Minecraft is a game that has received an ambiguous reputation. On the one hand, this is a project that is popular with children from 5 to 15 years old, on the other, a large-scale and full-fledged development with a huge number of mods and additions. The game has terms that are not easy for children to understand. For example, the Stirling engine at Minecraft.
Real engine prototype
The Stirling engine is not fictional equipment that was invented by the developers of the game. This heat engine is a real invention. It is an equipment in which there is a working fluid. It can be gas or liquid and moves in a confined space. It is believed that this machine is one of the types of external combustion engine.
The invention was first patented in 1816 by Robert Stirling. Despite the fact that such machines were already invented in the XVII century, the researcher was able to bring something new, which allowed him to become famous. To the mechanism, Stirling added a node, which he called "economy".
Modifications of the game "Minecraft"
In the regular version of Minecraft, there is no Stirling engine. To work with it, you need to install one of the modifications. BuildCraft is a mod that allows the player to learn how to use mechanisms to extract materials, rather than do it on their own.
In addition to BuildCraft, there is IndustrialCraft 2, which also has this engine. In mods, cars are presented that can use drawings for a building. At BuildCraft, you can transfer objects, energy, and liquids. The developers have created their own unit of energy measurement - Minecraft Joules.
Engines are in fashion
In this Minecraft mod, the Stirling engine is not the only one. In addition to it, there is a mechanical, creative and internal combustion engine. All can be made by the player to obtain special resources.
For example, a mechanical engine is the slowest mechanism in the game, but does not need fuel, but can work from a redstone signal. Also, it almost never overheats and does not explode.
The internal combustion engine is the fastest mechanism in the game. He is available in survival. In the early versions it functioned from lava, now it can work with oil or gasoline, together with a redstone signal. May explode from overheating, therefore water must be used for cooling.
Minecraft’s creative engine runs in the same mode. He does not need fuel, because it works from a redstone signal. This mechanism does not explode. Using a wrench, you can adjust the amount of energy generated.
Stirling's engine
Another mechanism was the Stirling engine at Minecraft. This mechanism produces 10 RF / t. This indicator can be obtained from any fuel that enters the furnace. An exception may be only a cactus. You can turn on the engine using red dust or a lever.
How does the Stirling engine work at Minecraft? As already mentioned, in order for the mechanism to start generating energy, you need to throw fuel into the furnace. Typically, players use wood, coal, lava, etc. To activate the engine, you need to use the redstone signal. The player will have to ensure that the mechanism does not explode. Usually an explosion occurs due to the fact that the engine is not connected to anything and has collected a lot of energy. In the latest version of the BuildKraft mod, the mechanism may burn out when overheated at 1000 ° C.
Mechanism description
Minecraft's Stirling Generator is an item type. It is not affected by gravity in the game. It has transparency, but at the same time there is no luminosity. It can be destroyed with an ordinary pickaxe. The engine can be assembled from blocks. The mechanism cannot catch fire.
To use this type of engine in the game, you will need:
- cobblestone;
- glass;
- stone gear;
- piston.
Cobblestone: craft
This is a block that can be obtained by destroying a stone or other cobblestone. You can do this with a pickaxe. This block usually appears when lava interacts with water. In the game, cobblestone is considered one of the main building resources, along with boards.
You can not produce cobblestones, but try to find. Usually it is hidden in the treasures along with another species, as well as in the vault of the fortress. If you come to the village, you can destroy one of the buildings, since almost all buildings are made from this block. You can also search for cobblestones deep underground, where lava and water can connect.
Glass: Kraft
This is a transparent block, usually used for jewelry. It can be painted in one of 16 colors. This is the most fragile block that can be destroyed even by hand. After breaking the glass, nothing falls out. Only in the case of “Silk Touch” can the glass be returned to inventory.
Obtaining glass by destruction is almost impossible. Only if you use a tool enchanted by Silk Touch. This block is obtained by firing red or ordinary sand. To do this, you can take different types of coal, wood, etc. In nature, glass can be found in the cities of the Region or in the secret room of a forest mansion.
Stone gear: craft
This is one of the main components of the devices. This item is only in the BuildCraft mod. The simplest gear is wooden. There are also stone, iron, gold and diamond.
And although a wooden gear is not needed for the Stirling engine in Minecraft, it will be needed to create a stone analogue. Therefore, to make it, you need to take the sticks and place them in the second, fourth, sixth and eighth cells. To get a stone gear, you need to put the wooden one in the central cell, and add cobblestones to the even ones in the even ones.
Piston: craft
This is the last element that is needed to make the Stirling engine at Minecraft. This type refers to block mechanisms. They work to signal a redstone. There is a regular and sticky piston.
To make a regular piston, you need to place any boards in the first three cells, add an iron ingot to the fifth, and red dust to the eighth. The remaining cells must be filled with cobblestones.
An iron ingot can be obtained using iron ore roasting. You can also go to destroy the core of the Lower World reactor. You can also use the iron block in the central cell of the craft.
Red dust is a special mechanism that is necessary for the functioning of the redstone signal. Typically, this resource can be obtained by using an iron or diamond pickaxe in the extraction of red ore. Red dust is generated in the jungle temple. It may also fall during the killing of a witch, or it may be sold to you by a priest.
Creation of the engine: pumping
To create an engine, it is necessary to place a cobblestone in the first three cells, leave the fourth and sixth empty. Glass is placed in the center, stone gears in the seventh and tenth. In the eighth you need to put the piston.
It is impossible to pump this engine. But if you use iron ingots instead of cobblestones, you can get a more powerful internal combustion engine.
Energy
How to get the energy of a Stirling engine? To do this, use fuel. Depending on the type of resource, the mechanism will create a certain amount of energy. For example, from a lava bucket you can get the most energy - 200,000 RF per unit. You will have to wait about 17 minutes.
If you use coke coal, then in 5 minutes the player will receive 64,000 RF. A fiery rod will produce 24,000 RF in 2 minutes, and coal, peat or charcoal in one and a half minutes will help create 16,000 RF.
For energy, you can use wood, boards, steps, a hatch, a fence, a block of mushrooms and much more.