I. If you need more specific help, giving a bit more specific. An expandable and versatile advanced data storage system with a multitude of applications. Ah, I mean more like a screen I can hang up somewhere to get a quick indication of power levels and the same for items. With subnetworks you can automate nearly anything that can be automated. 32 channels in and 32 channels out, and it only takes 2 sub-net channels so this can be a simple Ad-Hoc network. Side note: this is being done in the mining dimension since server restrictions keep me from doing all this in my main stoneblock base. The level emitter have always worked this way. Without autocrafting there is absolutly no need for a controller. If you just want to read opinions, then you can find a lot of existing threads by using the search bar. MK234. The AE2 wiki says, the ME Storage Bus needs its own channel. P2P connections are not unique. A Quick Guide to AE2. 1. So with just my auto crafters I'm using 240 channels! The P2P Tunnel for ME, for instance, passes through channels. AE2's analog is that storing a new item takes a lot of data, while each extra item after that only takes 1 bit (1/8th of a byte). 9. ME cables are the backbone of any network, connecting all devices on your network. Take your memory card and SHIFT + RIGHTCLICK on the p2p and a message should pop up saying "new configuration created". Place an interface. Today is the f. One of the nice things about this is you can get crafting on demand with only once channel. Craft a Blank Pattern and encode it with the desired recipe in a ME Pattern Terminal. I am doing stock keeping in my base right now using AE2 interfaces + storage buses combo. hey all, i have 2 questions about AE2 and its channeling and p2p. I thought i made sure that that I got a full 32 channels for 4 sets of 8 providers. well then I guess you don't want to get your system working. Start with this. The first tier of AE2 tech, such as the , Certus Quartz Wrench, Certus Quartz Cutting Knife, and Certus Quartz tools, uses Certus Quartz as the primary crafting ingredient. The only time you'll have to burn though channels then is for AE2's crippled autocrafting (which I still find to be annoying as all hell). It works to get more channels with the cable on an indoor antenna too. Normal cables can carry up to 8 channels, so if you're setting up a small system, that's fine. ago. That way you could run 8 dense cables (256 channels) on a single regular ME cable. The only catch is that you have to run a separate p2p tunnel to access the auto crafting capabilities. It's like if Thaumcraft had an option to completely remove research from the game, or Blood Magic an option to make it so you can't actually be killed by any of. Main network on that one p2p system: 56 channels / 32 max Subnetwork: 8/8 channels. I have to connect extra cables to reach all 14 interfaces. Hilbert controller has 510, so you're looking at almost exactly 30% more faces. . I'm kinda surprised that most packs don't call that feature out. And this is how ae2 work my friend . You can configure certain items to be exported from the ME Network into the ME Interface for use with other mods. You can't have more than 1 controller on a network, but adjacent controllers. Furious1964. While I personally don't mind channels, not having to deal with them means faster ramp up from AE2 start to auto-processing all the things. I've been trying to delve a little deeper into AE2 and how the new version of the mod works. Make a canola farm, turn the canola into canola oil then use that for power (you can use industrial foregoing to automate the farming part) Make an extreme reactor and use yellorium for power. cfg file in your installation folder and open it with notepad, there should be an option to disable channels entirely. For every 32 drives, you'll need one P2P tunnel on the controller. The Controller has the ability to transmit data throughout the ME Network using 32 channels per side. Turn off channels in config. You need a AE controller to have more than eight channels on a network, and the "normal" (fluix, smart, ect) can only carry eight channels, so you need dense cable to have access to those extra channels. Its closest competition, Refined Storage, is more of a tool; it provides a very similar set of abilities, but lacks any significant challenges of its own. If you have smart, covered, or normal ME cables attached to dense cables, the dense cables still can carry the same 32 channels but the other cables can only continue up to 8 of those channels of the 32 in that line. I recommend always-crafting AE2's basic components, e. Those generate or use AE power, and can transfer up to 8 channels (excluding the Quartz Fiber), but