Ecocraft - Evolution
Our planet is our shared home. Would you just scatter garbage everywhere or fill your own living space with smoke that you'd then have to breathe and get sick from? It's time to change something in our lives! Across various fields, including industry and agriculture, new technologies must emerge to reduce pollution and harmful emissions. This mod brings advanced technologies and modern production chains to Minecraft!
Main Features and Mechanisms
The modification includes a wide range of machines and systems:
- Solar Panel — converts sunlight into energy
- Vertical Wind Mill — improved design with enhanced efficiency
- Tidal Power Station — harnesses ocean wave and current energy
- Geothermal Station — extracts energy from deep within the earth
- Turbine — converts steam into clean energy
- Shredder — processes plant waste
- Garbage Net — collects plastic waste from the ocean
- Plastic Recycler — transforms old plastic into new material
- Bioreactor — generates energy from biofuel
- Flywheel Energy Storage — modern kinetic energy storage system
- Hydrogen Filtration Station — extracts hydrogen from water
- Hydrogen Furnace — provides economical smelting process
- Hydrogen Power Station — converts hydrogen back into energy
Sustainable Power Generation
The mod provides the ability to generate energy from natural resources. The classic solar panel in Ecocraft works differently from most mods - it uses internal game mechanics and calculates energy output based on the time of day, adding an element of realism and demonstrating the need to store energy for nighttime use.
The vertical wind mill differs from traditional solutions in its construction and increased efficiency. The tidal power station operates on a similar principle but is placed in oceans, harnessing the enormous energy of sea currents.
Geothermal Energy
The geothermal station requires drilling deep into the earth with preliminary energy expenditure. After this, you send water deep underground and receive a significant amount of steam, with efficiency depending on the location. The produced steam is directed to a turbine for conversion into clean energy.
Bioenergy
If you have accumulated excess crops or food products, the bioenergy module allows you to convert them into clean fuel. First use the shredder to turn plant materials into biofuel (any items with food value are suitable). Then in the bioreactor, this fuel is burned to produce energy.
Plastic Recycling
In the modern world, most plastic waste isn't recycled, leading to ocean pollution and marine species extinction. The garbage net allows collecting old plastic from water, while the plastic recycler transforms it into fresh material that can be used to create other blocks and mechanisms - a true recycling system!
Advanced Energy Storage
Instead of conventional batteries, the mod offers flywheel energy storage. A built-in motor accelerates a massive rotor, converting electrical energy into kinetic energy. The larger the rotor mass, the more energy can be stored and the longer it can be preserved with minimal losses.
Hydrogen Technologies
Hydrogen serves as an excellent means for chemical energy storage. The hydrogen filtration station extracts it from surrounding water blocks, and the obtained gas can be stored in reservoirs. There are two ways to use hydrogen: the hydrogen furnace provides an economical smelting process, while the hydrogen power station converts it back into electricity.
Key Features
⭐ Unique Models
All machines and most items have their own 3D models.
⭐ Realistic Approach
Each machine is based on real technological solutions and follows physical principles, including day-night cycles.
⭐ Attention to Quality
Creating each element required several hours of work on models, textures, blocks, interfaces, and functionality.
⭐ Compatibility with Other Mods
Using standard tags allows interaction with other modifications - for instance, clean plastic has the "forge:plastic" tag.
⭐ Development Process
The entire mod was created by one person in just one month!
