Self Replicator?
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I haven't thought about it much, but what are the possibilities that TPT can contain a self replicating machine? now with new element creation capabilities more advanced than clone. If there is a boundless field, it may be possible. If there is an expert, I would like to hear from you.
This is not a creation, but a possible creation.
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But we would need an idea on how to use the new elements to make a self-replicating machine, which would be a bit hard but not impossible
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I thought about this a few days ago, no it is not possible, simply because CRAY (or any element) cannot set anything besides the type of the particle it creates. You could create a 'dummy' replica that doesn't function.
There are a few ways to set some ctypes of newly created CRAY, since it picks a ctype from nearby particles, but this still doesn't fix tmp for distance which would be required for precision. Not to mention temp of WIFI and tmp2 PSTN which all come very handy for machines.
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what does adjusting tmp2 of piston do?
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It is the max piston length it will extend, not entirely useful for automated functions, but very nice for user controlled ones.
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Yes I suppose you would have to assume the new machine to have all of those element properties. To do it you would:
1)have a machine that reads a ROM
2)that machine scans through that ROM, which contains instructions to recreate itself
3)looping and copying that ROM into the new device
4)booting the new machine
it is completely possible, though, to make a factory to make smaller machines.
When will the elements be added to wiki?
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@bimmo_devices (View Post)
when someone adds them. It's a community edited wiki.
Someone added CRAY a while ago, I just updated it today with all the missing information. PSTN and FRME just need wiki entries now. If something is wrong / missing, I can update it too. (FRME should go in force probably, not solids like it is in the current version. I was going to change that)
And for this, something mentioned on irc is that you can't edit properties like ctype of elements (like ERAY in boxmein's new mod). So I don't know if it would be possible without that, even with it it would be very hard. -
Shameless self promotion that is kinda appropriate, http://tpt.io/:15807
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Anyways...
I think that making a fully self replicating machine will be a heck of a task. A sort of "machine factory" where the produce is different from the producer would be far simpler.
