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Rebalance power economy#40

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economy-rebalance
Mar 23, 2026
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Rebalance power economy#40
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  • Buff solar panel to 2 power/200 ticks (12/min daytime), making 2-3 panels viable for basic machines
  • Reduce lava generator storage from 50 to 20 (generation rate unchanged at 300/min), creating a 25x ratio vs solar
  • Buff battery to 50 storage and fluid container to 20, enabling real buffering
  • Rebalance machine power costs: crusher 2→4 (ore doubling warrants 2x smelting), obsidian factory 100→25, small drill 10→8, soft touch drill 50→20
  • Double storage buffers on auto smelter, cobblestone factory (2→4)
  • Update recipes: lava generator adds blaze rod, crusher adds diamond, battery uses 3 copper, obsidian factory adds diamond
  • Update visual thresholds for battery and fluid container to match new capacities

Increases solar output to 12 power/min during daytime (up from 1/min),
making 2-3 panels viable for running basic machines.
Lower internal buffer makes batteries important as external buffers
while keeping generation rate (5 power/lava) unchanged.
Battery now holds 25 smelts or 6 drill ops, serving as a real buffer.
Fluid container doubled to support lava generator chains better.
Visual thresholds updated to match new capacities.
Crusher: 2→4 power (ore doubling warrants 2x smelting cost)
Obsidian factory: 100→25 power (was absurdly expensive)
Small drill: 10→8 power, storage 10→16
Soft touch drill: 50→20 power, storage 50→40
Auto smelter/cobble factory: storage 2→4 (slightly bigger buffer)
Lava generator: add blaze rod (gates behind Nether access)
Crusher: add diamond (ore doubling is very powerful)
Small battery: 1→3 copper ingots (matches 5x storage increase)
Obsidian factory: add diamond (premium output deserves premium recipe)
Align all test assertions with new power costs, storage capacities,
and generation rates across solar panel, battery, lava generator,
drills, crusher, factories, and fluid container.
Crusher textures for all directional faces and powered states.
Soft touch drill textures and CraftEngine block configuration.
Add Crusher and SoftTouchDrill to power block factory, dialog display
names/descriptions, and test helpers. Update block count assertions.
@CoderJoeW CoderJoeW merged commit 1b4ebcc into main Mar 23, 2026
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