v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
  • v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
  • Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.

Difference between revisions of "User talk:MrFake/NStepCyclicRepeater"

From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with 'I've thought of using this type of repeater myself, but I found that getting power to all the pumps was annoyingly wasteful. Not impossible, but a lot of gears and axles are requ…')
 
Line 4: Line 4:
  
 
[[User:Hussell|Hussell]] 16:36, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 
[[User:Hussell|Hussell]] 16:36, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 +
 +
:It takes 2n gear assemblies to provide power and switching, plus axles.  It's definitely wasteful.  But it's the mechanics behind it that are important.  Means to an end and all.  Though, I haven't found any good use for this yet besides a delay, which I'm not fond of.  I thought about a simple chaser lights setup.  You want wasteful, hook the plates to togglers and use a 3-step repeater to get 3 color chaser lights.  Extremely wasteful!  --[[User:MrFake|MrFake]] 18:16, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Revision as of 18:16, 7 December 2009

I've thought of using this type of repeater myself, but I found that getting power to all the pumps was annoyingly wasteful. Not impossible, but a lot of gears and axles are required. There's also the problem that the signal causes something to open once every N steps, and remain closed the rest of the time, when often the opposite would be much simpler.

Minor points: [[User:MrFake|link title]] produces a link title without the little arrow which means "this is a link to a page outside this wiki" (example). Also, check out Template:Diagram. It would have saved me a lot of time if I had known about it sooner.

Hussell 16:36, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

It takes 2n gear assemblies to provide power and switching, plus axles. It's definitely wasteful. But it's the mechanics behind it that are important. Means to an end and all. Though, I haven't found any good use for this yet besides a delay, which I'm not fond of. I thought about a simple chaser lights setup. You want wasteful, hook the plates to togglers and use a 3-step repeater to get 3 color chaser lights. Extremely wasteful! --MrFake 18:16, 7 December 2009 (UTC)