Post by **j5mello** » 09 Sep 2006, 21:19

anyway back on topic...

Energy buildings in Spring that are landbased really only have two forms of power generation:

1. set amount as defined by the FBI tags. An example is current solars or fusions.

2. Using the random generation methods that the wind values provide atm.

So really if u were to make something like this it would be a variation on one of those two choices.

model and script wise this would be a complicated idea. Also is just me or does there need to be more definitive description/names on these forums?

bobthedinosaur · Post by **bobthedinosaur** » 09 Sep 2006, 21:52

is talking about microwave powerplant? thats a scary idea, oh n/m i see

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 09 Sep 2006, 21:56

Hmm, I got an idea for this unit..

Like a laser tesla coil..

Without the tesla

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 10 Sep 2006, 15:15

(liquid) salt in the central receptor isn't it? the temperature differential between the hot molten salt and cooler molten salt drives something similar to a stirling engine, as i remember. in theory they're pretty efficient, about as a efficient as a heat engine can be.

edit: and as for weapons ideas... perhaps if argh puts some good ol' fashioned wooden ships into project 2 then we can have a galileo (?) style mirrors system for setting fire to ships using composite parabolic mirrors :)

<**suggests every goes out , rips their sky dish off the side of their house, coats it in tinfoil and holds a newspaper about a metre in front of it in full sun>

** if you die getting the dish down or give yourself third degree burns with your new burninator don't come crying to me

pheldens · Post by **pheldens** » 10 Sep 2006, 15:21

I think it was oil -> water -> steam turbine

if anything, this unit would be visually pleasing.

FireCrack · Post by **FireCrack** » 10 Sep 2006, 16:17

It's salt, i'm sure of it...

esteroth12 · Post by **esteroth12** » 10 Sep 2006, 17:08

unpossible wrote:edit: and as for weapons ideas... perhaps if argh puts some good ol' fashioned wooden ships into project 2 then we can have a galileo (?) style mirrors system for setting fire to ships using composite parabolic mirrors :)

but it dun work! go here

(basically, the URL says that the episode of Mythbusters with the DeathRay retest is on September 24@3:00 PM, on the discovery channel. sorry, they don't have episodes online)

and its Archmides' death ray, fewl!

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 10 Sep 2006, 18:48

esteroth12 wrote:
and its Archmides' death ray, fewl!

nubbed

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 10 Sep 2006, 19:17

They tested it once and not very accurately. Who knows how it behaved back then? Maybe they had a huge mechanical assembly or maybe they had thousands of soldiers holding those mirrors.

esteroth12 · Post by **esteroth12** » 10 Sep 2006, 19:20

twice, buddy... thats the retest that i gave you

in the retest, people were challenged to get it to work... and some people from MIT almost got it, it just burned it too slowly to be a feasable weapon

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powerplant building idea