Suggestion- 1 Chunk. I think the internal area of the final tier compact machine should be 16-16-16 instead of 13-13-13. By doing this, you can fit a Tier 8 draconic orb inside.

However, It's just a suggestion. It's your choice seeing as it's your mod. (Last time I checked at least)

Due to the way some of the mechanics work this is not possible without a major rewrite.
It would also break existing 13x13x13 machines.
--> Not going to happen, sorry.

Ok, makes sense!

I completely understand!

(And since It's for the Draconic Orb, maybe It's better you can't put it in a block and pull around 2^64 rf with you!)

What about in Compact Machines 4? I suppose anything above a 14x14x14 would span multiple chunks because of the walls, though…

@CTH999 The Tier 7 Draconic Orb, which is the most practical in my opinion, just fits inside a Maximum Compact Machine. Because it is a sphere, it actually leaves plenty of space for input, output, and movement.

@Saklad5 Yup, I knew that, I already did some math on the anything above 14x14, and...

You're right, the tier 7 works. Just not the tier 8. And, since the tier 8 is so OP, it's probally better that way!

@CTH999 Actually, I think Tier 8 isn’t that overpowered. Tier 7 is already very difficult to fill, and Tier 8 is expensive in a way that cannot currently be automated as far as I know.

It can be automated, it's just how much power it stores, so maybe It's better that It can't fit in!

Come to think of it, when you update to 1.13, would this be a nice change?

That’s what I meant when I said Compact Machines 4. They increment the number with every Minecraft version, I understand.

And no, it cannot be automated unless you can devise a way of automatically spawning and killing Ender Dragons. Since they break all blocks near them, that’s virtually impossible.

You can make an RFTools dimension full of Ender Dragons and use a Draconic Bow to get enough, but that’s not automation. If you had a block-protecting mechanic that worked against Ender Dragons, you might be able to rig something using a Draconic Bow and right-clicking machine spraying arrows at 0,0.