How big are these lag spikes? From what I understand the program will freeze over if it is really long (like 5 seconds with no frame update) - but MCEdit for example freezes up when you do a big change/save- I just leave it for a couple of minutes until it finishes and it unfreezes.
My lag spikes are about 1-2 seconds, and I've only finished the simplest part.
For the solar spam-atron, the length can go to infinity, but how wide does it have to be? Or does the machine need to spread out in two directions?
Alblaka did not say anything, so I assume you only need 1 wire next to or under the solar panel.
aint that much of a pain when you learned some basic coding ya can easly make the quary part moving part go smooth + ya can easly build in fail saves for example my quary has the urge to forget to place a pipe at the start with 1 command thats fixed
+ it really fix timing issues example when quary is mining the construction wont move forward because
the program for mining is going first then the progam for pulling quary back up then the program starts to make the solar panels followed by the kk command to place pannels and then the construction can move. Just try to do that with redstone logic you probable would need a big part of ya machine for it if its even possible
I really just can't get my head around FORTH, having learned programming on higherlevel OOP languages. Besides, I just finished the moving platform and quarry with only redstone logic. I think I'll be fine
btw machine has grown so big that moving it causes a serious lagg spike some secs right now ( really makes me worry i expect flames to emit from my harddisk any moment
on the otherhand i can barbeque then)
wondered if the lagg spike can become so big that minecraft is forced to quit ?
if so is the machine then still good for the contest (ofc it will still be able to do its job but my pc wont be able to run it construction( final part(s) would be on the main machine they will be tested on working and moveable forwards and any other test you want it to past )
I am also experiencing pretty large lag spikes(I have a crappy computer). I'm afraid I might not be able to finish my machine. Maybe I'll have to separate it into various sections that move next to each other.
I think I'm going to try to make mine with only redpower logic. FORTH is just to much of a pain.
can some one please put up a video on how to make a caterpillar engine
Here is a video of a basic caterpiller engine that I found on YouTube. Remember, google is your friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_I8UwLjYug
no kidding... some of us can't get our head wrapped around RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) and the language designed around it (forth)
I agree, I'll be excited when someone writes a python interpreter for the red power computer.
Alblaka
Programming in forth is a pain, can you pleeeeeeeeeeease add ComputerCraft to the list of allowed mods.
Or maybe I'll try the whole thing with just redpower logic...
I just started work on the Solar-SPAMatron. I'll post screenshots at a later point
This is a great design and I use something similar in my ssp world. I did think you were sending uranium to your kitchen for a moment though 
(The two yellows are a little close in color).
