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So, I'm trying to design a tree farm that uses Thermal Expansion 3 Autonomous Activators to place a sapling, bone meal it, and then chop it down in a repeating loop. At first it seems pretty easy with a bit of redstone control. However, I need the activator that chops down the tree to be active for an amount of time and only if the tree has grown. I don't know the first thing about computer craft, which seems like the easiest way. Is there something else that could make a redstone pulse type thing, but longer while also reacting to redstone?

Another thing, why is it that Autonomous Activators don't seem to be able to bone meal saplings? I can grow trees all i want, one bone meal per. The second I get an Autonomous Activator to do it, I get a bunch of green sparkles and no tree... ever. Activators can grow grass, crops, but not trees?
 
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darkeshrine said:
So, I'm trying to design a tree farm that uses Thermal Expansion 3 Autonomous Activators to place a sapling, bone meal it, and then chop it down in a repeating loop. At first it seems pretty easy with a bit of redstone control. However, I need the activator that chops down the tree to be active for an amount of time and only if the tree has grown. I don't know the first thing about computer craft, which seems like the easiest way. Is there something else that could make a redstone pulse type thing, but longer while also reacting to redstone?

Another thing, why is it that Autonomous Activators don't seem to be able to bone meal saplings? I can grow trees all i want, one bone meal per. The second I get an Autonomous Activator to do it, I get a bunch of green sparkles and no tree... ever. Activators can grow grass, crops, but not trees?
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Project Red might be able to do what you want with the redstone. What exactly from it would do this, however, I personally don't know.
 
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darkeshrine said:
Another thing, why is it that Autonomous Activators don't seem to be able to bone meal saplings? I can grow trees all i want, one bone meal per. The second I get an Autonomous Activator to do it, I get a bunch of green sparkles and no tree... ever. Activators can grow grass, crops, but not trees?
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That's, um, interesting. You're the one bugged, not your Activator.

You should get the green sparkles whenever you try to bonemeal a tree, and it'll grow after 3 or 4 tries. Not sure why it...

Oh, wait. Would the trees you bonemealed manually happen to be of a modded variety, such as IC2 rubber trees? Would this be the same type of tree you're trying to grow with your Autonomous Activator?

A modpack name and version number would help, too. :p
 
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I've heard rumors that, using TC4.1, you can make golems that can 1v1 a Wither and win. Is this possible? If so, what golem type, upgrades and accessories would I need? Is there a specific way to make an arena for this?
 
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To be honest it does seem weird that there is one "simple question" and one "complex question" thread in the same section meant for general chat? Wouldn't it be better to create a whole new section for all of this?
But why bother, this thread seems popular enough! :)
 
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Zenthon_127 said:
I've heard rumors that, using TC4.1, you can make golems that can 1v1 a Wither and win. Is this possible? If so, what golem type, upgrades and accessories would I need? Is there a specific way to make an arena for this?
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If you set the room up correctly any golem with Guard and the Shooting upgrade can down a wither it just takes awhile. Heck if set up correctly you could kill a wither naked using a wooden sword. Just build a warded room that has no room for the wither to move around in and have a 1 block hole where you can see the wither but the wither can't see you and then go to town.


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Bruigaar said:
If you set the room up correctly any golem with Guard and the Shooting upgrade can down a wither it just takes awhile. Heck if set up correctly you could kill a wither naked using a wooden sword. Just build a warded room that has no room for the wither to move around in and have a 1 block hole where you can see the wither but the wither can't see you and then go to town.


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Seems good, but won't the grinder from MFR do this?
 
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Shazam08 said:
That's, um, interesting. You're the one bugged, not your Activator.

You should get the green sparkles whenever you try to bonemeal a tree, and it'll grow after 3 or 4 tries. Not sure why it...

Oh, wait. Would the trees you bonemealed manually happen to be of a modded variety, such as IC2 rubber trees? Would this be the same type of tree you're trying to grow with your Autonomous Activator?

A modpack name and version number would help, too. :p
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I'm currently playing TPPI, but i also play DW20's 1.6.4. I've tried Oak, MFR Rubber, IC2 Rubber, and Dart Craft's Force trees. The Activator blows all the bone mean and nothing happens. I also tried giving the Activator a Hoe of Growth, and i still just get a bunch of sparkles.
 
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Here's the first truly complex question for the thread. What are the most efficient ways to completely automate wither creation and killing?
 
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DrowElf said:
Here's the first truly complex question for the thread. What are the most efficient ways to completely automate wither creation and killing?
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Golems to kill the wither, warding to wither-proof the room, magic bees for the skulls, and magical crops for the soul sand.
 
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darkeshrine said:
I'm currently playing TPPI, but i also play DW20's 1.6.4. I've tried Oak, MFR Rubber, IC2 Rubber, and Dart Craft's Force trees. The Activator blows all the bone mean and nothing happens. I also tried giving the Activator a Hoe of Growth, and i still just get a bunch of sparkles.
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From what you're describing, it sounds like the tree doesn't want to grow for some reason.

I'd guess that it doesn't have enough room, or that it doesn't think it has enough room.

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Here's the first truly complex question for the thread. What are the most efficient ways to completely automate wither creation and killing?
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Summoning the wither using Autonomous Activators, and then suffocating it in septuple compressed cobblestone.

Example: http://imgur.com/a/7Toz3
(That album is not my own, and was taken from this reddit post.)
 
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May I ask if this thread is necessary that it is pinned?
If not just make a new section for this kind of stuff?
 
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RealSketch said:
May I ask if this thread is necessary that it is pinned?
If not just make a new section for this kind of stuff?
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A "Gameplay Help" section right below General Chat would actually be really nice for a lot of people. We can lock and archive the stickied post then and have a whole section for it.
 
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I think this thread is a really bad idea. If there's a subject that is going to take up a substantial amount of time, I want to select whether to invest that time, and a thread title is the way I do that. I will be unsubscribing from this thread, and will not be coming back, so if you post a question here then I for one will not see it. Deliberately.
 
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wolfsilver00 said:
Sorry for making it simple but:

Cobalt Head and Manulyum handle :p Highest durability for a chisel.. Then use modifiers as you please. And because there is no handle you cant reach the Unbreakable stat so yeah.. Better to use Cobalt for the head instead of obsidian :p
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Wrong =)
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I'll start with this: what is the best TiC chisel?
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Paper head, obsidian handle. mDiyo showed this in his LP series. The paper head gives two modifiers so you can get it up to unbreaking this way (two additional modifiers and 7 obsidian plates).
With the recent version of TiCo it's even easier as they added a third survival way to get an additional modifier.
 
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belgabor said:
Wrong =)

Paper head, obsidian handle. mDiyo showed this in his LP series. The paper head gives two modifiers so you can get it up to unbreaking this way (two additional modifiers and 7 obsidian plates).
With the recent version of TiCo it's even easier as they added a third survival way to get an additional modifier.
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Paper head gives 2 modifiers?! Didnt know that, thats perfect, thanks for info man!
 
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