they don't have a "network" function themselves so don't need a channel. It is possible to transport energy, fluids, vis, redstone signals, light, and even space. You can theoretically expand a near infinite amount of channels on 1 cable, using P2P extensions. (Or maybe also if. Suppose you have 32 channels going into a P2P tunnel, you can pass those channels to another point on your network. aka the connection here to controller is exceeded by at least 1 channel (9 or 33 devices depending on cable) thelooter2204. Make a pump and go to the nether and use ender tanks to get the lava back to your base, then use the lava with magmatic dynamos. Crafting CPU. • 6 yr. AE2 disks can store many more items than the RS equivalent. You can get more by utilizing every side you have and that would make it worth it you also don’t need dense cables coming off each thing you can place p2ps directly on the controllers unless you are doing it for aesthetics. From there, you can have any number of exit points. To get to use the full 32 channels per face, you need to have a dense cable connected from (excluding p2p) the ME Controller to carry the 32 channel signal long enough for you to branch out with normal fluix cables. Then again, the issue might just be something like not understanding the Channel system. Most devices such as standard cables, and machines can only support up to 8 channels. The last bit is power. you might be missing one channel there and the nearest things get one first. So with just my auto crafters I'm using 240 channels!The P2P Tunnel for ME, for instance, passes through channels. Both Interfaces and Molecular Assemblers transfer both power and up to 8 channels, like with most other AE2 blocks. Also cable anchors disable a connection. Every part in AE2 has an internal energy buffer, but it's small. Just stick an energy acceptor on your main cable and you should be good. AE2 storage is limited by the confines of the Java Runtime Environment, the computer you are running it on, and your. to be more precise, dense cable offer 32 and normal 8. More Topics. While leaving channels off let's you focus on whatever you're automating, you miss out on having to. Mihoshika • ATM8 • 8 mo. Channels on or off in AE2? I'm curious what the general consensus is. As well as setting up your very first ME-system. AE2 hands out challenges constantly, from the ever present channel system to figuring out how to automate the in-world (water) crafting using the tools provided. The possibilities of. So you have to remove 3 of the drive arrays to properly max out the main network. 32 in dense ones. It's similar to AE2 but doesn't have channels. It’s literally one output for. Formatting was added by TheSatanicSanta. you can use a quartz wrench (I personally use a crescent hammer from Thermal Expansion). TY. (4th picture) So if you make each set of the controllers max size and have all the faces connect to the center network you can have ALOT of channels. NotYourReddit18 • 1 yr. There are arguments to be made about AE2 being more efficient with channels enabled, but it shouldn't really matter much in a single-player game. One for all the export busses and one for all the import busses. g. RIGHTCLICK on the p2p with the same memory card. The enabling/disabling channel is completely random, i can be inside my ME, search some some items and "clic" no more answer, all gray, i check and : "missing channel device" however, and as you can see, only 6/8 channel, and anchor cable used for avoid any routing mistake. This makes it the Input Tunnel. When I connect a dense cable to the center of one face of the cube, the connection shrinks to a smart cable size/display scheme and shows only 8/32 channels used. so the further the next meteor is, the higher spawn chance you have. What any P2P tunnel does is connect 1 input to any number of outputs for a specific resource. Devices from AE2 take up channels; so an interface takes a channel, a terminal takes a channel, a drive takes a channel (note that a drive can hold a number of storage cells, and always takes 1 channel). I connected the Red network and the Purple networks together like this: Cable (Red Network) > Storage Bus > Interface > Cable (Purple Network) and if I had one of the import buses on one of the machines import an item, it would be able to access the drive in the Red network and vice versa. r/feedthebeast. It is very central points of the mod. When I was doing an Omnifactory playthrough, I believe the default was to use AE2 in channel-less mode, to be similar to refined storage. Edit: It seems you need to connect elsewear on the controller. ; Fluid, set using a Water Bucket or any fluid bucket. I usually end up partitioning disks as well to hold specific large quantity items. When I go to add another export /import bus, they show as "Device missing channel" and sometimes still function, but oftentimes not until I reset the network, then they're fine as well. 19. nlogozzo opened this issue Oct 8, 2017 · 1 comment. the single export bus feeding my dynamos I didn't bother. ago. In addition, they can bundle network channels to carry more channels from one point to another across a. The subnet on the left is using all 8 channels; 6 for the drives, 1 for the terminal, and 1 for the interface. