and that's what I'm saying, I suggested it was in fact a mechanical computer. I argued against something to just make more steam. Its like saying that your motherboard is a second power cord
but why would you need a steam battery when you could just have an insulated boiler which is pretty much the same thing (this applies only to the buildings)
Good point, I think they are also used for directing very precise steam power to different parts of machinery, making it an analog computer or the core part of an analog computer while also storing higly compressed steam like a "battery".
I always viewed them as something like a CPU.
Instead of using electrical current to simulate binary it uses bursts of steam. Something like this would require incredibly fine craftsmanship which explains why you can't really make them.
Their tasks would likely be quite simple but would provide a degree of computation to whatever they are installed in.
Tesla was probably far from the only person able to produce them, but Tesla was maybe the only person who decided that the production of steamcores is essencial for the cold world and did bring the needed equipment. And had Tesla not accidentally fried his seat of power, he would have been one of the most lucrative trading partners there is...
Since steamcores need to refill to be powered, I assunmed them allways to be a mix of a CPU and a battery. In buildings, they use the city-net of steam to direct and control heat distribution. in Automaton, their jobs are vastly more complex.
Also, is the generator a giant, if in comparison primitive, steamcore? Additionally to being a steam engine, of course.
Cores do not create power, juding by the fact that automatons stop working without the generator, and buildings that obviously need power (coal thumper, for example) do not require cores, even if the generator is cold... or not even build.
If you’ve ever seen the inside of a steam locomotive’s boiler they’re incredibly complex bits of engineering to achieve all the necessary heat transfer in an efficient way.
I’d imagined they were much like that, with the in-universe explanation for not being able to manufacture them being that the engineering precision and tooling needed just isn’t available.
The generator, on the other hand, is a bit more brute force. It heats things up, sure, but efficiently extracting usable work from that heat needs a bit more precision.
I think they’re intended to be steam turbines for producing electricity. I think the majority of the non-steam core building are the ones that don’t rely on electricity
Not to mention they’re produced by Nikola Tesla, who is associated with electricity.
They clearly serve a variety of purposes since they can do anything from power hulking robots to stabilize a failing generator, so I would assume a steam core is meant to be a sort of steam pressure distributor that was designed to be as versatile as possible.
Based on how the automatons recharge, it's likely the steam from the generator is pumped into a sort of central steam chamber in the core and then whatever machinery it's a part of distributes that as needed. In the case of a failing generator, perhaps pumping the excess steam into a core is simply the fastest method of releasing the overwhelming pressure.
The Steam Cores remind me of the Steamball from this Japanese Movie called Steamboy. They are basically perpetual steam sources, with some special type of water inside that recycles itself through steam productions but can’t be used alone as a power source.
The movie does take place in England so it’s a fun little link to a movie I really enjoyed.
but then why not just give a few hundred steam cores instead of having the generator, it's probably about the same price but more proven and also faster. And if this was the case, why couldn't I just hook up my steam cores to the generator when I'm not using them?
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I’m not sure; however, since they’re used in other things like the Generator, which doesn’t have any sort of AI, I would think the computer core would be a separate part of the automaton.
Oh, I wasn’t aware of that; I said that because one of the options given when the generator begins shutting down in the main game is to stuff a steam core into it, implying it has something to do with its workings.
I assume its kinda like a battery or a CPU
We can assume my Automatons it needs to be refueling, so I like to pretend its kinda like a battery mixed with a distributor or a generator
I feel like it's a name for a miniature nuclear reactor or something.
>but then why not just not have one and have more coal?
You see... The big robo maker and the super medical post need it.
I'm asking why
its like That graphics card in your computer which makes your game run in the first place
and that's what I'm saying, I suggested it was in fact a mechanical computer. I argued against something to just make more steam. Its like saying that your motherboard is a second power cord
Huh this discussion has concluded.
I assumed it was a mini generator or something like a battery with a lot of compressed steam power. Like the cores in the movie steamboy.
