⚙️ Actually Additions: Advanced Machinery

Consolidate and accelerate your empowering setup with a single block.

Actually Additions: Advanced Machinery is a powerful NeoForge addon for Actually Additions that replaces the traditional, multi-block Empowerer setup with a single, highly efficient block. It features a custom cross-layout GUI, exponential speed and energy upgrade slots, and full sided automation compatibility.

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✨ Why Use Actually Additions: Advanced Machinery?

• Space-Saving: Consolidate your entire Empowerer setup (1 Empowerer block + 4 Display Stands) into a single, compact block.
• Exponential Upgrades: Dramatically increase speed or reduce energy consumption using up to 8 Speed and 8 Energy Upgrades.
• Automation Friendly: Fully compatible with hoppers, pipes, and transport networks for streamlined processing lines.
• Seamless JEI Integration: View recipes and transfer ingredients automatically with standard recipe-viewer support.

⚡ Quick Start

1. Craft the Advanced Empowerer block.
2. Place it in your world and connect a power source supplying Forge Energy (FE).
3. Right-click the block to open its custom GUI.
4. Place the base ingredient in the center slot and up to 4 modifier items in the surrounding cross slots.
5. Wait for the progress bar to complete and collect your empowered item from the output slot!

🎮 Main Features

• Single-Block Empowering: Replaces the classic multi-block Empowerer setup with one clean block.
• Cross-Layout GUI: Intuitive 5-slot input layout mirroring the Actually Additions Empowering recipe format (1 base slot + 4 modifier slots).
• Dynamic Energy Buffer: Features a base capacity of 2,000,000 FE, which scales up to 20,000,000 FE when upgraded.
• Dual Upgrade Slots: Supports dedicated Speed Upgrades (reducing tick duration) and Energy Upgrades (reducing consumption and expanding capacity).
• Directional Placement: Rotates to face the player upon placement.
• Inventory Safety: Safely drops all contained items (inputs, outputs, and upgrades) into the world when broken.

🔋 Upgrade Mechanics

Optimize your production line by installing Upgrades in the bottom-right slots of the Advanced Empowerer GUI (up to 8 of each type).

• Speed Upgrade (Max 8): Reduces processing time. Speed multiplier scales exponentially: $$S(u) = 10^{\frac{u}{8}}$$ (At 8 upgrades, the machine operates at 10x speed, reducing the base 200-tick craft to just 20 ticks / 1 second).
• Energy Upgrade (Max 8): Reduces energy consumption per operation and scales the internal energy capacity exponentially: $$\text{Capacity}(E) = 2,000,000 \times 10^{\frac{E}{8}}$$ (At 8 upgrades, the internal buffer increases to 20,000,000 FE, allowing the machine to easily absorb heavy energy spikes).
• Combined Formula: Energy usage per tick is calculated as: $$\text{Usage} = \text{BaseUsage} \times 10^{\frac{2S - E}{8}}$$ Installing both 8 Speed Upgrades and 8 Energy Upgrades scales the tick consumption to a balanced level of approximately 500 FE/t.

Upgrade Scaling Table

The following table illustrates speed, time, and energy scaling for a base recipe of 50 FE/t (taking 200 ticks/10 seconds) with 0 Energy Upgrades installed:

⚙️ Sided Automation

The Advanced Empowerer features full sided capability integration for hoppers, pipes, and conveyor systems:

• Top & Sides: Allows inserting items into the 5 input slots (slot 2: Center base, slots 0, 1, 3, 4: Modifiers).
• Bottom: Allows extracting items from the output slot (slot 5).
• Upgrades: Slots 6 & 7 are intentionally isolated from automation networks and can only be inserted or removed manually.

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft: 1.21.1
• NeoForge: 21.1.223 or higher
• Actually Additions: 1.3.1 or higher
• Java: 21 or higher
• JEI (Just Enough Items) (Optional - Recommended for recipe integration)

🔧 Installation

1. Install the appropriate version of NeoForge.
2. Download and place the Actually Additions mod jar into your mods folder.
3. Download and place this mod jar (advancedmachinery-*.jar) into your mods folder.
4. Launch the game or start your server!

🌐 Client/Server Behavior

• Server: Required. Handles all energy logic, recipe validations, crafting operations, inventory interactions, and sided wrappers.
• Client: Required. Renders the custom GUI screen, displays tooltip values, and integrates with JEI.

🤝 Compatibility & Modpack Notes

• Designed to work alongside any standard NeoForge modpack.
• Dynamically supports all custom recipes loaded by modpacks that register standard Actually Additions EmpowererRecipe types.
• Fully compatible with JEI's auto-transfer (the "+" button) to quickly load recipes into the input slots.
• Modpack creators are free to distribute this mod in their modpacks.

❗ Known Limitations

• Automation pipes cannot insert or extract Upgrade Items (this must be performed manually by the player).
• All modifier slots required for a recipe must be populated to begin crafting; partial setups will not consume energy or progress.

🧰 Troubleshooting

The machine is not processing!

• Ensure the base item is located in the center input slot (slot 2) and all required modifiers are placed in the surrounding slots.
• Verify the block is connected to power and has sufficient FE.
• Check JEI to ensure the items inserted form a valid Empowerer recipe.
• Make sure the output slot is not full.

Power runs out too quickly!

• Speed Upgrades increase energy consumption exponentially. Balance this by installing Energy Upgrades, which increase the buffer capacity and reduce FE/t usage.

❓ FAQ

Is this compatible with custom recipes?

Yes! Any custom recipes added via datapacks or other addons that utilize Actually Additions' empowering recipe registry are automatically supported.

Can I automate this block with hoppers?

Yes. Feed ingredients into the top or sides of the block and extract the finished product from the bottom face.

Can I use this in my modpack?

Absolutely. The mod is released under the MIT License and is fully modpack-friendly.

💬 Support & Feedback

When reporting bugs or requesting support, please include the following:

• Mod version
• NeoForge, Minecraft, and Actually Additions versions
• A list of other installed mods (or the modpack name)
• Precise steps to reproduce the issue
• The latest debug.log or crash report

Made for players who want to build streamlined, high-speed factories without the space constraints of classic empowering setups.