FAQ

Why doesn’t a machine respond while I’m away, or say a chunk isn’t loaded?

No machine loads chunks by itself. The Digital Miner Companion, the Precision Upgrade Controller’s scan and the Quantum Network Controller only read chunks that are already loaded by other means (a player nearby, a chunk loader, and so on), and say so when one is not. Getting Started lists the machines that accept Mekanism’s Anchor Upgrade.

Why can’t I break the Radioactive Quantum Entangloporter?

As long as its buffer (or an older radioactive stock left on a frequency by an earlier version) still holds any radioactive chemical (such as Spent Nuclear Waste), the Radioactive Quantum Entangloporter refuses to break: by pickaxe, Cardboard Box, an explosion, or the Wither. Empty it first through an output face, then it breaks normally. A frequency whose radioactive stock still holds something can’t be deleted from any block of the mod either.

Why does the Quantum Network Controller show “≈”, “≥” or “?” in front of some numbers?

“≈” marks an estimated rate: for what Mekanism’s own Quantum Entangloporters eject by themselves, the Controller doesn’t have an exact per-tick measurement, so it estimates it. “≥” means “at least”: some devices could not be measured (the amber line “N devices not measured” says how many). “?” means the figure cannot be known. Every other figure (Quantum Energy Receivers, the Quantum Chargepad, the Quantum Digital Miner and what a Radioactive Quantum Entangloporter ejects) is counted directly and shown without a mark.

Why does my Quantum Ore Refinery wait instead of working?

With Always run off (the default), it waits until the tanks hold everything the level you chose needs, and says “Waiting for xN” (the level you chose) with what is missing. Switch Always run on to let it work at the best level the tanks cover (never below x2), or click a lower level to lower the cap. See Quantum Ore Refinery.

Why does the Quantum Ore Refinery not form?

Its screen names the first block that is wrong and where it should be (“expected … at (x, y, z)”). The drawing is fixed, turns in quarter turns with the controller and is never mirrored; the layers are in Structure and parts. A port already claimed by another refinery stops a second structure from forming.

Where is the Quantum Network Tablet’s frequency list?

The Tablet opens the same screen as the Controller: the frequency box at the top left. It shows the frequencies you may access (your Public and Private ones, and Trusted ones whose owner trusts you); a Tablet needs no Controller placed anywhere.

Where can I see the Precision Upgrade Controller’s work zone?

Its cubic radius is a server setting, not something you adjust in game. Open the Visuals tab on its screen (the same tab the Digital Miner uses) to see the zone highlighted in the world.

Why can’t I set faces on the Quantum Digital Miner, the Synthesis Plant, the Ore Refinery or the Quantum Network Controller?

They are the machines of the mod without Mekanism’s side configuration. The Quantum Digital Miner and the Petrogenic Synthesis Plant have fixed ports, like Mekanism’s own Digital Miner (their pages show where each port is). The Quantum Ore Refinery works through the port blocks of its structure. The Quantum Network Controller has no ports at all.

Why didn’t the Precision Logistical Distributor deliver the exact percentages shown?

The percentages describe the shares you configured, not guaranteed final capacity: a neighbouring inventory can still refuse or only partly accept a delivery. In Wait for every output mode, a refused share makes the whole batch wait; with Wait for every output off, a refused share is redistributed to the other outputs instead. Deliveries already sent are never rolled back.

If I break a machine, do I lose its settings?

No. Every machine in the mod drops an item that keeps its data, and placing it again restores it (see Getting Started). Two things to know: frequencies are not carried by the item (you choose them again on the screen; a Quantum Digital Miner keeps its own only when its owner breaks it), and the Radioactive Quantum Entangloporter cannot be broken while it holds radioactive waste.

Does upgrading a Quantum Energy Receiver’s tier reset it?

Mostly not. Crafting a Receiver into its next tier (Basic → Advanced → Elite → Ultimate) uses the previous Receiver as an ingredient and carries over its configured faces, its redstone control mode, and any energy already in transit. The frequency is not carried: the new Receiver starts unlinked, and you choose the frequency on its screen.

What do Public, Trusted and Private mean on a machine’s frequency or security tab?

These are Mekanism’s own security and frequency settings, not something specific to this mod. A frequency or a machine’s security can be Public (anyone can use or link it), Trusted (players you’ve trusted can), or Private (only you). The Quantum Energy Receivers, the Quantum Chargepad, the Quantum Digital Miner and the Quantum Network Controller use Mekanism’s regular Quantum Entangloporter frequency list; the Radioactive Quantum Entangloporter has radioactive frequencies of its own, with the same three levels.

Why isn’t my Industrial Fluid Pump pumping anything?

The pump needs its intake primed: connect it through a Mechanical Pipe network ending in a pipe immersed in a fluid source (placed in the fluid, or filled with a bucket). An adjacent source block does not prime it on its own.

What happens to the Petrogenic Synthesis Plant if part of its structure is destroyed?

If a Wither or the Ender Dragon destroys a structure block of the Plant, the whole Plant is removed with no item drop: the same behaviour as Mekanism’s own multiblocks in that situation.