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I like the idea of that pump. That design lends itself to a better animation than something like a centrifugal pump (or a single block "you don't have to know how it works" pump). That said, here are the specific problems I see with that design:
Part of the problem is that an animated pump like this just doesn't fit well inside one block. Maybe a 2x1 or 2x2x1 machine would look better? |
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Here's a super rough concept I put together that uses a mechanism more like the steam engine than a pump jack. Inspired by the steam engine, I was kind of thinking of having a motor (larger box) turning a shaft which would raise and lower the shaft in the smaller box. Everything would need to be moved around, resized, decorated, textured, etc. to make it fit in with the rest of the mod. Or here's a really rough idea for a larger pump jack: What do you think, are either of these worth expanding on? Of the two, I think I still like the pump jack better. It would also fit in better and will be more fun to watch in motion. |
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I put a little more effort into the pump jack. It could still use a bit more decoration (and maybe some fluid/energy i/o ports like the steam engine has) and a lot of texturing work, but I'm liking it so far. I also think that the well needs to move back a bit so that it's centered in the block, so that it will line up with the pump trunk underneath it. Thoughts? |
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Wow that already looks amazing, the moving parts feel really smooth. It is 2x1x1 in size? |
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Looks good but to be honest it looks to small. An oil pump should be a multiblock in my opinion. |
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There are a couple of reasons that I never finished that pump:
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The current pump model is horrible. The idea was to create something like we see in real life to pump oil, but the implementation never really looked good.
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