terasology / machines

An assortment of machine infrastructure

Machines

A module that provides the infrastructure to easily make machines for processing or assembly of materials.

See the forum for discussion: http://forum.terasology.org/threads/machines.938/

Entity Network

• A set of components and systems to join entities together in a group. These groups can then be queried so that interactions between joined entites can be orchestrated.

Entity Network Readme

Fluid

see Fluid

Fluid Transport

• Tanks that can be interacted with by containers of fluid (like a bucket).
• Pipes that simulate gravity and let fluid naturally flow from elevated tanks to lower tanks.
• Pumps that input power to lift fluid to elevated tanks.

Item Transport

• Ejection/extraction of items to/from adjacent inventories

Machines

• A default UI implementation for an inventory based workstation process that allows a single visual extension
• A system to simplify setup of a block to be a machine. It will automatically add an inventory, slot mappings, and extension of the default UI
• Surface Placement block family to assist connecting devices in the right direction

Mechanical Power

• Uses the EntityNetwork submodule and PotentialEnergyDevices module to enable transfer, storage, and production of energy

Mechanical Power Readme

machines's Issues

Toggle the visibility of the process list on and off

I want to be able to toggle the process list off (and then back on again) so that those that do not like the clutter can have their screen back.

• persist this setting per player

All fluids are pink when in a tank

Some hints here on how to map the right texture: https://github.com/Terasology/DangerMod/blob/master/src/main/java/net/minecraft/client/model/ModelBase.java#L104

Multiplayer support

Restrict Fluid Pipes from transferring more than one liquid at once

I want fluid pipes to only allow one type of liquid to be transferred at one time so that real world is more simulated in that when you put two liquids in the same pipe they mix together, we dont have liquid mixing, so it should be avoided.

• possibly a 1 second delay between fluid types over the same pipe? This would allow continuous pumping of particular liquids without getting overridden by a different connection.
• For bonus points, add some sort of visual indicator of what fluid is currently being transported.

The side process list creates lots of entities, cache this better and reduce memory churn

Fluid inventory need a widget on the default UI

I want fluid stored in a machine to be shown on the GUI so that one can see when they need to refill the tank.

• A vertical progress bar colored to the fluid.
• Hover over displays the numerical amounts.

Side widgets do not display correctly with gestalt4

Get rid of CategorizedInventoryComponent

in favor of InventoryAccessComponent

Buckets are no longer filling tanks

Custom rendered machine parts

I want to render animations of dials, widgets, and inner workings of a machine so that machines can have interesting visual effects.

Ideas:

• Render extra stuff on the outside of a block so that an animated part of a block would not spam chunk changes.
• Render things inside the block that move/change when a machine is processing. One could then expose a window into the machine to see what it is doing.

WorldlyTooltips for fluid tanks need to show all the fluid inventory amounts

• There are definitely some shenanigans involved with getting first fluids. Maybe this feature will help eliminate needing the first fluid slot.

Eliminate polling all machines for automatic processing

Changing this to an event triggered operation would eliminate the need for polling and testing everything.

MarcinSc suggests a MachineStateChanged event to accomodate this interaction.

BlockOutput/ItemOutput validation do not collaborate with each other

Each process part does its own validation that doesnt take in to account each other. It is possible to overflow an inventory if you are outputting both an item and a block.

Default machine UI improvements

• add window border
• add space between input and output slots
• add left side extra widget
• allow multiple extra widgets

Process descriptions for fluid input/output need to show the fluid substance's display name