Discussion on AE2 Stuff

[Henry Link]

One of the things missing from vanilla AE2 is a way to find out how many channels are free on a cable.

With that I mean how many devices can you hook up before you steal a channel from somewhere else/run out of channels.

Once you have a decently sprawling organically built base you are not going to keep track of how many channels you have free on the yellow line next tot he smelting area

That is what the smart cables are for. The white/blue lines indicate how many channels are in use. Also, the network tool may show this information as well. Been a while since I used it so I'm not sure.

 

[ratchet freak]

You look at the number of channels in use, even WAILA tells you how many are in use out of the total. All you have to do is craft the ME Smart Cable that shows a visual representation of channels in use. There's a few types of cables, all you need to know is which one will show you what you're looking at visually, for the size of connection you want.

One AE2 device connection equals one channel, so figuring out how many channels you need isn't that difficult. There are even how-to's on the internet and videos that show you how to set up and manage channels.

Cheers ...

BrickVoid

That is what the smart cables are for. The white/blue lines indicate how many channels are in use. Also, the network tool may show this information as well. Been a while since I used it so I'm not sure.

If you see 7/8 channels used you are not guaranteed that you can add anything because you might have a device connected upstream.

At the controller is the only place you can get the guaranteed accurate count of channels used. You need to trace upstream to find the bottleneck.

Often you are doing the adding of devices at the leaves of the cable tree, You only get the count at the root.