[Suggestion] Equip-matron

Deuxtan · Apr 9th 2012

So, seeing how this thread here kinda got shot down by al,
I want to suggest something I came up with inspired by the other idea, but with a different approach.

Inventory sorting is annoying.
Less time spent moving items around = More time ~~LAZRORING~~ building epic spaceships.

Put this in your crafting table and the equip-matron makes sure
you are always well-equipped for whatever task you're working on!

The front!

The back!

So what does it actually do?
Right-click - opens a simple GUI with 9 slots. Put stuff in there.
Left-clicking - will swap every item in your hotbar with the items stored.

Simple as that.

The aforementioned simple GUI!

What for?
Leave the equip-matron near your various projects to be ready for any task with only one click.

Popular setups:
The miner:

The DJ:

The spaceship engineer:

The hunter:

The reactor maintenance :

The expert griefer:

The agriculturist:

...and many more possible setups. Customize it to your own needs!

Still in development - The amazing cargo-tron
Works the same way as the mk I, but it stores exaclty the amount of items you can carry (without the hotbar).
Endless possibilities! Not OP at all!
If so, replacing the redstone with UU should be fine!
But it's totally not OP!

passinglurker · Apr 9th 2012

well i give you +1 for presentation

mijnboogje · Apr 9th 2012

it does not often hapen that i have to grin during reading of an suggestion, (mostly i start with an Grrrrrr....)

il ceep an eye to this, when its finished i wil post again, but so far. seems good easy to code.

imagine: dump ur used equips next to ur door in an chest, walk to ur processing plant. and when you leave the plant. pick up the recharged tools in another chest next to ur door.

"glee's at complicated RP and BC pipings and redstone cirquits"

FenixR · Apr 9th 2012

Quite honestly, this is how i though that other suggestion should have done.

I'll give you my support for this. (If al shot this one down too, i may or may not code it myself if i ever start modding seriously, stupid forge doesn't want to update to 1.2.5 yet, besides should be nice practice i guess)

raa1337 · Apr 9th 2012

Forge technically has updated to 1.2.5... Just not a very good build yet.

Also support this. Maybe not an entire inventory swap (little OP), but the hotbar swap is a great idea.

FenixR · Apr 9th 2012

Quote from raa1337

Forge technically has updated to 1.2.5... Just not a very good build yet.

Also support this. Maybe not an entire inventory swap (little OP), but the hotbar swap is a great idea.

Yeah but like most modders im expecting an official forge release.

SpwnX · Apr 9th 2012

I'd like this and would be nice if this is implemented.
I'm don't like to switch between miner tools , agriculturist tools and some other tools i need (wrench, Eu reader and some cables).

sky_demon · Apr 9th 2012

hmm. Pritty nice idea. It reminds me abit my tool box like placeable thingy ;D Thumbs up but i dont like how you can spaw all hotbar. Im still sticking to my tool box placeable thing wich has no gui and can store 1 or a abit more items

Deuxtan · Apr 9th 2012

Quote from sky_demon

hmm. Pritty nice idea. It reminds me abit my tool box like placeable thingy ;D Thumbs up but i dont like how you can spaw all hotbar. Im still sticking to my tool box placeable thing wich has no gui and can store 1 or a abit more items

There's a link to your thread in the first sentence I wrote, explaining that this idea originally stems from your suggestion ;D
Maybe it's even worth suggesting a whole product family?

Toolshed > 1 tool, no GUI, wooden recipe
Equipmatron > Entire hotbar, GUI, machine block recipe
Cargotron > Whole inventory (no hotbar), GUI, advanced machine block recipe

(yeah I'm not so good with naming things, do the machines that load and unload the containers on ships have a name?)

passinglurker · Apr 9th 2012

Quote from Deuxtan

There's a link to your thread in the first sentence I wrote, explaining that this idea originally stems from your suggestion ;D
Maybe it's even worth suggesting a whole product family?

Toolshed > 1 tool, no GUI, wooden recipe
Equipmatron > Entire hotbar, GUI, machine block recipe
Cargotron > Whole inventory (no hotbar), GUI, advanced machine block recipe

(yeah I'm not so good with naming things, do the machines that load and unload the containers on ships have a name?)

another +1 from me for the toolshed. I want ma'PEGBOARD! or equivalent there of

Geo Terra · Apr 9th 2012

This is something I can agree with. I can see myself having to run out, stop for a second, right-click on the Equipmatron, then continue going. No more having to sort my stuff out before hand. Add in BC/RP support to continuously keep the machine stocked and it's a friggen dream.

+9001

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