[Mod] Mesecons (= redstone) [GitHub] [minetest-mod-mesecons]

[jenova99sephiros]

This MOD is really great
But, I need a wireless mesecons

[sfan5]

This MOD is really great
But, I need a wireless mesecons

See my post on the previous page

[jenova99sephiros]

Whether there was such a thing
I will appreciate very much

[jenova99sephiros]

But there is no channel ...
Can I add a channel How do I?

[DeepGaze]

thought of some more addition ideas

1)a block that looks like stone/dirt/glass but carries current
2)it compatible with the circular saw
3)water convey current but doesn't shock you
4)tesla coil that can harm you if in a 3 block radius

5)a block that looks like dirt/stone but lets sensors work still aka solar
6)colour changing block
7)fireball cannon
8)mese feild/EMP sets all mesecons in a 12 block radius to on
9)wirelesss w/ channel
10) laser
thankyou for reading and consideration

[nathor958]

very good!!!!!

[Nore]

Does anyone want to make a new video for the website? The current video is 1 year and 1/2 old, so it should be changed...

I can make the contraptions used in the video, if you want
Screenshots, if you want some:

[jojoa1997]

say will there be anything like minecraft's hoppers? those really come in handy when you want to organize stuff and also put stuff away really quickly.

[Temperest]

jojoa1997: item processing facilities are generally left to pipeworks. Pipeworks is pretty powerful and it would be a waste of effort to duplicate all of that functionality.

[Nore]

Even more screenshots:


Running Conway's Game of Life in mesecons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life)

[jojoa1997]

jojoa1997: item processing facilities are generally left to pipeworks. Pipeworks is pretty powerful and it would be a waste of effort to duplicate all of that functionality.

Oops I forgot about the sand tube. Yep minetest already has something like the minecraft hopper. I guess if you pair the detector tube with a sand one you get that.

[Quackor]

I'm trying to have one of my outputs send a signal for half a second every 5 seconds or so... this code runs but slowly gets crazier and crazier (as in the port outputs more often, until it overheats... am I missing something fundamental here?)

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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interrupt(0.5, "loop")

if mem.count == nil then
  mem.count = 0
end

if event.iid == "loop" then
  mem.count = mem.count + 1
  if mem.count == 10 then
    port.c = true
    mem.count = 0
  else
    port.c = false
  end
end


Any help figuring this one out greatly appreciated!

[jojoa1997]

I was wondering if anyone else was interested in have this dispenser branch be added to mesecons?

[Temperest]

jojoa1997: I believe it was decided that Pipeworks would handle all the item-related stuff and Mesecons would focus on digital logic.

[Quackor]

OK, a simpler example... even this code will not work for me and result in node C blinking crazy and eventually overheating.

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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interrupt(1, "loop")
if event.iid == "loop" then
port.c = not port.c
end


what gives?

[jojoa1997]

jojoa1997: I believe it was decided that Pipeworks would handle all the item-related stuff and Mesecons would focus on digital logic.

That is great and dandy but
1)Pipeworks is not with mesecons so it kinda is stupid.
2)Pipeworks has no items that work like a dispenser.

[Temperest]

OK, a simpler example... even this code will not work for me and result in node C blinking crazy and eventually overheating.

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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interrupt(1, "loop")
if event.iid == "loop" then
port.c = not port.c
end


what gives?

Seems to be a bug with Mesecons. Can you submit this as an issue in the bugtracker?

That is great and dandy but
1)Pipeworks is not with mesecons so it kinda is stupid.
2)Pipeworks has no items that work like a dispenser.

Yes, pipeworks is an external mod. But then, so is Mesecons. Personally, it seems rather wasteful to duplicate all the effort put into pipeworks.

In fact, there is a very simple dispensor-like device. Place a chest and a filter/injector beside each other, with the suction end of the injector facing the chest. Now when you power the injector via Mesecons, it spits out items. If you use a MESE injector, it will spit out a whole stack.

The injector uses the default Mesecons rules. I described them briefly in the Mesecons Basics article.

[jojoa1997]

Yes, pipeworks is an external mod. But then, so is Mesecons. Personally, it seems rather wasteful to duplicate all the effort put into pipeworks.

In fact, there is a very simple dispensor-like device. Place a chest and a filter/injector beside each other, with the suction end of the injector facing the chest. Now when you power the injector via Mesecons, it spits out items. If you use a MESE injector, it will spit out a whole stack.

The injector uses the default Mesecons rules. I described them briefly in the Mesecons Basics article.

Yes but a dispenser allows you to do what is done with two blocks in one.

