Draconic Evolution: Reactor Tutorial

This is just a quick video showing how to use the new reactors in Draconic Evolution.

[@brandonylion]

Dang, I was super nervous to make mine, until I watched some tutorials and fiddled with one in a creative test world. After some poking and prodding, I realize it's actually quite simple: once it's activated, all you need to do is make sure that the power you're putting in is enough to keep the Field Strength above 1% (higher percentage if you want the buffer), and that the power you're taking out isn't enough to push the temperature beyond 8000. I started mine by inputting 140,000 RF/t while outputting 500,000. Assuming you have sufficient backlogged power to start the sucker up, these are safe numbers to let it settle at. Once your output (how much power you're extracting from the flux gate connected to the Stabilizer) matches the Generation Rate, the temperature will decrease, and the Field Strength will increase. If you're Field Strength is dropping and you're worried it'll go too low, add a little bit to the input (the flux gate connected to the Injector). If your Field Strength is too high, or the temperature is too low, then increase the amount of power you're pulling from it (typically, it's smarter/safer to make this adjustment by pulling more power from it rather than lowering the input, as lowering the input will only make the Field Strength drop, while increasing the output increases the temperature. This will still lower your Field Strength, but at a significantly lower rate). BE PATIENT. Wait for the temperature to start decreasing again before adjusting. In conclusion, my second sentence once again: All you need to do is make sure that the power you're putting in is enough to keep the Field Strength above 1% (higher percentage if you want more than a 1% buffer, which I recommend, just to be safe lol), and that the power you're taking out isn't enough to push the temperature beyond 8000. Message me if you have any questions; I think I've got a pretty good grasp of how these guys work, and I understand the hesitation to build it, but once you've got one stable, it's such a satisfying achievement! And, my goodness, does it crank out some power. As of this moment, I'm extracting 590,000 RF/t, I'm inputting 140,000 RF/t, Temperature is at about 7,900 (when the temp stops rising here I will increase my output to 595,000 RF/t) Field Strength is just under 14%, Energy Saturation is about 12%, and my Fuel Conversion level is at 1.82% (I'm using 8 blocks of Awakened Draconium).

[@caramelzeebra6883]

Can you explain how to launch it? Whenever I try the temperature goes up to 8k before generation rates level

[@brandonylion]

​@@caramelzeebra6883To bring the temperature down, you want to decrease the amount of power you're demanding from it. Safe numbers to start at are: inputting 100,000 to 140,000 while outputting 400,000 to 500,000. When making adjustments to power demand (how much you're pulling from the reactor per tick), smaller numbers are better to start to get the feel for how this baby purrs. 1,000 to 10,000RF/t adjustments are typically safe, so long as your temperature is below 7,000. How much RF are you putting in and pulling out?

[@caramelzeebra6883]

The Brandylion my first attempt I just kinda modified things as I went along, In the end I killed the reactor because temperature stayed way to low. On my second attempt I did 140k input 500k output but temperature raised to high

[@brandonylion]

@@caramelzeebra6883 Try starting at 140K input 400K output. The higher your input, the safer it will be (input is giving the field strength... well, strength), the lower your output, the colder it will be (output determines temperature; if you try to output more than it's currently generating, it will say "they want more power from me that I'm not making, let me increase my temperature so I start producing more power. Once I reach the output that's being demanded of me, I'll be happy" and it will start to cool again). Once it's cooled down to around 7,000, increase the power demand by around 10K and the temp will increase again until it reaches the demand.

[@brandonylion]

Doing this over and over, you'll rarely have to adjust your input, and you'll slowly start beefing it up. Eventually you can have this thing pumping out RF in the millions, but keep in mind that it's a slow process, and you must be patient. Being hasty puts you at risk of making too big of an adjustment that blows it up.

[@BasedAlaric]

Instruction unclear, Made chernobyl.

[@GangsterGamer_YT]

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[@zombiepredator4854]

Such a refrance. i love it

[@jeffstock7819]

It's funny because what he did at the end is similar to how Chernobyl went boom. They tried to keep the reactor running by powering itself, which eventually caused a run-away reaction, core meltdown, coolant loss, hydrogen build up, and explosion.

