Resolved #0202 - The question of cable power usage.

Cables no longer use power.
Each channel on a block now consumes 1 / 128 AE/t

me/cache/EnergyGridCache.java

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergyGridProvider;
 import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergyWatcher;
 import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergyWatcherHost;
 import appeng.api.networking.events.MENetworkEventSubscribe;
+import appeng.api.networking.events.MENetworkPostCacheConstruction;
 import appeng.api.networking.events.MENetworkPowerIdleChange;
 import appeng.api.networking.events.MENetworkPowerStatusChange;
 import appeng.api.networking.events.MENetworkPowerStorage;
+import appeng.api.networking.pathing.IPathingGrid;
 import appeng.api.networking.storage.IStackWatcherHost;
 import appeng.me.GridNode;
 import appeng.me.energy.EnergyThreshold;
@@ -108,11 +110,18 @@ public class EnergyGridCache implements IEnergyGrid
 	Set<IEnergyGridProvider> gproviders = new LinkedHashSet();
 
 	final IGrid myGrid;
+	PathGridCache pgc;
 
 	public EnergyGridCache(IGrid g) {
 		myGrid = g;
 	}
 
+	@MENetworkEventSubscribe
+	public void postInit(MENetworkPostCacheConstruction pcc)
+	{
+		pgc = myGrid.getCache( IPathingGrid.class );
+	}
+
 	@MENetworkEventSubscribe
 	public void EnergyNodeChanges(MENetworkPowerIdleChange ev)
 	{
@@ -491,7 +500,7 @@ public class EnergyGridCache implements IEnergyGrid
 	@Override
 	public double getIdlePowerUsage()
 	{
-		return drainPerTick;
+		return drainPerTick + pgc.channelPowerUsage;
 	}
 
 	@Override

me/cache/PathGridCache.java

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public class PathGridCache implements IPathingGrid
 	private HashSet<IPathItem> semiOpen = new HashSet();
 	private HashSet<IPathItem> closedList = new HashSet();
 
+	public int channelsByBlocks = 0;
+	public double channelPowerUsage = 0.0;
+
 	public PathGridCache(IGrid g) {
 		myGrid = g;
 	}
@@ -82,6 +85,8 @@ public class PathGridCache implements IPathingGrid
 
 				int nodes = myGrid.getNodes().size();
 				ticksUntilReady = 20 + (nodes / 10);
+				channelsByBlocks = nodes * used;
+				channelPowerUsage = (double) channelsByBlocks / 128.0;
 
 				myGrid.getPivot().beginVisition( new AdHocChannelUpdater( used ) );
 			}
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ public class PathGridCache implements IPathingGrid
 							closedList.add( gc );
 							open.add( gc );
 							gc.setControllerRoute( (GridNode) node, true );
-							active.add( new PathSegment( open, semiOpen, closedList ) );
+							active.add( new PathSegment( this, open, semiOpen, closedList ) );
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ public class PathGridCache implements IPathingGrid
 				}
 
 				booting = false;
+				channelPowerUsage = (double) channelsByBlocks / 128.0;
 				myGrid.postEvent( new MENetworkBootingStatusChange() );
 			}
 		}
@@ -181,6 +187,7 @@ public class PathGridCache implements IPathingGrid
 		// clean up...
 		active.clear();
 
+		channelsByBlocks = 0;
 		updateNetwork = true;
 	}
 

me/pathfinding/PathSegment.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import appeng.api.networking.GridFlags;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridMultiblock;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
+import appeng.me.cache.PathGridCache;
 
 public class PathSegment
 {
@@ -22,10 +23,13 @@ public class PathSegment
 
 	};
 
-	public PathSegment(List open, Set semiopen, Set closed) {
+	PathGridCache pgc;
+
+	public PathSegment(PathGridCache myPGC, List open, Set semiopen, Set closed) {
 		this.open = open;
 		this.semiopen = semiopen;
 		this.closed = closed;
+		pgc = myPGC;
 		isDead = false;
 	}
 
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ public class PathSegment
 		pi = start;
 		while (pi != null)
 		{
+			pgc.channelsByBlocks++;
 			pi.incrementChannelCount( 1 );
 			pi = pi.getControllerRoute();
 		}
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ public class PathSegment
 		pi = start;
 		while (pi != null)
 		{
+			pgc.channelsByBlocks++;
 			pi.incrementChannelCount( 1 );
 			pi = pi.getControllerRoute();
 		}

parts/networking/PartCable.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class PartCable extends AEBasePart implements IPartCable
 
 	public PartCable(Class c, ItemStack is) {
 		super( c, is );
-		proxy.setIdlePowerUsage( 1.0 / 16.0 );
+		proxy.setIdlePowerUsage( 0.0 );
 		proxy.myColor = AEColor.values()[((ItemPart) is.getItem()).varientOf( is.getItemDamage() )];
 	}
 

recipes/handlers/Macerator.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import appeng.api.exceptions.RecipeError;
 import appeng.api.exceptions.RegistrationError;
 import appeng.api.recipes.ICraftHandler;
 import appeng.api.recipes.IIngredient;
+import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.core.AppEng;
 import appeng.integration.abstraction.IIC2;
 import appeng.recipes.RecipeHandler;
@@ -42,20 +43,29 @@ public class Macerator implements ICraftHandler, IWebsiteSeralizer
 		{
 			IIC2 ic2 = (IIC2) AppEng.instance.getIntegration( "IC2" );
 			for (ItemStack is : pro_input.getItemStackSet())
+			{
+				try
+				{
 					ic2.maceratorRecipe( is, pro_output[0].getItemStack() );
 				}
+				catch (java.lang.RuntimeException err)
+				{
+					AELog.info( "IC2 not happy - " + err.getMessage() );
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean canCraft(ItemStack output) throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError {
+	public boolean canCraft(ItemStack output) throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError
+	{
 		return Platform.isSameItemPrecise( pro_output[0].getItemStack(), output );
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getPattern( RecipeHandler h ) {
+	public String getPattern(RecipeHandler h)
-		return "macerator\n"+
+	{
-				h.getName(pro_input)+"\n"+
+		return null;
-				h.getName(pro_output[0]);
 	}
 
 }

recipes/handlers/Pulverizer.java

@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ public class Pulverizer implements ICraftHandler, IWebsiteSeralizer
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public boolean canCraft(ItemStack output) throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError {
+	public boolean canCraft(ItemStack output) throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError
+	{
 		return Platform.isSameItemPrecise( pro_output[0].getItemStack(), output );
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getPattern( RecipeHandler h ) {
+	public String getPattern(RecipeHandler h)
-		return "pulverizer\n"+
+	{
-				h.getName(pro_input)+"\n"+
+		return null;
-				h.getName(pro_output[0]);
 	}
 
 }