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Implementation of new |Shapeless parameter in the Crafting Table template
has created a more understandable and all-around better version of our current |shapeless parameter at Template:X8. It adds the word "Shapeless" above the arrow in the table if |shapeless=True. Some tweaks could be made, such as allowing for |shapeless=true edit: this has been implemented, and making it use the MC font, but apart from that it seems pretty alright. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 02:06, 19 August 2014 (BST)

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 * 1)  I have wanted something like this for a long time. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 02:06, 19 August 2014 (BST)
 * 2)  I didn't go looking at all the template info for nothing, and it makes life easier for crafting recipes. :)  Chocohead  Nag • Edits • Staff 02:11, 19 August 2014 (BST)

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 * 1)  The rendering is currently broken on my end. . Fix it and I'll support it.  R e t e p 9 9 8  Bunny Overlord•talk•contribs 02:18, 19 August 2014 (BST)
 * I was trying to do something. I undid my edits. Look at it again. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 02:24, 19 August 2014 (BST)
 * I dislike that it isn't using the fancy bitmap font.  R e t e p 9 9 8 Bunny Overlord•talk•contribs 02:28, 19 August 2014 (BST)
 * There, I changed one so you can compare. Happy now?  Chocohead Nag • Edits • Staff 02:38, 19 August 2014 (BST)

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 * 1) Just as easy to put "This recipe is shapeless" in the recipe section, but I honestly don't care. -- Padfoote Staff • Talk • Contributions 02:12, 19 August 2014 (BST)

Staff Nomination
is becoming an active wiki editor. His edits are of a high quality, and his guide, Hardcore Questing Mode: An In-Depth Guide, is one of few up to date resources for the mod. As I will be retiring in the near future, I am nominating Gideonseymour to join the wiki team and to be my replacement.

Discussion
The previous discussion that took place here can be found on User:SatanicSanta/RealSketch, due to it not belonging on this page. Thank you. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 19:53, 13 August 2014 (BST)

I think that he should be on the Wiki team. What? No. I'm totally not talking about myself. --Gideonseymour Talk - Edits - Trial 04:19, 14 August 2014 (BST)


 * lol. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 04:26, 14 August 2014 (BST)

Polls
Gideon will be given a couple of staff-like wiki rights, such as Reviewer and Autoconfirmed/Autochecked. If the user is active on the IRC channel and the wiki (must be quality edits) for at least a full week, he will be added to the team. If this is not possible, then being active for 10 days out of the 2 weeks will be good enough as well. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 20:25, 13 August 2014 (BST)

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 * 1)  My reasons are above. -- Padfoote Staff • Talk • Contributions 22:54, 12 August 2014 (BST)
 * 2)  He's active, he's chill, his edits are of high quality. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 23:20, 12 August 2014 (BST)
 * 3)  I can't get on right now, but if it's a vote you're after you have mine. --

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 * 1)  Hasn't quite been around long enough for me to feel confident in voting for him, but I ain't gonna vote against him  R e t e p 9 9 8  Bunny Overlord•talk•contribs 23:21, 12 August 2014 (BST)
 * 2)  Looking back over it, he actually hasn't done as much as I'd thought, so maybe someone with a little more experience is needed. He might well be a good staff member, so I won't oppose it, but he'd need a little more experience before I'd fully support it.  Chocohead  Nag • Edits • Staff 14:23, 13 August 2014 (BST)

Staff Nomination
is a very active user of the wiki, and has been here for a decent amount of time. The articles he creates and edits follow the style guide, and all the other guidelines. He has been consistently performing edits on the wiki since mid-June. For these reasons, I am nominating Chocohead to be a member of the FTB Wiki Article Editing team.

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 * 1) --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 23:20, 11 August 2014 (BST)
 * 2) Reasons stated in nomination. -- Padfoote Staff • Talk • Contributions 23:29, 11 August 2014 (BST)
 * 3) User is extremely active and performs high quality edits. -- RealSketch  •Staff • Talk   • Contributions  23:34, 11 August 2014 (BST)
 * 4) Seems mostly competent.  R e t e p 9 9 8  Bunny Overlord•talk•contribs 00:56, 12 August 2014 (BST)

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Translator Nomination
appears to show high understanding of how the translation system works, and seems to understand English and French very well. I have checked his/her translation of Help:Links using Google Translate, and it is mostly correct (there are a few slip ups that are probably due to either Google Translate or English -> French difficulties within the languages). Luxim is extremely active, and has been since a couple of weeks ago. For these reasons, I am nominating Luxim to be an official French translator on the FTB Wiki Translation Team. --  Satanic Santa Admin • Editor  16:33, 23 May 2014 (BST)

