Minecraft Assistance Needed - Repower Logic

[Cyanide89]

Here is something I was experimenting with... a retractable portal and frame.

I threw it together to get a basic idea of how I wanted it... but I just couldn't get the redpower logic to make sense. To put it bluntly... it's a mess.

You can see what I was trying to do, but please suggest a more efficient, compact, simpler design.

 

[Cyanide89]

Does anyone play Minecraft here?

 

[I Hunta x]

So your just wanting to tidy it up/fix the timings? as it seems like its working as intended other than being a bit messy, can get it all down to a single button super easy setup, ill knock one out now and either edit it in/post back later.

 

[Cyanide89]

I appreciate the reply... but I think I've gotten it as compact as it can get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCSslkL6RA

Left light represents the up frame motor, second light is the igniter, third is the block breaker, and the final light on the right is the down frame motor.

Now I just have to place the framework and portal and it should be good to go.

I would still like to see what you can come up with though.

 

[I Hunta x]

Think mines a bit smaller/simpler, ive not 100% optimised it yet either, just need 1 thing adding to stop the clicking this causes but ill add that in the revised version.

#2 is from button, #3 is to the igniter, ill make the up/down wireless aswell once i redo it.

EDIT: Going to make it so it hides the igniter aswell so it just looks like a solid wall.

Oh and what blocks are the ones with the N on? i cant find anything on them.... tho its probably my bad searching.

 

[I Hunta x]

Well it wont let me edit my last post for some stupid reason, a 1 hour time limit to edit posts now?

But anyways, ive managed to save you 5 blocks over your current one, 5x5 instead of 5x6 minimum if you were using wireless stuff.

The 2nd pic shows what i had to do to get it to actually open the portal immediately after the portal has finished raising but its easy to hide anyways, the gold block goes down and the diamond panel can either be left blank or a panel placed there so it grips the wire on top of the gold block, when the DOWN mechanism gets turned on it switches the igniter off so it goes down instantly, and when the UP mechanism gets turned on it switches the igniter on BUT it cant power it untill it is fully up because of the broken line on the gold block.

Timings ive set for the portal + 1 on top + 1 on bottom ive set the State cells to 4sec and the Timers to 0.2sec

Just need to work out a neat way to hide the igniter when its lowered now.

 

[Cyanide89]

Oh and what blocks are the ones with the N on? i cant find anything on them.... tho its probably my bad searching.

Those are inverters, like NOT gates but from PowerCraft.

But anyways, ive managed to save you 5 blocks over your current one, 5x5 instead of 5x6 minimum if you were using wireless stuff.

The 2nd pic shows what i had to do to get it to actually open the portal immediately after the portal has finished raising but its easy to hide anyways, the gold block goes down and the diamond panel can either be left blank or a panel placed there so it grips the wire on top of the gold block, when the DOWN mechanism gets turned on it switches the igniter off so it goes down instantly, and when the UP mechanism gets turned on it switches the igniter on BUT it cant power it untill it is fully up because of the broken line on the gold block.

Timings ive set for the portal + 1 on top + 1 on bottom ive set the State cells to 4sec and the Timers to 0.2sec

Just need to work out a neat way to hide the igniter when its lowered now.

Very impressive! I don't use wireless redstone though. I guess I should get it.

In your design, does the igniter and the wiring go down with the portal?

Also... I was using a block dispenser and block breaker... is the igniter the same thing? Does the igniter also put out the portal?

Would you be able to make a video while building it so I can see each step?

 

[I Hunta x]

TBH man im going to 100% recommend you just move to tekkit for the project, it has so many awsome things for making stuff like this and there are LOADS of other things you could tie in and make, so many options for doing stuff/things to play with. :lol:

The igniter lights when its powered and shuts it off when un powered.

The only thing that moves up and down with the portal at the moment is the gold block and the wire, but you could allways make the whole thing raise/lower with a little playing.

Im going to play with it more to see if i could make it more efficient/hide better when its down then ill be happy to make a video on it going step by step and explaining why i did what and how it works.

 

[Cyanide89]

I already have Tekkit but don't use it for SSP because I picked the mods I wanted and customized my config files to suit my needs. I already have most Tekkit mods in my game anyways.

 

[Josh Weston]

And to think, all I ever do on Minecraft is spawn a few thousand TNT blocks and recreate Nagasaki - I never realised there was such a technical side to the game!

 

[I Hunta x]

I already have Tekkit but don't use it for SSP because I picked the mods I wanted and customized my config files to suit my needs. I already have most Tekkit mods in my game anyways.

Fair enough im just super lazy then, "so i just run it and it works? lol never going back to adding just these few mods every time"

 

[Cyanide89]

And to think, all I ever do on Minecraft is spawn a few thousand TNT blocks and recreate Nagasaki - I never realised there was such a technical side to the game!

It gets VERY technical when you start adding mods.

Fair enough im just super lazy then, "so i just run it and it works? lol never going back to adding just these few mods every time"

I noticed that some mods I wanted couldn't be added to Tekkit. That's why I do my own.

I use Steve's Carts, Elevators, Shaders Mods, and several others.

 

[I Hunta x]

I use Steve's Carts, Elevators, Shaders Mods, and several others.

Fair enough, I prefer the look/functionality of the railcraft stuff personally and just make lifts with frames as you can get it to look realy nice with some work.

What are the other mods you use?

 

[Cyanide89]

I use:

Mod Loader AND Audio mod
Minecraft Forge
mDiyo's 4096 Block ID fix
ChickenBones' CodeChickenCore
ChickenBones' NEI
Optifine and Shaders
Sparrow API

3D Items
Additional Buildcraft Objects
IC2 Addon Advanced Machines
Backpack
Buildcraft 3
Additional Pipes (Teleport Pipes)
Computercraft
Charging Bench
Crafting Table III
Dynamic Elevators
Ender Storage
Equivalent Exchange 2
Extra Biomes XL
GUI API
Industrial Craft
Inventory Tweaks
The Laser Mod
Logistics Pipes
Iron Chests
MC Comes Alive
More Pistons (My Personal Favorite)
NEI plugin for Red Power
NEI plugin for Railcraft
Powercraft
Powerconverters
REIs Minimap
Railcraft
Red Power 2
Sneaky Pipes
Steve's Carts
Timber
Compact Solars
IC2 Nuclear Control
Village Change

 

[I Hunta x]

Damn thats quite a list... a fair bit more than "several other" lol

 

[Cyanide89]

Yeah but a lot of those are just addons or minor mods.

 

[Cyanide89]

Im going to play with it more to see if i could make it more efficient/hide better when its down then ill be happy to make a video on it going step by step and explaining why i did what and how it works.

Any luck with a video?

 

[I Hunta x]

Yo man, sorry bout the video taking some time, been having some issues with java and and when java was working fraps wasnt, i THINK i finaly got the issue sorted last night so ill get on it ASAP, either tonight or tomorow as a have nothing planned.

 

[Cyanide89]

Is everything ok? You just disappeared!