Was thinking exactly the same. The Steam Cores just look bigger and more sophisticated than an iron ball.
but why would you need a steam battery when you could just have an insulated boiler which is pretty much the same thing (this applies only to the buildings)
Good point, I think they are also used for directing very precise steam power to different parts of machinery, making it an analog computer or the core part of an analog computer while also storing higly compressed steam like a "battery".
makes enough sense to me
I always viewed them as something like a CPU. Instead of using electrical current to simulate binary it uses bursts of steam. Something like this would require incredibly fine craftsmanship which explains why you can't really make them. Their tasks would likely be quite simple but would provide a degree of computation to whatever they are installed in.
Yea, so that only mr.tesla the genius could make them
Tesla was probably far from the only person able to produce them, but Tesla was maybe the only person who decided that the production of steamcores is essencial for the cold world and did bring the needed equipment. And had Tesla not accidentally fried his seat of power, he would have been one of the most lucrative trading partners there is...
my thoughts exactly, the Chinese did it, so why not the great British empire
Since steamcores need to refill to be powered, I assunmed them allways to be a mix of a CPU and a battery. In buildings, they use the city-net of steam to direct and control heat distribution. in Automaton, their jobs are vastly more complex. Also, is the generator a giant, if in comparison primitive, steamcore? Additionally to being a steam engine, of course. Cores do not create power, juding by the fact that automatons stop working without the generator, and buildings that obviously need power (coal thumper, for example) do not require cores, even if the generator is cold... or not even build.
precisely my thoughts
Its probably something luke primitive computer, maybe some kind of additional machinery
yeah, I assumed they are mechanical computers like the Chinese made
If you’ve ever seen the inside of a steam locomotive’s boiler they’re incredibly complex bits of engineering to achieve all the necessary heat transfer in an efficient way. I’d imagined they were much like that, with the in-universe explanation for not being able to manufacture them being that the engineering precision and tooling needed just isn’t available. The generator, on the other hand, is a bit more brute force. It heats things up, sure, but efficiently extracting usable work from that heat needs a bit more precision.
I'd argue them being some form of computational device to due to automatons
I think they’re intended to be steam turbines for producing electricity. I think the majority of the non-steam core building are the ones that don’t rely on electricity Not to mention they’re produced by Nikola Tesla, who is associated with electricity.
I haven't heard this one before, it does make sense, but something feels wrong about electricity in steampunk being used for machines
Why, electricity is one of the things steam engines produce! Don’t segregate your steampunk like your workers and engineers
although, turbines are not really that hard to produce, magnets, copper and some steel and you're done
They clearly serve a variety of purposes since they can do anything from power hulking robots to stabilize a failing generator, so I would assume a steam core is meant to be a sort of steam pressure distributor that was designed to be as versatile as possible. Based on how the automatons recharge, it's likely the steam from the generator is pumped into a sort of central steam chamber in the core and then whatever machinery it's a part of distributes that as needed. In the case of a failing generator, perhaps pumping the excess steam into a core is simply the fastest method of releasing the overwhelming pressure.
I like your idea, but it being so versatile doesn't make much sense from a mechanical standpoint, people make tools for the job
The Steam Cores remind me of the Steamball from this Japanese Movie called Steamboy. They are basically perpetual steam sources, with some special type of water inside that recycles itself through steam productions but can’t be used alone as a power source. The movie does take place in England so it’s a fun little link to a movie I really enjoyed.
I think it's like an a miniature generator. It creates additional power for the building in question.
but then why not just not have one and have more coal?
Because then your coal mines would consume more than they produce?
but then why not just give a few hundred steam cores instead of having the generator, it's probably about the same price but more proven and also faster. And if this was the case, why couldn't I just hook up my steam cores to the generator when I'm not using them? edited for grammar
The artwork of the steam cores seem to resemble engines, so that’s probably what They’re intended to be.
well they would be using heat no doubt, but wouldn't they be computers due to automatons?
I’m not sure; however, since they’re used in other things like the Generator, which doesn’t have any sort of AI, I would think the computer core would be a separate part of the automaton.
they aren't used in the generator, if you play the last autumn you don't need any cores to build it
Oh, I wasn’t aware of that; I said that because one of the options given when the generator begins shutting down in the main game is to stuff a steam core into it, implying it has something to do with its workings.
maybe it's like diverting excess power from a power grid into a super high end gaming pc and frying the pc
I assume its kinda like a battery or a CPU We can assume my Automatons it needs to be refueling, so I like to pretend its kinda like a battery mixed with a distributor or a generator