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. Welcome to the Applied Energistics Mod!This mod is all about digital storage and is much more complicated to it's counter part Refined Storage. g. I assume p2p tunnels can't be used to go from 1 flux duct to many. Coming from AE1 the changes feel pretty severe going from the big fire and forget network to this much more micro managed style. [back of p2p] > cable > [back of p2p] won't work unless you connect the cable. Channels just make the mod not brain dead easy or overpowered, and once you think about it it’s not really something hard to overcome. Applied Energistics 2's ME Networks require Channels to support devices which use networked storage, or other network services. As I recall, you can't put P2P (or any other) nodes directly on dense cable. 1. What I don't understand is when I try running a dense cable for my p2p tunnels, I still hit that 8 p2p tunnel devices limit. Additional context. TIL how awesome P2P networks are in Applied Energistics. Put a chest on the place the new hopper is pointing to. #1. Rest of the video is a more in-depth demonstration of how they work, and how to design with them in mind. MODPACK RELEASE: Autumnful. So you can have as many inserters (conduits) and belts and whatever items that you need to automate your factory. Neither. #3142. I've got a couple floors of crafting CPU's and molecular assemblers that I'm trying to hook up, but I can't seem to run more than 4 p2p tunnels over a cable, with 8 p2p tunnel devices. . AE2 is definitely more powerful than Refined Storage except for fluid handling. Agreed. Dalarrus • 4 yr. manually mine. As all cables except dense cables only can. Store high quantity. An ad-hoc network only has 8 channels available before the whole thing shuts off. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. I am obviously doing something wrong and if anyone can. . Applied Energistics 2 (AE2) is a mod for Minecraft that adds advanced storage and automation systems to the game. Closed. I highly suggest anyone concerned with AE2 play it and get an understanding of it before judging it off one part of a spotlight. ItIsHappy • 9 yr. I've used the setting before and all dense, smart, etc cables will be removed from the game, deleted out of the world, and not be able to be crafted or used. It does not connect to other cables or bus through the redstone output side. But it does make life easier for organizational purposes. Then you'll need a way to take the items out of the inscribers, either a import bus on each, or a different method and put it into a chest with a single import bus to save channels. you are also advised to use storage drawers with ae2. I'm using the ME Dense Cable. Your "main network" just needs 1 channel for an interface as an input/output for all other networks and another channel for a storage bus attached to a storage network like a SSD, but there are better designs in my opinion. I already have dense cables running through my entire system, so that's not going to be a problem. Jun 26, 2016. Keep in mind that a single controller can handle 192 channels, 32 per side, most players use large controllers for looks/laziness when planning their ae networks. Create additional crafting flowers as necessary for additional pattern storage. The new micro-parts allow for incredible compact builds. Devices from AE2 take up channels; so an interface takes a channel, a terminal takes a channel, a drive takes a channel (note that a drive can hold a number of storage cells, and always takes 1 channel). Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. This afternoon i'm going to aim to make the most potential one using smart cable only to see what size a good automated crafting AE system can do with only smart cable (#Challenge). I imagine otherwise it could become clunky for large Molecular Assembler / Pattern Provider arrays to have to deal with yet more stored patterns. ago. from actually additions and drawers/drawer controllers from storage drawers are a HUGE help for those wanting a bit more use out of those storage buses, or if the. You can run a single Dense Cable around your base and branch the P2P tunnels into/off of that. In the setup with seven machines, using the main network would require 18 channels (7 interfaces, 7 import buses) if you were just to use AE2. Even though it might look complicated at first it really isn't, like at all, and is such a cool mechanic to play. I rarely make more. More Topics Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop. ago. You need to path the dense close to your target and then branch off a normal cable. anabsolutesloth • 3 yr. Just disable the channels. The only mods I presently have installed are TE, AE2 and MFR, but I am open to installing others. CurseForge is one of the biggest mod repositories in the world, serving communities like Minecraft, WoW, The Sims 4, and more. 10+ due to competing RF APIs. The command is /ae2 channelmode <mode> to. Once you get more cluey about channels you will want to learn about P2P(point to point) tunnels, they let you get the channels you need where you want them without having a rats nest of cables. 7 x 10 103 number of states, which is a formidable number. As I said, take a look into the config, should be self-explanatory how meteor gen works. A key thing to remember is this: AE2 has channels. This guide will only focus on item storage and autocrafting through AE2 and the foundations of a simple Matter Energy (ME) network, but please note that AE2 is not limited to just this purpose. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. 1. 1. github-actions bot locked as resolved and limited conversation to collaborators Mar 28, 2020. But in Minecraft you need to. You main building has all the ME storage and a crafting terminal and now you want to connect the factory, where. To carry out 32 channels use a dense cable (any color, different colors don't connect) and then you could use a dense cable to connect your p2p on other dense cables coming off the controllers. AE2 itself adds Certus Quartz Crystal, and makes use of vanilla's Nether Quartz as well. 2nd, you have the glass fibre connect to the controller which is essentially bypassing your P2P network. In this mod, you’ll be able to craft an item called “ME Cable”. That's cool. The best way to increase the systems power buffer is with AE2's (Dense) Energy Cells. Eevenin. The more complex the recipe, and the more of that item you are wanting, the more CPU it takes to make the job. I haven't figured out how to get more short of making a second quantum bridge. There's 32 channel cables the bigger ones if you are interested. For a start, a simple 1k Crafting Storage should be enough. I know AE2 is definitely more balanced and has more depth than refinedstorage, but AE2 has some things I dislike even outside of the channel system. Doesn't mean it's bad, it just seems. There are 16 coloured Smart Cables available to. The first tier of AE2 tech, such as the , Certus Quartz Wrench, Certus Quartz Cutting Knife, and Certus Quartz tools, uses Certus Quartz as the primary crafting ingredient. Today is the. The CPU must contain at least 1 storage component. BUT I fear I might be out of channels one day, once I have so many ME Storage Buses. #9. While hovering over an item that has a guide page, hold the W key to open the corresponding guide page. P2P connections are not unique. Automate the components needed to expand AE more (processors, crystal growth). P2P tunnels are a way of transporting things without making them an actual part of your network. 4k disk = 4k items total. Much easier to expand. The last way to get something to reject channels while actually having access to some is to have 2 equal length paths to the controller. This overlay can even be seen through blocks. Making other mechanics more relevant again. However ME Dense Cable can support up to 32 channels, the only other devices capable of transmitting 32 are P2P Tunnel and the. So I have been building my AE2 system inside some compact machines, I hook up my terminal outside of the dimension, and no signal. 0 for Minecraft 1. It keeps saying missing channel, but it has a full 32 channels going to that side off the compact machine, am I missing something? Picture of setup. AE2 Version: rv4-alpha-11. With the channel mechanics that are currently in place, you can place a controller surrounded by 6 different color dense cables and then place 32 p2p connections on each cable, for a theoretical max of 6144 channels per controller, so why in the world would you ever need to have more than one controller. as long as it isn't full of exported materials it will add any added items into. CREDAAAAAAAOOOO. The ME Dense Cable is the only cable that can support 32 channel simultaneously so it can be used as a main data line to connect to another ME Controller or branch