Design input: A way to get up and down?

[ksbd]

Okay, so in prep for Redpower and Thaumcraft, I've been getting to work on the center of my base, but I've hit a snag that I didn't consider in my planning. I'll attach some pics so I don't have to describe too much:

So, the issue I'm having is that I don't know how to get from the top to the bottom layer, quickly and easily whilst still having it look good. (I'm going to be touching up the walls with Thaumcraft eventually, so I know the walls look terrible) I was going to do a spiral staircase, but the way I have it set up doesn't allow for the rings to meet up.
I should mention that it's the marked out area in the bottom right section of the inner circle on the top pic that will be the area for getting up and down in, but I'll replicate it on the lower levels, and in each section rather than just the one, if that makes any sense.
The bottom level is at y20, and the top at y50. I'd hate to just have a water drop to get down, and frames won't look aesthetically pleasing once they're added. Any ideas?

 

[INCSlayer]

pics are broken

 

[ksbd]

That should have fixed it...

 

[simon48xbox]

Maybe Arcane Levitator from Thaumcraft or the Aerial Faith Plate from Portal Gun Mod

 

[Antice]

looks like a job for the laser mod imho
Altho a 30 block height is stretching it a bit in regards to the lifting power of a repulsive beam too. might have to have a repulsive down bottom, and an attractive on top to span the full height. has to be diamond block level of power too, otherwise it becomes too slow for comfort.
But that is at least one way for making an anti gravity lift.

 

[INCSlayer]

the elevator track combined with redwire would also work or you could use localized mystcraft portals

 

[ksbd]

Yeahhh... I was considering the Arcane Levitator, but I can't simply walk off a ledge and drop to the necessary level to go down, because 2 are needed for 30 blocks, and it sort of catches you without letting you drop... Though it's perfect for going up. And I haven't looked at the laser mod, only seen a few videos that Dire's done, so I s'pose I'll have to get familiar with the mod a bit more to decide if I should use it or not...

 

[ksbd]

Oh, I always thought you couldn't link from within an age, but I've just found the link modifier thingy on the new mystcraft site. I think for design, this is definitely the way to go. Thanks for everyone's input! I'm sure I'll probably use the various other methods somewhere anyway!

 

[simon48xbox]

Yeahhh... I was considering the Arcane Levitator, but I can't simply walk off a ledge and drop to the necessary level to go down, because 2 are needed for 30 blocks, and it sort of catches you without letting you drop... Though it's perfect for going up. And I haven't looked at the laser mod, only seen a few videos that Dire's done, so I s'pose I'll have to get familiar with the mod a bit more to decide if I should use it or not...

Can the Arcane Levitator's power go though other blocks? Because if it can you could set one up below whose power stops one block above the pair that get you up and then turn of the the pair and fall to the top of the bottom Levitator.

 

[INCSlayer]

Oh, I always thought you couldn't link from within an age, but I've just found the link modifier thingy on the new mystcraft site. I think for design, this is definitely the way to go. Thanks for everyone's input! I'm sure I'll probably use the various other methods somewhere anyway!

i think the link modifier is quite new so i dont think you could always do it it is also imo abit tricky to wrap your head around how it teleports players so some playing around with it before hand is recommended

 

[Zaxxon1]

do i see an etho inspired base?

 

[ksbd]

do i see an etho inspired base?

You certainly did. I've actually always wanted to do a base like this, but always thought it was unrealistic, and then Etho comes along and does it without mods, so I thought I'd build the one I'd had in my mind all this time, but with a little help from mods ofc.

 

[SilvasRuin]

Yeahhh... I was considering the Arcane Levitator, but I can't simply walk off a ledge and drop to the necessary level to go down, because 2 are needed for 30 blocks, and it sort of catches you without letting you drop... Though it's perfect for going up. And I haven't looked at the laser mod, only seen a few videos that Dire's done, so I s'pose I'll have to get familiar with the mod a bit more to decide if I should use it or not...

You'd use four Arcane Levitators, split into twos. The two to go up would be in the floor of your lower floor, the two to go down would be in the ceiling of your upper floor. These shouldn't be placed directly under/over each other, of course. The Arcane Levitator when over something reduces momentum just enough to avoid fall damage, so it should be able to suit your purposes just fine... assuming you have a sufficient aura network to fuel it.

 

[Zelfana]

A single vine can negate your fall damage. Mods are not always the answer!

But for going up you can use IC2 Magnetizer and iron fences. It's quite fast. You need to use "metal" boots, diamond doesn't work and neither do the long fall boots from portal gun mod. You can use the same elevator shaft if you have a way to switch off the Magnetizer(s) or make it two wide.

 

[ThyMrMan]

You could use Frames when RP2 comes out, and make a elevator. Or just use a jetpack/gravi suite

 

[zemerick]

Teleporter would be a very clean way to do this. For only 30 blocks it should be very low power as well.

 

[Stabington]

I use Aerial Faith Plates in my tower. It's adjustable, it's cheap, and it's 40% cooler than any other solutions I've seen.

 

[bigtwisty]

Teleporters are great. For when RP2 finally gets updated: Not many people know this, but Frequency Transmitters work in Deployers. A nice GUI in an RPControl computer could be used to select which floor would be activated, and then the proper deployer could re-link the transporter to the desired floor, kind of like a REALLY fast elevator!

I wonder if a Deployer could put a linking book into a crystal portal...

 

[DoctorCube]

Teleporters are great. For when RP2 finally gets updated: Not many people know this, but Frequency Transmitters work in Deployers. A nice GUI in an RPControl computer could be used to select which floor would be activated, and then the proper deployer could re-link the transporter to the desired floor, kind of like a REALLY fast elevator!

I wonder if a Deployer could put a linking book into a crystal portal...

Hopefully we'll get to try out some minecraft science soon.

 

[Zaxxon1]

You certainly did. I've actually always wanted to do a base like this, but always thought it was unrealistic, and then Etho comes along and does it without mods, so I thought I'd build the one I'd had in my mind all this time, but with a little help from mods ofc.

it is one hell of a base you got there! how many picks did that take up?