Blue Power Mod — Guide
World Generation
Blue Power adds several new resources to the world to facilitate its advanced crafting recipes. These ores and materials are essential for creating alloys and logic components.
Ores and Minerals
| Ore | Spawn Height | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Teslatite Ore | Deepslate layers (Y < 0) | The 'blue redstone'. Used for Blue Alloy and logic wafers. |
| Copper Ore | Standard (Y 0 to 96) | Used for wires and alloys (if not provided by other mods). |
| Silver Ore | Deepslate layers | Essential for Blue Alloy and high-tier electronics. |
| Zinc Ore | Mid-to-low layers | Used to create Brass alloys. |
| Ruby Ore | Deepslate layers | Used for tools and specialized machines. |
| Sapphire Ore | Deepslate layers | Used for tools and specialized machines. |
| Amethyst Ore | Deepslate layers | Used for tools and specialized machines. |
Natural Structures
- Volcanoes: Large structures made of Basalt. They often contain lava pools and are a primary source of Basalt blocks.
- Rubber Trees: Found in various biomes, these trees provide Rubber, which is used for insulating wires and crafting tubes.
Logic Gates
The heart of Blue Power is its logic system. Instead of massive redstone structures, players can use compact gates placed on any surface. These gates can be rotated using a Screwdriver.
Common Logic Gates
- AND Gate: Outputs a signal only when all active inputs are receiving power.
- OR Gate: Outputs a signal if any of its inputs are receiving power.
- NOT Gate (Inverter): Outputs a signal only when its input is OFF.
- XOR Gate: Outputs a signal when an odd number of inputs are ON.
- Buffer Gate: Passes a signal forward, strengthening it and preventing backflow.
- Timer: Emits a redstone pulse at a configurable interval (default 2 seconds).
- Sequencer: Cycles a redstone pulse through its four output faces in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
- Counter: Keeps track of pulses received and outputs a signal once a specific threshold is reached.
- State Cell: A complex gate used for timing and memory, often used in automated pulse-width modulation.
- Randomizer: Outputs a signal to a random output face when triggered.
Pneumatic Tube System
Blue Power's item transport system is 'intelligent.' Unlike BuildCraft pipes, items in Pneumatic Tubes will never drop on the ground if a destination is full; they will simply bounce back or seek an alternative valid inventory.
Tube Types
- Pneumatic Tube: The standard transport pipe. Items move through these toward the nearest valid inventory.
- Restriction Tube: Acts as a long distance for the pathfinding algorithm, making items avoid this path unless no other options exist.
- Magtube: High-speed transport tubes that require power to operate.
- Color-Coded Tubes: Tubes can be painted with dyes. Items painted the same color will preferentially travel through matching tubes.
Transport Machines
- Transposer: Sucks a single item out of an inventory when it receives a redstone pulse.
- Filter: Similar to a Transposer, but can be configured to only pull specific items or stacks.
- Retriever: Pulls items from a remote inventory across a tube network toward itself.
- Sorting Machine: An advanced filter that can route different items to different colored paths based on a GUI configuration.
Mechanics: Redstone Wiring
Blue Power replaces traditional redstone dust with more versatile wiring options.
- Red Alloy Wire: Can be placed on walls and ceilings. It can run for up to 255 blocks without signal loss.
- Insulated Wire: Available in all 16 Minecraft colors. These wires do not connect to each other unless they are the same color.
- Bundled Cable: A single cable that can carry 16 different signals simultaneously. It is used to connect complex logic arrays without a mess of wires.
- Wire Strips: Using the Handsaw, wires can be hidden under 'Covers' (Microblocks), allowing for completely hidden circuitry inside walls.