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 ^ Category | Storage & Automation | ^ Category | Storage & Automation |
  
-Autocrafting allows the ME Network to automatically assemble items and fluids using stored recipes.+Autocrafting is one of the core functions of AE2. It allows your ME Network to:   
 + 
 +^ Function | Description | 
 +| Automatic Assembly | Items and fluids are crafted on demand. | 
 +| Export Automation | Crafted items can be sent directly into machines or inventories. | 
 +| Stock Control | Networks can maintain set amounts of items in storage. | 
 +| Extended Support | With addons, autocrafting can handle fluids, gases (Mekanism), and more. | 
 + 
 +Autocrafting is complex, but once mastered it becomes one of the most powerful automation tools in modded Minecraft.   
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
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 + 
 +===== How Autocrafting Works ===== 
 + 
 +An autocrafting setup always requires **three core components**:   
 + 
 +^ Component | Purpose | 
 +| Request Source | Player terminal, Export Bus, or Interface with a crafting card. | 
 +| Crafting CPU | Manages the job, calculates ingredients, and stores intermediates. | 
 +| Pattern Provider | Pushes inputs into machines and accepts results back. | 
 + 
 +**Process of a Crafting Job:**   
 +  - A request is created (terminal / automation).   
 +  - The Crafting CPU calculates the required steps.   
 +  - Pattern Providers push inputs into machines:   
 +    - Crafting recipes → Molecular Assemblers   
 +    - Processing recipes → Modded machines / setups   
 +  - Results re-enter the ME Network (via Import Bus, Interface, or Provider).   
 +  - Intermediate products are held in the CPU until needed.  
  
 ---- ----
  
 ===== Patterns ===== ===== Patterns =====
-* Craft **blank patterns** and encode them with recipes. 
-* Insert patterns into a **Pattern Provider**. 
-* Providers expose recipes to the network. 
  
-===== Crafting Requests ===== +Patterns are encoded in a **Pattern Encoding Terminal** using blank patterns.   
-* When you request an item, the system checks if it has a recipe. + 
-* If so, it automatically pulls inputs from storage and routes them to machines.+==== Types of Patterns ==== 
 + 
 +^ Pattern Type | Function | 
 +| Crafting | Encodes crafting table recipes. Used with Pattern Providers + Molecular Assemblers. | 
 +| Smithing Table | Encodes smithing recipes. Automated like crafting patterns. | 
 +| Stonecutting | Encodes stonecutter recipes. Automated like crafting patterns. | 
 +| Processing | Defines input → output, regardless of process. Works with machines, smelters, or full production chains. Supports batching (e.g., 8 cobblestone → 8 stone). | 
 + 
 +==== The Most General Pattern ==== 
 + 
 +^ Method | Usage | 
 +| Level Emitter + Crafting Card | Emits redstone to request items regardless of input. Useful for infinite farms or recursive recipes (e.g., cobble duplication). | 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Crafting CPUs ===== 
 + 
 +Crafting CPUs are **multiblocks** that manage jobs. They must form a rectangular prism.   
 + 
 +==== Components ==== 
 + 
 +^ Component | Role | 
 +| Crafting Storage | (Required) Determines job size. Sizes: 1k, 4k, 16k, 64k, 256k. | 
 +| Co-Processing Unit | (Optional) Sends ingredients to multiple machines at once. | 
 +| Crafting Monitor | (Optional) Displays active jobs. Can be dyed. | 
 +| Crafting Unit | (Optional) Filler block to shape the multiblock. | 
 + 
 +==== Behavior ==== 
 + 
 +^ Feature | Details | 
 +| Job Handling | Each CPU handles one job. Multiple jobs require multiple CPUs. | 
 +| Intermediates | Stores items between multi-step recipes. | 
 +| Request Sources | Can accept requests from players, automation, or both. | 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Pattern Providers ===== 
 + 
 +Pattern Providers push ingredients to machines and handle returned results.   
 + 
 +==== Behavior ==== 
 + 
 +^ Rule | Details | 
 +| Ingredient Handling | Inputs are pulled directly from the CPU, never stored in the provider. | 
 +| Push Mode | Always sends all ingredients at once (no partial batches). | 
 +| Output Handling | Results can be piped back into the same provider, saving channels. | 
 + 
 +==== Subnet Interaction ==== 
 + 
 +^ Interaction | Details | 
 +| With Empty Interface | Provider bypasses the interface and injects straight into subnet storage. | 
 + 
 +==== Parallelization ==== 
 + 
 +^ Rule | Details | 
 +| Multiple Providers | Identical patterns run in parallel. | 
 +| Distribution | Providers round-robin jobs across connected faces. | 
 + 
 +==== Variants ==== 
 + 
 +^ Variant | Function | 
 +| Normal | Pushes to all sides. Full network connection. | 
 +| Directional | Pushes only to one side. No connection on that side (used for subnets). | 
 +| Flat | Cable part. Multiple can share a single cable for compact setups. | 
 + 
 +==== Settings ==== 
 + 
 +^ Setting | Purpose | 
 +| Blocking Mode | Prevents new batches if ingredients remain in machine. | 
 +| Lock Crafting | Holds provider until previous result is inserted or under redstone. | 
 +| Visibility | Can hide or show in Pattern Access Terminals. | 
 +| Priority | Higher priority providers are chosen when multiple patterns exist. | 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Molecular Assemblers ===== 
 + 
 +The **Molecular Assembler** executes recipes from patterns.   
 + 
 +^ Role | Function | 
 +| Craft Execution | Runs Crafting, Smithing, and Stonecutting Patterns. | 
 +| Output | Auto-ejects results to adjacent inventories. | 
 +| Pairing | Works best directly next to Pattern Providers. | 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Summary =====
  
-===== Processing Patterns ===== +AE2 Autocrafting combines four parts:  
-* For machine-based recipes (furnaces, crushers, etc.), encode as **processing patterns**. +
-* The system knows what goes in and expects the output to be imported back.+
  
-===== Parallelization ===== +^ Component | Function | 
-* Splitting patterns across multiple providers allows multiple crafts to happen at once. +| Patterns | Define recipes. | 
-* Useful for mass production setups.+| Pattern Providers | Push inputs and receive results. | 
 +| Molecular Assemblers | Execute crafting recipes. | 
 +| Crafting CPUs | Manage jobs and intermediates. |
  
-===== Fluids ===== +This system scales from simple smelting to massive modded megafactories, supporting flexible workflows, batching, subnet tricks, and redstone integration.  
-* Patterns also support fluid recipes. +
-* Requires compatible machines or fluid interfaces.+
  
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