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KirinDave, how fast does it output? In my early testing with TC3 it was easy to build up a huge backlog. It would never outright deny more input, but it took quite a while to get through it all.

This would be preferable and superior to server-crushing lag. I'm not concerned with changes for balance purposes. This is a sandbox game with so many configuration options that the same 'balance' is laughably OP in one instance and so weak to be worthless in another. No matter what balance...

Structure pipes, gates, and facades make for some very aesthetically pleasing automated builds. Facades on their own are almost enough to make me want to use BC pipes rather than conduits or liquiducts. If only there were an RP2 api so coders could set their blocks as accepting of Redpower Covers.

People in this thread still seemed to be focused on disabling nether lava as a power source rather than solving the part that causes lag. Lag is caused when the empty hole left behind from pumping out a source block gets filled with flowing blocks, as they take a lot more information being sent...

This is only true as long as you only want 5 items in each chest. In the example above he's using sorting machines as super-sized filters. The metals chest has 22 different items being filtered into it. For my part, I'm trying to work out a method of storing bulk product in barrels while...

The warded stone change was to make it literally ubreakable in survival in any way except by the person that placed it. @Setari: Sulfur Goo won't work in Steve's Carts. Xycraft would either need to Ore Dictionary the goo with bonemeal (dearlordpleaseno) or Steve's Carts would need to add...

Redpower uses copper and tin to make brass, and generates them for this purpose. As mentioned, you'll need to edit the redpower config file if you want copper and tin to spawn when not using Thermal Expansion.

Oh, if you want alternatives that DON'T involve gates? Just have a Clay Golem set to keep as many Apples in each Squeezer as possible. You can have another clay golem nearby set to put the mulch in a barrel, and if you put a marker on top of each squeezer he'll happily keep them all cleaned out.

tubes! deployer to fill bucket, filter pulls full bucket from deployer to tube network, retriever pulls empty bucket from water mills to deployer. One RP2 solar panel, one batbox, and one timer to get it running 24/7

Axe of the Stream bait.

Put a hopper on top, pipe into hopper, set gate to 'available inventory'

Try uninstalling java entirely, then installing fresh. If all of Java is borked, then you won't be able to run any version of Minecraft.

You'd need artificial light to make trees and crops grow, which is possible in reality, so why not in minecraft?

When TE was being designed, no one used the vanilla IC2 machines. There are add-ons called 'advanced machines' that add Induction Furnace analogues for the Compressor, Extractor, and Macerator. You would need multiple overclockers to match the speed of the machines, and they take less power per...

DynMap does fairly well, there are a couple blocks it won't show properly yet but it's being actively maintained to be mod-compatible.

Boilers are best heated up once and kept hot forever. Since you only want to make the switch once, I suggest doing it by hand. If you must automate it, I'd do some creative testing and stick a diamond gate next to the boiler tank and the firebox to see what kind of settings you can get.

This is the part that many people seem to be missing. There is no one true way to play. Even GregTech has easy-mode options, and they are just as valid as someone that chooses to play Survival on Peaceful or Hard with Mob Griefing disabled.

Just stick a hopper top and ensure the hopper is kept stocked with 1 stack of saplings and 1 stack of mulch/fertilizer/compost. I use a clay golem to stock my hopper. You can probably do the same with a router.

The TE machines traded time for the bonus you could get. GregTech seems to be about making his toys the coolest, and nerfing the core mechanics of other mods until you really want his toys. This is just my personal unsupported opinion of the mod. I actually enjoy the gameplay, tech tree, and...

It's only cheating if you use it to gain an advantage on a survival multiplayer server that other players on that server do not have. I recommended DynMap as an alternative for SMP, because it has additional multiplayer-friendly features. For single player, or on a server where everyone uses the...