diff --git a/technic_tutorial.txt b/technic_tutorial.txt index 5279c29..643917b 100644 --- a/technic_tutorial.txt +++ b/technic_tutorial.txt @@ -74,22 +74,25 @@ Ok, now you can smelt some of your ore... But don't smelt all of it! Here is what you will need: <...> -The base ingredient of electrical circuits is... wires, of course! -So, craft <...> wires using the copper ingots. +The base ingredient of electrical networks is... cables, of course! +So, craft <...> cables using the copper ingots. Note that cables are +not mesecon wires: while the latter will only transport information +(on or off state), the former will be able to transport energy, which +is what we want. -[[craft_lv_wire.png]] +[[craft_lv_cables.png]] -To run your circuit, you will also need a switching station - it is +To run your networks, you will also need a switching station - it is the component which will handle all the logic. However, building a -switching station is expensive: You will need two wires, two copper +switching station is expensive: You will need two cables, two copper ingots, four cast iron ingots and a LV transformer. I'm hearing you saying "Cast iron? What's that?", so let me explain a bit. [[craft_switching_station.png]] In technic, iron has several forms: the first one is wrought iron, -which is basically iron, in its ingot form. The second one is cast -iron, which is an alloy of iron and carbon, which high carbon +which is basically pure iron, in its ingot form. The second one is +cast iron, which is an alloy of iron and carbon, with high carbon content. To get it, just smelt again an ingot of wrought iron; the carbon in the coal will alloy with the iron and form cast iron. There are two other forms of iron, which we will see later. @@ -103,9 +106,8 @@ iron ingots and two coils to make it. [[craft_lv_transformer.png]] -Finally, the copper coil. Well, it is but fine wire wrapped -<... find better word> around some metal ring. To make it you need -fine copper wire and <...> iron. +Finally, the copper coil. Well, it is but fine wire wrapped around +some metal ring. To make it you need fine copper wire and <...> iron. [[craft_coil.png]] [[craft_fine_copper_wire.png]] @@ -124,7 +126,8 @@ comply with the current energy demand and production. Firstly, the battery box: for that, you will only need a few batteries and <...>. The batteries aren't hard to craft either: you will just -need some <...> and some <...>. +need some <...> and some <...>. Please note that batteries cannot be +stacked. [[craft_battery.png]] [[craft_battery_box.png]] @@ -134,13 +137,16 @@ Secondly, the generator: you will need <...> [[craft_generator.png]] Now, you can make a real circuit. Please note that the switching -station needs to be above the wire, whereas the position of other +station needs to be above the cable, whereas the position of other machines relative to the wires has no effect at all. [[basic_circuit.png]] To use the generator, simply put some fuel in its lower slot, and -watch the battery box slowly fill up! +watch the battery box slowly fill up! Some recommandations: you should +use coalblocks instead of raw coal to power the generator, and when +you will have a macerator ready, use coal dust - it's a lot more +efficient than coal. "Ok, it's good, but what do we do now?". Well, we use that energy. Remember that machine I told yu about earlier? Well, we're