[@sahilp70248]

3.6 not great but not bad

[@S_Muss]

@@sahilp70248 I've been told it's the equivalent of a chest xray.

[@HonViddaj1]

I like how you can overpower this device and use it as mining tool

[@null_ify]

Thats what I'd use it for. Blow up every ore near me

[@nathanpfirman625]

Null3xity My friend smacked the particle emitter now it’s gone it’s gonna go boom also I saved it

[@sultaker_961]

A little expensive... Just use a digital miner...

[@DerGruenkohl]

@@sultaker_961 just use a builder from rftools much cheaper

[@SpringBonnie1983]

woah, 300x300 mining turtle 2.0

[@Supertoad226]

As I didn't had sound on, here's what I got : -Mess with things -Startup the reactor -Don't do mess with the reactor or its power supply or your Minecraft world and your computer will explode

[@proxy1035]

me in MC... Big Reactors: *Sets up Reactor in a Big Open Room *Finishes the Multiblock *Connects to ME for Auto-In/Output *is Proud of Power :3 Draconic Reactor *Sets up Reactor faaaar away and above/under Base *Finishes Charging up *Starts Shivering *Checks all Connections/Flux Gates atleast 10 times *Turns Reactor on *Don't care about Energy Output... *cuz still alive after 10 sec. *Proud of OP Reactor :'3

[@candyman9635]

just make the reactor in a RFTools dimension and tesseract it back, or a mystcraft world. Easy

[@prelledj]

Super Suchti àar

[@kenarmee3945]

Candyman another way is a compact machine

[@aiosquadron]

Make it in the nether

[@nathanpfirman625]

Candyman or create a dimension using a mod then bring double A batteries charge them and bring them back to your world when you need power

[@Brandon3055]

If anyone is curious the armor i am wearing is the Draconic armor with a new model that will be in the next release.

[@maybach5787]

what do i do to make sure saturation doesn't go too high? i had a stable (not really) reactor, and then BOOM, its gone, im gone, and the poor village next to me was gone.

[@condoslime776]

The explosion reminds me of cartoons where there is an explosion and then a thin pillar with a platform remains with the main character on it. 14:10 thats more like 200 chunk radius.

[@FirelMusic]

omg you're right XD

[@xadarr2309]

@@FirelMusic well no that's 200 blocks radius

[@x_16v]

Every other tutorial either didn’t let me activate it or just flat out was unclear. Alas my reactor finally works! Thanks for a clear tutorial!

[@xenulus5282]

I was like "wow this guy really seems like he knows what he's talking about...." Then I looked at who uploaded the video. Hehe, but of course!

[@demogod4955]

Finally, a tutorial that teaches me how to extract energy from the reactor. Thank you.

[@Reaper17th]

Really glad I watched this before attmpting my usual strategy of trial and error... My entire base would have gone bye bye...10 ME drives with 10 64K drives in each...Thanks for the lesson and showing the consequences at the end as well.

[@HtotheG]

This is soo cool and really helped in my world! I love this mod and continue to be amazed by the changes. Keep up the good work.

[@toainsully]

"The power of the Sun in the palm of my hand." --- Otto Octavius (Spider Man 2)

[@the_dead_knight3]

A great way to stop a meltdown is with applied energistics 2, the spacial IO port is able to collect a reactor mid meltdown and safety store it just remember to grab the valuable blocks before storing the reactor

[@godslayer139]

Yeah I remember Etho did that with the chaos explosion in PO2

[@Mods_a_ton]

holy shiiiiiiiit that is by FAR THE MOST AWESOME looking generator i ever saw from any minecraft mod......i mean just....bask in its glory.....wow o.O

[@NeroZashi]

Who needs Nukes when you have this thing :D

[@briankohler3204]

This whole mod is packed with nothing but awesome! Ty so much Brandon3055 for such as amazing mod :)

[@Brandon3055]

This version is available to download now (snapshot 5) There will not be a way to cool the reactor. You cant exactly just throw a bucket of water on a massive fusion reaction to cool it down. The chaos shards are located at the center of the chaos islands. But be warned the chaos islands have been completely re designed and the guardian is nolonger so easy to defeat. I will be releasing a video about the new islands some time over the next couple of days.

