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For my overflow "problems", I use two things: Factorization Barrels with the Extradimensional Storage upgrade let you store over 1000 stacks of a single item, giving you a nice buffer (to say the least). When those get filled up, or for items you don't need 64,000 of, Recycler + Mass...

Use a Pipette: It's the Forestry tool designed to remove the last traces of liquid from a tank so you can use that tank for something else. (You could also break it, as Ako pointed out, but a Pipette is more classy ;) ). If you have the resources, I'd recommend building a Carpenter for each of...

Excuse me? Read it again: Nothing in my question contradicts anything I wrote in the wiki. The problem there isn't accuracy, it's vagueness---the description for Dark Nodes doesn't distinguish it from Unstable Nodes, because "dark and malign energies" has no mechanical meaning. Granted...

lol, funny story: I wrote that ;) But, as you can see, I had to be very vague in the distinction between #3 and #4 -- especially in describing Dark Nodes, where I included absolutely no description of their mechanics. I'm also a little less sure about Pure Nodes, especially after hearing...

In terms of Flux/Aura mechanics, what is the difference between Unstable Nodes and Dark Nodes? As for the other two, perhaps my understanding is flawed here too: Normal Nodes --- I think they naturally reduce their own Flux to Moderate, where they stabilize. Further reductions in Flux are due...

Yes. The commands you'll want to look at are here: Redstone API. A simple bit of code to keep your turtles attacking as long as you apply a redstone signal to their back is: while redstone.getInput("back") do turtle.attack() end

Oh. I'm thinking I'm about to have a derp moment followed by a facepalm. I suspect I should instead be using standard Lockdown Tracks, filtered to Chest Carts? I'll try it, see if it works.

How can I stop two Chest Carts, pulled by a Locomotive, at two adjacent Item Loaders until they have fully emptied the contents of the double-wide Chest attached to the Loaders? I'm using a train to collect output from my Quarries. The train consists of a Locomotive pulling two Chest Carts...

On Diamond Pipe Distribution: I admit, the last time I tried using a Diamond Pipe in this manner was way back in SSP Technic for Minecraft 1.2.5. I'm not even sure which version of BuildCraft I was using; perhaps they've improved the functionality since then. My setup (and problem) was this...

What wiki? Where? This is the first I've heard this. I certainly hope not; Soul Shards is already a hilariously titanic game-changer (my new "FTB-friendly" expression for broken). There's a time and a place for such a redstone-controlled, light- and dimension-independent, 3-mobs-per-second...

RedPower Pneumatic Tubes will distribute items perfectly evenly at an intersection, if all valid destinations are exactly the same distance away. So you can create a 50/50 split by putting two inventories to either side of a Pneumatic Tube, or a 33/33/33 split by throwing a third inventory on...

Because of the way Aura mechanics work, there are a few pitfalls to doing this. The "Collected Guides" thread stickied at the top of this forum has a few links to Aura Mechanics under the ThaumCraft 3 section, one of which discusses Silverwood Trees in depth. There's a bit in there about the net...

(Thanks to those who answered my previous question!) Is it possible to detect the level of an energy-storing block (MFSU, Redstone Energy Cell, etc.) at a point other than "full", "empty" or "neither"? BuildCraft gates are limited, and I couldn't find anything when I looked at...

My money is on a particular type of ThaumCraft lightning, which can occur if there's a lot of Flux in the area, particularly Potentia-based Flux (I encountered it when trying to make a whole stack of Nitor in my Crucible in one go...). This is less likely if you haven't been doing much...

First of all, I just read somewhere that there are people who have actually subscribed to this thread for the sole purpose of answering questions. You people are sheer awesome sauce. I am here to exploit your goodwill with two questions regarding Forestry's Multifarms: 1) Can a single...

Has anyone found a good use for ThaumCraft's Arcane Ear? I really like the concept, and it's so different it feels like something that might have a niche use I haven't figured out yet. On the subject of Microblocks, one of the things I've always wanted to see was some sort of "Microblock...

Two unrelated questions that I didn't feel right starting a thread for: 1) Are unstacked Xychorium Soil blocks supposed to be slower than hydrated farmland? I'm in the process of converting my farm to Xych soil, since it looks more techy. Before I was finished converting all of the blocks, I...

Wow, this is the best thread ever (as OP, am I allowed to say that? ;) ) Thank you, everybody: I've already learned a ton of things, like how much better the Pocket Crafting Table is with the keyboard shortcuts---I only ever used 'x' (to clear the crafting area) and 'b' key (to distribute...

Thought I'd start a thread to see if there are any buried treasures among the embarrassment of riches comprising the FTB pack. They're those staples you rely on that you think might be underappreciated, underestimated, underused, or under... uh, under... whatever, I finished my under-hatrick...

I'm broadly referring to the relative value of items in Minecraft, which is rather on-point when discussing a mod based on transmuting items. I'm using the market as an analogy to acknowledge that this is a subjective thing, but, like the market, the fact that it's subjective doesn't diminish...