You could easily have 9 things on a non-dense cable line, or have a long string of blocks eating channels out of an adjacent dense cable. Ah, I mean more like a screen I can hang up somewhere to get a quick indication of power levels and the same for items. Ascend. All the autocrafting bits and bobs are still there and operational. More Topics Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop. Applied Energist. AE2 has the channel system. Its closest competition, Refined Storage, is more of a tool; it provides a very similar set of abilities, but lacks any significant challenges of its own. Neither. An expandable and versatile advanced data storage system with a multitude of applications. malicious_bloke. It's project ozone 2. Here you can see we have 64 ME Drives, each need one channel. More Topics Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop. If so infinite channels is probably a much better way to describe it since there are still channel-like limitations to network design. With an advanced AE2 setup, you almost certainly have an ME network going all over your base already, so rather than also running power cables all over your base you could use. AE2 autcrafting is a life saver!! I recently migrated my small controller to my twin 7x7 skeleton controllers (the second controller is for managing the p2p channels) and hooked up 80 more interfaces with 40 molecular assemblers to my pre existing 60 with 30, literal walls of crafters. AE2 doesn't have any additional thought - it has artificial restrictions and limitations that actually get in the way of optimizing your network. Smart, covered, or normal ME cable = 8 channels carrying capacity. Mousing over a cable shows how many channels are in use. Instead of subnets, you can also use p2p tunnels to condense channels 32:1 (one dense cable per channel). Join. Jun 26, 2016. Go to the issues page and click new issue; If applicable, use one of the provided templates. Think of these as data lines. If you don't have the resources to build more than 1 4k, you might want to start out with a few 1ks. You can use RS fine, you just need to make the fluix crystals and such first. ago. So it looks like each P2P node is taking up a channel. It only requires you to use AE2 items in the recipe for RS items, so it's not unlocked too early if you drop the mod in. 10. Basically what you'd want to do so that it only takes one channel on your main network, is: Remove the middle 'network' including the two P2P buses. 0 for Minecraft 1. • 11 days ago. If you use smart cables you'll see how many channels are in use. Applied Energistics 2 (AE2) is a mod for Minecraft that adds advanced storage and automation systems to the game. Agreed. • 6 yr. This is also how I automate the inscriber in AE2. You would only have to put down a p2p tunnel at the other end to get back those 32 channels. Im not quite sure about how energy cells work, where would the cell go?In your example, there would be 2 channels in use. Networking and Channels: AE2 adds a whole new level of strategy to your Minecraft builds with its networking and channel system. Once you have this it opens up the ability to use more than 8 devices and you can remove the energy acceptor. Each solid block is capable of passing up to 8 channels through it. just got this glitch myself i run a 3 man server and the first one to connect can see channels fine after there are 2 or more players online it start acting up and eventually only showing the channels to one player. But you can't attach any devices onto Dense Cable, so you must have smaller cables branch out from the Dense Cable, while the. While I have used RS and I'll use whatever is in the pack. the energy acceptor is now passing power to the main network, which is passing it to. (The more you have of them, the more of a mess it becomes keeping track of what connects to what. To Reproduce. Crafting CPU. Jan 20, 2016. P2P Tunnel. When the Player is holding this tool and they look onto network, all nodes get a colored overlay with channel count similar to that on the picture below. 0 introduces new options to change the way AE2 channels work in your world. Otherwise, if no channel is left, it stays pink and you see "Device Offline". You can also use p2p tunnels for getting extra. This means (mathematically) a total of 512 channels can be run across one dense cable. The pack was made by Bacon_DonutAE2 for Newbies. NotYourReddit18 • 1 yr. With auto crafting accessible via a p2p connected to the yellow network. You can attach 4 normal in a dense which means 4x8=32 channelsType. Each building or area gets its own P2P tunnel. You can theoretically expand a near infinite amount of channels on 1 cable, using P2P extensions. ago. Also 1 More question Lets say I put 3 controllers in a straight line Like - - - with - being a controller If i put a row of dense cables right in front of it and they attach are those cables only capable of 32 channels or 96 channels Like (, is Me controller ) (. Most, but not all, AE2 devices require a channel before it will turn on. The last bit is power. you might be missing one channel there and the nearest things get one first. I recommend always-crafting AE2's basic components, e. Is there a way. Having to wait for one request to finish before you start another can get annoying real fast, especially if any of the steps are using furnaces or other machines. E. What any P2P tunnel does is connect 1 input to any number of outputs for a specific resource. Bear in mind that you are