[@MarvinMegavolt]

+Brandon3055 No longer so easy? Good grief, he was powerful already, so I can't even begin to guess what this'll be like.

[@metayoshi1712]

+Marvin Megavolt Hi chaos guardian. (gets killed in one hit) Pretty much how that's going to feel. the previous version needed a full set of A. draconic armor to even stand a chance. Any more damage will break the set. I guess the new chaos armor set planned will be able to smack him sideways.

[@noah3121]

+Brandon3055 He was a huge pain in the ass, was there for 2+ hrs because I had to re-login every time he re-lit one of the crystals so it would give me visible indication as to which one was re-lit. Ended up getting frustrated and using the creative mode bow setting (Forgot what it's called). Also, is the seizure-inducing enchantment animation on the armor intentional? (Don't have a problem with it, just curious.)

[@Dracathio]

+Brandon3055 three words for that ending. What the fuck

[@Dracathio]

+Brandon3055 also you buffed the chaos dragon too much, if people in /godmode and /creative can be killed by the chaos dragon than you over did it mate I mean you totally overkilled the dragon and really need to pull it back just a notch to where it can't kill /godmode nor /creative because that just shouldn't even happen. In other words staff members of a server trying to deal with an issue at an island can't deal with a damn issue at an island.

[@chaosbrakor4353]

Yo, Brandon, man. Great tutorial, I've been wondering what those staberlizer things do. A few pointers: make your GUI a larger scale, plz. Turn your minecraft sounds down, pretty plz, and mostly please, talk louder, great tutorial, love your mod, thank you for it it is one of the best I have ever played with.

[@cageybee7221]

I think that you and azanor would get along very well and make an amazing mod together.

[@ae9982]

Great, i forgot that i shouldn't take too much energy and now my base in stone block 2 is gone, 10/10 mod

[@invischrisx]

This is the modder who made the best mod of minecraft. :}

[@fraznofire2508]

thank you so Much!!! you deserve another 10 million subs but I guess you'll have to deal with just one extra

[@SlayerDragn]

Good idea for put in the midle of base. Nothing bad can happen.

[@54nnu]

the fucking expanding when you looped the reactor is so goddamn scary holy shit

[@kalahatze]

How to destroy someone's base: Make a draconium reactor on a feedback loop right next to or in their base.

[@Pyramidalist]

Hi :D I like Your mod and as I am a German Tutorialist I tested a few. One Question (all above the others) is remaining: What exactly means "setFlowOverride" at ComputerCraft peripheral? "set" is clear to me whats "FlowOverride"??? I just want to automatically adjust the SignalLow-Level at the stabilizer depending on the core temperature or the energy saturation. The range of adjustment by hand divided by 15 RedstoneSignalLevel is too poor in scalability. Just a little hint will do... Thanks a lot for this amazing mod Pyramidalist

[@yazminsoto2937]

Not “his” mod

[@erikstrauch8306]

@@yazminsoto2937 No brandon3055 (The guy who made this video) created this Mod.

[@Zockerjimmy]

I love the way that thing is exploding xD

[@IlsonOriginal]

The best of the minecraft mods tested in 250 different mods by me. Thanks @Brandon3055

[@cookingandjava7574]

Your mod is awesome!It is a little complicated, but still awesome!

[@tumble8323]

That reactor went BOOM!

[@StefansKanal12]

A must-have in every base :)

[@shadowfire04]

very informative tutorial. thanks!

[@RedVRCC]

the explosion is so satisfying

[@yazminsoto2937]

Mmm I’m bored.... *explodes half of the United States* so satisfying

[@chillout7862]

Would really appreciate it if you did a quick tutorial on the vertical setup

[@redodprograng9556]

how do you make it explode cause i want it to blow up also where do i connect the fluxducts to

[@legionofmetal9968]

When it's "alive" and giving power. Destroy one of the four blocks that are connected (floating) to it. Run like hell.

[@XxlildramaxX]

I have some of the same settings you have but my reactors core temp just drops to zero and stops producing energy. Any idea what is happening?

