If you happen to catch me in the IRC, feel free to ask about how you might fix one of these, and I'll do my best to offer some advice, but I'm not going to make any further changes to the thread.
I offer my apologies to anyone who actively followed the thread, and for any damage that may have been done to worlds that used any designs that have been broken.
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Concepts/Components
Block Deleters
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These are used in situations where you need to completely get rid of a block.Block deleters can be made using Hibachis for flammable blocks, or with two block dispensers for any type of block.
Most common uses
- Hibachi design for tree farms
- Block dispenser design for smoothstone farm
Block Dispenser
Any blocks placed below the block dispensers will be deleted.
Pulse where the lever is to delete blocks infront of the right most block dispensers.
Hibachi
Any flammable blocks placed infront of the sticky piston will be deleted.
This takes advantage of the deleter functionality of hibachis (Hibachis will delete any flammable block that is placed on top of them)
Most common uses
- Hibachi design for tree farms
- Block dispenser design for smoothstone farm
Block Dispenser
Any blocks placed below the block dispensers will be deleted.
Pulse where the lever is to delete blocks infront of the right most block dispensers.
Hibachi
Any flammable blocks placed infront of the sticky piston will be deleted.
This takes advantage of the deleter functionality of hibachis (Hibachis will delete any flammable block that is placed on top of them)
Block Replacers
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These are used for replacing blocks. There are two types of block replacers, one using Buddy blocks for detection and one using detector blocks for detection.
Most common uses
- Urn replacers for soul bottlers
- Other stuff I can't think of right now
Detector Block
Buddy Block
One redstone torch and one block go in the bottom block dispenser
Most common uses
- Urn replacers for soul bottlers
- Other stuff I can't think of right now
Detector Block
Buddy Block
One redstone torch and one block go in the bottom block dispenser
Block Eaters
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These are used to suck up blocks. Credit goes to six for helping me a great deal with these.
Most common uses
- Sugarcane/pumpkin/melon farming
- Cobblestone/stone generators
- Ice Farming :)
Ice Farm
Vertically Compact
Redstone dust goes inside top block dispenser.
Most common uses
- Sugarcane/pumpkin/melon farming
- Cobblestone/stone generators
- Ice Farming :)
Ice Farm
Vertically Compact
Redstone dust goes inside top block dispenser.
Block Updater Replacers
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These are used to replace an updatable block with another block, e.g. cobble stone updates to mossy cobble or dirt updates to mycelium etc. These are generally made with a 3 block dispenser system using a default powered block dispenser, a default unpowered block dispenser, and a third block dispenser for feedback loop prevention.
Most common uses
- Mycelium/Grass block farming
- (Extremely slow) Mossy cobblestone farming
- Cracked/Mossy brick farming
Tileable 1 Wide
Left block dispenser spits out new blocks, right block dispenser sucks them up. Bottom block dispenser contains a redstone torch and 1 block.
Block Updater Replacer Clay Farm for Benavov
Block dispensers on the left suck up clay and dirt, block dispensers on the right dispenser dung and sand, bottom block dispenser on the left has a redstone torch and any block in it.
Most common uses
- Mycelium/Grass block farming
- (Extremely slow) Mossy cobblestone farming
- Cracked/Mossy brick farming
Tileable 1 Wide
Left block dispenser spits out new blocks, right block dispenser sucks them up. Bottom block dispenser contains a redstone torch and 1 block.
Block Updater Replacer Clay Farm for Benavov
Block dispensers on the left suck up clay and dirt, block dispensers on the right dispenser dung and sand, bottom block dispenser on the left has a redstone torch and any block in it.
Builds
These are actual functional builds rather than components, spoiler tags will be used for each build, images/files/descriptions will be contained in said spoiler tags.
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Tree Farms
Block Dispenser
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Block dispenser based tree farms are most commonly used to harvest oak and blood wood trees. The reason for this is two fold, first being that both oak and bloodwood will grow "branches" and as a result are near impossible to harvest via sand pushers, and in addition their saplings are so plentiful that it's not unlikely for you to find yourself in a situation where you are using them for furnace fuel just to rid yourself of the doublechests you have full of them. (I'm not being oddly specific, I swear!)
It is also helpful to note that this design is infinitely tileable via the use of repeaters to extend signal on the vertical, so have fun making 60 block dispenser blood wood farms :)
Resources Needed
-Slabs (variable)
-Redstone dust (variable)
-Repeaters (variable)
-Block Dispensers (variable)
-Buddy block x1
Bottom block dispenser receiving from the buddy contains an RST + 1 block
Block dispenser adjacent and facing the sapling contains saplings (duh)
It is also helpful to note that this design is infinitely tileable via the use of repeaters to extend signal on the vertical, so have fun making 60 block dispenser blood wood farms :)
Resources Needed
-Slabs (variable)
-Redstone dust (variable)
-Repeaters (variable)
-Block Dispensers (variable)
-Buddy block x1
Bottom block dispenser receiving from the buddy contains an RST + 1 block
Block dispenser adjacent and facing the sapling contains saplings (duh)
Sand Pusher
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Okay I'm not gonna lie, I really love this thing.
