I have personally never managed to burn a wire by accident. It is available at the usual place. I used a Nuclear Reactor with 6 reactor chambers and all slots filled with a stack of Quad Uranium Fuel R. Step 2: place a Kinetic Generator (IC2) with it's input facing the output of the Converter (you have to place it from the other direction) Step 3: place an Electric Engine (Forestry) directly next to the quarry, with the small end touching it. They power Thermal RF machines just fine, and obviously Mekanism's own devices. 2. 14 28 Replies, 42,905 Views, 4. If you are up for that challenge, use IC2. IC2 now available for 1. So If I understand this correctly, I should expect the following. 1) Most effective use of seeds for crossbreeding. It's possible to make a Macerator run at 1 operation per tick (20 per second). Each Bat Box outputs a single 32 EU Packet every tick (32 EU/t). However, pretty much everyone on the server I admin that has used IC2 has had issues with their machines exploding. The interest is what you do with the machines. Assuming you're using ic2 exp, then the reason the IBF exploded is that you provided more power than it could handle. You can as well reuse older TFBPs, by just placing them into the crafting grid, so they will become empty again. #4. Advanced Machines Addon for 1. Just put a HV conduit/transformer thingy on one, another on the IC2 machine, and connect with HV wire. The Compressor will then produce a snow ball out of it. The Generator is a machine added by IndustrialCraft 2. Just a bunch of IC2 machines. Energy Units. Meanwhile, stay with lf builds (or the experimental one before the e-net change, if you don't want machines exploding). 12-1. My goal is to then give them, my players, familiar starting ground, but options to expand and grow. Thats all i have to say. Like. With stock IC2 machines you are paying a little extra for convenience and on demand crafting. The Induction Furnace is an advanced version of the Electric Furnace. This process takes 1,000,000 EU or 166,667 EU if the Mass Fabricator has Scrap, which acts as an amplifier, 34 Scrap are required to fulling produce a UU-Matter with the cheaper cost. TheHawk3672 Feb 27th 2022. In the original IC2 machines, when upgrades, and transformers are used on a machine it lists the EU, and power storage each has. Okay, I don't know if I possibly have a conflicting mod here, or if something in IC2 itself is messed up. Nobody was hurt as a resul. If you're feeling adventurous, you can make a nuclear reactor. It's vaguely useful, but outclassed by coke ovens+semifluid generator if you really must use a tree farm to produce EU. It does not happen on its own, you need to willingly plug a higher voltage cable into a lower voltage machine. 8+ though. Coal Cells and Biofuel Cells from Bio Cells. But I am using Red Power 2, IC2, ADV machines, Compact Solars and a few others. So for example, if you have two generators outputting 20 EU/t each in parallel, any GT machines have to support a at least 40 EU/p, or they will explode. Spending 10 minutes getting a fucking compressor to work without exploding is never going to be worth it. 49 of the modpack and had the same issue on. Official Post. It's a death by a thousand cuts problem. Seeing Industrial Craft stuff on the Minecraft wiki (for some reason) was my first taste of Feed the Beast. Use HD setting. 2] The /clone command is not working on machines and wires from the IC2 3 Replies, 6,454 Views, A year ago. I have this IC2 problem and still have my half noob in my brain and google won't help me my problem but IC2 machines keep exploding. IC², the future of IC. 66% increase in power drain. Just like IC2's Reactor, if you don't have the proper setup, it will explode. This machine uses 1,000,000 EU to generate 1 mB of UU-Matter. I've tried shift clicking, putting into the 4 upgrade slots, etc. This can be. One upgrade enables a tier 1 LV (32 EU/t) machine to accept a maximum current of 128 EU/t (MV). Make MOX fuel 4. I also think that's a dumb feature but ok. So far nothing that uses the canning machine shows, fuel rods, (filled) tin can, etc. 10, replicated the issue on a server and in single-player. . Build another second reactor, this will be the main reactor 6. IC2 is not like that, the ingame documentation is non existing, so you have to resort to a wiki, which isn't particullarly well mantained. EU is a much more involved system than FE/RF. CryptoIC2 Machines have directional inputs, that allow you to automatically move items through a system. Add a Comment. It's made by one of the IC2 developers and allows you to use RF in IC2 machines directly. Download the best mods and addons! Enigmatica 2: Expert is an expert questing modpack for Minecraft 1. Also mind in SMP players can fiddle with machine upgrades despite zone protection. , an LV Solar Array + a normal Generator on the same line as. You can find it here: [IC2 Exp][1. IC2 