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 * 1)  I already stated my reasons. --  Satanic  Santa Admin • Editor  16:38, 23 May 2014 (BST)
 * 2)  I've checked the above link Santa gave with Bing Translator, and noted only minor mistakes (again, most likely due to them being differences in the languages). Luxim has also show to be a very active translator. -- Padfoote (talk) 16:43, 23 May 2014 (BST)
 * 3)  --  Jin  bo  bo  17:30, 30 May 2014 (BST)

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Staff Nomination
appears to be very enthusiastic, and creates very informative and, for the most part, well-formatted articles. He has been consistently performing edits on the wiki since mid-January, with short breaks in between; which staff do as well. He has recently begun maintaining the Advanced Genetics articles, and is doing a very good job at that. For these reasons, I am nominating RealSketch to be a member of the FTB Wiki Article Editing team.

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 * 1)  I already stated my reasons. --  Satanic  Santa Admin • Editor  22:42, 14 June 2014 (BST)
 * 2)  More staff pls  R e t e p 9 9 8  Bunny Overlord•talk•contribs 22:53, 14 June 2014 (BST)
 * 3)  My reasoning is stated above thanks to Santa. -- PadfooteStaff • Talk • Contributions 23:06, 14 June 2014 (BST)
 * 4)  The articles mentionned above are complete and well-formatted. -- Luxim (talk) 13:41, 17 June 2014 (BST)

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Translator Nomination
appears to show high understanding of how the translation system works, and seems to understand English and French very well. I have checked his/her translation of Help:Links using Google Translate, and it is mostly correct (there are a few slip ups that are probably due to either Google Translate or English -> French difficulties within the languages). Luxim is extremely active, and has been since a couple of weeks ago. For these reasons, I am nominating Luxim to be an official French translator on the FTB Wiki Translation Team. --  Satanic Santa Admin • Editor  16:33, 23 May 2014 (BST)

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 * 1)  I already stated my reasons. --  Satanic  Santa Admin • Editor  16:38, 23 May 2014 (BST)
 * 2)  I've checked the above link Santa gave with Bing Translator, and noted only minor mistakes (again, most likely due to them being differences in the languages). Luxim has also show to be a very active translator. -- Padfoote (talk) 16:43, 23 May 2014 (BST)
 * 3)  --  Jin  bo  bo  17:30, 30 May 2014 (BST)

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Motion to allow new users upload images
Since images are a huge part of the wiki, I suggest allowing new users to upload images. -- <div style="-ms-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -moz-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -o-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); display: inline-block;"> Jin bo  bo  17:26, 11 January 2014 (GMT)

Discussion
Hi, I am a new user. I cannot vote, but I can give my opinion. Since I became part of the wiki, I have needed to upload images sometimes. For me, getting the images uploaded, was not a big problem. It took 1/2 a week and could easily find the place where to put them. Of course, it would be easier if I could upload them myself, but in the way it is done right now, there is a strict regulation on the naming, so it won't quickly become a mess and uploading offending or wrong images is impossible because someone is checking everything. --Newnottakenname (talk) 12:51, 12 January 2014 (GMT)
 * The only regulations are that block images be prefixed with Block, image icons be sent to retep, tilesheets be prefixed with Tilesheet, and crafting grid tank overlays be prefixed with Tank. I wouldn't count that as strict. :P -- <div style="-ms-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -moz-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -o-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); display: inline-block;"> Jin bo  bo  13:43, 12 January 2014 (GMT)
 * Well actually, nobody should even care about what tilesheets are prefixed as since they can't import a tilesheet without a butt anyway. But the Block and Tank rules? Totally strict. Even I didn't know those rules :D PonyButt (talk) 23:17, 12 January 2014 (GMT)
 * Strict my butt. Stop using your bot to make normal edits like this. -- <div style="-ms-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -moz-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -o-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); display: inline-block;"> Jin bo  bo  02:28, 22 January 2014 (GMT)

So, since this has happened, the majority of uploads by new users have been what should be included in tilesheets. I think it needs to be more obvious that users do not upload texture files. Maybe we could have a big fat warning at the top of Special:Upload that says something like "If this file would be used in a Navbox, imageicon parameter, or any crafting grid template, do not upload it. Instead, send it in a zip file named the same as the mod to Retep998. --  Satanic Santa SysOp•talk 08:41, 7 March 2014 (GMT)
 * I suppose that can be arranged. --  Jin bo  bo  13:19, 7 March 2014 (GMT)

