Spread out Spark Generators

[Nightstar]

Ahh, home again. Here we go:

Here is a setup where 4 machines can use all of the spark available in 4 spark generators. Every machine can access the spark in every generator:

You could actually trace an unbroken line from every generator to every machine. In a tiny setup like this it’s simple, but it can get pretty crazy. The spark links themselves are a neutral conduit and the spark just passes through them freely in all directions, like electricity on a wire.

If it helps further, think of this. Machines can take power in, but they can’t put it out. Generators can put power out, but they can’t take it in. So each one is a single directional interface.

This setup allows each machine to see only one generator, and wastes a bunch or links:

The links between the generators glow as they are getting charge from both sides. You can see the links between the machines are not receiving power, since a machine cannot output power.

Here two spark links have restored free flow across the entire system.:

More info about generators:

Spark Generator screenshots please?

In the end the group appears to need to be within a 4x4x4 to operate. You can see that even though adding new generators is possible here, if they would extend outside of this space placement is not allowed: [20190719113538_1] [20190719113554_1] Even though that last placement would not extend any row or column out past 4 generators, it would expand the placement overall to be 4x4x5 and that’s not allowed. So for each stack of generators acting as a unit you’re allowed 64 positions for th…

This is about coil setups, but the machines need power you can see some amazing setups here:

Show me your power coil setups please

From what I remember, 20 24 advanced coils is the max. I plan to power all of my machines with 13 coils each, but I’d like to try to figure out a good setup so I can end up getting them up to 20 24 much later on when I have tons of spare coils I don’t need.

In my last workshop I got 180 machines sharing 128 generators (8 sets of 16)

Another ‘famous’ setup around 120 fully coiled machines sharing a single stack:

EDIT Decided to expand a bit, here’s a couple more machines (pardon my mouse-writing please):

The new machine on the left connects to the circuit between two generators, and it can see both of them. The new machine on the right is connected between a single generator and a machine. It can only see the power from the one generator feeding it’s loop.

Hope that helps anyone to sort this out.