as it stands acts like all their machines are made of metallic dirt, they break quite a bit faster than an iron block, which is essentially what they're made of. 11. EU is not related to Redstone signal, but some machines can. It is the most powerful explosive in IndustrialCraft 2, and has a blast similar to a Nuclear Reactor meltdown. tl;dr if people get more stuff more efficiently, they generaly dont 'stop' they just keep going and then demand a use for all the stuff they hoarded. I posted here before with an industrial craft problem and had great success, so now I am back to do it again! This is an issue with IC2 and I'm sure there is a very simple answer, but I'm unwilling to experiment without knowing more because MFSUs are so expensive. The harder way, thorium breeder+IC2 nuclear. It's made by one of the IC2 developers and allows you to use RF in IC2 machines directly. Energy The Compressor needs an input of. IC2 builds for MC 1. May 7th 2017. r/feedthebeast •. In the case of IC2, a core component of its gameplay is the tiering of power generation, and the management of production and consumption voltages. I’ve noticed a significant decline in quality to match the increase in prices. You need to craft an Advanced Machine Case in order to progress into Industrial Foregoing. IC2 is not like that, the ingame documentation is non existing, so you have to resort to a wiki, which isn't particullarly well mantained. I'm having trouble working with IC2 in the Direwolf20 1. Dully Noted The Nuclear Reactor (and all the archetypes) of IC2 when only used for EU and within the scope of IC2 is actually pretty good. The real unique feature of IC2 (even exp) is that energy gets sended/injected by a seperate network which does everything for the generators/receivers and cables only are used for pathfinding + features (burning/shocking) That includes also the explosions. Summary The Compressor is used to craft essential items for higher tier items and machines of IC2 including Carbon Plates, Advanced Alloy and Industrial Diamonds. I'll need to break this into multiple parts, since these forums, like twitter, don't like big messages. However, unlike engines from the lower tiers a combustion engine requires water to maintain a safe temperature and will. IC2 has a "contriversial" feature that machines have different power tiers (and they explode if connected to a higher tier). Luckily, configurable. Build another second reactor, this will be the main reactor 6. 8, there is a 30% chance that a wrenched machine will break, dropping a Basic Machine Casing or Advanced Machine Casing as per the one used to craft the machine. As the title says, after roughly 2 hours of play, with no changes to my power setup, my IC2 machines started exploding when I tried to use them. 7 comments. . I solved it by using a batbox and the Flux Network. I used to play Minecraft with Industrialcraft and if I connected an MFSU to a 32 EU / T cable and kp a Matter producer then the cable exploded or a small machine like an electric oven. EU is Packet based, so EU/t is never limited, but EU/p is so you will need many blocks outputting power to reach high EU/t values. Even with explosions on there should be no explosions if everything is correct. Explosions are disabled in vanilla ic2 at the moment while they rework the powernet. IC2:{{{id}}} The Extractor is used to extract Rubber from Resin, as well as Coalfuel Cells from H. It works on the same basic principle as normal Generators do, except in this case they use the heat of Lava to generate electricity. People say that use a LV transformer but doesn't work (If this is a noob design, I'm very sorry)I like the way some packs punish you like IC2 machines exploding. With mods that store your corpse, it's a fun way to permanently lock up your inventory; which gives me a very calming zen feeling of detachment from material possessions. Depending on the EU/p traveling through a cable it may be more efficient to use higher voltage cables and packets. The result would be 6x 32EU/t, and machines that can only accept 32 EU/p had no issues with it. Invisible wires exploding, missing GUI's on electric furnace, macerator, some other machines, graphical glitch. Equipping the Hazmat Suit is necessary to avoid radiation damage while holding radioactive items. Yeah, there is not a single IC2 machine that is worth that many resources, I'ma pass on playing like a blind moron. Unlike the IC2 energy system, all GregTech energy-interacting blocks have limits on both the Voltage and the Amperage they can interact with. Pack. Discord: Me On Twitter: you f. Giving them a machine that has unlabeled buttons, missing slots and, as a result. So for example, a solar panel generates 1 eu per tick. One MFE is capable of storing 400,000 EU, the equivalent of 15 BatBoxes. To transform IC2 energy into GT energy you simply need to place a GT transformer or power storage next to the IC2 power source. Also mind in SMP players can fiddle with machine upgrades despite zone protection. 