Make computation a more essential part of the pack

[D-Alessian]

Request Category

Core Change

Idea Description

from smallming._ on discord:

My idea is a multiblock that actively consumes CWU and coolant to run. (Maybe High performance processing unit") That allows for faster recipe for circuits (and other stuff?), also allows you to craft higher tier circuits.
It is gated behind UV, and all recipes can be unlocked and simplified with creative computing hatch at UEV.
HPCA doesnt really have a use outside of research so this helps them to be more useful
It also promote mass production of PCB coolant

response from mireole

if we don't yank out advanced rocketry, maybe CWUs could also be used to gather data to go to farther planets
there are so many uses we could add for computation units tbh

Computation is already used for CoAL in ZBGT, which is going to be used to batch make components for cheaper. This already makes computation much more essential and gives a continuous use for it rather than a punctual one like it is right now with research.

We could also think about adding microminer missions that actively require CWU/t, kinda similar to other resource generation machines that use computation like the deep miner implementation in GCYL:CEu.

This would also probably mean we would need to check if the coolant recipe is renewable enough, and we would need higher tier HPCAs (but I think ZBGT already adds that), maybe even higher tier coolant.

Technical

We would probably have to tweak nomilabs for this to work if we want to do the microminer implementation.
The rest could be done via GroovyScript I'm pretty sure.

Alternatives You've Considered

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Additional Information

I would need help discussing about this, and this is definitely something to keep in mind when thinking about new multis in the future.