still limited by the maximum number of channels from AE2(32 by default). AE2 channels appear to be affected by distance. ; Item, set using an Hopper. Applied Energistics 2 (AE2) is a comprehensive mod for Minecraft that introduces a unique approach to in-game inventory management. So with AE2 how does the channel thing work. Each face can provide up to 32 channels when connected with an ME Dense Covered Cable. Refined Storage is easier to set up as a storage system and can autocraft everything that goes into a crafting table past that, AE2 is pretty much the winner. I have cleared space around the entire assembler tower to make sure there are no other connections interfering with the channel. With AE2, you can confidently design your systems around AE component optimization, and reduction of channel usage, through non-AE type automation integration into your systems. 0. Every block you are connecting to the ring in the distance is going to take up a channel of your main network. So in my picture you can kinda see a fluix cable running along the bottom of the controllers - this is attached to the controllers with quartz fiber (which allow AE2 power. But honestly, i wouldn't reccomend doing it. Welcome to the Applied Energistics Mod!This mod is all about digital storage and is much more complicated to it's counter part Refined Storage. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. The Export Bus must be configured with items in its GUI to export it; leaving the configuration blank will result in nothing being moved. . P2P tunnels will support the number of channels running into them. Again, turn it 90 °. I was going to do a poll, but this subreddit doesn't allow them. I went into the config an it's set to true to enable channels, when i set to false the controller is removed from the game and i can't make it or get it back until i change it back to true. When I connect a dense cable to the center of one face of the cube, the connection shrinks to a smart cable size/display scheme and shows only 8/32 channels used. Without autocrafting there is absolutly no need for a controller. This alpha version introduces new options to change how AE2 channels behave in your world. Many people weren't able to have fun in the game when trying to fight with AE2 The hunt for all four inscriber plates is not a very fun mechanic. I am using minecraft 1. Wire them ControllerFace <-> Dense cable <->P2P<->cable, this will let you at a glance see how many channels are in use and is an easy way to color code. ME Controllers output 32 channels per side. Keep in mind that a single controller can handle 192 channels, 32 per side,. maybe check the cable to the controller. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. To use the P2P. Now a crafting network is completely different. namiasdf New Member. You can run a single Dense Cable around your base and branch the P2P tunnels into/off of that. The last way to get something to reject channels while actually having access to some is to have 2 equal length paths to the controller. The data channels connect to a network-related block. All the stuff along the outside could be improved and you could easily add a couple of hundred by not having everything feed back into the controller as I did. Although I still like the idea of having the extra dense cable for a challenge to overcome early ae2 with channels, then having the extra dense cable really expensive to have a resource challenge later. You need a AE controller to have more than eight channels on a network, and the "normal" (fluix, smart, ect) can only carry eight channels, so you need dense cable to have access to those extra channels. 1 Prerequisite 2 Materials you will need 3 Getting a charge out of quartz 4 Stamping out Circuits 5 Steve's First ME Network 6 Channel Surfing 7 It's Auto-crafting, Jim, but not. Stack that pattern up to 4 high, with only Assemblers touching interfaces, and not other assemblers. (3) 5 inscribers. I grew up with AE2, so naturally I enjoy that more. It's fine for things to touch. The new micro-parts allow for incredible compact builds. It only "shorts" if when they connect it creates a path containing more channels than the cable can hold. Okay here we go again, I hope this explains it a little bit better. I was going to do a poll, but this subreddit doesn't allow them. The issue: When I connect the tower with two levels of the mentioned layout, the dense cable on the controller reads 8 of 32 channels. If I move the devices in closer by as little as a single block, I can get a channel. But in Minecraft you need to. com, stoneblock version is 1. . Angelin01. Cables. r/feedthebeast. So instead you should be able to use dense cable for the main cabling, and put a smart (or regular) fluix cable right before each P2P node. Once you get more cluey about channels you will want to learn about P2P(point to point) tunnels, they let you get the channels you need where you want them without having a rats nest of cables. Manages a single auto crafting task from start to finsh, built of various crafting units. Slap another ME Storage bus on top tier assembler to. Refined Storage is best defined as "AE simplified". craftersland. The only complaint I have are the much too complicated ways to craft things and get materials. Tunnels are 1 input to N outputs. ME cables are the backbone of any network, connecting all devices on your network. It works to get more channels with the cable on an indoor antenna too. Create a minimum of 12 p2p channel configs. Asking for a smaller version, more compact version, or more efficient version of something will also be considered invalid. ago. ctrl + click: crafts one ‘unit’ and places it into your inventory. " Such networks are limited to only 8 Channels. #3142. You can configure certain items to be exported from the ME Network into the ME Interface for use with other mods. They are manually linked, so one input can have multiple outputs if they are all on the same sub-network. 