AHJH16 Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 After seeing the posts about future options for transferring power through solid blocks i wondered if there was any way to do it in the current patch that just hadn't been documented, and i found a very finicky way. Querns accept power from both the bottom and the top and are counted as an insulated block, so i figured out that if you first place a powered vertical axle, then a quern on top of it, then another axle or gear, the rotation will go through the quern and into the enclosed room! From my testing it only works going upwards as the output axle needs to be placed while the quern is spinning, and the quern would just fall without a block under it, it also does not work from the sides as was rather expected however still sad, and finally it does break and require the axle to be removed and replaced any time the world is saved and reloaded. Will this unintended feature become irrelevant when the next update drops? yes most likely. But for now it is, though finicky and a bit more power intensive than we'd all hope, it is a way to get power into your buildings. Below (or wherever the photo appears) is my poorly taken photo of it transferring power both into and out of a room with a helve hammer powered on top and creative motor on the bottom, the room light up green thanks to the /debug rooms hi command showing this does indeed work.
Broccoli Clock Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 (edited) As it's your first post, have the complimentary "welcome to the forums, and I hope you enjoy the game" message.. I remember discussing this method some time ago (1.20), although it was connected to making the room as "proper room" (ie: /debug rooms hi) while still having a power connection into it. The quern was suggested, as you rightly mention it's a solid insulating block and it provides a power throughput. I do wish there was proper insulating axel blocks, though, and there is a possibility they come as I know the devs are looking to expand the automatic/mechanical elements although by how much I could not say. Edited January 31 by Broccoli Clock
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