7 version of IC2, updated it to run on 1. It makes complete sense and if you play with your eyes open you can avoid it. It's a heavily multiplayer based modpack based on creating towns and nations with others, researching new technologies, running governments, building infrastructure, and a whole lot more! r/feedthebeast •. Industrial Craft 2 Classic (Often abbreviated as 'IC2' or 'IC2C') is a large mod that adds machines and gameplay mechanics that focus on electricity generation (in the form of EU), transportation of electricity, and machines that process materials or transform the nearby landscape. 10, sorry if something's not valid above. I used slower ic2 machines, and had 3 metal formers, etc. Server Owner. Having wires burn up is one thing but forcibly exploding machines is poor design, to me. Most other power systems are plug and play, but you actually have to think about IC2 power, which is why I like it the most. The idea of wires and machines exploding is one I hate. 12. You can see their max input in NEI or if you. While voltage may not matter to IC2 it's self. I've made us a Google Doc sheet comparing EU/t consumption, length of operation and total EU consumption for the overclocked IC2 machines. Machines but will only accept power if they do not get overcharged. . The Geothermal Generator is an IC2 Machine used to generate EU. Grab every chest, piston and furnace you see. I've made us a Google Doc sheet comparing EU/t consumption, length of operation and total EU consumption for the overclocked IC2 machines. I have 4 generators and they are all connected to a batbox. Just so you guys know. However, once you get your machines running, you will quickly notice how smooth and well-designed everything works now. IC2 is better for processing a lot of stuff fast, via the use of overclockers. Just use the cables you want with the machines you want and it'll work. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Picking up machines [] The Wrench is the only tool which can pick up GregTech machines. Stuff made in the metal former, compressor, block cutting machine and several others do work however. The. 8. The power output varies wildly depending on the type you make and whether you get into the super-heated-steam route, but for the sake of argument, say 250eu/t -> 1200 eu/t (and much. A bygone from the age where you didn't need to hammer metal or cut cable to make machines. Doing so will also save 50% of the energy that would have been used had every stack been smelted by itself. 3. IC2 has micro crafting, good progression, and an interesting nuclear system. The Transfomer Upgrade really works like a Transformer: every Upgrade increases the amount of EU the machine can take in before exploding. Bio generator works fine when going without stopping but when stopped It can store up to 30k eu and then It will explode basically any IC2 machine. Is there something in the config for that? IC2 machines pop but don't violently explode. Transformer Upgrade []. Maybe a config option would be an idea for those that like it old style,. And there were some recipes that were needed more than the buffer had. Ender IO machines can be set to output and input on the same side using the Configure IO button. GregTech Experimental is planned to be a fully-featured port of GregTech 3 for modern minecraft versions. Instead there are dozens of smaller things that add up to a less than enjoyable experience. 1. GT cables/wires can be used to connect IC2 machines, but pay attention to the EU output. Also Immersive Engineering has a System that turns RF into EU when connected to IC2 Machines. The metal former has three modes which can replace the forge hammer and snips and will make automation easier. 97IC2 fixes most of these problems) There's no reason to think the IC2 machines will suddenly overload and explode (Nuclear Reactor being the exception to this rule), if they're gonna explode, they'll explode when. It has always tried to emulate real life, and the recent changes even more so. The machine EXplosions in IC2 ruin the mod for me, one mistake and everything you worked for explodes the exact second you connect it to a higher teir machine, which honestly makes no sense, is there a way to disable this? Unless it has changed, there should be a config setting for this. This page is a combination of 3 different pages which are linked at the bottom. This page is about the IndustrialCraft 2 Generator. This is useful for powering basic machines from an MFE Unit. 130. For TE machines, use the black square icon with 4 dots on the corners, which allows external input/output handling, on the connected side. The Macerator receives 2 separate 32 EU packets every tick: No packet exceeds 32 EU so it is safe voltage wise, and since it received two packets it is getting a total of 64 EU/t. Energy []. a Red Orchid when planted on top of a piece of Redstone makes 1 redstone. As you can see, the cut-off point is 13 overclockers for the furnace, 10 for the recycler and 16 for the rest. The option is called 'wireTramsferRates' (or similar). 