ModernManipulator

⚡ ModernManipulator

Next-generation handheld building, structure duplication, and automated fabrication for GregTech CEu Modern (Forge 1.20.1).

ModernManipulator is a dedicated modern remaster and standalone port of the legendary MatterManipulator from GregTech: New Horizons, adapted specifically for GregTech CEu Modern 7.5.3+ and Applied Energistics 2.

One handheld tool to build, copy, move, exchange, and wire whole structures, high-tier factories, and complex multiblock lines—pulling items and fluids seamlessly from your inventory, your AE2 ME network, or the interdimensional Quantum Uplink.

🌟 Key Features

🛠️ Four Manipulator Tiers

Scales smoothly with your GregTech progression:

• Prototype (MV): 16-block range, 1 block/tick, 100k EU buffer.
• MK I (HV): 32-block range, 2 blocks/tick, 1M EU buffer.
• MK II (EV): 64-block range, 4 blocks/tick, 10M EU buffer.
• MK III (LuV/ZPM/UV): 128-block range, 8 blocks/tick (configurable), 100M EU buffer.

📐 Versatile Manipulation Modes

• Geometry Mode: Procedurally construct 3D geometric shapes (Line, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder) with independent block rules for corners, edges, faces, and volume.
• Copying Mode: Duplicate entire structures with full 3D rotation (90° steps), mirroring (X/Z axes), and linear stacking/arrays.
• Moving Mode: Pick up and relocate active machines and complex multiblocks without breaking blocks or dropping loose items.
• Exchanging Mode: Replace blocks in the world using customizable whitelists.
• Cables & Pipes Mode: Run and replace GregTech power cables, fluid pipes, and AE2 cables in seconds.

⚙️ Deep GregTech CEu Modern Integration

Preserves all critical machine data and multiblock states:

• Covers & Configurations: Transfers robot arms, conveyors, pumps, and regulators with all internal filter and conditional logic intact.
• Machine State & Rotations: Preserves facing directions, secondary rotations, muffled sound states, and circuit settings.
• Painting & Aesthetics: Preserves custom block paint dyes and machine colors.
• Connections & Auto-Output: Preserves fluid/item auto-output toggle states, pipe/cable connections, and blocked faces.
• Large Turbine Rotors: Safely preserves turbine rotors inside multiblock turbines.

🧠 Applied Energistics 2 & Smart Copy

• Wireless Access Point Linking: Insert an MKI+ Matter Manipulator into an AE2 Wireless Access Point to draw items directly from that ME system.
• Cable Bus Attachments: Replicates import/export buses, storage buses, level emitters, memory card settings, and cable facades.
• Smart Copy (Pattern Buffers to Proxies): Automatically converts ME Pattern Buffers into Pattern Buffer Proxies when duplicating automated setups.

🌌 The Quantum Uplink Multiblock (9×9×9)

A monumental multiblock for end-game interdimensional automation:

• Infinite Range ME Sync: Right-click the controller to bind your Matter Manipulator for unlimited interdimensional reach.
• Automated Crafting with Plans: Calculates missing blocks for your blueprint and commands connected AE2 crafting CPUs to fabricate everything automatically.
• Energy Tunnel Power Provider: Powers MK III manipulators wirelessly when equipped with the Energy Tunnel upgrade.

🔌 Modular Upgrades

• Excavation Upgrade: Grants block-breaking/clearing capabilities to the Prototype tier.
• Auxiliary Teleporter Upgrade: Doubles the block placement rate per tick.
• Adaptive Wiring Harness Upgrade: Reduces EU power consumption by 50%.
• Energy Tunnel Upgrade: Draws wireless EU power directly from Quantum Uplinks.

🎮 Controls & Quick Start

• Open Radial Menu: Right-Click Air with the manipulator in hand.
• Mark Copy: C (select two opposite corners).
• Mark Paste: V (select paste destination).
• Mark Cut: X (in Moving mode).
• Undo / Reset: Z.
• Middle-Click: Sample any block in the world or inside GUI inventory slots.

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft: 1.20.1
• Forge: 47.4.0 or newer
• GregTech CEu Modern: 7.5.3 or newer (Required)
• Applied Energistics 2: 15.0.0 or newer (Recommended / Required for ME features and Quantum Uplink)

🤝 Credits & Attribution

• GTNewHorizons/MatterManipulator (LGPL-3.0) by RecursivePineapple and the GTNH team for the original mod design, algorithms, and multiblock concepts.
• GregTech CEu Modern team for the modern 1.20.1 GT API.
• Applied Energistics 2 team for modern ME grid systems.

📄 License

ModernManipulator is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LGPL-3.0), matching the original MatterManipulator.