Spruce wood video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOw0tgu ... e=youtu.be
Birch wood video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNYCo5Wo ... e=youtu.be
Sand pusher tree farms are used for uninterrupted growth tree farms, they are some of the hardest builds to test and get working. That said, I have several versions of this, and It's still an ongoing project.
I'm not going to bother with trying to explain all that goes on with this build so I'll provide a world download instead.
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?b8uua6n6yuvn1ja
Spruce wood video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOw0tgu ... e=youtu.be
Birch wood video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNYCo5Wo ... e=youtu.be
Sand pusher tree farms are used for uninterrupted growth tree farms, they are some of the hardest builds to test and get working. That said, I have several versions of this, and It's still an ongoing project.
I'm not going to bother with trying to explain all that goes on with this build so I'll provide a world download instead.
DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?b8uua6n6yuvn1ja
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Chickens
Egg Cracker
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This design is intended for those who would rather have a way to use looting on their chickens, and not have them going into an auto kill system. That said, this setup is fairly simple. The purpose of the slab + stickypiston at the bottom is to stop those scumbag chickens from suffocating themselves inside of walls, as well as to push the raw eggs onto whatever collection system you so desire.
Lever will turn it on and off by keeping the piston powered on and stopping the feedback loop timer.
I've not done it yet but I suspect it would be fairly simple (and extremely sexy) to have this hooked up to the egg farm, so you can do that if you so desire.
Resources Needed
- vMC Dispenser x1
- Piston x1
- Sticky Piston x1
- Trapdoor x1
- Lever x1
- Buddy block x1
- Eggs x n >6.02*10^23
Lever will turn it on and off by keeping the piston powered on and stopping the feedback loop timer.
I've not done it yet but I suspect it would be fairly simple (and extremely sexy) to have this hooked up to the egg farm, so you can do that if you so desire.
Resources Needed
- vMC Dispenser x1
- Piston x1
- Sticky Piston x1
- Trapdoor x1
- Lever x1
- Buddy block x1
- Eggs x n >6.02*10^23
Egg Farm
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Basically what happens in this is that whenever a chicken lays an egg it will set off the detector block which will then feed the chicken another seed automatically, as a result you can stack an infinite amount of chickens in one unit. Seeds go in the vMC dispenser, both of the hoppers should be powered (trust me you'll want a double chest for the eggs if you don't hook this up to an auto cracker) and a button on the detector is advisable incase you run out of seeds and need to restart the device. In addition you absolutely need a halfslab and a block above where the seeds get dispensed or else the design is likely not to work properly
Another important thing to note if you are going to try using more than one chicken, eventually they will all starve except for 1, so it's probably for the best that you not use multiple chickens per unit.
Resources Needed
- Detector block x1
- vMC Dispenser x1
- Seeds (Variable)
- Mechanical Power
- Hopper x2
Another important thing to note if you are going to try using more than one chicken, eventually they will all starve except for 1, so it's probably for the best that you not use multiple chickens per unit.
Resources Needed
- Detector block x1
- vMC Dispenser x1
- Seeds (Variable)
- Mechanical Power
- Hopper x2
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Cocoa Bean Farm
Cocoa Bean Farm v1
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This cocoa bean farm works by using a buddy block to detect several updates, the placing of the cocoa, the 2 updates from growth stages, and the harvesting of the cocoa.
Sticky pistons will prevent the cocoa from getting stuck and harvest it when it finishes growing, and block dispensers will place more.
Resources needed
- Cocoa Beans (variable)
- Repeater x3
- Dust x6
- Torch x2
- Waterflow/hopper (variable)
- Buddy block x1
- Block dispenser x1
- Sticky piston x2
Wool Farm
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This design takes advantage of the interactions between block dispensers and sheep, wherein you can "suck up" the wool from sheep using said block dispensers. The buddy block will detect the spread of grass as well as when the sheep eat it. Sheep will not suffocate as a result of their hitbox being slightly larger than 1 block high, so don't worry about that. In addition, it is possible to stack multiple sheep in each module, though it would be advisable to only stack multiples of one color.
Using multiple grass blocks/grass planters will allow for faster grass spreading; however, this is not necessary as long as you cover up the grass spread block as seen in the image.
The siding seen in the picture is placed to prevent the sheep from moving out of range of the block dispenser, it is necessary.
