Recursive AE2 Pattern Provider

🔄 Overview

Recursive AE2 Pattern Provider revolutionizes Applied Energistics 2 automation by automatically generating dependency patterns for complex recipes directly within your network. Say goodbye to tedious manual pattern creation and hello to effortless multi-tier crafting automation!

✨ Features

🎯 Automatic Pattern Generation

• Smart Dependencies: Automatically creates patterns for missing crafting ingredients.
• Recursive Logic: Generates patterns for ingredients of ingredients, as deep as you configure.
• Recipe Discovery: Only creates patterns for items that have valid crafting recipes.

⚠️ Note: If you set a non-crafting pattern as Recursive, you must place it in a Pattern Provider directly attached to a Molecular Assembler.

🖥️ Terminal GUI Integration & Per-Pattern Control

• Direct Terminal Toggle: Easily toggle recursion ON/OFF directly inside the Pattern Encoding Terminal (Crafting Pattern tab) next to the fluid substitution buttons.
• Crafting Table Alternative: Convert patterns using a crafting table recipe ([AE2 Pattern] + [Recipe Item] → [Recursive Pattern]).
• Automatic Persistence: Re-encoding an existing recursive pattern in the terminal automatically preserves its recursive status.
• Universal Support: Works with ALL AE2 pattern types:
  • Crafting Patterns
  • Processing Patterns
  • Smithing Table Patterns
  • Stonecutting Patterns
• Remove Recursion: Craft a recursive pattern alone (without the recipe item) in a crafting table to convert it back to a normal pattern.

🎨 Visual Feedback

• Clean Native Tooltips: Displays a subtle, green Recursive tag directly above the "Encoded by" line for Crafting Patterns.

⚙️ Configuration Options

• Terminal GUI Toggle: Enable or disable the recursive button in the Pattern Encoding Terminal (enableEncodingGuiToggle).
• Recursion Depth: Control how deep pattern generation goes (-1 = unlimited, 0 = disabled, 1+ = max depth limit).
• Recipe Item: Customize which item is required to craft recursive patterns (default: minecraft:iron_ingot).
• Substitute Inheritance: Auto-generated patterns inherit substitute settings from parent patterns.
• Default Settings: Configure default substitute behavior for patterns without parent context.

🎮 How to Use

Method A: Pattern Encoding Terminal (Recommended)

1. Open the Pattern Encoding Terminal.
2. Select the Crafting Pattern mode.
3. Toggle the Recursive Pattern button to ON (green checkmark).
4. Insert your recipe and click Encode Pattern.

Method B: Crafting Table Recipe

[AE2 Pattern] + [Recipe Item] → [Recursive Pattern]

Craft the pattern with the configured recipe item (default: Iron Ingot) in any crafting table.

Remove Recursion

[Recursive Pattern] → [Normal Pattern]

Craft the recursive pattern alone (without the recipe item) to make it normal again.

💡 Customizing the Recipe Item

To change which item is required for crafting recursive patterns, edit config/recursiveae2patternprovider-common.toml:

[recursiveae2patternprovider-common.toml]
recipeItem = "minecraft:diamond" # Use diamond instead of iron
# Or use any other item:
# recipeItem = "minecraft:gold_ingot"
# recipeItem = "ae2:calculation_processor"