2. The more complex the recipe, and the more of that item you are wanting, the more CPU it takes to make the job. An example: Let's say you have your main bulding A and a factory B that is 50 blocks away from that. This guide will only focus on item storage and autocrafting through AE2 and the foundations of a simple Matter Energy (ME) network, but please note that AE2 is not limited to just this purpose. In one instance, I set up a production line, started adding the little bits of AE I needed and ran out of channels on that line and had move most of it over to a separate line. Get an import bus to start import chests into the system. ago. If they are disabled quantum bridges are the only way to do it wirelessly. ago. 7, just about everything you used to know about it is now different, and there's new mechanics that need addressing. Exactly. A controller can power 32 devices from one face, but a normal ME cable only has space in it to carry 8. The first step to getting started in AE2 is to acquire Quartz. Formatting was added by TheSatanicSanta. More Topics Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop. You specify the region and put in a Spatial Cell (2 16 or 128 and give the IO port a redstone signal. AE2 looks better overall and you get more. Get 1 cable which has 8 channels connected on ONE of the controller cuboid face and another cable on another face without touching the other cable and you have 8 plus 8 channels/blocks you can connect to your ae2 network . Each block has a placed or gap state, so 2 ^ 343 = 1. Store high quantity. Suppose you have 32 channels going into a P2P tunnel, you can pass those channels to another point on your network. Don't get me wrong, i know a smart cable has 8 and a dense cable has 32 but what i mean is to have "infinit" channels like in the SSD (super soaryn drive) where u use subnetwork. As you see in the following images you just need to place a ME Interface. And I'm totally in love with the channel system. Key things to remember about channels: Each side of a controller block can support 32 channels. The complexity of AE2 was prohibitive for many people. 1. Or use other mods to insert into any ME Interface. Most devices such as standard cables, and machines can only support up to 8 channels. Now featuring the Super Storage Cell! What does this do?unlimited channels #2151. You can't place your crafting CPUs and Mollecular Assemblers in the Compact Machine. There's a new configuration option in the general section (channels) which controls this option, and a new in-game comman for operators to change the mode and the config from inside the game. I haven't messed with AE2 in a while, so I'm a bit rusty. It is used for ME System Debugging. In-Game Version. While hovering over an item that has a guide page, hold the W key to open the corresponding guide page. You can read more about it her: Channels . Doesn't mean it's bad, it just seems. If. MODPACK RELEASE: Autumnful. You then have a line through the middle to get the center spike, you can have two spikes just off to the sides and then a little bit up the top for the last two. Today we are looking at Applied Energistics 2 an. Interface as an input, one Storage Bus to your main network, and one Storage Bus to your processing line. the pylons you see near the top that LOOK connected. Now your next recipe should be named item 1 + the next 8 components = named item 2. Nov 21, 2014. Get a network controller going. 3 sides total of 24 channels instead of using 4 sides using 4-6 channels. From there, you can have any number of exit points. • 4 yr. There have been massive overhauls and changes to Applied Energistics when it updated for 1. Just my two cents, but should the larger pattern providers with more rows be an option in future I suggest there be the catch that they only support processing patterns when going beyond 9 slots. 7 x 10 103 number of states, which is a formidable number. It is the new and overhauled version of the original Applied Energistics mod. e. ? join the family here ? _____i hope you guys are enjoying the videos theres more to come s. . r/feedthebeast. I imagine otherwise it could become clunky for large Molecular Assembler / Pattern Provider arrays to have to deal with yet more stored patterns. Reply. Suppose you have 32 channels going into a P2P tunnel, you can pass those channels to another point on your network. It's called Dense Cable. In short, to use ID, all you need to do is use a world block exporter, with a logic card set to filter the block placed to be the one you want the flower converting, and a world block importer with the logic card set as a filter to import only the transformed product. This can be done via the ME Interface Terminal, or you can just place it there by hand. ago. *SEE OUR NEW AE2 TUTORIAL SERIES FOR MC V1. rhn18 • Obsessive Builder • 1 yr. 13. Applied Energistics 2's ME Networks require Channels to support devices which use networked storage, or other network services. There are 2 different overarching types of cables, “ME