Suggestion: Eloraam's Wiring functionality integration

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I know that what I'm suggesting is basically an idea of cooperation with Eloraam or at least getting her approval to use her code, which is pretty unlikely to happen and possibly offensive to Alblaka.
As a matter of formality link: Red Power v1.7.1

I'm pretty sure someone is already working on making them stick to walls, much like in the red power mod.

Although wires in IC^2 look better then the old IC ones they are still full block entities that require lots of planning and spacious buildings to build a proper wiring, thus they are not very compatible with smaller or rather more compact buildings that I, and possibly some other players, are quite fond of. That's why if IC^2 cables could behave like Eloraam's or Eloraam's cables could be made to conduct EU's it would be simply mind blowing.

I disagree that they require too much room though. Have you tried the painter yet? It drastically reduces the amount of space you need for complex wiring systems.

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Cables are currently still "full blocks" though they are rendered more cablelike. Eloraams Code for wall-hugging cables is quite more complex though.
Due to the high timecost - low usage factor this is low on the priority list.

Quote from Labraid

Just graphically or actually making them semi-passable so they won't block the full block they are placed in? Not that I should actually expect answer to that form anyone beside the person who is working on in. Let me just say I hope for the latter.

I think it's Drashian working on it, but I'm not sure if he still is or not. I remember someone saying that the way the redpower mod is coded to shape the wire in that way and change the collision detection required Elooram to write her own renderer (which is no easy task, so major kudos to Elooram for that). In which case, I doubt it will happen, but we can live in hope. Like you say, would need the person working on it to answer that.

As for the painter... all I recall using is the cable obscurator form the old IC, it was pretty helpful but I am the kind of person who enjoy watching his creations evolve and expand and rewiring was even more painful.
Was it changed in IC^2? Tried a beta for a bit but wasn't able to accommodate as much time as I wanted to test it out thoroughly.

The cable obscurator is gone completely now. There will be something similar implemented in the future. For now though, you can paint your cables a variety of colours, all cables will connect to plain black cable, but only cables of same colour will connect together i.e. red will connect to red, but not blue or yellow. You can wire a lot like the redpower mod allows (in functionality) only without the graphical representation. The wiring is much more compact than before.

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I think it was the changing of the collisions that required the rewriting of the renderer in the first place, which, as I said, is a pretty big job. Would definately need to be confirmed though.

On another note, I've been told this is a very low priority implementation as the team are focusing on, first getting a strong and bugfree SMP release out, then making a break for 1.8 compatibility, if Notch has ironed out all his new bugs by then.