Posts by LostCoder

Before all: this version contains some internal changes that is not compatible with previous versions, partially because of new IC2, so I recommend to remove all of NetworkAnchor blocks from world and wipe config file before installing this version. (I guess you already do it, because of delay)

Changelog:
- build under Minecraft 1.6.2, Forge 9.10.1.871, IC2 2.0.282
- removed LangHelper (because of minecraft resource pack, beware of UTF-8 BOM)
- TileEntity synchronization moved back to Container* class
- added own Connection/PacketHandler
- added ability to reflect config from server to client (except "BlockID" field)
- added config option to hardly limit maximum scan rate (for server admins)
- added logging of started anchors on world load
- added scan terminator block (as described in previous post)
- added option to optimize chunk structure due network scan (look for "O" button in GUI, "E" is old "Enabled|Disabled" button)
- added support for Railcraft Lapotronic Upgrade
- retextured to match new IC2 style

ScanTerminator crafted with the same "easy" recipe as NetworkAnchor, just use Insulated Iron Cable instead of copper.

Optimization of chunk structure achieved by selecting only chunks that have at least one electric block that is not cable. In other words - if you have energy source connected to some consumer via 1000 blocks of cable, you may skip cables and force only chunks with source and consumer instead of whole line, it will be approximately 2-4 chunks instead of ~64. I found that it works according on how IC2 models it's energy network.

Known bug (feature?): may eat whole MFSU in several seconds, from what I found it's because current IC2 EnergyNet not returning leftover from device to energy storage, I recommend simply disable energy consumption or feed anchor with accumulators or energy crystals.

hoho, real life takes me away, sorry. Currently I don't have time to play games, not even sure I will come back, so I wouldn't mind if anyone else will port it to new version, fork it, or maybe even reuse code in their own addon to make similar thing, however if I come back I will continue developing this "original" version.

I have some further ideas that can be done for this addon. Leave it for consideration, if someone interested:

• add redstone processing, so NetworkAnchor may be turned on and off with redstone (basically lever). Visually will have display turned on/off. Physically - if turned off device will not do anything, but charge internal accumulator.
• scan terminator - do what it tells, network scan will not go beyond this block. Block itself work as cable. Can be done as additional block or as additional passive functionality for original NetworkAnchor block. Max voltage can match HV iron cable in first case, or depends on amount of installed transformer upgrades in second case.
• wave-based scan algorithm - should heavily reduce memory usage during scan. I already make some trials with that, but don't know how to make it work well yet.

There is pretty old bearded solution to keep interfaces backward compatible. Not as beauty, but quite effective.

class IElectricItem {
     void someFunc();
}




class IElectricItem2 extends IElectricItem {
     void someFunc(ItemStack itemStack);
}




class IElectricItem3 extends IElectricItem2 {
    void someFunc(ItemStack itemStack, ItemStack caller);
}




class IElectricItem4 extends IElectricItem3 {
    int someFunc(ItemStack itemStack, ItemStack caller, TileEntity machine, int side, int metadata, ..........);
}

Have fuse idea when I blow up my machines for the first time in IC2. Also have a crossover box idea, which may serve as fuse box as well, e.g. cables inside it work as cables, and fuses as fuses, so mod developer may create some fuse items, and this will not require additional blocks and/or renderers for it.

Да вообщем-то мне без разницы, просто предложил возможные варианты, возможно они даже подскажут вам более точную версию.

Quote from kocmoc

container.personalTrader.stock=Stock: -> Есть:
сколько предметов есть для продажи в торговом автомате. можно написать "В наличии:" или "Доступно:" но там и так мало места для цифр.

"Запас:"?

UPD. "Plantball" - судя по иконке и крафту может иметь примерный перевод как "{Скомканый шар/комок/ком} из растений"
UPD2. Возможно даже "Растительный/из растительности", т.к. листва относится к растительности но при этом не является самостоятельным растением.

I was wandered on wikipedia just now, and accidentally come to the atomic battery page (passive radio-isotope generator?). Don't know whether it can be combined with molten salt reactors, but if so, it may become nice addition.

Quote from SpwnX

Uh, okay. Anyway, if we ever get programable stuff (like robots), it may not have "goto" right?

Yes, it's author's decision.

Quote from SpwnX

You guys still didn't tell why GOTO is bad.

Oh, this is very old, bearded holywar. It's beard start to grow when structural programming born. You may consider it as "pure" holywar because there is almost no valid reasons on both sides. Trick is that most language structures may be rewritten to use "goto", as well as algorithms may be rewritten to not use it at all, e.g. to use only language structures. So it's mostly about programming style + a bit of compiled code efficiency.