Cables” and “ME Dense Cables”. Channel Modes. Edit: I should add, I understand the fun of using subnetworks for organizational purposes. On a 3rd color, extract from that 5th inscriber to output back into the original ME Interface. The enabling/disabling channel is completely random, i can be inside my ME, search some some items and "clic" no more answer, all gray, i check and : "missing channel device" however, and as you can see, only 6/8 channel, and anchor cable used for avoid any routing mistake. About. Hold on to your hard hats, there's gonna be one heck of a text wall under construction. I have use Skyfactory 2 as the example. It's effectively Dense Cable at the 1/4th cost of normal cable, but with more expensive endpoints. Furious1964. Assemblers do not require a channel, so I. This talks more. Press J to jump to the feed. 19. Create additional crafting flowers as necessary for additional pattern storage. Applied Energistics 2's ME Networks require Channels to support devices which use networked storage, or other network services. I usually end up partitioning disks as well to hold specific large quantity items. Your main network + P2P network both require power. But even a second dense cable placed on a bottom corner only picks up 2 more channels instead of the other 6. My Very First Quartz. So with just my auto crafters I'm using 240 channels! The P2P Tunnel for ME, for instance, passes through channels. See full list on ftb. Just stick an energy acceptor on your main cable and you should be good. I'm using the ME Dense Cable. It can only perform one task at a time, the Co-Processing unit gives it the ability to process one additional unit per unit simultaneously. 0. And also yeah you can gate autocrafting later I think this is a symptom of most crappy expert packs gating based on mods instead of based on features. Place an interface. As already mentioned above, most AE2 devices need a channel to work. 1. You'll probably want a level emitter pointing at your bonsai pots so you can turn them off at a certain amount of items accumulated. There's a couple of ways to do this. I want to say this is correct from my experience. But honestly, i wouldn't reccomend doing it. Use quartz fiber to connect power only to separate AE2 network. Storing players in the Spatial Storage System must be done with care, more info below!You can support me and the channel! Read more here: you really get into it and stuff, AE2 is amazing. 10+ due to competing RF APIs. In addition, they can bundle network channels to carry more channels from one point to another across a. hey all, i have 2 questions about AE2 and its channeling and p2p. The dense cable indicates 4 channels. Rest of the video is a more in-depth demonstration of how they work, and how to design with them in mind. To keep it really simple: P2P ist just a different way of wiring your network. Keep in mind that a single controller can handle 192 channels, 32 per side, most players use large controllers for looks/laziness when planning their ae networks. This allows you to connect channels from that dense cable and, since you can have multiple outputs with P2P tunnels, you could always hook up 16 P2P outputs and use those 32 channels sparingly. ago. Nah, I have a ring with a zig zag of 6 tall spikes around it to do most of them. For the most part, consider it less an update and more a whole new mod that just happens to. I imagine otherwise it could become clunky for large Molecular Assembler / Pattern Provider arrays to have to deal with yet more stored patterns. e. In the setup with seven machines, using the main network would require 18 channels (7 interfaces, 7 import buses) if you were just to use AE2. Placing them directly against a controller will provide 32 channels but will not provide a way to see how many are in use. 1 Definitions and conceptual implications . In total: 22816 channels through P2P tunnels, but there are a few more that I forgot when I recorded the video. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. manually mine. You can't have more than 1 controller on a network, but adjacent controllers form a multiblock, allowing more sides. 1. 32 channels in and 32 channels out, and it only takes 2 sub-net channels so this can be a simple Ad-Hoc network. I have looked through the config files and the whole minecraft instance, but I cannot find out how to disable channels in ae2. it might be just the distance so it doesnt get the channel from another device. the single export bus feeding my dynamos I didn't bother. More Topics. #4. AE2 has a 'spatial storage' component. Welcome to the Applied Energistics Mod!This mod is all about digital storage and is much more complicated to it's counter part Refined Storage. So you typically can dispense with the glass fiber power connections on one of the sides. I relearned a lot but I still don't totally get it and I don't really like the channel mechanic. The item type cap is 61 *per drive*, so once you get 3-4 drives you're pretty much set. The amount of Coal Ore produced by a Void Ore Miner is obscene. Make a pump and go to the nether and use ender tanks to get the lava back to your base, then use the lava with magmatic dynamos. If you just want to read opinions, then you can find a lot of existing threads by using the search bar. Surround the interface with 6 assemblers. Channel Management. Edit: It seems you need to connect elsewear on the controller. AE2 Version: rv4-alpha-11. Now a crafting network is completely different. The ME