The Mod adds devices to output or measure redstone power in different style variants. Complete documentation, feature details, credits, and community references is on the github project page here.
Switches
- Buttons
- Levers
- Normal pressure plates ("contact switches")
- Shock sensitive pressure plates ("contact switches", detect when something/one falls on it)
- Entity detectors (players, villages, animals, mobs, etc)
- Block category detectors (e.g. "solid", "ore", "wood", "sapling", "farmland", "water" (includes ice), "liquid", etc)
- Day timers (06:00 to 24:00)
- Interval timers (tick based timers)
- Light sensors ("auto switch" category)
- Rain sensors ("auto switch" category)
- Lightning sensors ("auto switch" category)
- Switch-Link relays (optimized for wireless transmission)
- Switch-Link receivers (optimized for wireless transmission)
- Knock sensors (seismic detection of click or breaking an adjacent block)
- Trapdoor switches (emit a signal and open)
Gauges
- Analog / digital (show redstone power 0 to 15)
- LEDs and semaphores ("indicators", show on/off)
- Alarm lamps (also on/off)
- Alarm sirens and bells ("sound indicators")
- Sensitive glass (glass that emits light or changes color)
Style variants
"Series" are e.g. industrial, retro industrial, rustic, old fancy, glass, etc. For a pack you can configure exactly which series you like to include and exclude (makes no sense to have futuristic glass in a mystic medieval world, so only the rustic series is used).
Special features
- All switches can be configured to weak/strong and inverted/not inverted with a redstone torch.
- Most of the switches can be wireless linked with Ender Pearls.
- Pulse duration of buttons is configurable with a Redstone dust stack.
- Some switches and gauges can be colored with dye.
- Some plates can react or ignore players, mobs, villagers, animals, items, etc.
Source code, mod pack integration, back ports, bug reports
- Sources: Are located on the github: https://github.com/stfwi/rsgauges/.
- Packs: If your mod pack is open source as well and has no installer (e.g. adding adware, bloatware or whatever), you don't need to ask and simply integrate this mod.
- Bug reports: Yes, please let me know. Drop a mail or better open an issue for the repository.
- Maintenance: The 1.12.2 mod version is now in maintenance state, means new features will seldom be implemented, but bugs will still be fixed if they are not small glitches.
- Questions? Simply ping me on Discord (wilechaote#4641, no server, just direct messages - I'll answer then sync or async ;-) )
Are they all specifically for redstone signals, or do they also pick up modded energy types like Redstone Flux (RF) or Energy Units (EU)?
It would be cool to use these with something like Immersive Engineering! (I see a comment below using it with a Crusher, but is that just the redstone aspect, or also the RF?)
In reply to jason_c_o: Hi jason, I originally designed the mod to handle standard Redstone signals. It would be quite easy to add fluid valves or RF relays as device blocks. From what I saw up to now, the mods that provide fluid or power systems normally also include Redstone controllable enabling/disabling mechanisms, so there was no need yet. E.g. for RF switching with Immersive Engineering I recommend the Breaker/Contactor, it's a really cool (and in my opinion underused) block.
Having that said, I sometimes ran into space issues where I could not use the IE Breaker - and then a similar idea already crossed my mind. So there may be valves and RF switches at some point.
In reply to wilechaote:
Thanks for the reply!
Thats awesome! Love the project.
I love the mod by the way!
Question: Are you planning on adding a two-handed lever? As an example, in the movie Alien the main character, Ripley, decides to activate the self-destruct. She pulls two levers that require both hands on them to pull them down. Search up Ripley activating self destruct in Alien if you do not understand what I mean, and look for the two side-by-side levers that are red and black. I am trying to make a self-destruct sequence and those types of levers would be awesome to have. No pressure, but just wondering if you plan on adding anything like that.
Once again, amazing mod, and one of my favorites!
In reply to doraycs: Hi, I would recommend doing that with the switch linking feature in the mod:
- Place two Levers of the mod somewhere where they cannot be accessed at the same time,
- Place two Pulse Link Receivers (or other buttons of the mod) somewhere else (where your logic is), click them with one Redstone Dust, so that they switch off quickly.
- Hit the Receivers with one Ender Pearl twice (so that it writes "Trigger on Target Activation")
- Plug the Link Pearls into the Levers that you want to destroy your base from.
- Make e.g a Redstone Torch AND gate (or from a mod with logic gates).
- and that's it already ;).
You can also play with the link triggering, so that some links trigger when you switch Levers on, and others when you switch then off. Or you can enable a timer from one lever or button, and have to run along and pull another lever exactly at the right time, etc. Unlimited possibilities to blow up bases ;-).
