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Steampunk World
DragonSlayer:
I would like to join in, but anim8or doesn't run on this computer, so I would like to give a few points.
One, in the 1920-30s, we had WWI. The reason I mention is is we are, at this time using the old Vickers and such for weaponry. I understand that steampunk is the thing, but gunpowder was invented around they 800s (at least black powder anyway). Steam probably shouldn't be a way to power guns when the tech for gunpowder conserves the meteor from unnessesary use, when live brass is an effective way to use the native resources.
Two, Planes would also have a chance of being developed earlier with the effective source, assuming that a nuclear winter would take many years to disipate, everyone would have to have greenhouses with lights in them to grow crops. Steam would be very effective if they had the resources to run the boiler with no trees around, and therefore would hopefully be made more effiecent by necessity. Then the meteor for the new power source after its discovery. Part of the problems with plane developement was having a light, effective power source (like the small engine on the Wright Flyer). You have to carry your fuel... and water is heavy, so using less water for the engine is a good thing.
Three, did you know electricity was at one point a better power source than gas? Until gas engines were made efficient and small enough for use in cars, electricity was used very widely for the purpose. Electricity fell out of use due to the fact someone didn't find a super battery. The meteor could be use in power plants, and energy wired to homes, where the average person would use electricity for their vehicles and appliances. However, the military in the steampunk universe would want to use steam due to the fact refueling is stopping by the lake for two or so minutes instead of plugging in overnight.
Just a few things to think about... Nice work by the way... on what I could see.
Janro:
I saw the engine some time ago but only remembered to post my feedback now.
Seriously that was some sorcery right there(not as much as the fluid simulation but hey that engine would be a pain to keyframe, even with all the copy pasting.)
Several other projects caught my attention, preventing me from having a shot at this. Hopefully I can get some in models soon.
ENSONIQ5:
DragonSlayer: Steampunk is more a design idea than a realistic alternative history. The back-story for this project is a basic justification allowing the design of a steam-centric world, where everything has an industrial revolution look and feel. There is no need for big external steam pipes on buildings, they could be plumbed underground, but having them visible looks more steampunky. I agree electricity and gunpowder would still feature heavily in such an alternative history, but that isn't really relevant to this project. A gun with copper steam pipes and pressure gauges sticking out of it is silly, from an engineering viewpoint, but well within the Steampunk design concept.
Janro: The motion of the engine is entirely scripted and uses the scale of an invisible sphere to define the speed. This means there is no actual keyframing defining the motion of the various parts. In the animation the sphere's scale is keyframed from small to large making the engine 'accelerate', and obviously the camera motion is keyframed., but everything else is controlled by the scripts.
Arik_the_Red:
Hi all... I have to offer my sincerest apologies for being away. My PC went "whacko" and has been taken to be worked on. After some serious looking over, it seems I've been invaded by the Chinese!
This happened last year with my mini being hacked, whacked, or whatever and loaded with Chinese controlled wares of all sorts.
I not abandoned ship! I just can't work on things until I get my big machine back....
As for gunpowder, electricity, and all... I don't see those as being a problem by any means. SteamPunk is as much a "style" or "fashion" as it is a technological alternative. The big thing to compare would be if the world technology were as said "steam-centered" instead of our current world's base of petroleum-combustion type engines.
Dragonslayer and Ensoniq5 are right on track with that, and the fact that electricity would indeed still be in use, as would gunpowder, etc. And as for the meteor energy source, my main idea there was that it provides that "miraculous source of steam" by permitting very small amounts of the rock to be encased and fed water, which would create the massive steam pressure... which in turn would be used in steam-powered vehicles, etc. Too, larger facilities would utilize such steam-power to operate turbines, etc., for electrical power.
ENSONIQ5:
I have started working on an airship, which will remain in a semi-finished state. Yet to come are the engines, engine room, boilers etc and control surfaces, and I will have the main shell partially 'skinned'. I figure it could be part of the airship station, perhaps there is a shipyard attached.
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