By removing a fire from underneath an aeoliopile while it is still burning, it will continue to rotate without using up water or losing heat.

WidWing Thanks for fixing it. Is there a way for a layman to apply that fix?

created a pull request with a fix for 5.18: https://github.com/harpwner/Harps-Mechanical-Revolution/pull/3

tested locally on 1.18.15.

if anyone knows the author, please ask them to review, merge and release a new version of the mod, thanks!

Man steam power is so vintage story i feel like

C0ffo

The author to this mod has been busy with other projects, from what he's said on discord. I wouldn't expect an update any time soon, but he said it isn't full abandoned. He's just busy.

I hope the mod hasn't been abandoned

reunion155

Happened for me as well, when I placed down the fly wheel.

Miloski

Did you fire it with wood or with coal of any kind? I found that it works well with a pulverizer if you use coal of any kind, but it can't drive it with wood.

Hopefuly this mod gets updated soon in the future. I do know an update is planned but its going to take a while

So I got this crash whenever i try to place the piston down to any surface, like LadyBlakeHammer mentioned, putting it down on top of the boiler also crashes the game.

The Info Log/ Crash Report shows this:

Running on 64 bit Windows with 16 GB RAM
Game Version: v1.18.7 (Stable)                           -------------> but now in my case and the case below my comment, the problem is the Game Version.  We got 1.18.x and the mod is only for 1.17.x.    y.y  just had to wait one week to aknowledge my major grade of dumbness xD
13.08.2023 15:53:59: Critical error occurred in my smooth brain xDD

Running on 64 bit Windows with 32 GB RAM
Game Version: v1.18.6 (Stable) 
7/19/2023 11:10:53 PM: Critical error occurred
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System.MissingMethodException: Impossibile trovare il metodo 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1<Int32> Vintagestory.API.Client.ITextureAtlasAPI.get_AtlasTextureIds()'.
in HarpTech.Renderers.LeverArmRenderer.OnRenderFrame(Single deltaTime, EnumRenderStage stage)
in Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.ClientEventManager.TriggerRenderStage(EnumRenderStage stage, Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Client\Util\ClientEventManager.cs:riga 197
in Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.ClientMain.TriggerRenderStage(EnumRenderStage stage, Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientMain.cs:riga 789
in Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.ClientMain.MainRenderLoop(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientMain.cs:riga 876
in Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.ClientMain.MainGameLoop(Single deltaTime) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientMain.cs:riga 712
in Vintagestory.Client.GuiScreenRunningGame.RenderToPrimary(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Client\MainMenu\Screens\GuiScreenRunningGame.cs:riga 165
in Vintagestory.Client.ScreenManager.Render(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ScreenManager.cs:riga 683
in Vintagestory.Client.ScreenManager.OnNewFrame(Single dt) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ScreenManager.cs:riga 627
in Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.ClientPlatformWindows.window_RenderFrame(Object sender, FrameEventArgs e) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\GameWindow.cs:riga 126
in System.EventHandler`1.Invoke(Object sender, TEventArgs e)
in OpenTK.GameWindow.RaiseRenderFrame(Double elapsed, Double& timestamp) in C:\Users\Nexrem\Desktop\transfer\opentk\src\OpenTK\GameWindow.cs:riga 479
in OpenTK.GameWindow.DispatchRenderFrame() in C:\Users\Nexrem\Desktop\transfer\opentk\src\OpenTK\GameWindow.cs:riga 454
in OpenTK.GameWindow.Run(Double updates_per_second, Double frames_per_second) in C:\Users\Nexrem\Desktop\transfer\opentk\src\OpenTK\GameWindow.cs:riga 375
in Vintagestory.Client.ClientProgram.Start(ClientProgramArgs args, String[] rawArgs)
in Vintagestory.ClientNative.CrashReporter.Start(ThreadStart start) in VintagestoryLib\Client\ClientPlatform\ClientNative\CrashReporter.cs:riga 93

So, putting the piston arm on top of the boiler, crashes the client.

Miloski

Its apparently just a toy, its low-torque, its use is "Dopamine from watching spinny thing go brrrt"

awesome mod. Any plans for 1.18 update? 

what is the point of the aeolipile when it cant even power a quern connected next to it? 

Love it man, steam engine for the win. Aeoilpile is messy a bit. If i fire it up and than break the fire underneath its locks the temp and the water level and keeps going.

Gepard thanks for the idea. Given the current state of mechanical power, I am not sure this is possible, but I can certainly give this a try soon.

JTippetts sorry for not replying sooner. I did not intend for any paths to be hard coded, and will have to fix that. Is it causing any issues during gameplay?

I have been absent for a bit. I've been moving around a lot, and have actually swapped out my C drive recently. Because of this, some of my local changes have either been lost or are on a separate drive, so it's going to take me some time to get back into the swing of things. I have also pursued some side projects in the mean time on the new system as not to fall out of work completely! Expect some updates as soon as I can get my development environment back up and running.

Harpwner

I've been waiting for a mod like this, which adds an "ancient steam engine". Respect, but the fact that you can't stack these engines in a row bothers me a bit.
The flywheel is connected to the swingarm by two racks, but it could be rigidly connected using a bearing.
It could be a different crafting.Thanks to this, it would be possible to connect the flywheels one after the other. 
I am sending an advanced sketch made in Paint 😋

P.S Can you create the large wooden cogwheel but vertically?

@Harpwner I've downloaded and installed the mod (can't really try anything yet since I'm still early in the game, but I'm eager to try it out) but I've noticed a few "Texture not found" errors in the log for the Watt Engine parts lever_arm, bracket_item, flywheel_section and piston_casing due to hard coded full paths to textures in the base game (eg "brass1": "/Users/HARPWNER/AppData/Roaming/Vintagestory/assets/survival/textures/block/metal/sheet/brass1" ).

Ratchet I can try to post one, but be aware there is a handbook entry for the Watt Engine.

Harpwner Any chance of getting a tutorial video posted someplace? I love this idea of another power source other than windmill but like others have stated, looks a bit confusing. Thanks in advance. 

love this new update, watt engine is awesome and makes you work resouce wise

Figured out what was causing that issue, going to put a bugfix update out in a moment.

this new update mess with the vanilla boilers as you can't place wine in the boiler nor make fire under it

A mod video would be nice...unfortunately I don't understand how to set it up and use it. But maybe I'm just too stupid

The source on GitHub doesn't seem to have JSON assets, I can't contribute because of this😥

Posting an update now with a Watt Engine handbook entry, will be refined further in the future.

What are the names of the items themselves? "Watt Engine" doesn't bring up anything. We've found the flywheel but we can't figure out what the other items are.

It would be great if you make all items in the mod GroundStorable, e.g. to allow to lean them against walls like every vanilla tool does

Is it possible to make an Aeolipile that works vertically? I think this would look great underneath one of my powered mixing bowls. ;)

Looks dope.

Went ahead and reversed the Aeolipile direction, that way it meshes with the windmill instead of fighting it.

You should replace the two copper ingots in the recipe with the soldering iron (6 durability) and 6 soldier.

Hmm, this seems like a perfect companion for my autosifter mod.
I'll be sure to give this a shout-out on my page.

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