Thaumcraft 4.1 essentia tubes...

[Charax]

Can you right click with a phial on an alembic to fill it? If so you can automate essentia transport by filling autonomous activators with empty phials (which can be autocrafted), setting itemducts to pull every not-empty phial from them and into storage (AE or otherwise)

You can then have your essentia wall by having another Activator behind each jar and piping phials of a specific aspect into each. Autofilling wall of aspects achieved, and you don't need a direct physical connection between the furnace and the wall.

I prefer this method to DW20s computercraft solution and it also works well for farms/furnaces. You then pipe out the empty phials and feed them back to the alembic.

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[Skyqula]

Of course. Can't self sustain farm it though... maybe have 2 mfr tree farms. One to supply wood and saps and another to plant those saps and farm the leaves and more charcoal.... interesting twist for automation.

8 trees can self sustain replanting and 3 lamps of growth (yes, stacks) and even have a small overflow. Additionally, you could sustain more lamps of growth if you break down the arbor with an alchemical centrifuge. As arbor is 50% herba.

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[Adonis0]

Can you right click with a phial on an alembic to fill it? If so you can automate essentia transport by filling autonomous activators with empty phials (which can be autocrafted), setting itemducts to pull every not-empty phial from them and into storage (AE or otherwise)

You can then have your essentia wall by having another Activator behind each jar and piping phials of a specific aspect into each. Autofilling wall of aspects achieved, and you don't need a direct physical connection between the furnace and the wall.

I prefer this method to DW20s computercraft solution and it also works well for farms/furnaces. You then pipe out the empty phials and feed them back to the alembic.

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This would be 'The Solution' if there was a way to hide the activators behind the jars.
It's just in my opinion they don't match the asthetics of a jar room..

 

[Not_Steve]

This would be 'The Solution' if there was a way to hide the activators behind the jars.
It's just in my opinion they don't match the asthetics of a jar room..

You could always hide the jars under the alter... They don't NEED to be visible

 

[Adonis0]

You could always hide the jars under the alter... They don't NEED to be visible

they don't Oo

I thought there had to be line of sight..

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What is this black magic!

 

[Not_Steve]

they don't Oo

I thought there had to be line of sight..

._.

What is this black magic!

Last time I checked it was just any jar in a 13 block radius

 

[casilleroatr]

Is that a 13 block radius from the centre of the altar

 

[Charax]

If you're not bothered about whether you can see the jars or not you can mount the activators underneath the jars and put them in a false floor under the altar. I did this in a ring around my altar with a pipe system for placing items in the pedestals in the middle. Works OK but the inability to place items symmetrically increases flux

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[Not_Steve]

Is that a 13 block radius from the centre of the altar

From the infusion stone. The highest done that swirls around

 

[PhilHibbs]

Of course. Can't self sustain farm it though... maybe have 2 mfr tree farms. One to supply wood and saps and another to plant those saps and farm the leaves and more charcoal.... interesting twist for automation.

That's precisely what I have. One planter, two harvesters, controlled by redstone. When the alchiefurnace runs low on leaves, the leaf harvester turns on. When the planter runs low on saplings, or if the Redstone Furnace fuelling the Steam Engine runs low on logs, the other harvester turns on. If either of the harvester chests gets more than two thirds full, anything in the bottom rows gets spat out into the world to despawn (I could drop it into lava or trashcan it if I cared about entity spam). Controlled by Steve's Factory Manager.

 

[YX33A]

That's precisely what I have. One planter, two harvesters, controlled by redstone. When the alchiefurnace runs low on leaves, the leaf harvester turns on. When the planter runs low on saplings, or if the Redstone Furnace fuelling the Steam Engine runs low on logs, the other harvester turns on. If either of the harvester chests gets more than two thirds full, anything in the bottom rows gets spat out into the world to despawn (I could drop it into lava or trashcan it if I cared about entity spam). Controlled by Steve's Factory Manager.

Got some pictures? Sounds fun and interesting.

 

[cannajan]

Last time I checked it was just any jar in a 13 block radius

Does it check of all this for symmetry?

 

[PhilHibbs]

Got some pictures? Sounds fun and interesting.

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Overhead view of the two Harvesters, two Redstone Emitters, Machine Inventory Manager, and Item Gate.

Cut-away showing the Machine Inventory Manager, Redstone Furnace (to turn logs into charcoal), Steam Dynamo, and Auqeous Accumulator.

The controlling logic! Moves wood from either chest into the furnace. Moves saplings from either chest into the planter. If there are fewer than 32 leaves in the alchie furnace, it turns on the leaf harvester and moves leaves into the furnace. If there are fewer than 64 saplings in the planter or there are fewer than 32 logs in the redstone furnace, it turns on the sapling harvester.

 

[Boccob]

If you're not bothered about whether you can see the jars or not you can mount the activators underneath the jars and put them in a false floor under the altar. I did this in a ring around my altar with a pipe system for placing items in the pedestals in the middle. Works OK but the inability to place items symmetrically increases flux

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If you are using 4.1 then use mirrors to separate your jars from the alter.

http://i.imgur.com/3MW22oY.png

 

[Byte Templar]

Has it been reported, what the loss percentage of essence is by using mirrors?