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Potjeh

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Registered: 2018-03-08

Posts: 469

Two stroke engine

Because diesel engine is just too much work and only a few people can make it in one life, and if it's left unfinished the parts get all scattered so it's just a waste of steel. We need something a bit easier that uses lots of same parts but in lesser quantity so more players can practice engineering and be useful. I'm thinking something like one fully assembled cylinder with piston, crank shaft and fuel tank (no timing shaft because it's single cylinder). And we could do with more uses for kerosene, too.

Possible uses:
- water pump: same output as kerosene newcomen pump, but you don't need to fill it with water so it's more convenient
- chainsaw: turns a branch into firewood instead of kindling, runs for limited time when fueled and each time it's run the chain deteriorates so you have to replace it occasionally
- motorcycle: kinda like car, except you only get one storage slot (for spare fuel), but you only need two wheels with tires and the frame can be like three pipes (can be used as bicycle before engine is added)
- mini tractor: add two stroke engine to unpowered crude car, much slower than actual car but can pull a steel plow, any untilled tile you run over with plow turns tilled, plow deteriorates each time the tractor is turned on so it's not free iron-wise but can be more efficient than hoe if you use it effectively (have lots of tiles for tilling in relatively small area); we could also use a big tractor with diesel engine that doesn't damage the plow as much so there's a reason to build a full blown diesel engine instead of just two stroke

breezeknight

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Registered: 2018-04-02

Posts: 813

Re: Two stroke engine

it wouldn't get scattered if you've built a workshop, at least marked with wooden floor
same as bakeries, nurseries, farms work more organized if marked where they are
& get dispersed if they aren't

atm the game is taken over by chaos
stuff is just somewhere
why bother with complex crafting if there is not only no flow to the economy of a settlement but every town looks like just a pile of garbage

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