off into 8. So in my picture you can kinda see a fluix cable running along the bottom of the controllers - this is attached to the controllers with quartz fiber (which allow AE2 power. Today we are looking at Applied Energistics 2 an. To have a working network in Applied Energistics 2, you’ll have to understand how channels work. For what it's worth, an AE2 Dense Energy Cell holds 800,000 RF. Otherwise, if no channel is left, it stays pink and you see "Device Offline". Here's the first half of my data centre, main storage room 'A'. P2P Tunnel or "Point to Point Tunnels" are a versatile configurable system to move items / redstone / power / and fluids from one location to another though an existing ME Network without storage. ago. com AE2 10. Interface as an input, one Storage Bus to your main network, and one Storage Bus to your processing line. Replace the left P2P bus (on your controller network) with a Storage Bus. Im Using P2P Channels to get more Channels out and build a Sub-network out of my regular Channels - Like all Smelteries are one Sub-Network, the Drives are its own Sub-Network etc. First 5 Minutes covers general information. #2. I'm unsure how the controllers function. I suggest using a Bulk Storage solution, and then for general storage. Making oak planks is 1 oak log, crafted 1 time, results in 4 planks, so that's 6 bytes. I was going to do a poll, but this subreddit doesn't allow them. . I'm aware of that. Networking and Channels: AE2 adds a whole new level of strategy to your Minecraft builds with its networking and channel system. e. Otherwise, if no channel is left, it stays pink and you see "Device Offline". This talks more. Quartz Fiber transfers Power but not channels. Want to know how P2P Tunnels work in Applied Energistics 2? Find out Here!Follow Me on Twitter! a Patron! updated follow-up video about dedicated P2P tunnel networks. But when I add another level of 4 interfaces it still says 8 of 32 channels used. You can't do much in AE without them. Without getting into channels deeper, using p2p tunnels, its technically possible to run up 256 channels over a single standard cable or 1024 over a dense cable. Closed. I relearned a lot but I still don't totally get it and I don't really like the channel mechanic. Get a crafting terminal (this is a world changer here). Your "main network" just needs 1 channel for an interface as an input/output for all other networks and another channel for a storage bus attached to a storage network like a SSD, but there are better designs in my opinion. If i connected 1 cable to one controller would that support 32 channels or does a cable need to be connected to each individual controller each representing a different channel. Yup, that's a common assumption people make. Add a Comment. Good guide, but still don't get how to use P2P tunnels, in practice. Edit: I should add, I understand the fun of using subnetworks for organizational purposes. It is the new and overhauled version of the original Applied Energistics mod. • 11 days ago. The main thing to rember, P2P is single input, multiple output. I don't remember if it's in E2:E but AE2stuff comes with some wireless connectors that do what you are looking for. I think I read that the no-channel-usage list was expanded in 1. 1. Ascend. The problem is as of now you can get 2304 channels in a 3x3 with all the centers punched out so it’s hard to beat that. ago. I don't think there's a way in the current version, though I haven't personally tried. However ME Dense Cable can support up to 32 channels, the only other devices capable of transmitting 32 are P2P Tunnel and. Welcome to Explained. Might have to use mystical agriculture, or just use a storage scanner until I can get to the mining dimension. The 6th Terminal doesnt get powered (or it steals the power from a Terminal further away which then goes offline). fscan marked this as a duplicate of #3134 Oct 8, 2017. It's project ozone 2. It is not possible to have 2 ME Controllers in one ME Network, though a multiblock structure can be created. 2 and the version i'm on rv4-alpha-11 seems to get a problem with the channels on dense cables not registering, on most of the cables i can only see up to about 14 channels at most and once i go over that they will not show at all in the console or in the cable info. 1. 3. 