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[1.4] Pistons Can Push Computers and Monitors


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#1 waffles05

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 01:09 AM

Hello,

My idea is to have pistons given the power to push computers, monitors and other stuff in CC. I was planning to make a pop-up tv at the bottom of my MC bed but then I realized pistons can't push them!

This would be great as people could make all sort's of hidden computers and monitors and would look really cool on secret bases.

Thanks for reading and I hope you take my idea into account.

#2 BigSHinyToys

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 02:02 AM

Due to technical limitations of the minecraft games engine tile entities cant be moved around by pistons this is why some vanilla blocks cant be pushed too. It would be possible to work around this but I dough it would happen.

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 02:32 AM

I think we should first concern ourselves with actually being able to move CC objects at all. if you use frames it crashes... once they can be moved maybe piston functionality can follow

#4 Xfel

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 03:03 AM

Pistons can't move tile entities. Thats a fact. if it's not changed by Mojang, it won't work ever.

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 04:03 AM

 Xfel, on 03 November 2012 - 03:03 AM, said:

Pistons can't move tile entities. Thats a fact. if it's not changed by Mojang, it won't work ever.
and ... redpower does it how ...

as I said it is possible but a lot of work.

#6 ChunLing

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 04:06 AM

It was with frames, right? But frames don't work with computers, they break their programming.

#7 waffles05

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 04:24 AM

Could Dan200 talk to Eloraam to find out how she implemented frames moving tile entities?

#8 BigSHinyToys

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 04:50 AM

 ChunLing, on 03 November 2012 - 04:06 AM, said:

It was with frames, right? But frames don't work with computers, they break their programming.
and this lift works how ??
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Posted 03 November 2012 - 04:55 AM

does the floor move or the entire room? as long as the PC itself is not moved it is fine. you can see that the whole room is made out of frames....

#10 BigSHinyToys

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 05:02 AM

 KaoS, on 03 November 2012 - 04:55 AM, said:

does the floor move or the entire room? as long as the PC itself is not moved it is fine. you can see that the whole room is made out of frames....
The hole box moves pulled up or down by the track of motors on the wall controlled by a computer at the top. the lift computer has a program that send a number into a bundled cable behind it this controls the computer at the top and the lifts movement. the lift computer moves with the lift as part of it it doesn't loose its program or its face direction.

#11 KaoS

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 05:09 AM

strange. what version of CC is this because I have had no end of trouble with this issue

#12 BigSHinyToys

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 05:15 AM

minecraft 1.2.5
ComputerCraft 1.41
Redpower 2pr5b2

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Posted 03 November 2012 - 05:25 AM

awesome. I was using tekkit at the time. maybe that is the issue. unfortunately I am on the latest version of MC now so I cannot load RP2. Will test asap though. thanks for the update

#14 kaj

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 05:41 AM

I had no problems with frames and CC computers in 1.2.5 (same version of rp as BigShiny)
I had made a flying (frame) oil rig that was CC controlled, and the only things the frames seemed to dislike moving were BC pipes.

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Posted 04 November 2012 - 08:53 AM

Pre 1.4 crashed game with frames and computers :3 its safe now

#16 immibis

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Posted 07 November 2012 - 04:44 PM

Frames aren't pistons, so the existence of frames does not mean pistons can push tile entities. It would be possible to do, but it would be an entirely separate mod to CC.





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