Applied Oritech in FTB Evolution 2

Applied Oritech is part of the pack's mod list. This pack ships version 1.0.4+26.1.2 of it (file applied_oritech-1.0.4+26.1.2.jar).^[1]

It was already in the pack by 1.0.2 or earlier, so it is not a recent addition, and it is still there in 1.1.0.^[1]

Unverified The sources here do not describe what Applied Oritech adds or how its features work, and no in-jar guidebook was found for it. Check the mod's own item tooltips in game for details.

Applied Oritech is a small bridge mod: it lets your ME network talk to machines. Everything starts with one block, the dock, and the addons you place against it. There is no in-pack quest chain for it, so this order comes from the items themselves and the pack's config.^[2][3]

Step 1: Make the ME Dock

The ME Dock connects a machine's ME addon modules to an ME network. Each dock and its addons share one channel, so plan your channels before you add several.^[2]

ME DockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Machine Extender	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_dock

The dock is the first thing to craft, because every addon needs one.

You install the dock in a machine's addon slot. Addons then go against the dock, not against the machine directly. If you see a message that nothing is attached, that is the cause.^[2]

Once it is running, the dock tells you whether it is online and how many addon modules are connected. If it reports offline, check the network's power and channels.^[2]

Step 2: Pick your first addon

For autocrafting with a machine, start with the ME Pattern Provider Addon. It lets the ME network craft using that machine, and it pushes ingredients into the machine's input slots only.^[2]

ME Pattern Provider AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Pattern Provider	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_pattern_provider_addon

Your starting point for network crafting through a machine.

If you would rather keep a machine fed automatically, use the ME Interface Addon. It keeps the input slots stocked with the items you configure and requests crafts when they run out.^[2]

ME Interface AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Interface	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_interface_addon

Good for machines you want to keep stocked without hand-feeding.

Step 3: Upgrade when you need more slots

The extended versions give you much more room. The ME Extended Pattern Provider Addon provides 36 pattern slots. The ME Extended Interface Addon provides 36 stock slots and uses ExtendedAE's paged interface menu.^[2]

ME Extended Pattern Provider AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Ex Pattern Provider	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_extended_pattern_provider_addon

For machines that need many patterns.

ME Extended Interface AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Ex Interface	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_extended_interface_addon

For machines that need many stocked items.

Things to know in this pack

Oritech machines never push their results anywhere on their own. With output return turned off, an autocrafting job would never complete unless you move results back to the network yourself. The pack sets behaviour.autoReturnOutputs to true, so new pattern provider addons start with output return on.^[3]

Power costs are the mod defaults here. A dock draws 1 AE/t from the network whether or not anything is attached (power.dockIdleDraw), and each installed upgrade module draws 2 AE/t (power.upgradeIdleDraw). Each stack moved in or out also costs 20 RF from the machine's own buffer (power.rfPerTransfer).^[3]

Applied Oritech links an Applied Energistics ME network to Oritech machines. Everything runs through one block, the ME Dock, and a small set of addon blocks that plug into it.^[2]

The ME Dock

The ME Dock connects a machine's ME addon modules to an ME network. Each dock and its addons share one channel, so plan your network channels with that in mind.^[2]

You install the dock in a machine addon slot, then place the addons against the dock. If you place addons without a dock connected to a machine, you get a hint that they are not attached. A machine with no dock reports that it has none.^[2]

The dock also tells you its state. When it is working you see how many addon modules are connected. When it is offline, the message tells you to check network power and channels.^[2]

ME DockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Machine Extender	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_dock

The addons

• ME Interface Addon: keeps the machine's input slots stocked with the items you configure, and requests crafts when they run out.^[2]
• ME Pattern Provider Addon: lets the ME network craft using this machine. It pushes ingredients into the machine's input slots only.^[2]
• ME Extended Interface Addon: provides 36 stock slots using ExtendedAE's paged interface menu.^[2]
• ME Extended Pattern Provider Addon: provides 36 pattern slots.^[2]

The extended addons are tied to ExtendedAE: their block loot tables only apply when that mod is loaded.^[5][6]

