Feature: Pneumatic Pipes

[JR1811]

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Adds a new pressure system to the game.

• [ ] input & output pipes
• [ ] connector pipes (only straight connector pipes can have a windowed Blockstate)
• [ ] Valve pipe or other method to control multiple directions of sending capsules in pipes
• [ ] pipes transport capsules, which can contain 1 ItemStack or possibly a #1
• [ ] Steam Engines can increase pressure and potentially cause accidents. (See #14)

Here is an irl example

Contributors

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• Artist - [Add more information]
• Artist - spydnel

[SpottyTheTurtle]

already planned for Steam 'n Rails

[JR1811]

do they explode? @SpottyTheTurtle

[Sascha-T]

already planned for Steam 'n Rails

cool, so? :tf:

[rohbust]

so

• depending on how long the pipe is is how much SU it uses (e.g. 64blocks is 256)
• capsules can be dyed and have an inventory size of nine
• once you place a capsule in the input you can see it for like half a second and then it shoots into the pipe with the same sound as the potato cannon. the door on the pipe closes so you don't overload the system and opens when it's taken out of the output.
• if two capsules are sent in through two different inputs one will wait for the other at the output (or there's a config option for it to explode)
• inputs and outputs are filtered with the same system as the redstone links, in case you have more than one output
• and if you put a pipe bomb into the input it'll explode out the other end
• dynamite will do the same except with ✨block damage

[rohbust]

so

• depending on how long the pipe is is how much SU it uses (e.g. 64blocks is 256)
• capsules can be dyed and have an inventory size of nine
• once you place a capsule in the input you can see it for like half a second and then it shoots into the pipe with the same sound as the potato cannon. the door on the pipe closes so you don't overload the system and opens when it's taken out of the output.
• if two capsules are sent in through two different inputs one will wait for the other at the output (or there's a config option for it to explode)
• inputs and outputs are filtered with the same system as the redstone links, in case you have more than one output
• and if you put a pipe bomb into the input it'll explode out the other end
• dynamite will do the same except with ✨block damage

[rohbust]

• If one end is powered by redstone, it turns into the opposite type, e.g. if you wanted to send something back to where it came you flip a lever and the one next to the lever changes to an input and the original input to an output

[Spydnel]

Some more ideas:

• The destination will have a two filter slots, and the capsule inventory will also have two slots for filtering
• Capsules will navigate to the closest destination with a matching filter
• If capsules are sent to a destination with another uncollected capsule already in it, they will start to pile up
• Capsules will prioritize empty destinations even if they are farther away
• Players can place a bunch of "destination-tubes" next to each other to prevent pile ups
• Fill a capsule with explosives to create a pipe bomb that travels through the network at the speed of sound 😋

[rohbust]

made by spydnel

[rohbust]

idea: maybe we can have a special kind of pipe that shoots the capsule out to land in another pipe, like the weighted ejector, and if it dosent land in another pipe it goes on the floor

[Spydnel]

idea: maybe we can have a special kind of pipe that shoots the capsule out to land in another pipe, like the weighted ejector, and if it dosent land in another pipe it goes on the floor

I love it. That could just use an open ended pipe right?

[rohbust]

idea: maybe we can have a special kind of pipe that shoots the capsule out to land in another pipe, like the weighted ejector, and if it dosent land in another pipe it goes on the floor

I love it.

That could just use an open ended pipe right?

yush, and maybe it only happens at the cost of more SU or something and maybe it automatically targets the right one bc it's still trying to go to the output with the right filter

[JR1811]

Launch it as a ProjectileEntity and check if it's somewhat near another open pipe on impact or let it drop as an ItemStack if that is not the case.

The speed of the Projectile entity would correlate to the pressure which has been released. After that the pipe obviously should loose all of its pressure since its an open-ended pipe.

[IThundxr]

A more in depth system for this + steam is already planned for snr

[JR1811]

A more in depth system for this + steam is already planned for snr

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[pouffy]

If the pipe system is pressurised, open ended pipes should shoot out thin jets of air similar to encased fans but without the ability to process items. It would only have enough pressure to slowly push entities but would be a nice detail.