[@XxlildramaxX]

+XxlildramaxX Nvm, I replaced the cryo flux ducts with advanced crystals and that works better for some reason

[@Shnellboot]

Thanks for the video mate! very informative and straightforward! Thumbs up from me :)

[@swirlyorange847]

I think its quite funny how the reactor sorta went *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* before it exploded 13:34

[@sandermur5613]

brandon: whereas the full-size reactor is a 200 block radius. me: nice, time to try to make a nuke

[@godfather3258]

Do you ever need to refuel (with awakened draconium) the Reactor? If so, how do I know that it's time to refuel? And what happens if you don't refuel?

[@andrewtyler7648]

Sorry if I'm 5 years late. But wouldn't the reactor shut down if the fuel ran out? I haven't seen someone refueling a reactor because of the long burn time.

[@godfather3258]

@@andrewtyler7648 You're right. I never needed to refuel ot cuz I just check it manually every so often. It really burns so slowly

[@AissurDrol]

Hm... Seems like it would be very easy to exploit the fact that this thing works on a comparitor. You could quite easily make a kamikaze reactor that shuts down moments before explosion, thus quickly creating a practically infinite amount of power in seconds. (after getting the thing running in of course)

[@Humaricslastcall]

So, a stupidly dangerous BC engine.

[@ferncamper4433]

I have a problem with placing the infuser... it always want to be placed pointing vertically ... that sux... sometimes the reactor wont charge even if all components are placed correctly so you are forced to replace the infuser and than the sphere of the reactor is in your way ... the infuser can only placed pointing upwards if you are realy directly above the block you want to place it at... if you are 2-3 blocks beside (because of the alreaady existing reactor sphere) it will always placed pointing vertically an so you need to replace all components of the reactor is there a way to place the infuser so that it points in the direction i want it to point ?

[@DannySon]

Nice! Why plop down a boring old block to generate rf when you can build an awesome looking, precariously balanced, super mega rf generator that has the potential to destroy your whole neighborhood. Man, I love this mod!

[@Humaricslastcall]

Add: "that also lasts for-freaking-ever"

[@XxXspawndXxX]

How did you change the comparator mode on the Energy Injector, I can't get mine to do that. You didn't explain how you did it but it looks like you shift+right-clicked on it with an open hand but that doesn't work for me.

[@Lilvince3389]

You didn't show HOW TO FREAKING CONNECT THE CORE TO THE REACTOR SO IT DRAINS edit:also i am super confused

[@jamesgaming7198]

What happens if the reactor begins melting down but then it burns out the last of its fuel before it explodes, does it just puff out or does it still explode?

[@mysticdragonbax4203]

Lmao I’m playing with friends and I got the reactor to the point where it says activate and I activate it and it instantly exploded and all I hear in Ts is “why is my screen yellow”

[@nightmareinaction629]

Mysticdragonbax what was the after math lol

[@TaoQuaLP]

xDDD to funny

[@lanternno8491]

This reactor for me,because when I see reactor a wanna to explode it,this reactor will explode easily

[@cn-ml]

When i click on start my setup immediately drops to 0.5% containment field strength and 99.5% energy saturation? why is that? i am inputting 200 kRF/t proportional to the inverted shield level and my output is set to 100 kRF/t

[@dancoulson6579]

Looks cool. Bt what does it make?

[@kaylynns8878]

Awesome idea for an end tier generator! Very High risk = high reward, I love it! Question tho: is there any block in your mod (or others that you know about) that will block the explosion?

[@therevanchist3443]

Try using thaumcraft to ward them, or EnderIO reinforced obsidian

[@ElderonAnalas]

not really, it seems that the reactor blast functions in almost the same way as the Ender Dragon's ability to phase through everything. Anything that is blast resistant and would not be destroyed will remain, but the wave of destruction still passes through and continues on. This is completely intentional and the guide tablet says just as much.

[@xSpeed2137]

@@ElderonAnalas i know date... But you can use industrial craft 2 reinforced stone

[@lool8421]

i know how does it work, but no matter what input/output i set, this reactor always explodes

[@tonie5657]

Somebody make program for computercraft to automatic set input and make safer to change output

[@ConnerSuper]

Awsome thanks man i know its 4 years later but been trying to figure this out Mainly to blow one up lol

[@11creeper45]

Dark Wander give it too much energy or break one of the things shooting partials into it

[@ConnerSuper]

@@11creeper45 I've done that and it kept going don't know how

[@11creeper45]

Dark Wander then increase your rf/t very high so the temp goes over 8000

[@ConnerSuper]

@@11creeper45 it's easier just to have power feed back into itself

[@Dabalzak]

Great video.