Resources needed
- Buddyblock x1
- Grass or Grass planters (variable)
- Block Dispenser x1
- Siding/Moulding x1
Using multiple grass blocks/grass planters will allow for faster grass spreading; however, this is not necessary as long as you cover up the grass spread block as seen in the image.
The siding seen in the picture is placed to prevent the sheep from moving out of range of the block dispenser, it is necessary.
Resources needed
- Buddyblock x1
- Grass or Grass planters (variable)
- Block Dispenser x1
- Siding/Moulding x1
Wheat Farms
Wheat Module (With Bonemeal 1 Wide)
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Bonemeal on top, see original wheat module for full description
Wheat Module
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This is basically a wheat farm module that can be used for semi-automatic wheat farming, seeds need to be manually replaced. Because of the way that block dispensers receive power it is possible to use these for a no waste wheat farm, allowing it to be somewhat self sustaining.
Each module is tillable up to every other block. It will automatically harvest and replant.
Wheat Farm Module (old)
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Added this back because apparently the new one was causing issues for some people
InfiWheat Module
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Still a WIP, wicker should go in hoppers as a filter.
Infinite Wheat (Standalone)
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Ain't she a thing of beauty?
Melon/Pumpkin Farm (No Block Eaters)
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Be sure to drop these 15 blocks if you want to smash them
Resources Needed
- All seen in picture (variable)
Potato/Carrot Farm
Module by Ion
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This should fix any issues of items not falling fast enough.
Module by Husbag3
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Resources needed
- All seen in picture
- In top block dispenser: 7 Blocks 1 Redstone dust 1 Block (in that order)
- In bottom block dispenser Carrots/Potatoes
This carrot/potato farm works off of a growth sensor buddy block, each growth stage, harvest, and replant, will cause an update, the block dispenser will "count" these updates and send a signal to harvest the product when it is fully grown.
Cobblestone/Smoothstone Generators
Cobble Generator (Pulse limiter)
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This design uses a pulse limiter (sticky piston + rising edge) and a 3 tick repeater to take advantage of a reliable method of cobblestone generation.
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Soul Bottlers
Most compact
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Front block dispenser has urns, back block dispenser has 4 blocks and a minecart.
This build is dedicated to shifty for being the stuffs.
Fastest
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Don't plan on writing a description for this, use it if you so desire, it's not something I'm exceptionally proud of.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYi1S-VxZBs
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYi1S-VxZBs
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Pottery
Pottery Maker
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Not a whole lot to say here that I haven't already talked to death. You must use a sticky piston, 1 redstone torch, and every 2 non solids will add another rotation or level of pottery, block dispenser in front places clay.
Just to be clear 2 non solids = crucible, 4 non solids = Planters, etc. I've not bothered testing this for absolute tilability, though it will work with 1 block between each module (which considering the mechanical power requirement is probably for the best).
Just to be clear 2 non solids = crucible, 4 non solids = Planters, etc. I've not bothered testing this for absolute tilability, though it will work with 1 block between each module (which considering the mechanical power requirement is probably for the best).
Minimalistic
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This autokiln design works by using a block dispenser as a timer and harvester, and the dispenser must be timed using the same timer as the bellows.
Resources Needed
- All seen in picture
Boat Timer Designs
What exactly is a boat timer?: http://youtu.be/b5GgYdkBopU
Tree farm DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?o8wr7wbdbk5cuhb
Cart Emptier DL: http://www.mediafire.com/?vuoysqit5r91jax
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Better With Renewables
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This section is entirely dedicated to designs for various BWR additions, BWR videos will still be in the videos section.
Glowdust Synth
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Explanation of this renewable: Glowstone dust can be renewed by focusing sun light on pulsing redstone via the use of a lens, this reaction will cause a cooking effect that fools nearby buddy blocks (grrrr) thereby rendering buddy based replacements for redstone near impossible. This reaction will also require a cooldown time, block dispensers that have placed redstone under a "synth" will have a 5 second period where no glowdust can be made.
Explanation of my design: By having two clocks running into the block dispenser I was able to set up a system where the dispenser could place redstone dust but not suck it back up as a result of the speed at which the redstone was pulsing being too fast for the block dispenser to register. This timer is then connected to a repeater on a longer delay than the timer itself, using this as a detection system, when the redstone dust cooks and turns into glowstone dust it will then set off the sticky piston, pushing the dust into the hopper and then allowing for the next redstone dust to be placed.