16 32 EU Packets every tick could go through 10 blocks of less lossy Copper or Tin Cables and only lose 2 EU/t per packet, but with 16 packets that's a loss of 32 EU/t. IC2 Advanced Machines updated for 1. drcrazy mentioned this issue on Sep 6, 2017. For example, trying to power a Macerator (tier 1) with 128 EU/t (tier 2) will result in the Macerator exploding, destroying it. In the experimental branch, these six batboxes will instead cause a power flow of 1x 192 EU/t in that cable. The Compressor is made by 1 Machine block, 6 Stone, and an Electronic Circuit. It is able to store up to 600,000 EU and can accept a maximum power of 128 EU/t from any of its 5 input faces. It does not cause any damage to surrounding blocks/machines, but it does cause a little damage to players and mobs. a better fail state imo is machines get less efficient. IC2 batteries (of suitable tiers) can be charged in Galacticraft Energy Storage Module and Energy Storage Cluster and can power Galacticraft machines, and the other way around. [IC2 Exp][1. only note is: This is only a 1 way Wrench Methode, So you can not use IC2 Wrenches on other Machines that are not from IC2/Addons . And BTW, I don't hate the idea of exploding machines, I just think it adds very little to the gameplay. It is the most basic machine for electrical generation that can be upgraded. Hey all, So, I'm a huge fan of the concept of Infinity Evolved, and played the early game of it. IC2 uses a Tiered Power system. Or. Personally I usually have both mods in the packs I create, I enjoy them both very much. Handy dandy IC2 overclockers sheet. Everything is in terms of EU/t. You now just need to ensure the sum of Eus being generated is not greater then what a machine or storage unit accepts; greater eu causes the machine to explode. Two MV-Transformers on the same line will give you 128 + 128 = 256 total eu on. Lightning struck right next to a machine, and started a fire, which then proceeded to cause the machine to explode. Pack. CurseForge - a world of endless gaming possibilities for modders and gamers alike. It's punishing the player for no reason. For other uses, see Generator. The Multi-Functional Storage Unit, also known as an MFSU, is an IndustrialCraft Energy Storage Device that stores 10,000,000 EU. likewire if you go for a quick fix, it might go wrong- you should do it properly and take your time. "IC2 - Batbox exploding when connected to kinetic generator. A typical basic machine uses 600 gJ every second - less for low power machines like the Oxygen Sealer, more for high power machines like the Electric Furnace. My storage room was on the other side of a wall from that one. One Water Cell takes 15,000 EU to electrolyze. Speiger self-assigned this on Apr 8, 2015. Now there is a 100% success rate in IC2 Experimental with the Wrench and the Electric Wrench, so feel free to crank. IC2 Machines do not explode bythemselves. It is the most basic machine for electrical generation that can be upgraded. Wind Mills. In the past, mods like IC2 among others had machines that could explode if you supplied them with the wrong tier of voltage, and mods like Gregtech even had machines that could explode in the rain. tile. TE has configurable machines, lots of QOL, and a healthy balance between tedium and ease of use. There should be no need to do a clean install. Make IC2 machines for ore doubling Set up quarry and/or make mining laser, get shitloads of materials quickly Make an Energy Condenser Use condensers to make a blaze rod EMC machine, have infinite EMC and therefore infinite everything Get bored because you've got infinite everything and don't have/want/need anything else to do. Once it starts working you repeat until you find the source. so why not create a topic about it right? at the moment there's pretty much 2 teams, one team being the ones who like which. 4. 1 Modpack: Tekkit 2Quarry. These produce 750L/s, 1500 L/s, and 2250L/s for each tier. I live in desert. I have a short video for demonstration. The same fuel rod recipe doesn't show in FTB Beyond either. 