game/technic.git

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			* pipeworks, which supports the automation of item transport
			* moreores, which provides some additional ore types

			This manual doesn't explain how to use these other modpacks, which ought
			to (but actually don't) have their own manuals.
			This manual doesn't explain how to use these other modpacks, which have
			their own manuals:

			* [Minetest Game Documentation](https://wiki.minetest.net/Main_Page)
			* [Mesecons Documentation](http://mesecons.net/items.html)
			* [Pipeworks Documentation](https://github.com/minetest-mods/pipeworks/wiki)
			* [Moreores Forum Post](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=549)

			Recipes for constructable items in technic are generally not guessable,
			and are also not specifically documented here. You should use a
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			Although common, it is very heavily used, and most of the time it will
			be the material that most limits your activity.

			Tin is supplied by the moreores mod. It is found from elevation +8
			downwards, with no elevation-dependent variations in abundance beyond
			that point. It is a common metal. Its main use in pure form is as a
			component of electrical batteries. Apart from that its main purpose is
			Tin is part of the basic Minetest game (having migrated there from
			moreores). It is found from elevation +8 downwards, with no
			elevation-dependent variations in abundance beyond that point.
			It is a common metal. Its main use in pure form is as a component
			of electrical batteries. Apart from that its main purpose is
			as the secondary ingredient in bronze (the base being copper), but bronze
			is itself little used. Its abundance is well in excess of its usage,
			so you will usually have a surplus of it.
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			blocks, so several latex lumps can be extracted from a tree in one visit.

			Raw latex isn't used directly. It must be vulcanized to produce finished
			rubber. This can be performed by simply cooking the latex, with each
			latex lump producing one lump of rubber. If you have an extractor,
			however, the latex is better processed there: each latex lump will
			produce three lumps of rubber.
			rubber. This can be performed by alloying the latex with coal dust.

			### metal ###

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			and stone in 1.7 m. When a shield must be deliberately constructed,
			the preferred materials are metals, the denser the better. Iron and
			steel halve radiation in 1.1 m, copper in 1.0 m, and silver in 0.95 m.
			Lead would halve in 0.69 m if it were in the game, but it's not, which
			poses a bit of a problem due to the drawbacks of the three materials in
			the game that are better shielding than silver. Gold halves radiation
			Lead would halve in 0.69 m (its in-game shielding value is 80). Gold halves radiation
			in 0.53 m (factor of 3.7 per meter), but is a bit scarce to use for
			this purpose. Uranium halves radiation in 0.31 m (factor of 9.4 per
			meter), but is itself radioactive. The very best shielding in the game
			is nyancat material (nyancats and their rainbow blocks), which halves
			radiation in 0.22 m (factor of 24 per meter), but is extremely scarce.
			radiation in 0.22 m (factor of 24 per meter), but is extremely scarce. See [technic/technic/radiation.lua](https://github.com/minetest-technic/technic/blob/master/technic/radiation.lua) for the in-game shielding values, which are different from real-life values.

			If the theoretical radiation damage from a particular source is
			sufficiently small, due to distance and shielding, then no damage at all
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			energy to let an electrical network cope with mismatched supply and
			demand. They have a secondary purpose of charging and discharging
			powered tools. They are thus a mixture of electrical infrastructure,
			powered machine, and generator.
			powered machine, and generator. Battery boxes connect to cables only
			from the bottom.

			MV and HV battery boxes have upgrade slots. Energy upgrades increase
			the capacity of a battery box, each by 10% of the un-upgraded capacity.
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			infrastructure of that tier, just to get access to faster charging.

			MV and HV battery boxes work with pneumatic tubes. An item can be input
			to the charging slot through the bottom of the battery box, or to the
			discharging slot through the top. Items are not accepted through the
			front, back, or sides. With a tube upgrade, fully charged/discharged
			tools (as appropriate for their slot) will be ejected through a side.
			to the charging slot through the sides or back of the battery box, or
			to the discharging slot through the top. With a tube upgrade, fully
			charged/discharged tools (as appropriate for their slot) will be ejected
			through a side.

			### processing machines ###

			The furnace, alloy furnace, grinder, extractor, compressor, and centrifuge
			have much in common. Each implements some industrial process that
			transforms items into other items, and they manner in which they present
			transforms items into other items, and the manner in which they present
			these processes as powered machines is essentially identical.

			Most of the processing machines operate on inputs of only a single type
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			complex: it will put an arriving item in either input slot, preferring to
			stack it with existing items of the same type. It doesn't matter which
			slot each of the alloy furnace's inputs is in, so it doesn't matter that
			there's no direct control ovar that, but there is a risk that supplying
			there's no direct control over that, but there is a risk that supplying
			a lot of one item type through tubes will result in both slots containing
			the same type of item, leaving no room for the second input.

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			### forcefield emitter ###

			The forcefield emitter is an HV powered machine that generates a
			forcefield remeniscent of those seen in many science-fiction stories.
			forcefield reminiscent of those seen in many science-fiction stories.

			The emitter can be configured to generate a forcefield of either
			spherical or cubical shape, in either case centered on the emitter.
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			### fuel-fired generators ###

			The fiel-fired generators are electrical power generators that generate
			The fuel-fired generators are electrical power generators that generate
			power by the combustion of fuel. Versions of them are available for
			all three voltages (LV, MV, and HV). These are all capable of burning
			any type of combustible fuel, such as coal. They are relatively easy
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			### hydro generator ###

			The hydro generator is an LV power generator that generates a small amount
			of power from the natural motion of water. To operate, the generator must
			be horizontally adjacent to water. It doesn't matter whether the water
			consists of source blocks or flowing blocks. Having water adjacent on
			more than one side, up to the full four, increases the generator's output.
			The water itself is unaffected by the generator.
			The hydro generator is an LV power generator that generates a respectable
			amount of power from the natural motion of water. To operate, the
			generator must be horizontally adjacent to flowing water. The power
			produced is dependent on how much flow there is across any or all four
			sides, the most flow of course coming from water that's flowing straight
			down.

			### geothermal generator ###