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- BuildCraft (not to be confused with the mod, BuildCraft) is a modpack specifically built for Minecraft's creative mode! This Minecraft modpack is designed to amplify your building prowess and unleash boundless creativity!
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Jul 18, 2013 · The major feature of BuildCraft is the pipes. Pipes are used to transport items, fluids, and mechanical energy between inventories/machines. There are many different types of pipes all with unique functions, including Wooden, Cobblestone, Stone, Sandstone, Iron, Gold, Diamond, Emerald and Obsidian.
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What mods will work with BuildCraft?
•It’s more a case of what mods work well with this one. This is one of the ‘founding’ mods, nearly half of the mods in the pack are or at least started out as addon mods for this one. •Unless it’s IC2, or an addon mod for it, and it isn’t Mystcraft or Factorization, it’s probably a good bet that it’s going to work very well here, since it was probably written to be compatible with it. •Everything. Pipes get things back and forth, and adding gates (which are compatible with a lot of machines) will prove very useful for bigger networks, with multiple mods.
What should I have before I begin?
•You should have all basic resources after your first mining expedition down to gold/redstone level. Wood, Glass, Cobblestone, Stone, Iron, Gold and Redstone. •Some pipe upgrades require Cacti or Beeswax. •To really get your automation kicked into high gear, you’re going to need a good supply of diamonds. Like a couple dozen. But that’s higher-tier, you don’t need it to start with.
This is one of those things that started off as a small thing, and later on took on a whole new life. Basically, pipes are used to transport stuff, be it items, liquids, or even MJ all over the place, without you needing to do it.
I’d say "that's all", but that’s a fundamental game changing concept right there. Unless you are using RedPower 2's Pneumatic Tubes, odds are you are going to be using these things a lot. Not to discredit RP2's Tubes, but BuildCraft's Pipes are just better for things other than very basic automation.
So let’s start talking about pipes. The default recipe for Transport Pipes is two of some kind of material on either side of a piece of glass, and it typically produces eight of that pipe. But the material it is made of, determines its function;
Typically you will need to make Transport Pipes and upgrade them to the water proof Fluid Pipes, using Pipe Sealant, or the conductive Kinesis Pipes, using Redstone.
Other mods may have additional pipes they bring to the table, but those are the ‘core’ BC pipes.
•Wooden pipes need a Redstone Engine for them to pipe things through. That Redstone Engine needs a Redstone Signal to get going. Generally, there’s never a good reason to turn off the Redstone Engine as long as the Wooden Pipe is there.
Production
NOTE: MJ and Engines were only introduced in BuildCraft 2. In BuildCraft 1, power pipes and machinery using redstone pulses such as from a redstone clock. Buildcraft invented the MJ (Minecraft Joules), so it is no surprise they have ways of producing it. Currently, there are three types of Engines (in BuildCraft);
Transportation
So, you now have power. Ehr, how do you transport it? You guessed it - Kinesis Pipes. To transport MJ from Engines, you need a Wooden Kinesis Pipe. After that, you need Kinesis Pipes or Stone Kinesis Pipes to transmit power through your network - Wooden Kinesis Pipes do not connect to machines. Alternatively, you can place the engine right next to a machine, but this is far from optimal. Thermal Expansion adds a better way to transport MJ - the Redstone Energy Conduit. You can read about it on the item's article.
Usage
Now that you have a power network, what to do with it?
Assembly Table
Now comes probably the most expensive piece of infrastructure you’ll ever have to make in this mod, yes even more expensive than that Quarry. Don’t give me that look, it’ll be worth it. Trust me. We’re going to need a lot of diamonds. Like over a dozen of them. We’re also going to need quite a bit of Gold, Iron, Obsidian, and Redstone. We’re also going to want a lot of MJ production. Like probably at least 16-20 MJ/t just devoted to this one system. It’s time to build your Assembly Table. So yea, that’s a diamond gear, and another diamond. So wait, that’s only five diamonds, what’s up with this ‘over a dozen of them’ stuff? Well, unfortunately the Assembly Table doesn’t run off of regular MJ. All of the activity on the Assembly Table is done with Lasers, which needs to be within three blocks, and they need to have an unobstructed view to the table. Lasers cost two Diamonds. Each. And if you want them produced at any speed, you’ll want at least four of them. Oh, and you know how the assembly table doesn’t run off of MJ? Lasers do. Each one needs 4 MJ/t to run at optimal efficiency. So be sure you have enough energy production before starting this project. Laser
Gates
Gates are great. They bring logic and automation to your piping. Let’s say you want to conserve Fuel, and only want your Combustion Engines running when something actually wants power. Well, for this, you’ll need to make some Iron Gates and some Red Pipe Wire. One redstone and one iron ingot makes an Redstone Iron Chipset. One Iron Chipset and one Red Pipe Wire makes one Iron AND Gate or an Iron OR Gate. Red Pipe Wire is simply some redstone, iron and Rose Red (throw a rose into your crafting square to get a couple). For this particular setup, either one will work since we are only using one conditional, but for those who are logically minded, you’ll recognize how fun having an AND or OR gate can be. Now then, gates go on pipes. That’s the only place they go. For this experiment, we’ll be putting an Iron Gate on the Conductive Pipe directly attached to a machine which draws power. Run Red Pipe Wiring along the Conductive Pipe to your Combustion Engines. Run some Redstone behind or underneath them, wherever you can fit it. The gate at the machine should say “Has Work → Red Pipe Signal”, the one near the Combustion Engines should be “Red Pipe Signal → Redstone Signal”. Now when the machine has work (has something to do) your Combustion Engines turn on. You can hook up an Iron Gate to each machine in your network if you like. That way, you won’t be wasting fuel if your factory is idle. Here’s a cute trick: Combine a Gravel with a Cobblestone pipe. You get a Cobblestone Structure Pipe. This doesn’t pipe anything, but it can be used to run Red Pipe Wire along, and you can put gates on it. So you can run some structure pipes along your engines and put in gates set to trigger redstone signal when it gets a Red Pipe signal, if necessary. They can also be used to run a red pipe signal across pipes that won’t connect (stone/cobblestone, or regular pipes and liquid pipes and conductive pipes). That’s only one simple thing. To go into it in full detail would be a guide all its own. The only other gate I’ll mention right now needs an Ender Pearl. It’s called a Pulsating Chipset. It’s used to make an Autarchic Gate. These things are basically a Redstone Engine built into the gate, so you can put them on a Wooden Pipe and not have to worry about where to put the Redstone Engine or worry about the signal either. And yes, autarchic gates can be triggered with red pipe wire, if you want. You can also tell it to pulse when there is a lack of redstone signal, if you just want it pumping constantly. That’s it for now. Later on, there will be guides detailing some of the things we’ve touched on, but in greater detail But that should get you started, at least.
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BuildCraft is a mod that extends Minecraft with a system of powered machines and tools. It adds many machines for automating tasks, and pipes for transportation of items, liquids, and energy.
BuildCraft is a mod that uses machines to mine resources, craft items, and sort resources. It also has machines that can automatically build structures based on blueprints. The mod also includes pipes to transport items, liquids, and power.
BuildCraft is a mod with amazing potential. You can build a power plant that creates power for quarries that auto-mine! You can even have automatic sorting systems to sort the inflow of items with ease!
So, you've just installed BuildCraft and successfully started a new world, but you're asking yourself, "What do I do now?" Well, this tutorial is here to help! Follow along as we journey into the wonders of BuildCraft!
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