Anyone have a rainbow generator? I got a question about automation

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Brian Cherrick

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All 16 generators are automated, either fully, or almost fully. My problem with the rainbow generator, likes with controlling the 16 with redstone.

I have them all set to redstone = on, so no signal is off. Yet for some reason they keep burning their fuel after that initial redstone pulse, which leads me to believe they are broken somehow in 1.12.2, and I was looking for some other way to control these properly. Cause right now it's a clusterf***. I either gotta let it run non-stop, or not at all.

#confused

So looking for help here.
 

GamerwithnoGame

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I feel like they might have changed the behaviour so it no longer pauses mid-burn the way that it used to.
 

Inaeo

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You could opt to only deliver fuel one at a time, which would prevent over burning. Something like a TD Servo on a chest of fuels set to send on a redstone signal, then have a clock pulse it as needed. This way, a redstone clock or timer could send fuel to all the generators at the same time, while not leaving a stack of fuel inside to waste.
 

Brian Cherrick

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You could opt to only deliver fuel one at a time, which would prevent over burning. Something like a TD Servo on a chest of fuels set to send on a redstone signal, then have a clock pulse it as needed. This way, a redstone clock or timer could send fuel to all the generators at the same time, while not leaving a stack of fuel inside to waste.

I thought about that but I'm not sure how to set that up the direwolf pack. But also it doesn't explain why it's happening first place but it is a nice work around.

Do you know how to set it up?
 

Psychicash

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An xnet system works wonders. You can set it up to only run when the total rf in the battery reaches a low point. You basically have to balance the burn time of 1 netherstar, throttled vs the empty battery you're filling. It doesn't stop mid burn but it slows.

Check out this video... great explanation but instead of conduit (enderio) use xnet.
 

Brian Cherrick

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An xnet system works wonders. You can set it up to only run when the total rf in the battery reaches a low point. You basically have to balance the burn time of 1 netherstar, throttled vs the empty battery you're filling. It doesn't stop mid burn but it slows.

Check out this video... great explanation but instead of conduit (enderio) use xnet.
I will look into that. But my disenchantment generator runs the longest at 13 minutes approximately. The halitosis generator also runs about 10 minutes.

Does X net let you drop in one item at a time or is there still some other configuration on top of that you have to do?
 

Psychicash

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I will look into that. But my disenchantment generator runs the longest at 13 minutes approximately. The halitosis generator also runs about 10 minutes.

Does X net let you drop in one item at a time or is there still some other configuration on top of that you have to do?

yes xnet lets you drop one item at a time in there. There's some nice easy logic to configure. Also, consider (as in the video) using fishing rods (enchanted) instead of books, great source and doesn't require a good deal of crafting or autocrafting.