Redalloy wire alternative

[Doormat]

Let me preface this so that I don't get jumped by Eloraam's defenders:

This post is in no way a criticism of Eloraam, or a comment on the availability of RedPower2.

Ok - having gotten that out of the way ... I'm building something and I'm stuck. The long and the short of it is that I need a means to send a redstone signal straight up a wall without the messy vanilla requirements.

So I need an alternative to redalloy wire. I found vertical redstone - but reading the forum I see that it's not forge compatible at this time (and the author doesn't have time to update, which is fair enough).

Are they the only two mods which offer a wire which will go up a wall? If not - would someone point me at an alternative please.

 

[Kyre]

As an alternative, you can always use BC Pipe Wires and Gates.

 

[RampantPanda65]

That would work but look really stupid...

 

[Doormat]

Thanks for the idea Kyre - I've just had a play in a test world (never having toyed with BC pipe wires and gates before) and they do let me achieve what I want.

But - it's not really a viable solution for my problem ... Building an assembly table and laser for the sake of running a redstone signal up a wall is just a touch extravagant. If I manage to find some more diamonds down the track (rare as hens teeth at the moment) I'll probably build an Assembly table - but for the time being I'm not able to.

Is that the only alternative? Is there really no other mod which provides a simple wire?

 

[frederikam]

The only thing to do may just be to wait impatiently or patiently, you choose.

 

[slay_mithos]

Well, BC pipe wires is still the closest from the real thing, with even 4 colors of wire to make a pseudo bundled cable.
Sure, because depending on the color, the gates can go up to diamond, and it costs a lot of energy, but you can stil run it quite well.

 

[Bluehorazon]

actually going up isn't that hard in vanilla... going down is a lot more tricky

Alternating Blocks with Redstone-Torches send a signal up as high as you want. But only in that direction.

 

[Kyre]

Well, another way you could accomplish vertical redstone transmission would be using IC2 Splitter and EU Detector cables really creatively. But unless you do something like attach a Solar panel to a Forestry Electrical Engine / Mass Fab then you'd have to manually maintain the system occasionally.

 

[TheSirusKing]

Hint for Vanilla Redstone:
Verticle Signal
# = Block
I = Redstone torch
/ = Lever

I
#
I
#
I
#/

 

[slay_mithos]

The problem of torches is the delay and the lag they induce, sadly.

 

[Doormat]

Guys - I know how to go up (and down) using vanilla redstone mechanics. I started playing Minecraft just after the release of 1.3.2 so I've never actually used anything but vanilla redstone.

When I created this thread it was in the mistaken impression that there must be more than just RP2 and Vertical Redstone which provided a means of doing what I'm after.

Now I realise that I was wrong.I shall redesign my project to work around the lack of mods.

Thanks for you various inputs.

 

[jammiewins]

The slightly roundabout way I do it is to have 2 computercraft computers with rednet modems, one sends a signal when it notices a redstone signal has turned on or off, and the other turns on or off according to the signal the first sent. I'm not at home so I don't have the program here but it's not too complicated.

 

[kaoticsnow]

Wireless Redstone?

 

[Anubis]

NECROMANCY!

 

[Dravarden]

rednet of MFR? way better than redpower covers with redstone signal included.