Blue Power Mod Wiki

Blue Power is a massive overhaul for Minecraft's automation and logic systems. Designed to replicate and expand upon the classic RedPower 2 experience, it provides players with the tools to create incredibly compact and complex logic circuits, high-speed item transport networks, and advanced resource processing systems. The mod is centered around 'Blulectricity' (in specific versions) and advanced Redstone integration, allowing for 16-color bundled cables and sub-block logic gates.

Key features include:

• Integrated Logic Gates: Dozens of logic gates that fit on a single block face.
• Pneumatic Tubes: An intelligent item transport system that prevents overflows.
• Microblocks: The ability to cut blocks into covers, panels, and strips for detailed building and wire concealment.
• World Generation: New ores, gems, and volcanic structures.

Blue Power adds several new resources to the world to facilitate its advanced crafting recipes. These ores and materials are essential for creating alloys and logic components.

Ores and Minerals

Natural Structures

• Volcanoes: Large structures made of Basalt. They often contain lava pools and are a primary source of Basalt blocks.
• Rubber Trees: Found in various biomes, these trees provide Rubber, which is used for insulating wires and crafting tubes.

The heart of Blue Power is its logic system. Instead of massive redstone structures, players can use compact gates placed on any surface. These gates can be rotated using a Screwdriver.

Common Logic Gates

• AND Gate: Outputs a signal only when all active inputs are receiving power.
• OR Gate: Outputs a signal if any of its inputs are receiving power.
• NOT Gate (Inverter): Outputs a signal only when its input is OFF.
• XOR Gate: Outputs a signal when an odd number of inputs are ON.
• Buffer Gate: Passes a signal forward, strengthening it and preventing backflow.
• Timer: Emits a redstone pulse at a configurable interval (default 2 seconds).
• Sequencer: Cycles a redstone pulse through its four output faces in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
• Counter: Keeps track of pulses received and outputs a signal once a specific threshold is reached.
• State Cell: A complex gate used for timing and memory, often used in automated pulse-width modulation.
• Randomizer: Outputs a signal to a random output face when triggered.

Blue Power's item transport system is 'intelligent.' Unlike BuildCraft pipes, items in Pneumatic Tubes will never drop on the ground if a destination is full; they will simply bounce back or seek an alternative valid inventory.

Tube Types

• Pneumatic Tube: The standard transport pipe. Items move through these toward the nearest valid inventory.
• Restriction Tube: Acts as a long distance for the pathfinding algorithm, making items avoid this path unless no other options exist.
• Magtube: High-speed transport tubes that require power to operate.
• Color-Coded Tubes: Tubes can be painted with dyes. Items painted the same color will preferentially travel through matching tubes.

Transport Machines

• Transposer: Sucks a single item out of an inventory when it receives a redstone pulse.
• Filter: Similar to a Transposer, but can be configured to only pull specific items or stacks.
• Retriever: Pulls items from a remote inventory across a tube network toward itself.
• Sorting Machine: An advanced filter that can route different items to different colored paths based on a GUI configuration.

Blue Power includes several machines for processing materials and automating world interactions.

Processing Machines

• Alloy Smelter: A 3x3 furnace used to create alloys. It does not require a specific pattern, only the correct ingredients.
  • Red Alloy Ingot: 4x Redstone + 1x Iron Ingot (or Copper).
  • Blue Alloy Ingot: 4x Teslatite + 1x Silver Ingot.
  • Brass Ingot: 3x Copper + 1x Zinc.
• Project Table: An advanced crafting table with an internal 18-slot inventory. It 'remembers' the last recipe used and can pull items from its internal buffer.

Automation Blocks

• Block Breaker: Breaks the block in front of it when receiving a redstone pulse and ejects it out the back (or into a tube).
• Deployer: Simulates a player right-clicking with the item in its inventory. Can be used to plant crops, place blocks, or use tools.
• Igniter: Lights a fire in front of it when powered; extinguishes it when unpowered.
• Buffer: A simple storage block that interfaces well with tubes to act as a holding area for items.

Several specialized tools are required to manage Blue Power systems effectively.

• Screwdriver: The most important tool. Used to rotate logic gates, change the mode of tubes, and configure machines. Right-clicking rotates the block; Shift-right-clicking cycles through modes.
• Handsaw: Used to create Microblocks. By placing a block and a Handsaw in a crafting grid, players can create Slabs, Panels, Covers, Strips, and Nooks.
• Athame: A specialized dagger that deals massive damage to Endermen and is often used in rituals or for obtaining specific drops in associated mods.
• Gem Tools: Ruby, Sapphire, and Amethyst can be used to craft tools with durability and speed between Iron and Diamond.

Blue Power replaces traditional redstone dust with more versatile wiring options.

• Red Alloy Wire: Can be placed on walls and ceilings. It can run for up to 255 blocks without signal loss.
• Insulated Wire: Available in all 16 Minecraft colors. These wires do not connect to each other unless they are the same color.
• Bundled Cable: A single cable that can carry 16 different signals simultaneously. It is used to connect complex logic arrays without a mess of wires.
• Wire Strips: Using the Handsaw, wires can be hidden under 'Covers' (Microblocks), allowing for completely hidden circuitry inside walls.

Many logic gates require sub-components created in the Alloy Smelter or via specialized crafting.

Essential Components

• Silicon Wafer: Created by smelting Coal or Silicon. The base for all logic gates.
• Red Wafer: Smelted from a Silicon Wafer and Redstone.
• Blue Wafer: Smelted from a Silicon Wafer and Teslatite.
• Cathode: A logic component used in gate recipes.
• Anode: A logic component used in gate recipes.
• Pointer: Used in the construction of Timers and Sequencers.

Alloy Smelter Recipes