Autocrafting¶

Probably the thing your ME System is supposed to do for you is taking all that nasty crafting from you and have it autocraft for you. In this Section I’m going over how you set up your ME System for just that.

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Crafting Pattern¶

To get your System to do anything, you need to teach your System how to do it first. For that, AE2 offers four different Patterns, which you can make in the Pattern Encoding Terminal.

Crafting

All but the Processing Patterns are done in the Molecular Assembler. You do not have to connect a Smithing Table or Stonecutter to a Pattern Provider.

Crafting Pattern¶

The Crafting Pattern is used to automate all recipes done in the Crafting Table.

Substitution

• When creating Patterns, you can see these small buttons. They allow you to enable/disable Substitution.
• The first one allows you to toggle Item Substitution. When disabled, your system will only use the exact items set in the pattern. Disable this if you have a recipe with NBT-Items or reusable items such as Tools.
• The second one allows you to toggle Fluid Substitution. When enabled, your system will use Fluids directly, instead of a bucket with the Fluid inside.

Processing Pattern¶

The Processing Pattern can be used to automate basically anything. You have to specify the Input and expected Output yourself.

Smithing Table Pattern¶

The Smithing Table Pattern is used to automate all recipes done in the Smithing Table, such as turning Diamond gear into Netherite.

Stonecutting Pattern¶

The Stonecutting Pattern is used to automate all recipes done in the Stonecutter, such as turning a full block into slabs.

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Pattern Provider¶

The Pattern Provider is the star of autocrafting. It’s the block that pushes the items set by the Patterns into adjacent machines.

You can set the Pattern Provider to Blocking Mode, which will prevent it from pushing another batch of items into an inventory if there are already some inside. This is useful for automating something like the Powah Energizing Orb.

Molecular Assemblers¶

They normally go hand-in-hand with the Pattern Provider. If you place the Molecular Assemblers place next to them, they will be able to craft all but the Processing Patterns.

The best possible Setup is a Pattern Provider surrounded by 6 Molecular Assemblers.

Other Machines¶

You can use the Pattern Provider to automate almost any machine. Once you request a craft, it will automatically push a batch of items into neighboring inventories.

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Crafting Processing Units¶

The CPUs will decide how large your craft can be and how many steps of the recipe will be crafted at once. Each Multiblock will only do 1 Request at a time. If you want to start multiple requests at the same time, you’ll have to build more CPUs.

Crafting Monitor¶

Probably the most boring part. All it does is show the current craft being fulfilled by the CPU.

Crafting Storage¶

The Crafting Storage will decide how large the craft can be. The larger a Craft can be, the more sub-steps it can have.

They come in the same sizes as Storage Cells and also use Bytes.

Co-Processors¶

The Amount of Co-Processors tells the System how often to send how many items to the Pattern Providers, essentially speeding up the craft.

They are generally more important than the Crafting Storage.

The Multiblock¶

The structure MUST be rectangular. Any other Shape will not work.

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Requesting a Craft¶

Now that you have all the setup, you want to actually request a craft. You can do this by simple Middle-Clicking on the Item in your Terminal, specify an amount and click craft.

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