Miscellaneous Tips

How Items are Placed

Items entering the network always will find another drive / storage bus with the same item already on it, as their first destination, they will always prefer higher priority storage then lower. If there are no existing items in the network, the item will then go to the highest priority Preformatted cells / storage buses; that it can fit on. If there are no preformated storages, the item will be stored on the highest priority storage it can fit.

  Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5
Priority ME Chest 1 1 1 1 1 1
Priority ME Chest 2 1 1 1 2 2
Chest 1 has Cobble? no no yes yes yes
Chest 2 has Cobble? no yes yes yes no
new Cobble goes to Chest 1 or 2 2 1 or 2 2 1

As you can see in Case 5 Items will prefer filling an existing storage up first before considering the prioritiy.

Fuzzy Comparison

Below is an example of how Fuzzy Damage comparison mods work, left side is the bus config, top is the compared item.

 25%   10% Damaged Pick 30% Damaged Pick 80% Damaged Pick Full Repair Pick
 
 Nearly Broken Pick Axe Yes      
Fully Repaired Pick Axe   Yes Yes Yes
  50%   10% Damaged Pick 30% Damaged Pick 80% Damaged Pick Full Repair Pick
 
 Nearly Broken Pick Axe Yes Yes    
Fully Repaired Pick Axe     Yes Yes
  75%   10% Damaged Pick 30% Damaged Pick 80% Damaged Pick Full Repair Pick
 
 Nearly Broken Pick Axe Yes Yes    
Fully Repaired Pick Axe     Yes Yes
  99%   10% Damaged Pick 30% Damaged Pick 80% Damaged Pick Full Repair Pick
 
 Nearly Broken Pick Axe Yes Yes Yes  
Fully Repaired Pick Axe       Yes
 Ignore   10% Damaged Pick 30% Damaged Pick 80% Damaged Pick Full Repair Pick
 
 Nearly Broken Pick Axe Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Fully Repaired Pick Axe  Yes Yes  Yes  Yes

Upgrading Storage Cells

If you have an EMPTY Storage cell any tier you can remove the Cell/Segment/Block/Cluster from the housing by shift + right clicking with it in your hand, so you can store it or use it to make bigger cells. it also gives you an empty storage cell housing to re-insert a cell into.

Changing / Updating Patterns

If you accidentally goofed up a Pattern using the Pattern Encoder you can wipe it by shift + right clicking with it in your hand, or re-encode it in the pattern encoder.

Colored Terminals / Cables

You can place a ME Access Terminal, ME Crafting Terminal, ME Crafting Monitor, ME Import Bus, or ME Export Bus on colored cable to make it assume the color of that cable.

One Way Network Connections

You can hook up a Storage Bus to a interface on a seperate network, to provide a one way connection, allowing you to create public / private networks.

Rotating Blocks

You can rotate Any Buses and Drives Blocks by using a Buildcraft Compatible Wrench, such as the Quartz Wrench. By default Buses will face away from the block you place them on, or hold shift, to have them face towards the block you lace them on.

Setting Priority

You can set Storage Priorities on ME Chest, ME Drive or ME Storage Bus in the Priority Tab on the right side. Higher Priorities are more imporant then lower ones and by default all storages are set to 1. Be aware that the process of storing item is polymorphic, means that a Chest with Cobble in it will fill up first even if you have an empty Chest on higher priority.

Removing Blocks

You can Shift + Rightclick with a Buildcraft Compatible Wrench and it will dismantle the AE Block and dropping it for you.

Page last modified on 09/16/2013 04:31 PM CDT
By AlgorithmX2
Certus Quartz Ore
Unmined certus quartz
Certus Quartz Crystal
Quartz crystal with qualtiies that allow it to store energy.
Certus Quartz Dust
Ground Certus Quartz Crystal
Quartz Grind Stone
Block which when used with a crank, can grind many ores and crystals into dusts.
ME Basic Processor
Crafting ingredient for a large amount of ME Technology.
ME Advanced Processor
Crafting ingredient for a some ME Technology.
Vibration Catalyst
Vibrates the molecules in the targeted block causing it to go though a process similar to smelting.
Entropy Accelerator
Accelerates the ageing and cools of a single block in the world.
ME Wireless Access Terminal
Wireless access terminal for use with wireless access points.
Matter Cannon
A small hand held device which is capable of shooting small nuggets of matter
Quantum Field Ring
Outer blocks of a quantum network bridge, take power and propagate network signal to and from the bridge
Quantum Entangled Singularity
A pair of items which are used to establish a connection between network bridges.
ME Pattern Provider
A part of the MAC multi-block that stored encoded patterns.
ME Crafting CPU
Crafting CPU for use in the MAC Multiblock
ME Heat Vent
Forms the outside walls of the MAC Multiblock
ME Assembler Containment Wall
Containment wall which forms the outside frame of the MAC Multiblock
ME Controller
The controller is the heart of any ME Network, it also accepts power for the network.
ME Drive
Drive which can store up to 10 Storage Cells, and provides their inventory to the network
ME Chest
A simple single storage cell machine which gives direct access to the contents of a single cell, and provides the cells inventory to the network.
ME Access Terminal
Gives full access to the entire content of an ME Network
ME Crafting Terminal
Terminal which also functions as a Crafting table.
ME Crafting Monitor
Displays information about active crafting jobs, and lets you cancel jobs.
ME Cable
Uncolored cable that can connect ME Devices.
ME Import Bus
Imports items into the network, by removing them from the connected inventories
ME Export Bus
Exprots items out of the network, by placing them into connected inventories
ME Level Emitter
Outputs redstone signals depending on the number of a configured item in the network.
ME Storage Bus
Includes an external inventory such as a chest, into the networks storage.
ME Interface
Acts like a small inventory that can import and export to the network, also used in the crafting process.
ME IO Port
Can load and unload storage cells into and out of the network connected.
ME Wireless Access Point
Provides a range of wireless access at the point where the item is placed.
ME Dark Cable
Toggleable cable which can be used to segment your network into diffrent segments to alter functionality or reduce power drain.
ME Storage Monitor
Can be configured to display the number of a specific item that are stored in the network; can also be upgraded to insert / remove that item.
ME Power Relay
Block which accepts power and relays it to attached networks
ME Transition Plane
Surface which converts anything that touches it into energy form
P2P Tunnel
Point 2 Point Tunnel which can be configured to route items/power/liquids from one point to another in a network.
Spatial Pylon
A Marker used to mark a region of space for capture or deploy ment
ME Spatial IO Port
An IO Port used to capture / deploy regions of space defined by pylons.
ME Pattern Encoder
Used to convert blank patterns, into encoded patterns.
ME Partition Editor
Configure Storage cells to hold diffrent types of items and change how your system stores items.
ME Condenser
Condenses items and blocks into raw energy which can be dispersed or converted into a few select items
ME Bus Memory Card
Memory card that can be used to store, and transfer settings
Quartz Wrench
A BC Compatible Wrench that can be used to work with Applied Energistics Blocks