[@larab.5709]

Why my draconic reactor will not charge? i placed my cable like you under the charger and the complete setup is like ur's. i tested from energy cell to energy cell via fluxgate, that works. but it wont charge . cable to cable is working. but with the redstonesignal it wont work i think.

[@미적분-s1q]

That cryo-stabilized fluxduct 're linking to one version of the Draconic-Evoloution? In my version , however it is called cryo-stabilized fluxduct I do not look

[@datguynamedjoe4398]

to be fair you deserve more subscribers your just like direwolf20

[@SUNxEATER]

I can't stabilize the reactor. I followed everything here, but saturation and containment field just won't stabilize no matter how much I tweak them.

[@TheMatrixSeries]

same, did you find a way to do it?

[@bradster2214]

what block did you use to control how much energy was put into the containment field? if

[@bhope3512]

I encountered a problem when loading modded minecraft without draconic evolution goes all right when it put the draconic it all works but when I for example in creative and go on the creative tab of draconic crashes

[@stracede172]

Yeah idk i did everything exactly the same and it instanlty exploded, no clue what the issue is

[@damachinator2721]

How much power can this output? I like the explosion in the other video - does it have more permanent effects besides a huge mess?

[@Humaricslastcall]

Enough to overwhelm a big reactor's output and just barely enough to edge out a 64-core fission reactor from ReactorCraft. The Fusion Reactor from ReactorCraft is still the best by far.

[@damachinator2721]

+Humaric Anishtan Apart from the 3-month necro, do you have some hard numbers? For reference, a Reactorcraft HP turbine attached to the turbine generator can output 3-4 billion RF/t.

[@ege4273]

can any block (obsidian, obsidian glassi reinforced or hardened glass for ex) resist the explosion ?

[@Deon2137]

Best use of draconic reactor is explosion

[@everydaygaming2795]

Good video

[@PlainSide]

Will there be any way to cool the temperatures if you want to go like crazy.

[@abdulhusainreshamwala8650]

at least you people can start the reactor. mine just stays cold and doesn't take any fuel

[@thetimelords911]

How do you set the comparator mode for the injector in the 1.10.2 version? Right clicking the thing does nothing

[@bashaaksema94]

The most peaple blow up a nuke or nuclear reactor, bit we wont we just blow up a small ball by overloading it Nice job by the way

[@Wawa-zm6sz]

what is the fuel conversion level? do i have to wait till it is full? because i have the output at 400,000 and the input at 100,000 but the generation rate and the field input rate is alway both 100,000

[@ironbunky]

Whenever I used to draconic reactor I installed cryo-stabilised fluxducts without fluxgates. And I wondered why all my reactors exploded.

[@cyrillaville2367]

who need bigreactor when you have this thing XD

[@fireofdestruction7753]

+cyril laville to be fair a max size big reactor will produce 1.5Mrf/t with out the risk of an explosion and then well i'm not sure about steam production which would greatly increase the amount of power produced

[@cyrillaville2367]

patrick Tighe idk how many rf this thing produce but it look cooler than bigreactors so it's better XD (reactorcraft still best with the badass fusion reactor)

[@fireofdestruction7753]

cyril laville true big reactors does get boring after awhile because it basically the only end game option that worth it if you need 40k rf/t+ so other options are welcome

[@cyrillaville2367]

patrick Tighe thats why i generally build something stupidly overcomplicated to get enought power

[@fireofdestruction7753]

cyril laville true this i hate doing super overly complicated things although in my last world i set up 24 big reactor turbines from one big reactor that produced about 100k rf but when i hooked up the turbines i was getting close to 500k rf/t

[@shard7572]

Thanks Brandon!

[@josephpisias6531]

sorry cow XD great job on video managed to make mine without comparitors and still works just need to watch flow very carefully with the gates. could you possibly make a vid on how to do the vertical one? comparitors dont seem to work on walls.