Videos
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General concepts video: http://www.youtu.be/XS4ofTu-SkA
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Soul bottler: http://www.youtu.be/rYi1S-VxZBs
Sand pusher tree farm: http://www.youtu.be/FpOw0tguYIk
Sand pusher birch wood tree farm: http://www.youtu.be/wNYCo5WoqiE
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Powering Block Dispensers: http://www.youtu.be/FLtwiHe6ZVQ
Buddy Block Explanation Part 1: http://youtu.be/fRQTwk1izfU
Buddy Block Explanation Part 2: http://youtu.be/X5tD18z9TeQ
Detector Blocks: http://youtu.be/jrBtxcqo5Kk
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Filtering Explanation: http://youtu.be/StbG7De0pU0
Mob Trap Filtering: http://youtu.be/apNnQeHLo2g
Filtering Showcase - Farming Machine: http://youtu.be/mepuzJu9-FM
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Obsidian Generator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV-GuVr_C40
Iron Free Poop Machine: http://youtu.be/YUQR9i0nWM0
Icy tries to break me: http://youtu.be/1D-T0zg_fHk
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Boat Timers: http://youtu.be/b5GgYdkBopU
Smart Pistons: http://youtu.be/qmHOzEO4PZs
Stone Generation: http://youtu.be/0-fIkcCOP2k
Soul Bottlers: http://www.youtu.be/A_SnYQII3XI
Autofarming: http://youtu.be/KThWabpQZ6k
Pulse Limiter: http://youtu.be/z0rBsyFRW8Q
Monostable Circuit: http://youtu.be/jxZ-Axj8a0w
T-Flip-Flop: http://www.youtu.be/mHwni4Xt2QY
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Sand Pusher (True compact): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw2Ev8tooO0
Sand Pusher (Pseudo-compact): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POwE_BhIRkY
Cart Unloader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1nR-zkHlQo
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Chest Cart Emptier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcGFzfo0nT4
Sand Pusher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpkEulaN3Z4
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Credits
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- MagiKeh for helping me format this, give him some cookies.
- Shifty for the original inspiration and design for the pottery maker
- Six for too many things to even begin listing
- Mason11987 for the original block replacer design in his world, and for teaching me how to filter a mob trap
- Benanov/Warr/Dave for making BWR and setting me up with a test server
- Battosay for giving me the motivation to actually start making videos
- Icynewyear for supporting me in his videos and in his streams
- Various people in Six's thread for giving me builds to work with
- Ribky for pretty much supporting me with everything I've ever done
- Finite8 for the original sand pusher design
- Everyone in the IRC for supporting me throughout all of this
- Mason11987 Again for letting me use his mob filtering system in my video <3
- Jeet for showing me a better way to make chest cart catchers :)
- Husbag3 for allowing me to share his carrot/potato farms on my thread
(If I forgot to mention you here be sure to yell at me in the IRC)
- Ion for allowing me to use his carrot/potato farm.
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Changelog
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- Added a video for the sand pusher tree farm
- Added a video for my newest soul bottler design
- Added a general video containing explanations of a lot of the general concepts builds as well as a few other things
- Mad science for good measure
- Revised Pottery description because apparently I'm inept
- Added a video for birch wood farm
- Added a video about powering block dispensers
- Powering air blocks for good measure
- Added BWR clay farm under block updater replacers
- Changed title of thread
- Added the first part of my explanation on the workings of buddy blocks
- Screw being sick!
- Added suspiciously simple egg farm
- Revised several descriptions for clarity
- Added "Most common uses" for each build in concepts/components section
- Added credits section
- Changed horizontally to vertically in the block eaters section *headdesk*
- Added Part 2 of my Buddy block explanation
- Threw my old microphone into a fire
- Added Configureable Multi-Pulser video
- MagiKeh is delicious
- Started builds section description revisions
- Added part 1 of my explanation on filtering
- Added Mob Trap Filtering Video
- Added Smart Piston Video
- Added Iron Free Poop Machine Video
- Get your very own IFPM today!
- Added Farming Machine Filtering Showcase Video
- Added Detector Block Video
- Tidied up the videos section
- Added notice at the bottom of the thread
- Added Misc section because I'm lazy
- Probably some spelling errors, I'll fix it later.
- Infinite Wheat Farm Harvesting Modules
- I'm an idiot!
- Added announcements section for news and stuff about the thread
- Added an autokiln design, still need to write a full description for it.
- Updated the introduction to be more comprehensive and less text wall-ish
- Added to do list (suggest more stuffs!)
- Added a temporary chest cart receiver
- Added Icyblockeater
- Added Cocoa bean farm
- Added Melon/Pumpkin farm v1
- Added descriptions for cocoa farm, autokiln, and melon farm.
- Added Melon/Pumpkin farm v2
- Added sexy as hell chest cart catcher
- Added Husbag3's Potato & Carrot Farm
- Added BWR section and Glowdust synth
- Added Stone generators section
- Added 1 wide boat timer
- Added brain melting timer video made by icy
- Removed and moved various things, doing lots of general clean up work.
- I'M SICK OF UPDATING THIS CHANGELOG, FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
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