As of Buildcraft 2.0.1 there is the option to use pneumatic engines to power the various machines in BuildCraft. Engines may be picked up by breaking them with a stone pick or better. The energy output from an engine only occurs on the top side. Engines can be rotated if they are not facing the right way using a wrench. When right clicked with a wrench, an engine will automatically face towards something it can power. If there is nothing to power, it will not change. Engines must be switched on by a lever or redstone current to function.

Each has various strengths and requirements to function.

Contents 1 MJ (Minecraft Joules) 2 Temperature 3 Redstone Engine 4 Steam/Stirling Engine 5 Combustion Engine 6 Chute 7 Engines - In Depth 7.1 Chaining Engines

MJ (Minecraft Joules)Edit

Engines output power in terms of MJ/t (Minecraft Joules per tick). One second is equivalent to 20 ticks (assuming no lag). Knowing how much MJ/t an engine generates or a machine uses is key in creating the best system.

TemperatureEdit

You can monitor the temperature of the engine by the color of its core. Blue represents a cold engine, green represents an engine that is warming up, yellow represents an engine that is running at the optimum efficiency, red represents an engine that is in danger of overheating and an engine that is bright red has overheated and will explode if not turned off or cooled down very quickly.

In SMP for beta 2.2.1 of buildcraft, the energy folder should be installed last or the engines won't work properly.

Redstone EngineEdit

Redstone engines are the most basic engine. When applied with redstone current, it will be powered forever until you turn it off. As of version 3.2 they can no longer be used to power wooden conductive pipes.

Steam/Stirling EngineEdit

This mid-range engine is significantly more powerful than the Redstone Engine but uses burnable fuel, such as wood or coal.

Combustion EngineEdit

Combustion Engines are the third tier of engine. They use iron instead of wood or cobblestone, making them the most expensive engine. Combustion Engines are the most powerful engines, but require lava, oil, or fuel to run. It runs the fastest and gives the most power per stroke, however they also need water to keep them

cool, otherwise they will explode.

ChuteEdit

The Chute is an addon block that extends the effective storage of the machine it is attached to. Chutes work best when connected to blocks that have a top slot in their GUI.

Engines - In DepthEdit

see Engines - In Depth (main article)

or Energy Quick Reference

Chaining EnginesEdit

Engines can be daisy-chained (As of BuildCraft 3.2, Redstone engines can no longer be chained together). That is, one engine can send its energy to another, which can then send the combined energy to another engine or to the mechanism to be powered. This is useful for charging up the lead engine faster, but incurs a danger of overheating. If the energy is not being removed from the system at about the same rate the system is producing it, the engine at the machine end of the chain may explode. A more efficent way to do this is to use Conductive Pipe. This can be used over longer distances with no chance of exploding for steam engines. Although this is more efficient, it is also more expensive, as energy losses are significant over long distances while using stone conductive pipes, the cheapest conductive pipe that will transport energy.