I've recently upgraded the Diluted Mana Pools to regular ones,though that probably won't speed things up much. And,currently,I don't particularly mind; I don't have any mana-heavy processed going on,yet. I'm actively procrastinating on the Alfheim Portal until I'm forced to open one up for Witchery,and only after I get my mitts on some steel.
Edit: Rigged my Mana Shaft with a killswitch for when it gets full; Now I can actually refill the barrels without most of their payload getting wasted. Seriously; It took minutes for the system to spin six stacks of coal blocks (Chump change,I know) into the ether. Thanks for the idea,Morden. Some screenshots below of the (rather simple) circuitry.
This right here is the Comparator used to read the final "Gatherer" Mana Pool's fullness. The Mana Spreader above it is pointed at a Mana Distributor,which has four attached Mana Pools. That torch there is because of a trick I've learned from Purple Mentat,thanks to his videos; If you put a Redstone signal into either side,it won't output a signal at all until whatever it's reading would have it output at that signal strength or greater,which does wonders for compacting this system; I was scared I'd have to do some huge,Byzantine,space-folding thing. Where Purple Mentat used a lever,I decided to use a torch; I don't intent to implement any measure of active control over this circuit.
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This here is where the circuit goes to step down to the hopper; This is what the Minecraft Wiki page on Redstone Transmission Circuits calls a "Torch Cascade",and is only good for sending signals downward. It also acts as an inversion cell,which is something I needed to address. That lonely piece of Redstone at the bottom has no exits; When it receives power,it powers an adjacent block.
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This adjacent block,to be precise. Currently,the killswitch circuit is on; Hence why this torch is on. If the Mana Pool's level were to dip,the circuit would deactivate,powering the Cascade's inversion cell,thus turning off this inversion cell,thus allowing the hopper to function,so long as the flow control circuit isn't currently engaged. Speaking of,the flow control uses a Torch Ladder to carry its signal up from the pressure plate to the hopper.
Yes,I religiously referenced the Minecraft Wiki when it came to making both of these circuits. Did wonders to minimise iteration time.
Edit: Rigged my Mana Shaft with a killswitch for when it gets full; Now I can actually refill the barrels without most of their payload getting wasted. Seriously; It took minutes for the system to spin six stacks of coal blocks (Chump change,I know) into the ether. Thanks for the idea,Morden. Some screenshots below of the (rather simple) circuitry.
This right here is the Comparator used to read the final "Gatherer" Mana Pool's fullness. The Mana Spreader above it is pointed at a Mana Distributor,which has four attached Mana Pools. That torch there is because of a trick I've learned from Purple Mentat,thanks to his videos; If you put a Redstone signal into either side,it won't output a signal at all until whatever it's reading would have it output at that signal strength or greater,which does wonders for compacting this system; I was scared I'd have to do some huge,Byzantine,space-folding thing. Where Purple Mentat used a lever,I decided to use a torch; I don't intent to implement any measure of active control over this circuit.
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This here is where the circuit goes to step down to the hopper; This is what the Minecraft Wiki page on Redstone Transmission Circuits calls a "Torch Cascade",and is only good for sending signals downward. It also acts as an inversion cell,which is something I needed to address. That lonely piece of Redstone at the bottom has no exits; When it receives power,it powers an adjacent block.
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This adjacent block,to be precise. Currently,the killswitch circuit is on; Hence why this torch is on. If the Mana Pool's level were to dip,the circuit would deactivate,powering the Cascade's inversion cell,thus turning off this inversion cell,thus allowing the hopper to function,so long as the flow control circuit isn't currently engaged. Speaking of,the flow control uses a Torch Ladder to carry its signal up from the pressure plate to the hopper.
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