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Substation Cubicle

Cubicle

A 3×4×2 = 24-block multiblock structure. It accepts external FE power (Mekanism / AE2 / Industrial Foregoing, etc.) and feeds it to wires via insulators.

Installation

  1. Secure the placement space (= a 3 wide × 4 deep × 2 high = 24-block volume).
  2. Hold the cubicle body in your hand and right-click the position you want as the base block. The structure's orientation is set by the direction the player is facing.
  3. Using the clicked position as the base, 23 dummy blocks are placed automatically, completing the 3×4×2 structure.
  4. The structure is treated as a single logical block (right-clicking any block responds as the main body).

Checking status (right-click)

When you right-click a placed substation with an empty hand, its current status is shown in chat (no dedicated GUI screen opens).

DisplayMeaning
EnergizedFE is available and power is being fed to the wire network via insulators
Waiting for connectionFE is available, but no insulators / wires are connected yet
FE shortageNo FE is coming in from the external power source

The current FE level / capacity and the number of connected wire networks are also shown. When you want to investigate in more detail, use the Power Checker.

Connection (input + output)

[FE power source (Mekanism Cable / Create Energy etc)]
     ↓ connect (any face)
[Substation Cubicle]
     ↓ via insulator block
[Wire]
     ↓
[Train Pantograph]

FE input

  • The cubicle accepts the IEnergyStorage capability on any dummy face
  • Any FE-compatible source works: Mekanism Universal Cable, AE2 Energy Cell, Create Electric Engine, etc.
  • Internal buffer capacity: 1,000,000 FE
  • Accept rate: 10,000 FE/tick

Wire output

To feed power from the substation into wires, stand an insulator on a position touching the substation and run wires from there.

  1. Right-click to place a Wire Insulator on a block adjacent to the substation body (this insulator becomes the entry point connecting the substation to the wires).
  2. Right-click that insulator with the Wire Connector Tool in place mode → then right-click the next insulator to run a wire.
  3. The wire network beyond the insulator adjacent to the substation becomes energized (energized wires glow brighter).
  4. Multiple wires can branch from a single substation.

Chunk-load independence

SubstationRegistry (per-dimension SavedData) records the substation's location + FE + facing. Even when the player hasn't loaded the chunks:

  • FE intake to the substation continues (if the external power source's chunk is loaded)
  • A powered train outside loaded chunks continues to draw FE from the buffer
  • The buffer level remains accurate when the train returns

Model

A Geckolib-based static model (no animation). The texture is gray + an accent color. A single BlockEntity renders the appearance of all 24 blocks in the 3×4×2 structure.