Yet another coilgun

[dry sonnet]

https://youtu.be/jMXM_t-cBZI

So in theory this could be practical but we need very fast chunkloading

[patent parcel]

so

with fast enough chunk loading

someone could make a lore accurate blackbird

[dry sonnet]

yeah that too

hypersonic bombers and stuff

[astral rapids]

Is the big one running with active or passive fire?

[crimson summit]

very impressive build ! I tried to make one but it just doesn’t work, how did you make it?

[dry sonnet]

it just needs redstone to be powered so i activate all the magnets when i do that

[dry sonnet]

generally it's been a lot of trial and error, but try making a smaller one and go up from that

like a 1x1 projectile maybe

just make sure magnets are powered and they face the same direction

and that the coilgun's magnets face inwards either - on the outside or + on the outside

works both ways you just need to have a projectile that faces the corresponding sides

and they may bug sometimes so you can always reload the world

[astral rapids]

Do you stagger out the powering, or just turn them all on at once?

[dry sonnet]

i turn on them all at once, i had plans of making it stagger them but it seems this is more reliable

you'd probably have to time the stagger really well

but may be needed for longer cannons or bigger ones because too much magnets at the same time may break it, it seems

[astral rapids]

Yeah, same issue for my testing.
Thrusters usually solve the problem, I also have a couple of designs for active fire on my own world, the timing isn't too difficult.

[dry sonnet]

nice, maybe ill try to make some staggered ones too someday

[astral rapids]

Also, are you running it via attraction or repulsion?

[dry sonnet]

honestly i dunno the difference lol

this build is purely a result of trial and error i did go into this blind a little lol

i had to rebuild it like 5 times

[astral rapids]

Are you attracting the projectile by neg/pos or repelling it through neg/neg?

[dry sonnet]

all the magnets on the coilgun are facing facing positive to the inside
and negative to the outside
and the projectile is facing positive rear, and negative at the front

[astral rapids]

So it looks like you're running with an Attractive Coilgun.
I've heard from the person who does the coilguns for Anthem that repulsive are a bit better, the only downside being that you need to essentially force the projectile in there with some initial velocity to work properly.

[dry sonnet]

ah, i should check out other methods then

it's still pretty strong as a cannon

i made this one so it pulls in the projectile and locks it in place here

but perhaps you could use some other magnets to push it first and then use this repulsive one to accelerate it

unless the projectile wont react to attractive ones when it's made for repulsive

[astral rapids]

Maybe?
They should work fine, since you'd just need to use the opposite polarity.

[dry sonnet]

ight

[astral rapids]

Btw, where's the tnt you used from?

[dry sonnet]

lucky tnt mod

lotta very strong tnt's

inspired by the very old more tnt mod

[unreal basin]

not rly, the bullets are too expensive. this coilgun is still extremely cool and well made tho

[dry sonnet]

thx

[crimson summit]

thank you very much !

[dry sonnet]

np, and remember to not have too much magnets active at once that may also break them

[crimson summit]

thank you, I use repeters...

when I use worldedit to stack magnets, it just breaks them. Is there any solution to stack magnets quickly?

[dry sonnet]

i still use worldedit with //stack command and eventually reload the world if they break, also try turning them off and on again (yeah lol)

[crimson summit]

ah ok, if it’s that simple…thank you !

[dry sonnet]

glad i helped

[astral rapids]

I recommend using Cog Blocks from Supplementaries, they’re easy enough to use on smaller coilguns if you do it right.

[dry sonnet]

yeah i do use them here

[astral rapids]

Honestly a good choice. I used SRIs for one of mine, and that caused me significant pain, lol.

[dry sonnet]

oof

it's basically this on the inside

sry for terrible quality

[astral rapids]

That is infinitely more efficient than what I did, lol.

[crimson summit]

uh what do cog blocks do?

[crimson summit]

and what is SRIs?

[astral rapids]

Secure Redstone Interfaces.
They’re from SecurityCraft.

[astral rapids]

And Cog Blocks are essentially togglable redstone blocks that link up.

[crimson summit]

like redstone link?

of create?

[astral rapids]

Which ones? Because SRIs essentially are, though they have some benefits over Links.

[crimson summit]

of create mod

[astral rapids]

Yeah, are you asking if the SRIs or the Cog Blocks are similar?

[crimson summit]

no, if they are more efficient than create redstone link

[astral rapids]

I’d say yeah. The only downside is that you can’t use Linked Controllers with them, and if you’re running multiplayer, then other people won’t be able to use the ones you placed.

[crimson summit]

and why cog blocks with worldedit?

[crimson summit]

ah but are they less buggy than create redstone link?

[astral rapids]

From a bit of testing, it looks like as long as you power them on and off, the issues seem to go away, which is hard to do with Redstone Blocks, but Cogs are literally meant for that.

[astral rapids]

Buggy?

[crimson summit]

yeah, when i use a linked controller, go far away of the redstone links and go back they are bugged. The redstone links are broken and i have to replace all the redstone links to relink my controller

[astral rapids]

I haven’t seen that issue with SRIs, though tbf, I haven’t had that issue with Links either.

[crimson summit]

ah…

why my mods are always broken and glitchy?

or it’s my cursed minecraft

[crimson summit]

Anyway thank you for answering me!

[dry sonnet]

i'd say cogs are great cuz they don't struggle with vertical conduction

and they output/input redstone to all sides

and that they are solid they are somewhat more reliable to worldedit

[crimson summit]

ahhh ok i will use cog blocks now