Truss Mod

(beta)

Truss Mod adds motors that can move blocks and frames that can form big moving constructions.It was inspired by Red Power 2 by Eloraam.

Features:

• Motors and frames move, and all blocks render and tick while moving
• TileEntities can be moved too
• IC2, BC and TE power support. Look in config file for configuration
• Tested with most mods from FTB 1.5 beta pack
• There is a per-block and per-mod moving handler configuration
• Both Immibis's Microblocks and ForgeMultipart are supported
• Can move multiblock structures (if configured)

Know issues:

• Items moving in BuildCraft pipes don't update their rendering state after being moved (items themselves appear to move correctly)
• There are little time desynchronizations with some mods with default-hard handler
• Thermal Expansion blocks cause crashes/disappear when moved

Installation instructions:

• 1.5.2: Extract TrussCore-*.jar to coremods folder, extract TrussMod-*.jar to mods folder
• 1.6.x and later: Copy TrussMod-*.jar to mods folder

How to rotate motors:

• Shift-right-click with the empty hand to change the position of the red (action) side
• Right-click with the empty hand to change the direction that the red side is facing to

Microblocks:

• Anything cover-thick will prevent frames from sticking, and will actually mask the frame.
• If you have microblocks, frame sides will only be solid if there are covers/panels on that side.

Crafting (temporary):

If you have mods with multiblock structures:

• Add corresponding block set to TrussMod.cfg
• Example: S:alveary=1382 or S:railcraft_tank="452:0,452:1,452:2" (use block name instead of id for 1.7)