Reality devices

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Module: Hard Hoof: Tech (hardhoof_tech)

Reality devices are machines on the computer bus that act on the world itself. A computer drives them like any other device, so reprogramming the world is Volt code. Every edit costs joules, and they work at a fixed pace: a factory's worth of power, and minutes rather than a freeze.

Device	What it does
Matter Printer	Reads and writes blocks in a field around it.
Zone Projector	Holds rules in a zone: growth, spawns, gravity.
Dimension Creator	Makes whole worlds.
Gateway	Opens a doorway into them.

None of them has controls of its own. Put a Terminal next to one, or join them with a Data Cable, and drive it with a command or its app.

Matter Printer

Your first print: find ore with a computer, then mine it without a pickaxe.

1. Place a Matter Printer below ground and wire DC power to its back.
2. Put a Terminal next to it (or run a Data Cable from it).
3. On the Terminal type printer survey. It counts every block within 8 of the printer.
4. Type printer find iron_ore, then printer mine iron_ore. The ore lands in the printer's store.

printer fill builds boxes from its store, and printer save and printer print copy builds as blueprint files. The Printer app shows the field a layer at a time, ore in its own colours: click a block, then Break, or Mine all to take every one like it.

How the printer works

Quantity	Value
Field	The 17-block cube centred on the printer. 0 1 0 is the block on top.
Speed	At most 5 blocks placed or broken a second
Place stone	About 14 J (harder blocks cost more)
Break stone	About 19 J
Survey	0.1 J a block

It never takes blocks that hold things (chests, machines) or unbreakable blocks. Read /rom/bin/printer.volt: it is a short program, and yours can do more.

Recipe

Built in the Machine Workshop.

L P E P L
W P D P W
P P B P P

Symbol	Ingredient	Count
L	Logic Board	2
P	#c:plates/iron	7
E	Ender Pearl	1
W	#c:wires/copper	2
D	Diamond	1
B	Power Board	1

Result: hardhoof_tech:matter_printer ×1

Zone Projector

A farm that grows fast and stays safe at night:

1. Place a Zone Projector in the middle of your farm and wire DC power to its back.
2. Put a Terminal against it, or join them with a Data Cable.
3. Open the Zone app: drag across its plan to size the zone, click the sprouts for growth, and switch No spawns on. Or type zone growth 4, then zone spawns off.
4. Or type zone night: a small program turns the rules on at dusk and off at dawn, so you only pay for the night.

Rules draw power all the time they are on, more for a bigger zone. zone radius sets its size, 4 to 16.

Recipe

Built in the Machine Workshop.

A P L P A
W P B P W
P P M P P

Symbol	Ingredient	Count
A	Amethyst Shard	2
P	#c:plates/iron	7
L	Logic Board	1
W	#c:wires/copper	2
B	Power Board	1
M	Bone Block	1

Result: hardhoof_tech:zone_projector ×1

Worlds

The Dimension Creator makes worlds of your own, from a single chunk to a 256-chunk planet, and a Gateway holds a doorway open into them.