Quantum Computers - acikek/qcraft GitHub Wiki

Background

In qCraft, a Quantum Computer (QC) is a machine that will swap an area of the world with another QC. These areas are defined by a pylon system that must match at both stations. No energy is required to initiate the process, but the station at which it begins will need coolant.

Setup

To begin, you will need to create two entangled QCs; the method is the same as creating entangled qBlocks. Once you have both, they can be placed anywhere in the world.

The pylon system is based on the four cardinal directions around the QC block (North, South, East, West), and the bases can be at most 8 blocks away from the QC.

The pylon base blocks must be special ODBs that depend on the cardinal direction they are placed at. Every face must resolve to obsidian except the one that faces the QC itself, which must be a gold block. For example, at the North pylon, the base block would would have a gold block as its South face.

The pylons can then be extended upwards with regular obsidian blocks, but they must be the same height. The pylon bases count as a height of 1, so it's technically optional. There is no limit on pylon height.

You can right-click the Quantum Computer to bring up the GUI. If anything goes wrong and prevents you from initiating the process, the GUI will display an error at the top with a "warning" indicator. If you've set the first station up correctly, you should still see an error, but it shouldn't say "Incomplete pylon system."

You now must recreate the same pylon setup with the other entangled Quantum Computer in a different location. It's recommended to place the other station completely outside of the boundaries of the first one; it's technically possible to intertwine the boundaries, but that would break after the first teleportation.

At this point, if you have any errors, see the Possible Failures section. If not, build something in one of the pylon areas. To initiate the teleportation, you need to provide a Coolant Cell to the starting station's QC. Then, press "Energize."

Possible Failures

  • No frequency detected. You didn't entangle the Quantum Computer before placing it down.
  • Incomplete pylon system. The Quantum Computer didn't detect the proper pylon bases.
    • Make sure you've crafted the right ODBs. Hovering over them in your inventory will show you what each face represents.
    • Check if you've placed them on an exact cardinal direction and at most 8 blocks away from the Quantum Computer.
    • Ensure that the ODBs are in their designated positions. Stand on top of the QC and look around; all the bases should resolve to Gold Blocks.
  • Entangled counterpart not found. You didn't create the other station.
  • Entangled counterpart is errored. The other station has errors that don't pertain to both stations, such as misaligned heights or an incomplete pylon system.
  • Misaligned pylon heights. The pylon heights at the initiating station are different.
  • Pylon distances with counterpart differ. The distance between the QC and one or more pylon bases differ across stations; for example, if one station's North pylon was 5 blocks away and the other station's was 4 blocks away.
  • Pylon heights with counterpart differ. Self-explanatory, but one thing to remember: the pylon heights depend on relative y-values, so you can't have a station 2 blocks above its counterpart and have the absolute y-heights of the pylons be the same: they'd need to be 2 blocks higher.