Gauges, Switches & Modules guide for FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.5.1 to 1.8.0

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Gauges, Switches & Modules is all about reading and controlling redstone in style. It adds devices that output or measure redstone power, from buttons and levers to analog and digital gauges. This pack includes version 1.1.1, which is an unofficial NeoForge port of the classic RsGauges mod.^[1][2]

The port is based on a 1.20.1 version by Waffle, which in turn builds on the original mod by Wile. The 1.21.x NeoForge update comes from MCFabikDE.^[1]

Switches

• Buttons and levers in many designs, plus standard pressure plates and shock-sensitive ones that react to falls.^[1]
• Detectors for entities (players, animals, mobs) and for block categories such as ores, wood and liquids.^[1]
• Daily timers (from 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM) and tick-based interval timers.^[1]
• Light, rain and lightning sensors.^[1]
• Switch-Link relays and receivers for wireless transmission, plus knock sensors and trapdoor switches.^[1]

Gauges and indicators

• Analog and digital gauges that display redstone strength from 0 to 15.^[1]
• LEDs, semaphores and alarm lights that show on or off.^[1]
• Alarm sirens and bells for sound.^[1]
• Sensitive glass that emits light or changes color.^[1]

Handy tricks

• Use a redstone torch on a switch to set it to low/high or inverted.^[1]
• Most switches can be linked wirelessly using Ender Pearls.^[1]
• Set how long a button pulses by using redstone stacks.^[1]
• Many switches and indicators can be colored with dyes.^[1]

The devices come in several series, such as Industrial, Retro Industrial, Rustic, Old Fancy and Glass, so you can match them to the look of your base.^[1]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.10.0 guide

Good news: everything in the config file General.optOuts lives in, rsgauges-common.toml, is set to the mod default in this pack. The pack hasn't changed any of the values below, so what you read here is also what you'd get from the mod on its own.^[3]

Update intervals

These control how often devices check what's going on. Lower numbers react faster, higher numbers are gentler on the game. Each one accepts values from 1 to 100.^[3]

• General.gauge_update_interval is 4 ticks for gauges.^[3]
• General.comparator_switch_update_interval is 2 ticks for comparator switches.^[3]
• General.autoswitch_linear_update_interval is 4 for linear entity detectors.^[3]
• General.autoswitch_volumetric_update_interval is 10 for volumetric entity detectors.^[3]

Switch linking and configuring

• General.max_switch_linking_distance is 48 in this pack. You can set it anywhere from 0 to 2,048, and 0 means infinite distance.^[3]
• General.config_left_click_timeout is 500 ms, the timeout for the double-left-click config. It accepts 100 to 2,000.^[3]

Feature switches

These are all off in this pack (false), so every feature is enabled. Turning one on disables the feature it names.^[3]

• General.without_switch_linking disables wireless switch linking.^[3]
• General.without_pulsetime_config disables pulse time configuration.^[3]
• General.without_rightclick_item_switchconfig disables right-click item switch configuration.^[3]
• General.without_switch_nooutput disables the 'no output' option for switches.^[3]
• General.without_sculk_triggering disables sculk sensor triggering.^[3]

There is also General.optOuts, a list of block registry names to disable. It's empty here, so no blocks are removed.^[3]

Transport Terminal

• [[config:config/rsgauges-common.toml#Transport Terminal.transport_terminal_capacity]] is the energy capacity of the Transport Terminal: 100,000.^[3]
• [[config:config/rsgauges-common.toml#Transport Terminal.transport_terminal_teleport_cost]] is the energy cost of a single teleport: 1,000.^[3]