[SUGGESTION] - Chainsaw has 2 modes

Jivix · Apr 4th 2012

The first thing I noticed upgrading from IC2 1.71 is that chainsaws now drop leaves (as per the release notes). The second thing I noticed is that the leaves are now useful because it provides extra recycling material. The third thing I noticed is that I no longer had saplings to replant my forest.

I think the chainsaw should have two modes, one for shear-like action, and one for sheer destruction. The only difference between the two being whether or not things like grass/leaves/etc drop. Perhaps on shear mode it would also make sheep drop more wool... when you "shear" them with your chainsaw

sky_demon · Apr 4th 2012

well thats a nice idea i dont even know why alblaka didnt iclude this. Maybe he had a reason or just didnt had that in mind.

RawCode · Apr 4th 2012

saplings still drop since chainsaw have silktouch property

sky_demon · Apr 4th 2012

now im thiking. Is it posible to make apples/samplings farm using redpower diployer and block breaker.

sky_demon · Apr 4th 2012

Quote from RawCode

saplings still drop since chainsaw have silktouch property

silktouch? I think it works just as shears.

GregoriusT · Apr 4th 2012

It works as shears! Dunno why Rawcode said something about Silktouch.

Alblaka has simply forgotten that feature.

Snoochy · Apr 4th 2012

i still get saplings when shaving leaves with a chainsaw. when i sheer off Birch leaves (white trunk trees) i still get saplings and leaves. when i sheer rubber trees i only get saplings.

Jivix · Apr 4th 2012

Snoochy, that brings up another point. Shears doesn't seem to work on rubber tree leaves, which makes it sort of inconsistent. Perhaps that would be fixed as well with a little TLC towards the chainsaw.

MrJohnnZ · Apr 4th 2012

I kinda like the idea of changing modes, but I had a different idea!

How about macerating leaf blocks to get saplings?

mijnboogje · Apr 4th 2012

meh, macerating an plant form would turn it into pulp. literaly. (if you include an sappling pulp as an actual sappling that can grow) then its posible.

its not realistic, just downright stupid to macerate them. it would OP tree farming GREATLY,

Snoochy · Apr 5th 2012

how about combining 9 leaf blocks of the same type to make a sapling of that type?

also i don;t know about ya'll but i've never be able to change Modes on a Chainsaw in real life.... OH WAIT! yes i have! Off and Cut! lol. i don;t really feel that modes are necissary with the chainsaw. alos even when you cut up plants in real life with a chainsaw you do indeed get lots of leaves and a couple of branches that could be used to grow a new tree with some Root Starter.

GregoriusT · Apr 5th 2012

Quote from MrJohnnZ

I kinda like the idea of changing modes, but I had a different idea!

How about macerating leaf blocks to get saplings?

Build a Reminer* with RP (even with BC is that possible but much harder)

It places and then directly mines a block. Thats good for getting Flint from Gravel, Snowballs from snowblocks or Clayballs from Clayblocks...

* = the Reminer is a copyrighted Brandname by Eloraam

RichardG · Apr 6th 2012

Saplings still drop when harvesting leaves with the chainsaw, at the same chance.

(iron axe is a debug tool)

RawCode · Apr 7th 2012

I repeat one more time, saw have silktouch property it will drop sapling and apples with leaves block, this allow infinite saplings and apples (dublication exploit).

rubber leaves wont drop looks like by design. block never drop itself in code.

RichardG · Apr 7th 2012

If it's a balance issue in vanilla Minecraft we can't do stuff.

passinglurker · Apr 7th 2012

adding "make apple-gen" to my bucket list

Jivix · Apr 8th 2012

Ok, so when I first posted this I was playing with IC2, Plasmacraft, and Twilight Forest. I found out that Plasmacraft screws up a whole lot of things in the game, including the dropping of saplings/apples when you are harvesting trees. I removed it to fix a variety of problems, and I started getting saplings and apples again.

I don't think leaves you place manually have a chance to drop apples. I've destroyed about a hundred in a treehouse project and I haven't even seen an extra sapling. Also, I think that even if they did drop saplings and apples it would be a much faster process to simply plant a huge forest and chainsaw it all down than to try and place every single leaf block you got... On another note, who really needs all those leaves anyways? Maybe it's going to be an easier way to get biomass for bio cells?

RawCode · Apr 8th 2012

you dont need to harvest tons of leaves, single stack filler machine, few obsidian pipes and diamond pipe allow you to stuck mouse button and go afk.

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