I recently got around to acquiring a crystal core and set out to move / merge some of the nodes surrounding my base, but they seem ridiculously tempermental and the need to reconstruct the cores after breaking them is making this a major PiTA.
Many times, it seems like I will set my totems down and place the core in the middle of them, 1 block higher than the surrounding totems, but when I go to click right click on the core with my wand of the thaumaturge ... absolutely nothing happens.
I have had this problem using a variety of ranges that should be within the acceptable 24 block reach of the core. In other words, I might try from 23 blocks away and the core will not respond to the wand, I'll try 2-4 blocks away and it won't work, and then I'll try 16 blocks and it works.
This is particularly infuriating because of the need to reconstruct the core every time I try a new location. I eventually did manage to merge 2 of the surface nodes that I wanted to create a larger pure node, after much trial and error, but I am having a nightmare of a time trying to pull a node to the surface from y=34.
It seems almost impossible to pull nodes upward. I did successfully raise the node in question 4 of the 56 blocks needed to get it back above ground, but I finally had to give up and go to bed.
Anyone have any tips or insights for using these things? I really wish it would not allow you to place the core if it's not going to respond to the wand.
Many times, it seems like I will set my totems down and place the core in the middle of them, 1 block higher than the surrounding totems, but when I go to click right click on the core with my wand of the thaumaturge ... absolutely nothing happens.
I have had this problem using a variety of ranges that should be within the acceptable 24 block reach of the core. In other words, I might try from 23 blocks away and the core will not respond to the wand, I'll try 2-4 blocks away and it won't work, and then I'll try 16 blocks and it works.
This is particularly infuriating because of the need to reconstruct the core every time I try a new location. I eventually did manage to merge 2 of the surface nodes that I wanted to create a larger pure node, after much trial and error, but I am having a nightmare of a time trying to pull a node to the surface from y=34.
It seems almost impossible to pull nodes upward. I did successfully raise the node in question 4 of the 56 blocks needed to get it back above ground, but I finally had to give up and go to bed.
Anyone have any tips or insights for using these things? I really wish it would not allow you to place the core if it's not going to respond to the wand.