10 mods in that pack however, from what I do know, the main source of going between those two power systems in the past has been Immersive Engineering, which that pack does not include, so I'm leaning towards that you will need an EU power source, and I'd suggest also energy storage, just because of. I don’t begrudge the restaurant owner, they were already on razor thin margins, but that plus many tip. Almost every machine needs a Machine Block. If you have a cable that removes 1 EU from a packet every 5 blocks, sending two packets of 256 EU each instead of one of 512 EU gives you a loss of 2EU / 5 blocks. I've tried configurating the cables into push and pull modes on the output end, and I've even tried. The series is based on the Detective Murdoch novels by Maureen Jennings and is set in. It rarely requires any manual work, and only needs a supply of energy (Mj). If you want an IC2 inspired mod that can be powered by your usual RF sources, go for. Exploding mechanisms. Then severed the wire coming off the MFE, to place the machines + transformers, then reconnected the wire. IC2 wrenches will not work with GregTech machines. Doing so ignores the power limits, preventing your machines from exploding. hide. I even tried Direwolf's old fashion way. A simple example would be Macerator > Electric Furnace. curseforge. What this does is pull items out of the input chest and send them into the network, provided that those items have a valid destination. The IC2 energy network is (in Vanilla IC2) proprietary, meaning lots of work for a sufficient and efficient energy production setup is solely for your IC2 stuff. Main article: Energy Storage Upgrade (IndustrialCraft 2) Energy Storage Upgrades increase the internal Energy Units (EU) buffer of machines by 10,000 EU and are crafted like so: Energy Storage Upgrades add 10,000 EU per upgrade to a machine's internal buffer. 12 as an IC2 addon, with the development split into 2 main phases: 1) Adding non-machinery content, and 2) Adding machines. I just don't want it to explode. In combination with a Compressor, it will automatically extract the Water with no need to use an Empty Cell. If there is an explosion, there is a reason it happened. Spending 10 minutes getting a fucking compressor to work without exploding is never going to be worth it. It acts like an ordinary TNT block, though it is five times more powerful. #1. 54 votes, 40 comments. It seems to be only some of the IC2 machines. The author specifically mentions that the second-floor exhibits align with three of their units of study and describes those exhibits in a positive light, emphasizing activities. WITHOUT NATIVE RF SUPPORT! : r/feedthebeast. Copy link Author. I recently added a Mod to curseforge which is called the wrench Plugin which allows first to use other Mod Wrenches to be wrenching IC2 Machines and also you can dissable the 80% chance of Droping a Basic/AdvMachines frame in the config there. However a stock IC2 macerator @ 10 OC's runs at only 115EU/t so a unit will be processed in 1380EU still more costly to run, but has no running cost, no warmup and shut off, can be built to accomodate your autocrafting system as needed. The Chunk Loader is a device that forces arbitrary chunks to remain loaded even when players are absent. Same as Machine Exploding. Well, i was playing modded minecraft, and the game censored itself. It makes complete sense and if you play with your eyes open you can avoid it. That's needless. For example, if a machine receives one 32V packet and another 24V packet, the total EU/t received is 32 + 24 = 56 EU/t. IC2 machines can use the Ejector Upgrade to output back into the same interface block that feeds them. I have 4 generators and they are all connected to a batbox. Turkish) 0. These are suitable for use in the Chernobyl-4 Nuclear Reactor, each capable of outputting incredible amounts of power!. As compressor is a basic machine, it has an internal power storage and upgrades can be applied to it. Speiger removed the In Progress label on Apr 10, 2015. IC2 BatBoxes are not to be confused with the RedPower Battery Box . I can't find anything about the efficiency upgrades and how to. I've tested a few others but it seems like it's only these two. IC2 now available for 1. Good job guys. A roughly 6. 3k. :D. The MFSU outputs from the side with the orange dot. g. As you can see, the cut-off point is 13 overclockers for the furnace, 10 for the recycler and 16 for the rest. 2 Beta 2 1,343 Replies, 1,138,469 Views, 12 years ago [Addon v1. 7. while exploding chains of nether ore tendrils shower you with more riches than you can pick up (or kill your server–make backups!)Voltage Efficiency []. Which is all but impossible if you use native BC conductive pipes as they randomly hold the power. but for that we first need to make a hammer and a wire cutter that take 5 iron each and create about 3 machines before they break, smash the iron with the. [1. A man in Spain narrowly avoided an explosion after a cigarette charger was left in the washer by one of the laundromat's customers. The two systems also have massively. I spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours playing the 1. A state where the machines are rendered useless until the circuitry is repaired could've been better, and. IC2. But this quantity of panels caused inapropriate lags during sunrise and sunset in game. Edit: In IC2 Experimental you dont need to transform your EU. just the compressor (s) S. Process spent uranium fuel rods into tiny bits of plutonium 3. (HV is 129-512 EU/packet) (MV is 33-128 EU/packet) (LV is 12-32 EU/packet) MV current must be wired into the Medium Voltage face (the 3-dotted one), while LV current can be wired into any. It's pretty simple. Craft = craft things. Unfortunately mods for direct conversion from EU to rf or any other mod's power system are pretty rare or outdated. IC2 Reactor keeps blowing up my IC2 machines. Fair warning, ic2 crops can only be auto-harvested by the IC2 machine (cropmatron I believe) My knowledge is mostly from 1. Speiger added this to the New IC2 Features milestone on Apr 8, 2015. 