Multiple Quartz Crystal IDs?

[joseff amador]

It seems like everytime I launch my minecraft, any new Quartz Crystals I obtain have a new ID. They started as 221:1, then 221:2, now up to 221:4.

Of course, since the ID is different, i have to have a different barrel to store each version.

Anyone else experiencing that? Is there a way I can fix it?

 

[frederikam]

Also x:3 is available. You can shift click them into a normal inventory and they will turn into the same id. I beldieve you can automate this using a regulator and a filter.

 

[madaffacca]

By the way, what are those crystal for?

 

[Larroke]

They are an unused element for Xycraft.. Hopefully Sauron will have a functionality update soon.

 

[Juanitierno]

I think theyr part of xycraft and have no use yet.

Also, i think they come in different variations depending on either the amount or the orientation they spawn with... i think quarries when they break them preserve one of those pieces of info making them unstackable.

I havent tested this tho, it is just my impression

 

[MrZwij]

I was just going to post this same thing. These stupid crystals are the bane of my sorting system.

 

[nevakanezah]

They are an unused element for Xycraft.. Hopefully Sauron will have a functionality update soon.

I hear that in future updates, you'll be able to forge them into one of 17 different rings of power, and in the darkness, bind them.

 

[joseff amador]

Also x:3 is available. You can shift click them into a normal inventory and they will turn into the same id. I beldieve you can automate this using a regulator and a filter.

This didn't work (the shift click into a normal inventory) they retained the sub-id

 

[frederikam]

You mean the metadata? Like have one without metadata in the inventory, then shift another crystal. Now they are the same.

 

[Celestialphoenix]

place a single crystal in the chest first, and shift click a stack in. They need a target ID first.

 

[MavericK96]

They are an unused element for Xycraft.. Hopefully Sauron will have a functionality update soon.

Lol Sauron...think you mean Soaryn.

 

[joseff amador]

place a single crystal in the chest first, and shift click a stack in. They need a target ID first.

Thanks, this worked

 

[Poppycocks]

You could probably use deployer and block breaker in the line to unify them.

 

[Unium]

Those crystals are a freaking nightmare for all sorting systems... i have 4 barrels of them.... now i have a sorting machine dedicated to pull them and pipe them to oblivion void

 

[Celestialphoenix]

Those crystals are a freaking nightmare for all sorting systems... i have 4 barrels of them.... now i have a sorting machine dedicated to pull them and pipe them to oblivion void

To be honest XYcraft crystals are a nightmare in general, but at least you get a fair bit of scrap.

 

[whythisname]

If you break them yourself they're all the same ID though, so whatever I get out of my miner I just place down a break again. I only have 1 miner though and no automated sorting system yet xD

I use them as markers atm, I just plop them down to show the spots I've mined already. If they emitted more light I would also consider using them as lights, but at light lvl 8 (or something) they're just too weak to prevent mob spawns in any range. I could use the Xycraft blocks of course, but personally I think they only look cool as accents/details/lining/etc, but not for entire floors.

btw, I also wonder why you can place multiple in the same block. Visually they change a tiny bit if you do that, but other than that it doesn't seem to have any effect (it would be cool if that would make them bigger and brighter or something...).

 

[Unium]

For regular builds i guess xycraft of ahead of its time... it gives a lot of color when you are used to see more dull stuff.

Those crystals actually are good markers.. but i use those aluminium sulphur torches allready.

With the regular xycraft stuff i have an automated crafting table assembling them into blocks and store them into barrels. Because the mod its in beta we can get something rather cool later on.

cumpz

 

[Golrith]

If you watch some of the recent Direwolf20 server Let's Play series, you get some peaks at what is coming up.

Laser pulse energy systems that connect to each other directly no matter the angle and can also zap you/mobs and a mass production crafting table are some of the things I've seen recently.

 

[Exedra]

Yeah, the 6 ids depend on which side of the block it was broken off I heard, so it depends which way the crystal faces. Possibly another id for when broken by the player.

 

[Aceldamor]

Is Soaryn going to rename them when Mojang actually releases Quartz in vanilla?