Lately, I have been working on a idea loosely based on basic_machines constructor and the Stargate MCD from gmod.
What I am wondering is, has anyone seen anything like this in the past, and is there even a interest in a device that can just make other stuff out of one single ingredient?
What the mod would do:
Add several new nodes, the foremost being the Atomic Construction Unit (ACU) which, when crafted would allow the player to use Carbon 12, extracted form coal and diamonds, to create any node/item in the default game. (with the exception of the dreaded cloud block and water/lava buckets. Others?) However, the ACU would be very difficult to build, and would require that you could construct all of the required modules before you could craft the main device itself. Once built, the device would use varying amounts of C12 to make other items from the game, including materials that could be refined to make a second ACU
I understand that this is super OP, but, I still think that it would be cool, and I just want some advice on whether or not to limit it's power or uses.
Story behind the name:
The first time I saw a 3D printer I had an idea for a mod that used some kind of substance to build stuff in Minetest.
I started playing around with it, and then I thought, what if I used Carbon 12 as the substance for it to build with. That got me thinking that no real 3D printer actually uses just straight carbon to make stuff, so, I played around with different ideas on what it should be, and eventually decided to settle on the Atomic Construction Unit, as we humans live in a carbon-base universe, therefore, it would be perfectly logical to have a machine that could make any substance in the universe out of carbon.