ME Interface AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Interface	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_interface_addon

ME Pattern Provider AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Pattern Provider	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_pattern_provider_addon

ME Extended Interface AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Ex Interface	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_extended_interface_addon

ME Extended Pattern Provider AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Ex Pattern Provider	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_extended_pattern_provider_addon

Getting crafting results back

Oritech machines never push their results anywhere on their own. That matters for autocrafting, because the pattern provider addon only pushes ingredients in. To close the loop, the pattern provider addon has an output sweep that returns results to the network.^[2][3]

In this pack the default for that sweep is on, set by behaviour.autoReturnOutputs. That option only sets the initial value. You can toggle each addon individually by sneak-right-clicking it with an empty hand, and the game shows you the new state as "Return results to network".^[2][3]

Power costs

There are two kinds of power in play: AE from the ME network, and RF from the Oritech machine. The pack's values for the dock idle draw, the upgrade idle draw and the RF per transfer all match the mod defaults.^[3]

• power.dockIdleDraw is 1 AE/t, drawn from the network by an ME Dock whether or not anything is attached.^[3]
• power.upgradeIdleDraw is 2 AE/t, drawn from the network by each installed upgrade module.^[3]
• power.rfPerTransfer is 20 RF, taken from the machine's own buffer for each stack moved in or out. Setting it to 0 makes transfers cost nothing on the Oritech side.^[3]

The sources for Applied Oritech in this pack show a short list of craftable items and no tier ladder or required order, so I won't invent one. You get the ME Dock, plus Interface and Pattern Provider addons, each with an extended version.^[4]

Standard pieces

The ME Dock and the standard Interface and Pattern Provider addons are each made with a shaped crafting recipe in the pack. Here they are as the pack has them.^[4]

ME DockMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Machine Extender	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_dock

The ME Dock, crafted in a crafting grid.

ME Interface AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Interface	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_interface_addon

The standard Interface addon.

ME Pattern Provider AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Pattern Provider	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_pattern_provider_addon

The standard Pattern Provider addon.

Extended addons

The ME Extended Interface Addon and ME Extended Pattern Provider Addon also have shaped crafting recipes in the pack. Their block loot tables only apply when the mod with id extendedae is loaded, so they are tied to that mod.^[4][5][6]

ME Extended Interface AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Ex Interface	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_extended_interface_addon

The extended Interface addon.

ME Extended Pattern Provider AddonMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plastic plate	any plastic plate	any plastic plate
any plastic plate	Ex Pattern Provider	any plastic plate
Logic Processor	any plating	Logic Processor

Recipe id: applied_oritech:me_extended_pattern_provider_addon

The extended Pattern Provider addon.

Picking them back up

Every one of these blocks drops itself when broken, as long as it survives an explosion. So you can move a dock or an addon without losing it.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

The options worth knowing for Applied Oritech live in config/applied_oritech-common.toml. The numeric power options are all left at the mod default in this pack, so none of the power costs have been changed.^[3]

Output handling

behaviour.autoReturnOutputs is set to true in this pack. It controls the default state of an ME Pattern Provider Upgrade's output sweep. Oritech machines never push their results anywhere, so with this off an autocrafting job will never complete unless you move the results back to the network yourself. You can do that with an interface upgrade, an export bus, or Oritech's own inventory proxy.^[3]

Power costs

• power.dockIdleDraw is 1, the same as the mod default. It is the AE/t an ME Dock draws from the ME network, whether or not anything is attached. The allowed range is 0.0 to 1024.0.^[3]
• power.upgradeIdleDraw is 2, the same as the mod default. It is the AE/t drawn from the ME network by each installed upgrade module. The allowed range is 0.0 to 1024.0.^[3]
• power.rfPerTransfer is 20, the same as the mod default. It is the Oritech RF taken from the machine's own buffer for each stack moved in or out. Setting it to 0 makes transfers cost nothing on the Oritech side.^[3]

The two idle draws apply per ME Dock and per installed upgrade module, so the AE/t cost on your network adds up as you install more of them.^[3]