1 prudentium with 4 inferium and 1 master infusion crystal). Like having to search for meteorites to get the pattern thingies. use that as a connector (like a Cable Anchor or another cable attachment) to send power to a sub-net without connecting it. AE2 is more complicated, even if you ignore Channels, but far smoother, is constantly developing, and some people just want to work with the complexity. Master_Builder_800, GreekAnalyzer, adamich and 1 other person. The complexity of AE2 was prohibitive for many people. Of course, an Ad-Hoc network can support up to 8 channels, so up to 4 P2P. The Energy Acceptor accepts 16k/tic. 5 Some examples of sub-networks and their use . Support me on Patreon: hopefully non-confusion primer on Channels, and important mechanic in AE2In this series we'll be g. 7. There are 5 types: Redstone signal, set using a Redstone. More Topics. I'm currently using the FTB Beyond pack for 1. craftersland. (Even if you're playing with channels, you don't need a controller on a network with up to 8 channels). And since RS is simpler than AE2 it is not hard for me to wrap my head around it. You can attach 4 normal in a dense which means 4x8=32 channelsType. I have use Skyfactory 2 as the example. 17 (?), 1. It’s literally one output for a channel. I have use Skyfactory 2 as the example. If it runs out between ticks you can get network resets. The crafting CPU as a multi-block only requires a single channel for the entire. A controller can power 32 devices from one face, but a normal ME cable only has space in it to carry 8. Unlike the ME Chest, the items that are stored inside the storage cells cannot be directly accessed; instead the drive must be connected to a ME Network which allows. It is the heart of ME Networks and is used to provide more channels to the network. Jul 29, 2019. Type []. Note: this advice assumes you're using AE2 Stuff Advanced Inscribers and that you can I/O from all sides of the machine. You’d need to store energy in an actual battery that can output power to either your ae2 network or machinery. The file you are looking for is "common. Hi, is there a way I can turn off channels on my server,I can't find the section in the config file(s) for the channels. Cables. There are a lot of ways to solve the problem in your setup: Simply wire a dense cable above/below your machines until you reach the middle row. com wrote: Maybe we should call it infinite channels — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub #1369 (comment). Compact Machine Tunnels (the connection from inside walls to the outside faces) will replicate any Forge Capabilities (a code thing used in many mods) between the blocks next to the tunnel and outside face. You can also expand your controller into a multiblock if you run out of sides. Only the interfaces need a channel. Easy solution, create a quantum bridge for each of your "corridors" and attach each to a dense cable coming off your controller, that'll give you 32 channels per corridor to play with. Yes, jus to go the . Essentially, with a few p2p tunnels, you can put obscene amounts of channels on a single dense cable. An ME Cable is used to inter connect ME Network devices. Even though it might look complicated at first it really isn't, like at all, and is such a cool mechanic to play. Most modpacks with AE2 also have Integrated Dynamics with the Tunnels addon. Surround the interface with 6 assemblers. is cable) , , , . You have a dense cable going to all 32 p2ps on the bank side and to the bridge. how many open sides/controller block and I did end up with a design I was happy with. The fact that the unique amount of items per storage cell stays at 63 no matter the level is kinda disappointing. In games like Factorio, getting resources is automated right away. Lazzed • 3 yr. Since Minecraft 1. When you've connected your pylons to your Spatial IO Port, if everything is cabled correctly, after a short calculation period you should see an efficiency number. I added an "output" p2p tunnel and linked them using the memory card. Yes, the two tunnels will take two channels but it makes connecting things a lot easier. Every block you are connecting to the ring in the distance is going to take up a channel of your main network. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing,. The channel usage hasn't been maxed out, so I don't know why it's not showing them in the interface terminal (which keeps scrolling automatically. cfg file in your installation folder and open it with notepad, there should be an option to disable channels entirely. P2P Tunnel. Most devices such as standard cables, and machines can only support up to 8 channels. The pack was made by Bacon_Donut Basically, any sort of auto-crafting job requires a certain amount of processing power. It's like the regular item storage turning matter into data, but these can turn a cubic region of the world into data. So you typically can dispense with the glass fiber power connections on one of the sides. It's effectively Dense Cable at the 1/4th cost of normal cable, but with more expensive endpoints. The P2P tunnel block itself needs 1 Channel.