The Powder Toy

Tetracon

Hello, its me again. I have an idea for a new element, and it is an element that I think would be very essential. The element could be called PHCR. PHCR is Powered Heater/Cooler.

It would be in the powered materials category, and would be dark purple when not activated, purple when activated. like HSWC, it acts like INSL when not activated, except, instead of conducting heat when activated, it generates its own heat.

to use this element, the user would use HEAT/COOL to increase or decrease its temperature, and PHCR would heat or cool other elements without changing its own temperature.

Adding this element would be very useful when trying to make smelters, reactors, nukes, distillers, guns, and smaller more compact PHOT lasers. This element would also be useful when using PTCT and NTCT in electronics.

Jallibad

@Tetracon (View Post)
I like the idea, although it's already been suggested, and rejected unfortunately.

Tetracon

I really need something that holds consistent extreme temperatures... for lasers and such.

any ideas?

randalserrano

Yes, take clne and set the ctype of it as ligh. That will give you a consistent max temp.

as for cold temps, take some GOL and fill a small space up with it. It will cool down to the lowest temp in the game. And as far as turning it on and off, use hswc.

ads999

@Tetracon (View Post)
That would be cheating

snateraar

I still think the reason why this is usually rejected is stupid. Sure, you can make stuff with CLNE and a nice box around it, but... It's all very large, and simple to make.

But. It's possible to make pressure with a whole lot of other elements, and yet there is PUMP.

So why no PHCR element?

And, if I want a specific temperature of, let's say, 423.4 degrees. Can't do that with any other element, it always fluctuates.

This would be a really nice element, and I've been waiting for it for a long time.

One problem though: If it creates heat, and is powered: Won't the electronics near it melt if Ambient Heat is on?

cctvdude99

@snateraar (View Post)
Because it can already be done, so it has no uses at all.
Holding a constant temperature is easy. For example, use CLNE + FIRE/DUST + different amounts of VOID and BHOL. you will be able to hold a constant temperature.
That is why it is rejected.
Deal with it.
I think your reasoning for not rejecting it is stupid.

disturbed666

@snateraar (View Post)
why would you want a specific temperature??

also no it's not very large.

meep2000

@disturbed666

Maybe they want to very slowly freeze a giant bowl of water down to -.01C?

Or (actually useful, lol) slowly freeze a giant pool of LAVA(BMTL) w/o making any BRMT?

It could make things slightly smaller and there and it would have a few uses.

I must admit that at first I thought it was a bad idea but now I'm starting to think it may be a good one.

Right now it's not so good imo because it's too vague about exactly what particles it heats up (the radius).

Also a technical issue: What happens if you have two PHCR heating a particle to different temperatures?

How could TPT figure out what temperature the affected particle should end up being at?

I think this element suggestion may suffer the same fate as my suggestion for moving solids

and also my idea for what would probably have been the coolest video game ever.

It would be really cool/awesome/epic, but we can't figure out how to make it work. Sortof like antigravity boots too.

snateraar

@disturbed666 (View Post)

For stuff like making smelters that sort smeltables by melting point or something.

@cctvdude99

Then why did they add PUMP if it's possible to make pressure with a whole lot of other things?

Also, if holding a temperature is so easy, show me!

I'd like to have a save with constant temperatures of 855.4 and 201.9 degrees.

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