Automitons in TFC

[Kazahied 42]

Automatons have been the holy grail of ancient inventors for time immemorium.( Da Vinci had working plans for several)Possibly add craft able automatons to the game. They would need to be made in several pieces and eventually be assembled in a rig.

 

The rig would be a 2 deep, 3 tall, and 3 wide multiblock structure that would hold the various parts of the Automaton until its final construction.

 

Have various parts in various configurations do different things. (ie: tool arms that would let the creation do limited tasks, such as cut down trees nearby.

 

Some of the internal pieces would need non tool metals do to needing delicately made parts ( a use for brass and lead)

 

The automatons would need to be fueled or wound up based on the power source. And once they ran out of fuel, power etc they would become inanimate and just stand there like a statue. And as they work, kill mobs, do other random tasks their tools/ armor/ weapons would degrade and need replaced. When the time is right to do this take it back to the rig and disasemble the automaton and replace whats broken.

[DcNdrew 10]

I think there is so much to do in TFC, and automatons need many prerequisites. Cogs, fan belts, steel rods, miniaturization, boilers, pipes. Don't forget, TFC is trying to be believable, it won't work just because.

Machines for specific goals would be much easier. I'd like to get automatons, but with their prerequisites you can make better machines.

[Kazahied 42]

Leonardo da Vinci actually created automatons. His mechanical knight was originally built in the late 1400s. It is more believable than the undead. His designs were made using metal gears and were "programmed" by changing these gears. I was intending them for more late game to handle menial tasks. like work a bellows, or tend to a small patch of crops. 

[corki99 23]

No, if anything that would be a Renaissance era device. TFC is more of a medieval age/ancient age type mod.

 

And also how would a automaton be programmed, and it's just to Steampunk, it would be good if it was a steampunk mod, but this is TFC

[akbalox 4]

you gotta my thumbs up!

I do believe there's room in TFC for more modern devices, but, later on, the devs should concentrate on B78 right now, I'm jumping anxious for it already...