[@Humaricslastcall]

I kinda want a secondary stabilizer to convert the Chaos Dissapation Reactor (CDpR) into a High Temputure Gas Chaos Reactor (HTGCR) sort of in the same vein as a HTGR, if you get all of my acronyms.

[@maxwellcatlol]

Do we can make the stable things distance to high? Comments below my comment.

[@maxwellcatlol]

And what version he plays?

[@TheXAlexus]

will this be available in 1.10 soon?

[@marj3470]

What Is The Wire Thing You Hooked It Up With

[@ijustworkhere1927]

I have been trying everything your showing but my injector wont get energy, and that my reactor wont produce energy, halp

[@Destroyer17528]

im having alot of troubles with this like only getting 1k power per tick and very high energy saturation. might just go with HBMS nuclear tech mods RBMK BUT IM NOT HATING the mod is very nice i really enjoy the armor tools and the chaos guardian

[@redfish7621]

I Need Help I Cant find the version for the reactor i downloaded the latest one and the core but it crashed about class Null.pointer.Expection The When i put The Second latest core it worked but didn't have the reactor Please Help!

[@TarisRedwing]

the flux gates dont seem to work in the snapshot 9 and there is no positive net gain and isnt even self sustaining.

[@jonassvensson4]

I don't understand. You need power to run the reactor to generate power? O.o

[@bjoernliganfi1]

Yes. If you've done everything right, you should be generating more power than you're draining for your containment field.

[@XouZ88]

Just like real life

[@anoop_brar]

Thank you soooo much

[@m0rtys_cz774]

HELP ME PLEASE Energy injector not charging everything I build correctly I dont know what am I doing wrong

[@THEFurious1964]

If I encased the reactor core in blast proof blocks like Reinforced Obsidian from Ender IO of Wither-proof Blocks from Magical Crops with the reactor stabilizers in the walls, would it contain the blast?

[@bjoernliganfi1]

Don't bother. While the Reinforced Obsidian or whatever will stay, the explosion will just cut through the blocks as if they were air.

[@THEFurious1964]

BFI I tried the Wither-Proof Blocks from Magical Crops and they actually protected me. If I can, I'll make a video of it.

[@Enderhippo]

no

[@DukesHound]

so note to self keep it away from base if you have any issues.....

[@tourettesspider666]

Why everytimes my minecraft launch-crash? (draconic evolution 1.12.2) PLEASE REPLY

[@jamesosborn5485]

Given that I'm still running 1.7.10, I think I'm going to have to add Draconic...although I still haven't played around with Big Reactors, yet; I move slowly.

[@littlebit670]

+Brandon3055 What mods/modpack were you using? (besides Draconic Evolution)

[@Brandon3055]

This was running in my dev environment. If i recall the only other mod i used in the video was thermal dynamics.

[@wadesultan5074]

What are those tubes to carry energy through? (EDIT) I actually found out what those were and I even caused a reactor to explode myself

[@DigitaleFeuer]

what were the cables?

[@rock.climbing.stuff123]

+Lucas Fuchs Cryo-Stabilized Fluxducts

[@АлексейДёмин-л7р]

You know what? You can make your base all from stabilizer and do with reactor what you want, and your base will be protected from these

[@chaosgod-fs7yy]

Is there radiation when it explodes?

[@GehennaGirls]

Meters cubed is a measurement of volume, not mass

[@Ranipla]

Very well said.

[@Brandon3055]

This is true. Not sure how i made such a monumental mistake there but it is fixed in 1.10+

[@acid7665]

are you using tekkit or ftb either one what modpack is it

[@VaryemezAlp]

Nice mode brandon 👍

[@kamilloldsYT]

1:43 what is this violet block with blue smoke?

[@thekingofgreen1765]

nothing for the reactor. its an energy pylon for storing and taking energy from the energy core

[@DragonHG]

what for cables are you using and from which mod are they

[@Cesqr]

Thermal Dynamics

[@dardahh]

cryo-stabilized fluxduct and again, im very late

[@timelessbh]

What are those pipes you are using for the flux gate?

[@Brandon3055]

cryo flux ducts from TD