So, I am making what I call a PipeSystem to transfer energy around using my mod. The problem is, I'm not sure how I can make it so that the pipe system works after the game has been unloaded and then opened again. The PipeSystem is an object-class that is created whenever a lone machine or pipe is placed. Then, when other eligible TileEntities are placed adjacent to TileEntities in the PipeSystem, they get added to the PipeSystem. I want to either save all the PipeSystems to a world NBT file with unique IDs if possible or somehow save it to the TileEntities themselves, but then I would be required to have a controller TileEntity to save the data in or save it to all of them, which would make for a lot of redundant data. I'd like to avoid having one block that controls the whole system. This isn't logisticspipes (no offense, I love that mod).

I'm confused, each pipe is a different tile entity, are they not?

yes, but they work in tandem using a PipeSystem and I need to save data from the PipeSystem object.

 

Sorry heres a link to the code:

 

PipeSystem:

https://github.com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/blob/master/src/main/java/com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/api/Tech/PipeSystem.java

 

Pipes:

https://github.com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/blob/master/src/main/java/com/AnZaNaMa/EnergyTools/Entity/TileEntity/TileEntityPipe.java

1. WorldSaveData for world-specific saving (possibly global one).

 

2. Or own design with IO, CompressedStreamTools and WorldUnloadEvent.

 

In this case 1. is preferred.