[VanessaE]

A device to do this would be easy. In fact, when Filter-injectors were first introduced to Pipeworks, I could swear up and down that they did exactly as you propose when there was no chest (or it was empty). This is why I started calling them injectors, even though that behavior turned out to be a bug.

[like2omg]

I don't know if you want to implement this, as it probably wouldn't be used as much as your other features, but I just wanted to throw it out.
I have an idea of a new type of pressure plates that take a certain amount of time "stepped on" to actually send out "power".

One example usage for using in survival mini-games: a player must be standing on this pressure plate long enough to activate or expose something. (Could, for another example, make players more vulnerable when activating a "tower destruction" device of the other team)

Needed setup: to be able to configure (at placement, and later reconfigure with an item so mini-game players don't change it and ruin the game play) the necessary time standing on it to be sending "power".

This idea could also be used the other way: amount of time it will take until it no longer sends "power" after all pressure is gone.

Of course these ideas are easily implemented with pressure plates connected to "processing machines", but I thought I would put these ideas out anyway.

P.S. Thank you (everyone who helped, directly or indirectly) for all the hard work you have done to make such an awesome mod such as this. You deserve it.

[Temperest]

Hey like2omg:

If you want to build one of these right now, here's a circuit that should do the trick. No luacontrollers required!

[like2omg]

Hey like2omg:

If you want to build one of these right now, here's a circuit that should do the trick. No luacontrollers required!

http://i.imgur.com/UKUTvIn.png

Thanks. Although I'm curious if it resets immediately after the player leaves the pressure plate (or if it keeps some charge in the final repeater(s))

[VanessaE]

It holds the output for a time more or less equal to the lesser of (panel stepped on time) vs (total time of the delayers).

If the total delay is 3 seconds and you stand on the panel for 5, it'll still only hold the output for about 3 seconds after you step off, though server <-> client communication lag will basically throw that estimate so far out of the window have to call you with the results from in the next town over. :-)

[addi]

here i must also post a bug.
due the new feature of minetest 0.4.8 all nodes wich have a formspec (playerdetector, luacontroler,microcontroler,...) dose
a) submitting all clicks twice
b) submitting if the formspec is cancled with the ESC key
EDIT:
found another bug too:
digging a vertical mesecon wire will sometimes not return a item
it would be great if you could fix it

thanks
addi

[Temperest]

Thanks for reporting that addi, this has now been fixed.

Can you describe generally how you can reliably make the vertical mesecons not return an item?

[DeepGaze]

Programmable length piston?(hit to set)

[addi]

Thanks for reporting that addi, this has now been fixed.

Can you describe generally how you can reliably make the vertical mesecons not return an item?

thanks fo fixing it, it seems i cant reproduce it. i have it anymore it seems it works fine. maybe it was just a lagg.

thanks anyway
addi

[cheapie]

Random traffic light controller code (for luacontrollers, requires digilines. for use with streets' traffic lights):

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

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--LUAC_Traffic Version 3.3
--Written by cheapie
--WTFPL
if (event.type=="digiline" and event.channel=="fault") then
mem.fault=true
digiline_send("display","Remote Fault "..event.msg)
digiline_send("main","warn")
digiline_send("side","warn")
end
if (pin.c) then
mem.fault=false
end
if (event.channel=="reset") then
mem.fault=false
end
if (event.type=="program")
then
mem.fault=true
digiline_send("display","LUAC_Traffic Version 3.3 PUSH RESET")
digiline_send("main","warn")
digiline_send("side","warn")
end
if(pin.d) then
mem.fault=true
digiline_send("display","External Fault")
digiline_send("main","warn")
digiline_send("side","warn")
end
port.b=mem.fault
if (mem.fault) then
digiline_send("main","warn")
digiline_send("side","warn")
else
if (pin.a) then
digiline_send("main","red")
digiline_send("side","green")
digiline_send("display","NORMAL OPERATION Side has Green")
else
digiline_send("main","green")
digiline_send("side","red")
digiline_send("display","NORMAL OPERATION Main has Green")
end
end


Attach traffic lights on the main street (set to channel 'main') and the side street (channel 'side') to a digiline, a player detector on the side street to pin A, and a reset button to pin C. An LCD can be added to the digiline on channel 'display'. Sending a mesecon signal on pin D or a digiline signal on channel 'fault' (the message should be an explanation) will cause the lights to flash yellow, and sending a signal on pin C or a digiline signal on channel 'reset' will clear the fault.

This code can be seen in action on VanessaE's survival server at the intersection of North St. and the ringroad. Earlier versions can be seen running other lights elsewhere on the server.

[twoelk]

Rather the "creative server" I guess.

[Jeija]

To all server owners: Please update mesecons to the latest version immediately!! Reasons will be disclosed later.