My implementation of a paper trick

[cerulean swallow]

Pardon the order of screenshots. So what is going on:

1. Pattern provider pushes al required components into a barrel and locks itself until primary product is returned (paper)
2. Laser node triggers a redstone signal when exact number of multiblock controllers is present
3. That signal is sent to export bus which exports required paper on a pulse
4. Meanwhile lase node moves items back into system for wireless access

Only caveat is that controller block must not be the last item in a pattern. Otherwise pattern provider will push new set of items as soon as previous ones are extracted and sensor card will not flicker and instead give continuous signal, which will not allow export bus to feed the "paper" back

[hazy knoll]

Hi, I've been doing similar but simpler to setup thing in another run (and improved it in moni)
Was interesting to see different solution to the same problem

I've got setup possible with only AE2 (scalable and reliable, been playing with it til UHV in another pack)

Guess you could want trying to come up with a solution yourself so I put in into spoilers

0. ||The main gotcha here is that paper item can be inserted into the network completely separated from the crafting process (so you just do a multiblock pattern by pressing "+" in JEI and then placing renamed paper or something as a result adding anything else)||

1. ||When the recipe is being crafted it waits for the result of the pattern to be inserted into the network somehow (e.g. through interface or import bus) ||

2. ||export bus has a round robin mode which works pretty reliable and is fast enough even without acceleration cards||

3. || export bus can export into ME Interface of its own network||

4. ||storage bus can accept Fuzzy upgrade so you can store your RenamedPaper items without messing up unstackable items ||

5 ||instead of paper or e.g. poisonous potato its possible to use renamed patterns of the multiblock controller recipe so it has a nice preview icon||

I can send the full solution when ingame if you interested, let me know

[cerulean swallow]

1. Renamed multiblock pattern for improved icon is a nice a idea, but I'll stick with paper, since craftable paper stands out in terminal more 🙂
2. Yeah, I'd like to take a look, especially how the part about round-robin is relevant

[hazy knoll]

This is old setup from starT, I changed a bit and still experimenting in moni
Main important change - make at least 2 of each renamed potato/paper to avoid flickering in terminal
Also iirc I replaced import bus + barrel to interface in moni