Which is better for liquid sharing, endertanks or liquid tesseracts? I am going to set up some shared liquids on the server I play on and am trying to decide which would be better to use in a system where any player on the server has the use of a whole array of shared liquids. Seed oil, lava, honey, etc.
Endertanks vs Tesseracts Pros And Cons?
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Yeah, the difference is that you need to pump out of the Ender Tank, but the tesserack doesn't store anything, it just transmits, so you just need to connect the correct pipes.
Ender tanks are great for when you need actual storage to be split, but those are usually very specific cases, so specific that I don't see one right now.
Ender tanks are great for when you need actual storage to be split, but those are usually very specific cases, so specific that I don't see one right now.
As a liqud transport system:
Endertanks:
+ Relatively cheap (in comparison to the diamonds, and such of Tesseracts)
+ Relatively simple to make (no multi-stage crafting)
+ (Debatably) Single sided. No issues with crossing over
- Require some form of force to move liquids out
- Frequency system is a little complicated/requires extra items
Tessracts:
+ Simple to set up
+ Public/Private frequencies work much better
+ Motion is kind of carried over form the input side
- Complicated to make (need at least induction smelter, magma crucible and liquid transposer)
- Costly (4 ender pearls + diamond, silver, etc.)
To be honest, the endertanks are earlier-game for me. Tessearacts are much better for set-and-forget systems. If they bring out a portable version (sort of like an everfull bucket, similar in principle to the ender pouches), then there will be much more point to running both systems in parallel.[DOUBLEPOST=1363782652][/DOUBLEPOST]
Mainly because the way that they work is that they have essentially a tiny, auto-ejecting inventory that's shared between the devices.
Endertanks:
+ Relatively cheap (in comparison to the diamonds, and such of Tesseracts)
+ Relatively simple to make (no multi-stage crafting)
+ (Debatably) Single sided. No issues with crossing over
- Require some form of force to move liquids out
- Frequency system is a little complicated/requires extra items
Tessracts:
+ Simple to set up
+ Public/Private frequencies work much better
+ Motion is kind of carried over form the input side
- Complicated to make (need at least induction smelter, magma crucible and liquid transposer)
- Costly (4 ender pearls + diamond, silver, etc.)
To be honest, the endertanks are earlier-game for me. Tessearacts are much better for set-and-forget systems. If they bring out a portable version (sort of like an everfull bucket, similar in principle to the ender pouches), then there will be much more point to running both systems in parallel.[DOUBLEPOST=1363782652][/DOUBLEPOST]
Actually, you can mix and match pipes with tesseracts (definitely waterproof pipes/liquiducts, not sure about RP liquid pipes).
Mainly because the way that they work is that they have essentially a tiny, auto-ejecting inventory that's shared between the devices.
You don't need to actively pump out of an Endertank, just flip the small valve at the front. Private frequencies are also possible in the same way you'd set an Enderchest to private, right click the valve with a diamond. But I also still prefer Tesseracts since it is way easier to manage frequencies with them, never been a fan of colorcoding and keeping track of all the colors I used.
What I meant is that you need to connect liquid-able pipes/anything.
In theory, you should also be able to connect it directly to a tank input to output into it too.
I prefer EnderTanks if only because they're simpler and less... annoying. I can't tell you how many times I've set my Liquid Tesseract channels for my pump only to go back to base and its not getting lava, oh hey it didn't save the channel...again. Not to mention liquid tesseracts sometimes bug out and straight up crash me. (DW20 pack) makes me prefer the ender tanks because I'm picking up my pump and moving it over every couple hours because I've drained the lava in the nether nearby.
Yeah, Tesseracts are nice, if somewhat more expensive(need a larger infrastructure to make one), and Code Chicken made her tanks really nice(they show what's in them! That's pretty swanky to me, if completely useless and causes me more lag), but honestly? I use A better Endertank. Tesseracts are expensive because you need a large amount of stuff already to craft them. CC's Endertanks cause me lag when I use them(same as any tank which I can see liquid in, but somehow worse then even a giant iron tank), but ShetiPhian has Ender Buckets.
In that situation wouldn't it be just as easy to move a cube as it is a tank?
If not, I'd tank->Tank->cube it.
There is no reason not to use both, I use tesseracts for general transport to tanks and other constant flow locations (engines and gens) , but Ender out of the tanks to machines since you can easily use gates & pipewire to more easily automate when combined with liquiducts.... also they look kinda BA IMHO. DW put up a nice automation not long ago on his SMP that I had not even considered doing this using the tConstruct Smelteries, then again it never occurred to me to try to attach a smeltery spout to an Ender Tank.
Here's my opinion:
Ender tanks are a lot cheaper, the only hard part is the blaze rods
Ender tanks can also be directly used with any sort of liquid storage device (bucket, can, etc) so it'd be a bit more convenient to use
Ender tanks are a lot cheaper, the only hard part is the blaze rods
Ender tanks can also be directly used with any sort of liquid storage device (bucket, can, etc) so it'd be a bit more convenient to use
No. They still need to be chunk loaded.
I personally use both and don't see it as a vs situation. Tesseracts are faster but in my builds I like having tanks and easy access to my liquids. End errands help with this. I tend to use both in any case depending on my needs
I like to have an ender tank connected to an aqueous accumulator underneath my workshop with a partnered ender tank in a neat place near my main crafting area where I spend most of my in game time (and other places should I wish) so that I have easy bucket refilling places throughout my base without the need for infinite water pools everywhere