NEXUS Systems & Networks

# NEXUS Systems & Networks

**A channel-free storage and autocrafting network that starts in the mines and ends wherever you want — even in another dimension.**

NEXUS connects your chests, machines and tanks into one searchable network. There are **no channels and no device limits**: if it touches a NEXUS Cable, it's on the network. Progression is grounded in the world — you mine **Nexite**, refine it, and press your own chips before you can build your first storage drive — and every step of that chain can later be automated by the network itself.

Works on its own. Plays even better next to **Mekanism**, **Applied Energistics 2**, **Refined Storage 2**, **Integrated Dynamics**, **JEI**, **Jade/WTHIT** and **Curios** — all of them optional.

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## Highlights

### One terminal, every resource
- **NEXUS Terminal** with tabs on the right: **Crafting**, **Recipes**, **Fluids**, **Energy**, **Chemicals** (with Mekanism) and **Access**.
- Four grid sizes up to full screen; your tab, size and sort order are remembered.
- Advanced search: `@mod`, `#tag`, `$tooltip`, `-` to exclude, `|` for "or", `>64` / `<10` for amounts, and one-click **sync with JEI**.
- **Alt + click** pins an item to the top; the **Recent** view shows your last orders.
- **Wireless Terminal** with every tab — wearable in a Curios slot and opened with a key.

### Autocrafting you can read
- Ask for any amount, then see a **plan**: what comes from storage, what will be crafted, and what's missing — before you press Start.
- **Recipe Cards** with ghost slots and **substitutes** (mix any planks, any logs…). The JEI `+` button records a card from any recipe.
- **Machine Feeder**: place it on a cable facing a machine and the network learns **all of its recipes automatically** — furnaces, smokers, blast furnaces, the NEXUS machines and many **Mekanism** machines (Enrichment Chamber, Crusher, Metallurgic Infuser, Combiner, Electrolytic Separator, factories…). It feeds each input to the correct side, refuels, and collects the output.
- Autocrafting with **fluids and Mekanism chemicals**, not just items.
- **Crafting Processors** in three tiers (1, 4 and 16 parallel jobs), each with its own job screen.
- **Production Controller**: "keep at least X, craft up to Y" rules that run on their own.
- **Order Panel**: a wall display of the running orders with live progress bars — stack panels to see more.

### Storage
- **Drive** with **Data Cells** (4K–256K), **Fluid Cells** and **Chemical Cells**. Right-click a cell in your hand to give it a **filter**.
- **Inventory Connector** / **Inventory Port**: any chest, barrel or modded inventory becomes part of the network, with filter, mode and priority.
- Importers, Exporters, Intake and Output Ports for items, fluids and chemicals, with **Speed, Fuzzy, Inverter, Void, Redstone** and **Silk Touch** cards.
- **Block Breaker** and **Block Placer** cable parts, with claim protection.
- **Stock Monitor** and **Stock Sensor** for live counts and redstone logic.

### From ore to quantum
- New ores: **Nexite**, **Fluxite**, **Voidite** (End) and growing **Cristalite** geodes.
- Machines: **NEXUS Generator**, **Liquid Fuel Generator**, **Solar Panels**, **Refiner**, **Chip Press** and **Infusion Chamber**.
- Chips and materials: Logic Chip, Memory Chips, Silicon, Nexium, Advanced Chip, Quantum Crystal and Quantum Chip — required by the higher tiers.
- The network runs on **Forge Energy (FE)**, stored in **Energy Cells** (can be turned off in the server config).

### Wireless and cross-dimensional
- **NEXUS Antenna** (64 blocks), **Range Amplifiers**, and the **Quantum Module** for unlimited range across dimensions.
- Antennas on the same **frequency** merge their networks: items, fluids, chemicals, energy and recipes flow between them.
- **Access tab**: open, limited or private networks, per player — built for multiplayer servers.

### Built to fit in
- **Facades**: disguise the *whole cable* as any block.
- **16 colored cables**; different colors stay separate.
- **NEXUS Wrench**: rotate machines, and Shift-click to pick up a block with its contents.
- **NEXUS Tablet**: an in-game manual in English and Portuguese. Press **G** over any NEXUS item to open its page.

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## Mod integration (all optional)

| Mod | What you get |
|---|---|
| **Mekanism** | Chemical cells, connectors, importers and exporters; Chemicals tab; machine recipes recognized by the Machine Feeder; **QIO Drives** inside the NEXUS Drive |
| **Applied Energistics 2** | AE2 item and fluid cells in the NEXUS Drive; the **Router Controller** shares storage both ways and lets each network order crafts from the other |
| **Refined Storage 2** | RS item and fluid disks in the NEXUS Drive |
| **Integrated Dynamics / Tunnels** | Works through the Router Controller and the Inventory Connector; ID facades on NEXUS cables |
| **JEI** | Recipe transfer, card recording, search sync, machine recipe categories |
| **Jade / WTHIT** | Network energy, machine progress, antenna link and drive contents on hover |
| **Curios** | Wear the Wireless Terminal |

Any mod that sees an inventory or a tank (pipes, Create, Super Factory Manager, hoppers…) can reach the whole network through the **Router Controller** or a **NEXUS Interface**.

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## Getting started

1. Mine **Nexite**, smelt **Nexite Crystals**, and build a **NEXUS Generator**, a **Refiner** and a **Chip Press**.
2. Press **Logic Chips** (crystal + redstone) — almost every NEXUS recipe uses them.
3. Connect a **Drive** with a Data Cell, a **NEXUS Terminal**, and an **Energy Cell** with cables.
4. Put an **Inventory Connector** on the cable face touching your chest.
5. Add an **Assembler**, a **Crafting Processor** and some **Recipe Cards** — and start ordering.

Craft a **NEXUS Tablet** (book + glass pane + Raw Nexite) for the full guide, or run `/nexus manual`.

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## Requirements

- Minecraft **1.21.1**
- NeoForge **21.1.251** or newer
- Required on **both client and server**

## FAQ

**Are there channels?** No. Ever.

**Can I use it in a modpack?** Yes.

**Is it tested?** Every release passes 127 automated in-game tests (GameTests), both alone and with AE2, Refined Storage, Mekanism and Integrated Dynamics installed.

**Other loaders or Minecraft versions?** NeoForge 1.21.1 is the only version for now. Other versions may come later.