Hi, I'm starting to code a multiblock device, 3x3x3 and I'm now looking for some wisdom

There is a master TE, a slave TE, a TE for receiving the input and another for giving the output.

 

I was thinking, are slave TEs really needed in this particular case? The other TEs (I/O) do more than checking if the master still exists.

Couldn't those I/O TEs also check for the master and if the other blocks, blocks without TEs, are in place?

This would surely increase performance.

 

Also, I'd like to try to code the multiblock in a way that there are actually only 2 TEs, master and slave, with the slave TEs checking for master and, based on their position from it (and so their location in the multiblock) operating with different behaviour (receiving input / spitting output).

Of course, the slave would only be spawned based on the block's position, where the input and output locations will be.

Is this a wild dream?

 

 

I was thinking, are slave TEs really needed in this particular case? The other TEs (I/O) do more than checking if the master still exists.

Couldn't those I/O TEs also check for the master and if the other blocks, blocks without TEs, are in place?

This would surely increase performance.

Yes thats possible.

 

Also, I'd like to try to code the multiblock in a way that there are actually only 2 TEs, master and slave, with the slave TEs checking for master and, based on their position from it (and so their location in the multiblock) operating with different behaviour (receiving input / spitting output).

Of course, the slave would only be spawned based on the block's position, where the input and output locations will be.

Is this a wild dream?

 

Should also be possible, but take some mind power to make it work. U could simply do checks like "if the block is in the lowest row only output if the tank is 20% filled"

Sounds promising. As soon as I have the polished model I'll get to work