[Suggestion] Valves and switches
EzerArch opened this issue · 4 comments
Bringing a suggestion from an old, closed issue: #2375, for until now it's never got an issue of its own.
Suggestion: wouldn't it be better if Mekanism had valves instead of levers cutting off pipes? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve -- @EzerArch
And:
By the way, I love the idea of valves. Definitely considering! -- @aidancbrady
I propose implementing valves for pipes and, perhaps, switches for cables:
So, instead of using levers cutting off pipes, like this:
It would be like this:
(made with microblocks and some image editing)
Features, specially for sake of simplicity:
- Fits in a 1-block length, and no much wider than a pipe/cable cross-section.
- Can't be placed in junctions or turns. Only in straight lines.
- Two states: on/open (green light) and off/closed (red light).
- Can be switched by hand (right-click). No need of levers (saves 1 block space).
- Can be controlled by redstone.
Luckily, no- redstone sensitivity is purely event-based. That's not to say removing sensitivity wouldn't make things more efficient- it certainly would.
(not necessary to reply) @aidancbrady or any other dev, just a question out of curiosity:
- Removing redstone sensitivity in transmitters, adding in some kind of "transmitter switch" to function as @EzerArch suggested -- #3283 (comment)
Do the current transmitter blocks (cables and pipes) perform some kind of redstone check every tic/loop? If they do, I suppose that this could be a source of lag, as I've read here. So I guess that removing redstone sensitivity from transmitters and limiting it to a specific block would be an improvement performance-wise, wouldn't it?
Responding to this thread instead of creating a new one because it seems related. I've had a few layouts where I wished for a way to set a preferred path for the fluid/gas being transported with an alternative path for overflow if the preferred path couldn't accept any more, but didn't want it enough to try to finagle a redstone switching method because those are usually so bulky. I understand that items have the restrictive and diversion transporter pipes (although I've never wanted to do this with items, oddly, only fluids/gases) but as far as I am aware fluids and gases don't have an equivalent.