8. But you dont need to use the reactor, you can power your ic2 machines using RF if you connect them with mekanism cablesItem transfer in Enigmatica 2. and the understanding that you need to. The vajra is still an incredible tool. , an LV Solar Array + a normal Generator on the same line as. Put the Flux Plug on the RF grid, and put the Flux Point next to a batbox. Step 7: The Soothing Hum of Power []. So when my ores come in and flow thru these three machines all at once, I'm pulling a total of 4063 EU/t with a power input of 4096 EU/t. Keep in mind that IC2 generation is typically only 1 amp, therefore the Transformer should be in Step-Down mode. I fail to see how it makes you "think". Any liquid source (sink is best) -> chisel an bits liquid tank -> scrap maker -> uu maker. EU - Energy Unit is the measure of energy used by IC2. 3. There is no easy way to find Uranium Ore short of mining, mining, mining. It uses Micro Infinity (µI) to both smelt items and to create alloys like Dark Steel. That should be done by a dedicated add-on or power conversion mod, not by someone from an unrelated mod. Sep 13th 2013. 5 4. My storage room was on the other side of a wall from that one. If a machine is given more power than the tier it can handle then it explodes. A copper wire can carry 8192EU/t for example and you could feed a mass fab any voltage level. Many mods interact with it, but the main mods include: Railcraft provides power. On the other hand, GT makes all its machines extremely difficult to break with a pick, but if you do then they explode violently. The only limit is that when alu wire is putting power into IC2 machines (including MFE and MFSU) the power transfer per machine is capped at 128EU/t for standard Alu wire, and 256EU/t for heavy - that was a design decision so as not to make the highest tier IC2 wiring obsolete, because IC2 modpacks tend to want to use IC2 wiring. IC2 Machines do not explode bythemselves. Ic2 does have it's uses. It would explode instantly. )The Nuke has a fuse of 13 seconds. It was bad timing on my part to join the small server I play on. While playing it, you will feel right at home again, rediscovering most of the stuff known from IC. g. Sep 13th 2013. There's some complaints on the thread recently so I don't know if it still works. Discord: Me On Twitter: you f. r/feedthebeast. I love that style of gameplay - where aspects of…Business, Economics, and Finance. Energy The Compressor needs an input of. And then power your machines with transformer buffers and more copper cable. Unlike all other. So an insulated copper cable carrying 384 EU/t over 10 Blocks is actually carrying 12*32 EU. @nevercast In IC2, machines do not explode if you have more power generation than consumption - instead, the excess power is simply stored. Thanks to malsf21 for the IC2 tutorial and Cacher97 for the BuildCraft tutorial. The real unique feature of IC2 (even exp) is that energy gets sended/injected by a seperate network which does everything for the generators/receivers and cables only are used for pathfinding + features (burning/shocking) That includes also the explosions. IC2 had a few machines that I needed, but other than that, I haven't had much use for it. Low power output that can be used to run basic IC2 machines. RotaryCraft is even more glaring, as nearly every machine requires that a player manage the multidimensional power system and one of my core design tenets is the problem-solving that results from that. this reactor. • 3 mo. anabsolutesloth. IC2 machines all sides are in, & you can use an upgrade to choose which side to auto eject from, so you could use 1 interface to push crafting pattern recipes & accept the finished product. Power Tiers . You really need to do a bit of everything as you go through E2E. That should be done by a dedicated add-on or power conversion mod, not by someone from 0. RF to EU conversions are becoming less and less common in RF style mods and default modpacks because it's become more and more obvious that the ancient 1 4 RF = 4 1 EU conversion isn't balanced for modern, power creeped RF/FE. Bottling Plant. If you like crystals that actually grow when you see them, choose Factorization. Each upgrade increases the machine's storage by 10,000 EU. GT cables/wires can be used to connect IC2 machines, but pay attention to the EU output.