Machine could use time advancing command (/time add 12000 f.e)
You force everything going to the future instantly.
sounds simple enough to me to spend 3million EU/t per night cycle to keep it powered, maybe have a Redstone Current to turn the machine off so it doesn't skip the night, incase you need the power for something else that day?
I say go for broke and make real industrial use for a time machine. reverse reactor meltdowns! when a reactor explodes the time machine kicks in reverses what happend and puts everything back(accept maybe the reactor itself so it doesn't make a loop). you are now free to commence flame bombardment!
I say go for broke and make real industrial use for a time machine. reverse reactor meltdowns! when a reactor explodes the time machine kicks in reverses what happend and puts everything back(accept maybe the reactor itself so it doesn't make a loop). you are now free to commence flame bombardment!
lol, that would be very nice and interesting but i'm sure that would be a huge pain in the ass to code since basically you'd be making a Back-up of the world and having a machine coded to read or load the back-up and replace the blocks or simply crash the server, load the back-up and then restart the server almost instantly. sounds buggy but could be very usefull. that's a different trhead entirely though 
this thread is a basic "i hate night but can't sleep in a bed" machine.
there is a bukkit plugin for this were everybody votes for day (people who dont vote dont count) if the yeses out way the nos then it turns to day at the light lvel which hurts monsters and if the nos out way the yeses then it doesnt turn day.
there is a bukkit plugin for this were everybody votes for day (people who dont vote dont count) if the yeses out way the nos then it turns to day at the light lvel which hurts monsters and if the nos out way the yeses then it doesnt turn day.
well that's nice and all but first and sadly, i'm not using bukkit becaues they hadn't updated to my version yet to my knowledge and that's why i can;t even auto-backup, also, how would people vote if they are AFK? which AFK is the main issue. however, if it does get updated does only 1 person have to vote yes? and all the other can simply AFK? secondly, does it happen everytime night falls or is it triggered by a command like "/vote day yes"
lol, that would be very nice and interesting but i'm sure that would be a huge pain in the ass to code since basically you'd be making a Back-up of the world and having a machine coded to read or load the back-up and replace the blocks or simply crash the server, load the back-up and then restart the server almost instantly. sounds buggy but could be very usefull. that's a different trhead entirely though
this thread is a basic "i hate night but can't sleep in a bed" machine.
its a given when you make time go backwards weird stuff will happen it just hopefully won't be as bad of a mess as that crater that formed where your house used to be.
As Al said earlier, messing with the block updates is... bad.
Furthermore, some other mod items use that (or something in relation to the day/night cycle) to run. Redstone Engines from BC REALLY get screwed up by the Watch of Flowing Time (from EE) when it's running. Direwolf, for example, has had his pumps manage to drain infinite water pools (3x3) with ease.
So... Let's just say Steve knows how to manipulate time, but doesn't because it's bad?
i think ya'll are just to tied up on EE because it's "magical". EE is overpowered and rediculous, specially if it was for SMP. this idea is Scientific, not magical, and is not overpowered in any way. think of it as a Time Machine not a magical device that forces the sun to move faster.
It's not about how you explain the mechanic happening, it's the mechanic itself. Turning night into day is easily accomplished by hopping into bed. Putting in a machine to override that mechanic and put the day/night cycles at the whim of one person is exactly the same mechanic that EE has. Whether it's explained by magic or science is irrelevant (and besides, we all know Clarke's Third Law states that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic").
Bottom line: if people won't sleep because they're AFK, either /kick them or use /time to make it daytime. Don't need a time machine.
Direwolf, for example, has had his pumps manage to drain infinite water pools (3x3) with ease.
That's happening, even with 4 normal Redstoneengines and without Timemanipulation. Direwolfs fault was to think that 3x3 is enough (what only a 5x5-Pool is).
blueshield925: you obviously didn't read much of this post *facepalm* and i do not have commands as simple as /timeday because i'm not currently using anything like bukkit with plugins because it hadn't been updated recently to my knowledge. i could look into this further but even when I am AFK it would be nice to beable to burn of 3million of my energy to keep it daytime as an act of curtousy and safety on my server. also, just because MOST of you are used to single player and are like "herp derp, look i pulled a bed out of my creative back pocket and yay! daytime!", i actually played on a server, i have never played a game in singleplayer since as long as i have owned the game, so it's not "as easy as sleeping in a bed" specially when there are several people AFK even for minor amounts of time. i'm not asking for a time machine so please drop that ball immediately, i don't care to accelerate or rewind time. i just want a simple "everyone is in bed" machine
I send you a PM that solves our AFK-Problems.
I send you a PM that solves our AFK-Problems.
it solves one of mine atleast, but i also sometimes have 3-4 accounts logged it at once for other people projects or my Long Range BC projects. so if i have 4 copies of MC running, would a script work on all of them or only the selected?
it solves one of mine atleast, but i also sometimes have 3-4 accounts logged it at once for other people projects or my Long Range BC projects. so if i have 4 copies of MC running, would a script work on all of them or only the selected?
Only one selected 
...except... 
moment ... i try adding ALT+TAB to it, to change all the windows and it could work, but one account must reach for today (looking at the Java-API for adding the Keycodes of ALT and TAB).
Self-made pain, mate.
Such a machine wouldn't pose much trouble to code, but messing with worldTime can SERIOUSLY backfire and mess up blockupdates.
f.e. stopping time does as well stop all block updates, essentially causing "frozen" water and anti-gravity-gravel.
Vice versa, jumping forward in time does enforce and/or skip block updates, causing stuff like insta/never-hardening CF foam / tree growth.
Not 100% sure of the effects, but unless i can be sure they do not create metric ton of bugs, i will for sure not implement it.
Weird side effects from using it? IMPLEMENT IT AND DON'T FIX TEH BUX!!!!11!!11!
Weird side effects from using it? IMPLEMENT IT AND DON'T FIX TEH BUX!!!!11!!11!
you miss understand sir, there are issues and problems trying to code slowing down and speeding up time. i DO NOT want to control time. i want to simply skip the night cycle as such is done with beds, this causes no glitches, issues, bugs, or anything of that sort and is incredibly easy to code. so you fail. please learn to read the post in it's entirety.
Even setting time with Bed or Command can blow up a Redpowerbased Nuclearreactor, because Eloraams Timer is affected by MC-Time. Just to name an example.
Even setting time with Bed or Command can blow up a Redpowerbased Nuclearreactor, because Eloraams Timer is affected by MC-Time. Just to name an example.
So, there is no valid way to skip time?
and click here gregoriusT
So, there is no valid way to skip time?
and click here gregoriusT
Picture added to my tutorial. And yes that's not valid to use the time-set-command or even the Bed except Eloraam chooses a better way for the timers and such stuff.
Even setting time with Bed or Command can blow up a Redpowerbased Nuclearreactor, because Eloraams Timer is affected by MC-Time. Just to name an example.
as true as that may be, it's not neccissarily IC2 responsibility to make it compatable with ALL other mods, however you could suggest to eloram that she could recode her timers so the woork properly with a function as simple as a Bed.
