Guide talk:Teleporter network

I did a very massive update to this guide. I found the old version wasn't clear enough for me to actually implement it, I had to make some rather large developments myself, and the system I created fixed all of the flaws the previous guide writer had mentioned. I've never really contributed here before, and so I tried to follow along with the structure of the guide as it was, but if anyone sees any issues or updates that they think should be done I'd be happy to update it as needed!

Questions

I have a few questions about the teleporter network so I can have some clarification.

My first question is about a tile I can see under the root teleporter. I have no idea of what it is and I'm afraid that if this affects the system and I don't include it then I'll screw something up. Does anybody know what it is?

File:Teleporter network- unknown tile.jpg

If you know what tile it is can you let me know?

My second question is about the step encoders. In the Teleporter source image files [1] it shows that almost all of the step encoders are wired up differently compared to the detailed image about the step encoders [2]. I'm wondering how I should wire these up, should I do it the way the teleporter source image shows or the way the detailed image on the step encoders show?

Question about Locations

This Guide says nothing at all about a good place to put the teleporters. Like where should we put them? Outposts? Arenas? Plz add. Daybroken (talk) 19:34, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

The locations I suggest for a start would be Forest, Spawn, Jungle, Dungeon, Jungle Temple, Underworld, A glowing Mushroom Cave, Corruption/Crimson, and an Ocean Biome.

Then you can continue by adding the rest of your teleporters to your various chosen locations, such as a Base, builds, arenas, farms, fishing pools, AFK farms, etc. Trialsphere (talk) 7:05, 27 June 2021 (CST)

Massively overcomplicated

This guide uses technical terms without needing to, and because of that I feel like it comes off as a bit overbearing. If the goal is to teach something to new players, you wouldn't say, 'use a binary encoder', you would define what a binary encoder is. I have a PhD in math and teach computer science (including wiring logic gates and transistors in Minecraft), and this guide is so dense and nigh-un-understandable that I've spent two hours just trying to puzzle out the first part. There's a saying in teaching that says that you don't truly understand something unless you can explain it in a clear and understandable way.

And what makes it all worse is that it's actually very simple to wire up a single teleporter with eight outputs, and just have multiple 'input pads'. Like someone else pointed out, Pylons have rendered this even more obsolete.

Still, it shows some interesting techniques for wiring. I'd like to help clean up the language, using simpler language when possible and providing definitions when not. Mathbrush1 (talk) 04:13, 5 December 2022 (UTC)