Lamps?

[behedwin]

Hi

I am on a server using FTB Unleashed + Gregtech + Hard Mode 1.5.2.
It sadly do not have Redpower2

I want to build lamps of some kind. Things i can turn off and on.
But i can not find a good alternative within the mods.

Any ideas?

I already looked at the redstonelamp, dont like it but it is the best one ive found.
And i can not figure out if there is an alternative to redstone wiring rather than just using redstone.

Ideas?

 

[PierceSG]

Glowstone Illuminator from Thermal Expansion.
Roadlight and it's inverted version. MFR I think.
Not sure if there is anything else.

For redstone wiring there's MFR RedNet cable. BuildCraft's pipe wire and gate system works really well too if you toy with it.

 

[netmc]

The only downside of MFR rednet is that you can't use facades with it to hide the cables (yet). KirinDave has some nice instructional videos on youtube for working with rednet.

You can also use the excited glowstone to produce light. If you place it in a bucket in a dispenser, you can use redstone to toggle the placement. Excited glowstone "flows" up, so if you want it to stay in place, you need a 1 block area to the side of your main channel to place the glowstone. then the source block will stay in place and only the runoff will flow up into your light channel.

 

[netmc]

Also, excited glowstone will not flow past y=128.

 

[Monkasia]

I have found that cobblestone structure pipes with gates and pipe wire work well as instant connections whenever you need facades. Put an iron OR/AND gate to redstone signal --> red pipe wire on your input side, and on the output side red pipe wire --> redstone signal. It's my poor man's MFR, with four different colours.

 

[Zarkov]

I also miss the plain lamps (normal and inverted) from red power. I know there are some other lamp types out there, but from what I've seen they all have distinct styles and / or textures, which not always is desirable.

Overall there just seems to be surprisingly few options when it comes to something as fundamental as lighting.

I would really like to see some "clean" and realistic looking industrial-style lighting. You could have cables similar to red alloy wire that would be needed to power the lights, etc.

Right now I'm also using vanilla redstone lamps, which seems a bit odd given that 100+ mods are loaded.

 

[Geometry]

If you want RP2 style lamps,and you can get some other mods installed, you should look at the ones from Project Red or the ones from Luma. They are great alternatives that still retain the look and feel of the RP2 lamps.

 

[PierceSG]

Ender I/O does have some sweet looking lights with nice switches too. I do hope they make it into the next time Unleashed updates.

 

[Zarkov]

If you want RP2 style lamps,and you can get some other mods installed, you should look at the ones from Project Red or the ones from Luma. They are great alternatives that still retain the look and feel of the RP2 lamps.

Those mods both look good, thanks for the tip!

Ender I/O does have some sweet looking lights with nice switches too. I do hope they make it into the next time Unleashed updates.

All types of transport within a single conduit that can be covered with facade, sounds great!

 

[PierceSG]

All types of transport within a single conduit that can be covered with facade, sounds great!

That too.