Machine

The Machine Extension turns machine design into pure configuration. One machine_definition entry describes what a machine is — its slots, recipes, energy needs, visuals, holograms, tiers and upgrade slots — and the extension runs it: a transformation machine is a panel entry, zero code.

Features

• Data-Driven Definitions — One machine_definition entry per machine type. Placement, ticking, menus, persistence and holograms are handled by the engine.
  • 20 Processing Types — A generic recipe processor covers 13 transformation types (smelting, grinding, sawing, mixing, compacting, enriching, recycling, brewing, auto-crafting…), plus Storage, Vacuum, Shearing, Sorting, Charging, Assembler, EnergyCell and EnergyGenerator archetypes.
  • Shared Energy Grid — Energy lives in EnergyCell machines and is pooled per world. Generators fill the pool (fuel or solar); consumers must be linked to the grid before they can draw from it.
  • Tiers & Upgrades — Permanent tiers (T1→T3) and removable upgrade modules (SPEED, YIELD, ENERGY_EFFICIENCY, FORTUNE, RANGE, FILTER) stack multiplicatively. Each definition declares which upgrades it accepts.
  • Progress Holograms — Per-machine hologram with progress bar, idle/active/low-energy/full messages, fully MiniMessage-formatted.
  • Instance Persistence — Placed machines, their inventories, energy charge and progress survive restarts through artifact-backed persistence.

The Data-Driven System

• Definition — Machine Definition: the single entry that describes a machine type — slots, recipes, fuel, energy, visuals, holograms, tiers, upgrades, limits.
  • Actions & Storage — Open Machine GUI: opens a machine's menu from any trigger. Machine Menu: OmniGUI-layout menu bound to a machine. Machine Data Artifact: persistence backend for placed instances.

Processing types

Category	Types
Recipe transformations	SMELTING, LIQUID_SMELTING, MULTI_SMELTING, GRINDING, SAWING, MIXING, COMPACTING, ENRICHING, RECYCLING, BREWING, AUTO_CRAFTING, INDUSTRIAL, GENERIC
Storage & logistics	STORAGE (OmniGUI-backed chest), SORTING (filter slots route items), CONVEYOR (directional belt moving one item type behind → ahead, chaining belt to belt), VOID (deletes filtered items)
Production	GENERATOR (produces items on an interval with no input — cobble/resource generator, optional energy cost)
Area automation	VACUUM (collects drops in a radius), SHEARING (shears nearby sheep)
Energy	ENERGY_CELL (stores the pool), ENERGY_GENERATOR (fuel or solar), CHARGING (charges an item via persistent data — the charge travels with the item)
Entities	ASSEMBLER (SPAWN: ingredients + energy → entity; COLLECT: harvests nearby entities' produce)

Energy in the public build

The grid is pooled per world: every machine in the same world shares one energy pool, aggregated over its EnergyCell machines. A consumer only draws when linked to the grid, which keeps powering a machine a deliberate player act. If you run an island/claim plugin, scope the grid tighter by adapting MachineProtectionService.islandIdAt.

Tiers in the public build

Tiers are designed to be gated by a research system. The public build has none, so a tier with a blank researchNode is considered unlocked (highest one wins); tiers naming a research node stay locked. This keeps configs portable with setups that do have research.

Legacy Machines

The action-driven machines from earlier releases still work and now share the same protection gate and persistence:

• Actions (Machines) — Furnace: Standard custom furnace. Multi Furnace: Advanced multi-slot machine. Smeltery: Liquid melting machine. Sheep Shearer: Auto shearer. Dropper Furnace: Minimal dropper-based furnace. Dropper Smeltery: Minimal dropper-based smeltery.
  • Artifacts — Furnace Artifacts: Fuel, input, output, and liquid storage for machine furnaces.

hinweis

Chest storage is no longer a dedicated action: use a machine_definition with processingType: STORAGE and a guiStorageRef pointing at an OmniGUI storage entry.

Placeholders

Format: %typewriter_<action_id>:<machine_type>:<stat>%

Placeholder	Description
%typewriter_<id>:furnace:fuel%	Remaining fuel
%typewriter_<id>:furnace:input%	Input presence
%typewriter_<id>:smeltery:fuel%	Remaining fuel
%typewriter_<id>:smeltery:liquid%	Liquid presence

Quick Start

• 1. Create the persistence artifact — Add a machine_data_artifact entry — every placed machine instance (inventory, energy, progress) is stored in it. → machine_data_artifact
• 2. Define the machine — Add a machine_definition: pick a processingType, declare slots, recipes and fuel, point storageRef at the artifact, and set a spawnItem so players can place it. → machine_definition
• 3. Let players use it — Placing the spawnItem creates a live instance: it ticks on its own, renders its hologram, and right-click opens its menu. No further wiring needed.

Commands

This extension does not provide standalone commands. All functionality is accessed through Typewriter entries.

Permissions

Permission	Description
machine.protection.bypass	Place/break/interact with machines anywhere, ignoring per-player limits.

Per-player placement limits are set on each definition via machineLimit.

Dependencies

Extension	Required	Usage
OmniGUI (GuiAndDialogs)	Required	Menu rendering and STORAGE machine backing.
PlaceholderAPI	Optional	For @Placeholder fields.