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How do I start using Tiny Pipes?
Craft your first pipe type (Item Pipe, Fluid Pipe, or Energy Pipe depending on what you want to transport), place it between two inventories or tanks, and it will automatically connect and begin transferring. You can right-click pipes with a wrench to rotate connectors and control flow direction.
Why are my items not moving through the pipes?
Check that both the source and destination inventories are properly connected to the pipe network—pipes only transfer between valid blocks. Also verify the pipe type matches what you're transporting (Item Pipe for items, Fluid Pipe for liquids, etc.).
How do I increase transfer speed?
Place multiple tiny pipe connectors on the same connection point to stack transfer rates, or use Speed Upgrades with full-sized pipes to boost throughput beyond the default rate.
What's the difference between whitelist and blacklist filters?
A whitelist filter only allows specified items or fluids through; a blacklist filter blocks specified items or fluids and lets everything else pass. Right-click an Item Filter Pipe or Fluid Filter Pipe with an empty hand to open the filter GUI and choose your mode.
Can I filter items to go to different chests automatically?
Yes—place Item Filter Pipes at branch points in your network and configure each filter to allow only certain items, directing them down different pipe paths to their designated storage locations.
How do Redstone Pipes work?
Redstone Pipes transmit up to 16 different colored signals losslessly by assigning each connector a color frequency with a dye (right-click the connector). Inputs and outputs are controlled with a wrench, and each output only receives signals matching its color.
Do Tiny Pipes cause lag like hoppers and water streams?
No—Tiny Pipes are designed to be performance-friendly and handle item, fluid, and energy transport without the lag associated with water streams or hopper chains.
Can I transport energy with these pipes?
Yes, use Energy Pipes to transfer Forge Energy (RF) between machines and power storage. Like other pipe types, you can increase transfer speed with multiple connectors or Speed Upgrades.
What happens if I connect a pipe to an inventory that's full?
The pipe will stop transferring items to that inventory until space becomes available; items will not be lost or despawn.
Can I use Redstone Pipes to send wireless signals?
Redstone Pipes are lossless but still require physical pipe connections; they are not wireless. However, you can use color-coded signals to separate multiple redstone channels through a single pipe network.
What does the Tiny Pipes Mod do?
It adds modular pipes for transferring items, fluids, Forge Energy and redstone. The pipes can share block space with each other and with Tiny Redstone circuits.
What types of pipes does Tiny Pipes add?
It registers item pipes , item filter pipes , fluid pipes , fluid filter pipes , energy pipes , redstone pipes , and tiny versions of each. There is also a pipe speed upgrade and a pipe wrench .
How fast do Tiny Pipes transfer items?
Each item pipe connection moves 2 items per second by default, and this is configurable. Full-sized pipes can be sped up up to 32x with speed upgrades, reaching about 1 stack per second by default.
How fast do fluid pipes transfer fluids?
Each fluid pipe connection moves 500mB (half a bucket) per second by default, and this is configurable. Full-sized pipes can be sped up up to 32x with speed upgrades, reaching 16 buckets per second by default.
How much energy do energy pipes transfer?
Each energy pipe connection moves 256 FE/tick by default, and this is configurable. Transfer speed can be increased with multiple tiny connectors or speed upgrades on full-sized pipes .
How do I filter items or fluids in Tiny Pipes?
Use an item filter pipe or fluid filter pipe and right-click it with an empty hand to open a filter GUI. There you can set items or fluid buckets to allow or disallow (whitelist/blacklist), and filters can be placed anywhere in the pipe network.
How do I change which sides a Tiny Pipe connects to?
Right-click the pipe with a wrench to toggle each side between off, on and pull where possible. You can also right-click with an empty hand to open a 3D GUI and toggle the 6 sides.
How do redstone pipes work in Tiny Pipes?
Redstone pipes transfer redstone losslessly and support up to 16 signals corresponding to dye colors. Inputs and outputs are controlled with a wrench, and right-clicking a connector with a dye sets its color frequency without consuming the dye; each output only transfers signals from inputs of the same color.
What is the difference between normal and Tiny Pipes?
Normal pipes are block-sized and can be clustered together, while tiny pipes are 1/8th of a block in each dimension, giving an 8x8x8 grid per block space for compact designs. Both can share block space with each other and with Tiny Redstone circuits.
What does Tiny Pipes require to run?
It requires Tiny Redstone . It is available for Forge and NeoForge.