Controller is the routing hub of a ME Network. More Topics. Its a little more of a challenge to setup. OP already did that but was asking about the scripts that were bugging out. • 2 yr. Get a crafting terminal (this is a world changer here). So 1 dense cable can serve 4 of those crafting towers. Most modpacks with AE2 also have Integrated Dynamics with the Tunnels addon. (2) One chest. ; MJ, set using a Cable. I've come to the conclusion that people who complain about running out of channels are either not trying very hard, or haven't ever actually used AE2. them outside the network. Regular ME cables carry 8 channels, while their Dense counterpart can carry up to 32 channels. If you need even more channels, you can craft ME Dense Cable, which can hold 32 channels. And they are all considered to be part of the same network. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. N. I. If you attach a normal on a dense, you still only have 8 channels. 1. Devices from AE2 take up channels; so an interface takes a channel, a terminal takes a channel, a drive takes a channel (note that a drive can hold a number of storage cells, and always takes 1 channel). I don't remember if it's in E2:E but AE2stuff comes with some wireless connectors that do what you are looking for. ago. " If those are Energy Cells, then we will probably need pictures of your setup to figure out what is going wrong. And you should seriously look up some AE guides if you don't know about priority settings or use of storage bus. For the most part, consider it less an update and more a whole new. Channels. 18 HERE:AE2. Main network on that one p2p system: 56 channels / 32 max Subnetwork: 8/8 channels. For some reason when multiple channels are in use in an AE system, the entire area to which your system is housed lags uncontrollably to the point it took me 10 minuets to get through a door. Main network on that one p2p system: 56 channels / 32 max Subnetwork: 8/8 channels. Otherwise it will split the channels. Even without the perfect ME controller layout, it's pretty easy to get lots of channels. Not to lag. AE2: Display how many channels in use on a P2P Interface. Looks to me like you may be using more than eight channels. Storage, 1-32 depending on how much you want to store. Hilbert controller has 510, so you're looking at almost exactly 30% more faces. See them all on the pc. There are 2. But when I add another level of 4 interfaces it still says 8 of 32 channels used. To get to use the full 32 channels per face, you need to have a dense cable connected from (excluding p2p) the ME Controller to carry the 32 channel signal long enough for you to branch out with normal fluix cables. Lazzed • 3 yr. The simplest P2P setup would be a single P2P Tunnel pair. I'll add that this connection is directional too, which is probably where your confusion came from. I hooked up a controller with 1 p2p tunnel on a face (and a quartz fibre/white cable combo for power) which feeds into a smart cable as a test. AE2 is very usable without the Controller, you get eight channels and more with a subnetwork. net The server is not on prestige mode Certain aspects. you might be missing one channel there and the nearest things get one first. Instead of subnets, you can also use p2p tunnels to condense channels 32:1 (one dense cable per channel). This afternoon i'm going to aim to make the most potential one using smart cable only to see what size a good automated crafting AE system can do with only smart cable (#Challenge). Watch us on Twitch: for a practical guide on AE2 P2P tunnels and networks? Look no further! ** Need a server? Get 20% off Fo. I saw in some old videos that you actually are able to increase number of items to keep stock of by right-clicking it (as you would normally do in any invertory). . If you wanted to craft more, you'd need to add more Crafting Storages to your CPU. The ME Dense Cable is the only cable that can support 32 channel simultaneously so it can be used as a main data line to connect to another ME Controller or branch off into 8 channel distribution lines via ME Glass Cable, ME. The ME Network is a multi-block structure added by the Applied Energistics 2 mod. The ME Export Bus will try to export any of the items. AE2 hands out challenges constantly, from the ever present channel system to figuring out how to automate the in-world (water) crafting using the tools provided. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. Think of them as individual cables within the wires you use. Channels aren't a difficult concept to understand if you actually take the time to learn how they work and I think they're pretty fundamental to the way AE2 is designed and balanced. Like having to search for meteorites to get the pattern thingies. MODPACK RELEASE: Autumnful. The maximum size of the connected block ix 7x7x7 (343 blocks). . Even if you have enough overall power to cover everything, you might not have enough tick-to-tick surge. Dense cable, P2P, 1024 channels in one cable. You are out of channels. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment 6210classick • Additional comment actions. You could use smart cables instead of the regulars if you wanna see your channel usage. The other advantage of a Controller is the number of channels it can provide. I'm not sure what the problem is because the Dense cables that I'm using only list 2/8 channels used, nowhere. If you have a large network, you may need more energy acceptors down the line to keep everything balanced.