Quote from GregoriusT

You know why nobody should use Goto? http://xkcd.com/292/

Ok, you convinced me. ))

Quote from SirusKing

Step 1.
Create black whole

With multiblock vacuum bomb? ))

Quote from SpwnX

[Use whatever language pleases you Greg]

I think best language would be BASIC or similar. It is algorithmic, and probably in most cases it is first language people are studying in school, so for youngsters would be easier to use it, also it will be learn-through-game education. Well something like:

10 DIG FORWARD
20 GO FORWARD
30 IF BLOCK FORWARD THEN GOTO 10
40 END

Hmm, actually the only reason I hate LUA is because it doesn't have "goto" support, which IMHO is native to robots like turtles.

Quote from MaxTillentine

Well, at least someone is happy)

Well, you probably mean hOver bike, with just one "o", e.g. such a flying amphibia bike?

Quote from SirusKing

Hooverbike?
It sucks stuff up as you ride it?

You make my day. xD

What's about industrial(?) meds to get rid of potions? Activated charcoal (anti- hunger/nausea), stimulators, steroids, etc. ?

Quote from octarine-noise

We'll need some Fluoride cells too as a resource. Any ideas where they should come from?

Also, there should be a dsitinction between strictly heat transfer salts (for solar) and combined transfer/fuel salts (for nuclear).

edit: well Wikipedia says there's a tiny amount in seawater, but centrifuging water would be so... boring.

I already suggested Fluorite Ore, it is pretty, colorful and fragile gems, and they can be generated same way as shards in Thaumcraft, e.g. 4 blocks per vein and choose color for whole vein. Or Cryolite Ore, which is as rare as iridium, but have same vein size as coal.

Quote from SpwnX

Boron could be extracted from water deposits in deserts or close to volcanos (high concentration of acids).

What about a special "Water Boiler", that produces different stuff depending on which biome it is? (Since water has different composition depending where it is).
Deserts/Volcano biomes [Hell/Redrock] would produce borax (Na2B4O7to be further electrolyzed into elemental boron, hydrogen and oxygen)
Oceans would produce Salt (NaCl , to be either further electrolyzed into elemental sodium and chloride or used into molten salt stuff)

Greg may reprogram centrifuge for that, that's all. It however will require some coding magic rather than simple recipes. =)
It may produce random tiny pile of rare earth metal (there is a lot of them) from stack of dirt.
Same with water, because centrifuge currently doesn't have a recipe for water input.

Hmm if done magnet in the same way as Greg do with cells, than it can be made as:
1x Tiny Pile of Neodymium Dust + 3x Iron Dust + 2x Tiny Pile of Iron Dust + 1x Tiny Pile of Boron Dust -> 4x Neodymium Magnet Dust
And further smelting into Neodymium Magnet Ingot.

Quote from SpwnX

Rare earth extractor (extract rare earth [magnet component]) from dirt?
Rare earth + metal (idk which) = Magnet (weak), give it some energy to strength the field.

He talk about Nd2Fe14B. I thought about it too, guess it is something like:
64x Dirt -> Tiny pile of neodymium dust
4x Tiny pile of neodymium dust -> Neodymium dust
Neodymium dust + 14x Iron Dust + Boron Dust -> 16x Neodymium magnet

However I'm not sure what crafting process to choose, and there is also Boron.

Molten Ghast Tears Reactor? o_O

Isn't flour is made from seeds instead of wheat hay/straw? It also would be nice if there will be "raw" form of bread instead of simply smelting flour, something like:

Wheat seeds -> Flour (macerator)
Flour + Egg -> Raw Bread (crafting, probably may cause hunger when eaten, e.g. the same way as Raw Chicken)
Raw Bread -> Bread (smelting)

9x Flour <-> Flour Bag (crafting)

Also a bit more industrial way for processing reed:

Reed -> Unprocessed Reed Mash (macerator)
Unprocessed Reed Mash -> Unrefined Sugar + Molasses Bottle + Compressed Plant Ball? (centrifuge)
Unrefined Sugar -> Refined Sugar (extractor)
Refined Sugar + Molasses -> Brown Sugar (crafting, may be used instead of usual sugar for coffee recipe)
Refined Sugar -> Sugar Cubes (compressor, for horses?)
Refined Sugar -> Fruit Sugar + Glucose (centrifuge, ???)

Quote from GregoriusT

Any Ideas on "spare parts" I could use for a Steam outputting Thermal Generator? Oh wait! How about a Filter for valuable resources! (which is still way less efficient than Centrifuging Lava). Don't worry, the Geogen will only require the Filter for getting these Resources, and won't explode due to breaking Filters.

Geogen may drain heat from lava until it hardened and become kind of hardened stone... you may treat it as enriched stone and put it in grinder to get different stuff, something like APS Grinder does with bulk blocks.
And if you really want to extract something useful then you should put lava in electrolyzer, because most electrolyzing processes is usually done on a melted/liquid materials... if I not mistaken.