I have a small video linked in a comment below (didn't remove it yet IIRC), it shows some combinations for Switch Linking.
Cheers, -
Love all the options and the styles!
Question: Is the industrial dimmer the only switch that allows you to set redstone levels? I was looking for a rotary switch with 16 positions, or something similar.
In reply to Pentasis: Hi, yes, it is a rotary dimmer as linear version ;-), so redstone levels from 0 to 15 are possible by clicking (I personally hold the right mouse button and tune looking more up/down until I have the output level I need). Cheers, -
I was taking a look at my personal modpack today and realized.. "Huh.. The same developer that made Engineer's Decor, also made Gauges and Switches? Amazing guy." haha! I'll tell ya', that is exactly what I call a pleasant surprise. Your work just keeps putting a smile on my face whenever I mess around with either Engineer's Decor or Gauges and Switches. This surprise is actually what prompted me for another question..
I'm playing on 1.12.2, and currently have SimpleLogic's cables (some are redstone cables, others are bundled), and setup with SimpleLogic's own gates (bundled receiver). I noticed that G&S will not register the cables from SimpleLogic UNLESS I convert them with vanilla redstone and then it works perfectly, so that's a relief. Unsurprisingly, the gauges do not register the value of SimpleLogic's cables.
My question is, and this is a pretty strange one I'd say.. As a developer, what would you recommend I do with my modpack? I know 1.12.2 is now in maintenance, so I don't expect compatibility with SimpleLogic at all. My personal modpack contains Immersive Engineering, Industrial Wires, SimpleLogic and your mod, G&S. These all build on the redstone category of my modpack. Do you think this combination of redstone mods is overkill for redstone projects, and having all these mods would overshadow some unique aspects of each mod? Example being IE's probes, Industrial Wires control panels, SimpleLogic's own wires & gates, and anything else from G&S you might see overlapping?
It's a weird question for sure. To be honest, I'm not even sure you might have an answer or might just view as strange haha! No worries though. Thank you if you read this far, I appreciate all the work you put into your amazing mods. Much respect, mate.
In reply to cubekki: Cheers mate ;). About the struggle with multiple redstone mods - they do normally not add a huge amount of blocks (such as e.g. some decorative mods). So I think it is no harm to keep all of them, even if some aspects do overlap. IE comes with its own stylish redstone stuff, but the main reason using it is probably because of the other devices and machines it adds. G&S comes from a decorative train of thought. SimpleLogic is wonderful for verbose circuits and connections on the floor. And IW is also simply cool stuff for working with IE. Personally I like all of them.
In reply to wilechaote:
Yeah, you're right.. You're right! Each system could in theory compliment each other the with the right amount of creativity. Testing out some stuff yesterday proved that too. Thanks again mate, cheers!
Are there alarms in the mod? If so, what types?
In reply to dogewowdoge: Hi, there is one alarm lamp and one alarm siren, both redstone activated. You can use the sensors of this mod to activate them. I normally use the siren only for urgent stuff, e.g. if the energy storage is empty (comparator switch) or a hostile mob is detected in the base (entity detector).
In reply to wilechaote:
Can you use a lever to activate the siren and alarm lamp or no?
In reply to dogewowdoge: Yes, if the lever is next to it, but not with wireless switch linking (at least not yet).
Is there a way to wirelessly link gauges?
I would love to be able to place another gauge in a more accessible location and have it remotely linked
Currently i have this set up to monitor my crusher
Also any chance you could make a gauge that is a comparator and redstone gauge combined? (big ask I know)
In reply to DavidEastwick: Hi, since mod version 1.2.4-b1 (since MC1.15.2) the gauges and indicators are comparator output override sensitive, so if the block does not have a redstone connection on the face where the gauge is attached to, the gauge will check the comparator value instead. Good e.g. for capacitors.
The wireless gauge stuff is already on the list, but currently modders have mainly to try to keep up with the new versions :/ .
-> what I normally do (seeing your setup) is to use an IE probe connector and make the control/gauge panel somewhere central.
In reply to wilechaote:
Cool, will give that a go after work. I had tried the gauge straight on the machine (where the comparator is touching it now) and it did not read anything (but that is also a block that allows a redstone signal for on and off...so maybe the gauge saw that and looked no further?
will look into ie probes
yeah does look like you guys are dealing with version whack-a-mole at mo
Now I'm one step closer to having a 1.12 TARDIS with actual levers and buttons on the console
Question how do you use the wireless receiver and/or sender on an iron door please help thanks in advance.
In reply to 21david_r: Hi David, as an experiment, a small video should tell more than a quite few written words here ;-), so here's a small clip for your question (certainly not accent-free, but who cares): Cheers, -