Powering 9 Hibachis simultaneously?

[Battosay]

Or just use 8 instead of 9, as suggested previously ^^
Far more easier to do ;)
http://youtu.be/RUiWPsQXpus?t=1m15s

[Magmarashi]

This is an easy-to-conceal setup that works on floor-based pistons, it can be extended or reduced to whatever size you need.

However, this does not work on Hibachis. It functions with any other redstone device at the top I've tried, from various other mods and default setups. But Hibachis give me this...

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Lightblocks work right, Dispensers, B. Dispensers. Something in the redstone-hibachi interaction is funny.

[FlowerChild]

Lightblocks work right, Dispensers, B. Dispensers. Something in the redstone-hibachi interaction is funny.

Interesting. I'll take a look at that. Are you sure Block Dispensers work in that configuration?

[Magmarashi]

Lightblocks work right, Dispensers, B. Dispensers. Something in the redstone-hibachi interaction is funny.

Interesting. I'll take a look at that. Are you sure Block Dispensers work in that configuration?

Just tried them, and they actually don't work the same way either. I tried a whole slew of redstone-powered blocks, I must have missed actually setting them up. I know the vMC stuff works fine, the signal carries properly even if you keep stacking it up.

I know your lightblocks work properly, too.

Gearboxes and Bellows respond the same way Hibachis do, though..hmm. I hadn't actually tested those two initially because their redstone interactions slipped my mind in favor of the more obvious stuff.

[Battosay]

Interesting. I'll take a look at that. Are you sure Block Dispensers work in that configuration?

They don't. Hibachi, BD, GB & Pulley, all have the same behavior. The Lightblock is the only exception, and behave like the pistons.

[FlowerChild]

They don't. Hibachi, BD, GB & Pulley, all have the same behavior. The Lightblock is the only exception, and behave like the pistons.

Gotcha. Yeah, that's just the difference between direct and indirect powering.

HOWEVER, it just occurred to me that there's a change I can make to the Hibachi in particular that will make this kind of thing easier without loss of control or affecting existing circuits. I'll take a look at it right away.

[FlowerChild]

Ok, I just changed the Hibachi so that it can be powered indirectly *only from below*.

Thinking it over, because the Hibachi is always oriented upwards, and because the block above it is never occupied while it is in function, I realized that I couldn't come up with a scenario where this causes loss of control over banks of Hibachis or where it causes problems with existing circuits.

If anyone sees any problems with this I may have overlooked, please let me know before the next release comes out, and I'll revert the change.

[FlowerChild]

Actually, no, never mind: I answered my own question.

This causes problems when the Hibachi is placed on top of another redstone powered block (such as a BD), and you want the two to trigger independently.

Yeah, this is the general reason I'm not fond of indirect powering and why none of the mod blocks (other than the Light Block) use it. You trade direct control for ease of placing the devices in banks that trigger simultaneously.

Going to revert the change. I don't want people's previously functioning circuitry to start bursting into flames here and there for no apparent reason.

[Magmarashi]

I don't want people's previously functioning circuitry to start bursting into flames here and there for no apparent reason.

Eventually, we would all look back on it and laugh.

[jorgebonafe]

Eventually, we would all look back on it and laugh.

And laugh... and laugh...