HOTFIX
I had included mining_cores in more loot tables than I intended too, causing them to appear pretty often. No good. Fixed! Can only be found in buried_treasure, trial chamber vaults, and the underground geodes that spawn now.
Piggy Banks
I had also forgotten to add piggy banks to loot tables. They can be found in most standard chests, and contain a random amount of coins.
Heat Mechanic
Heat now goes up on the miner block proportional to how much energy the block is fed at any given moment. The block is able to passivley cool itself using just the surrounding air, but to run it at any deccent speeds you'll need to pipe either water or coolant into the top of the miner to keep it at operational temps.
Custom Coolant
We now have a custom fluid, made by mixing water, ice, and powdered obsidian in a heated basin. This coolant is much more efficent at cooling than water but is much more resource intensive. Can you automate it??
Mining Cores / Geodes
The currency miner blocks will require a mining core to operate. If no mining core has been inserted, the miner cannot operate. To prevent mass production of miners, I've made the cores have no recipe and spawn inside of custom geodes that can be found rougly evet 30 chunks or so.The mining goes holds durability, and once it reaches 0 the core is no longer any good, and you will have to venture back out to find more cores.
Core Finder Tool
You can now craft a special remote that can be charged using the Create: Additions tesla coil, or any other valid FE charger block. Once charged, the remote will send out a search signal and play a tone for the player which lets them know how far/close they are to a mining_core block. This way the cores, while rare, are not impossible to find.
Re-Design
The mining core has been re-designed thanks to EeebsieKats excellent modeling skills, and items have been revampped by the excellent pixel artist DJRaj!!! Big thanks to these two for the assets! Mod wouldn't look nearly as good without them!!!