Most of you probably already seen automated Rainmaker setups out there already. But all the ones I could find were rather large and/or inefficient. So I previously set out to optimize it a bit for my own use. But still they were a bit messy builds.
On this recent build (Unleashed 1.1.3) I think I have struck the most compact, simple and quickest reaction setup possible(if not please share improvements) and thought I would share it.
The setup makes use of Forestry(For Rainmaker(Duh!) and Raintank), Buildcraft pipes and gates, and Applied Energistics.
Required items are:
1x Rainmaker
1x Raintank
1x Golden Transport Pipe
1x Wooden Waterproof Pipe
1x Stone Waterproof Pipe
1x Void Waterproof Pipe
1x (Basic) Gate
1x Autharchic Gate
1x ME Precision Export Bus
Bus/gate setup:
Autharchic Gate applied to the Wooden pipe: Space in Inventory->Energy Pulser (any constant condition will work, but the inventory checks are not affected by it raining nor Redstone signals)
Gate applied to Stone pipe: Liquid Traversing->Redstone signal
ME Precision Export Bus: Dissipation Charge, Redstone Mode: Activate once per pulse, Move single item.
Covered up:
Now the supply of the Dissipation Charges can be a bit more complicated. You could slap an ME Interface on top of a Carpenter and make it craft them on demand. That would induce a several seconds delay however while it crafts the charge. Instead you could of course just make a couple stacks of them and put them in your ME network, but I prefer full automation
So made this setup:
Routers supply 3/4 of the materials(Insert into slot 12, 13 and 14 of the Carpenter) while the Level Emitter + Precision Export Bus supplies the last material whenever the supply of Dissipation Charges drop below a certain limit. This way there is always a certain amount of Charges in the system should rain start.
On this recent build (Unleashed 1.1.3) I think I have struck the most compact, simple and quickest reaction setup possible(if not please share improvements) and thought I would share it.
The setup makes use of Forestry(For Rainmaker(Duh!) and Raintank), Buildcraft pipes and gates, and Applied Energistics.
Required items are:
1x Rainmaker
1x Raintank
1x Golden Transport Pipe
1x Wooden Waterproof Pipe
1x Stone Waterproof Pipe
1x Void Waterproof Pipe
1x (Basic) Gate
1x Autharchic Gate
1x ME Precision Export Bus
Bus/gate setup:
Autharchic Gate applied to the Wooden pipe: Space in Inventory->Energy Pulser (any constant condition will work, but the inventory checks are not affected by it raining nor Redstone signals)
Gate applied to Stone pipe: Liquid Traversing->Redstone signal
ME Precision Export Bus: Dissipation Charge, Redstone Mode: Activate once per pulse, Move single item.
Covered up:
Now the supply of the Dissipation Charges can be a bit more complicated. You could slap an ME Interface on top of a Carpenter and make it craft them on demand. That would induce a several seconds delay however while it crafts the charge. Instead you could of course just make a couple stacks of them and put them in your ME network, but I prefer full automation
So made this setup:
Routers supply 3/4 of the materials(Insert into slot 12, 13 and 14 of the Carpenter) while the Level Emitter + Precision Export Bus supplies the last material whenever the supply of Dissipation Charges drop below a certain limit. This way there is always a certain amount of Charges in the system should rain start.
