How to

Here you may find a list of videos describing several topics. While the Mod is gaining popularity there are lots of videos describing nearly any aspect of the mod. Generaly it is a good idea to go to the Mod author's and/or Battosay's youtube channel to get impressions, hints and an idea of what is possible.

Installation

There are many videos on youtube regarding this. I more or less picked the following at random.

Windows

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OSX

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BTW 101

The Basis : Lightblock, Dispenser, Hibachi, Cauldron <youtube v="bWNciuXwvjk" />

Mechanical Energy & Hemp : How to start, how to use <youtube v="W0TxIrJqwys" />

The Block Dispenser : Wiring and Uses <youtube v="_2RVXloPyCY" />

Platform, Pulley, and a full tuto for a 4 floors Elevator <youtube v="YWuMlkgZfS4" />

Mechanical power

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Lift/Elevator Circuit

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A simple working model of a circuit to use a platform as an elevator. The ability to call the elevator to the level you are located, as well as being able to stop on the level you wish to, and the ability to travel up and down the elevator shaft to multiple levels. The In-put is a Button which turns off the Redstone torch off for one second allowing the Turntable to rotate and activate the circuit controlling the Gear Box drive and Pulley brake. Located under the In-put Redstone Torch is a chain of Redstone torch's that goes to the bottom of the mine shaft, this gives the player the ability to control the elevator from any location down the mine shaft. seen here "Side view of elevator shaft" image. (Note: This system dose have a three little bugs caused from the circuit its self. 1. when changing the direction of the elevator to go down it will go up one block before going down, 2. every so often the turntable will not receive the signal long enough to turn 90 degrees. however the Turntable works best when the switch on the side is set to the second position as the first position will often turn the Turntable 180 degrees thus unchanging the travel direction, 3. bouncing the elevator will cause rails to brake on the edge of the mine shaft though this only happens when you brake the wire leading to the Gear Box that controls the Turntable)

Items you will need:

Detector Block

Pulley

Rope

Anchor

Platform

Gear Box

Axle

Water Wheel

Button

Turntable

Redstone Wire

Redstone Torch

Sticky Piston Companion Cube's work well as elevator stops connected to the Sticky Piston's as they make noise.

The Mine Shaft

This is a side view model of the mine shaft. note that the button's must be placed on blocks that has a glowing (on) Redstone torch on top, clicking the button will turn off the torch for 1 second and send the signal up to the top and chance the direction of the elevator. When stopping the elevator Sticky Pistons are used to stop the elevator on its way down the mine shaft, ether from dropping an item down the small shaft onto a wooden foot plate or hopping off the elevator onto a foot plate located on the entrance side of the elevator. This works well for loading mine carts onto the elevator. (Note the deeper you are the longer the signal takes to be received by the circuit at the top.)

The T flip flop switch Elevator Control Circuit.

There is a vast amount of knowledge on the T Flip Flop switch circuit available here on the minecraft wiki

"Better Than Wolves" Elevator/Gate tutorial by TheYaMeZ.

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Auto farming

Hemp/Sugar Cane

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Dung

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Auto Block generators

Obsidian

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Auto Storage

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