Proposal for reactor 1

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:52 am

you can assume is 30 meters width , there is no reference object that allows you to measure its size

the next one will not be the clones of existing reac tors ive made

Silverain · Post by **Silverain** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:58 am

Don't stop ... please ... don't stop producing this stuff!

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:05 am

say hello to my brand new tokamak reactor

512x512

128x128

rigelan · Post by **rigelan** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:50 am

Indeed it looks awesome.

Are those fuel lines around the casing?

Post by **loki1950** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:17 am

looks more like a heavy conductor with shielding to me but who really cares it still looks good

Enjoy the Choice

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:36 am

ne its not fuel lines , a reactor doesnt require "classic" fuel

probably lots of wires and conductor inside those lines,
as for how it looks like i could not find a good photo of tokamak reactor, but i imagine that in future it would look somewhat similiar

Dark-Blood-Hound · Post by **Dark-Blood-Hound** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:33 pm

Whatever reactor it is, it looks very detailed, good work!

Although it could be a Dark-Matter reactor....?

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:30 am

its tokamak reactor, if needed i'll do some designs...

fuzzy_memories · Post by **fuzzy_memories** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:17 am

Perhaps it could be an actual picture, you know, in the Weapons dealer room of some stations? An "Old time" classic?

Post by **klauss** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:39 pm

Shiny.

rigelan · Post by **rigelan** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:36 am

The first image in this thread could be used as a cargo image. Perhaps for transporting petrols or hazardous chemicals, some sort of liquid transport. Maybe it contains the fuel that is used in the fusion reactors.

On second thought, I know that the programmers have put some sort of fuel-being-used-up bit into the programming, and we used to have a refuel button in the upgrades (I think it was in 0.43, its not in SVN anymore.) But I think this picture would work as the default fuel tank, as the image that pops up when refueling occurs. Maybe the upgrades would allow for a fancier, shinier fuel tank to be bought, but this would be a great default one!

The later images would work wonderfully as reactors, and I think they should be put in. But before that, we might need a few different images to designate the different sizes of the reactors. Maybe the size of the conduit cable along the outside of the latest reactor or the number of heat fins could be varied to make the reactor appear larger or smaller.

Cordess · Post by **Cordess** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:13 am

It would be cool to have a thin layer of ice on the superconducters of the tokamak.
Superconducters need to be cooled down to approximatly < 140.15 degrees or 133 Kelvin, at least for todays technology.

Having ice on a superconducter in space is not a problem in my opinion, just think of some ice asteroids.

The rest does the mass of a tokamak -> gravity.
The only thing that should kept in mind is, that the ice should not be in the sunlight.

The tube around the casing could be tubes for liquid nitrogen which is needed by the superconducters to cool them down.
So they should have a thin layer of ice too on it.

Zeog · Post by **Zeog** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:35 pm

Could someone please add these pictures to the repository. I was usually doing that but currently (and for the next few weeks) I'm travelling.

upload the large AND small version into data4.x/textures/upgrades/
remove the "_128" from the small version file name
and change the corresponing picture file name in /data4.x/master_part_list.csv for the reactors to the small picture

Thanks a bunch!

Post by **dandandaman** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:16 pm

Done. The first "reactor" is now the "waste recycler" unless someone comes up with a better suggestion

Dan