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 * 1)  -- <div style="-ms-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -moz-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -o-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); display: inline-block;"> Jin  bo  bo  17:26, 11 January 2014 (GMT)
 * I'll support this as part of helping the wiki be more welcoming to new users. What if people decide to try and upload their own tilesheets and get all annoying when they realise it doesn't work? -- AgentTadpole &middot; Staff <sup style='margin-right:-8px;margin-left:2px'>talk contribs 01:47, 12 January 2014 (GMT)

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 * I support this so long as Jinbobo is personally responsible for deleting all junk images. -- PonyButt (talk) 20:11, 11 January 2014 (GMT)
 * I agree, we all know this is gonna happen. --Alistaire (talk) 21:21, 11 January 2014 (GMT)
 * Yeah, basically that. SatanicSanta Staff &middot; talk &middot;contribs 23:42, 11 January 2014 (GMT)
 * Or we lower the threshold for the account to be autoconfirmed. You guys aren't doing anything to spam posts anyway. -- <div style="-ms-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -moz-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -o-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1); display: inline-block;"> Jin bo  bo  04:37, 12 January 2014 (GMT)
 * I'm all for this As long as before the image goes out to the public a staff member checks the image. -- Christophernjsp>Talk 08:14, 21 January 2014 (GMT)

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Staff nomination
Succubism on the FTB Forums has created detailed and informative guides on various mods, she is also recommended by various members of the FTB Team. Although she has yet to create an account on the wiki, I believe, judging by her works on the forum, that she would be able to follow the wiki formatting and content guidelines just fine. Her ability to create guides for mods is exceptional and would benefit the wiki greatly, therefore I nominate her to be a Wiki Editor on the FTB Wiki Team. --  Jin bo  bo  14:27, 12 November 2013 (GMT)

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 * 1)  --  Jin  bo  bo  14:27, 12 November 2013 (GMT)
 * 2)  Her guides on the forum are a welcome source of information and always seem to be well researched. If she wants to join, she's welcome. -- MilConDoin (talk) 14:47, 12 November 2013 (GMT)
 * 3)  Her guides/cheat sheets for Thaumcraft and the many addons are wonderful. I'd welcome her onto the team -- SatanicSanta Staff &middot; talk &middot;contribs 15:26, 15 November 2013 (GMT)
 * 4)  This vote is purely based on the TC guide on the forums, which is of a very high standard. -- AgentTadpole Staff &middot; talk &middot; contribs 15:28, 15 November 2013 (GMT)

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Staff nomination
have proven to be a competent person to be on the wiki team. Although he has made some minor errors when creating articles, he has corrected a good amount of other problems, I find him willing to comply with our requests and therefore nominate him to be a Wiki Editor on the FTB Wiki Team. --  Jin bo  bo  = Wiki Team Lead =  10:57, 11 September 2013 (BST)

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 * 1)  --  Jin  bo  bo  = Wiki Team Lead =  11:09, 11 September 2013 (BST)
 * 2)  I'd welcome you on the team, Santa -- -- AgentTadpole Staff &middot; talk &middot; contribs 14:54, 11 September 2013 (BST)
 * 3)  Anyone who can write semi-reasonable IC2/GT articles is fine by my watch. -- Retep998 (talk) 17:35, 11 September 2013 (BST)

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Remove the under construction notice on the main page
No wiki is complete, this message is redundant and in the way.

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The poll concluded with 1 support vote and 1 conditional support, the message will be removed after the old crafting grids are converted to the new crafting grids. --  Jin bo  bo  = Wiki Team Lead =  16:53, 26 August 2013 (BST)

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 * The message is obviously redundant. --  Jin bo  bo  = Wiki Team Lead =  17:04, 23 August 2013 (BST)

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 * Once the crafting grid overhaul is done, and everything converted to the new system, then I'd be fine with removing the construction notice. Retep998 (talk) 17:57, 23 August 2013 (BST)
 * I agree. --  Jin bo  bo  = Wiki Team Lead =  14:30, 24 August 2013 (BST)

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Final stage of the crafting grid overhaul project
Before I begin recreating crafting grids and populating the ore dict, please decide whether you want to use the new system.

Benefits of the new system

 * Ore dictionary
 * Simpler invocation of tanks.
 * Simplified crafting grid template creation.
 * Infinite animation frames.
 * Variables in tooltips.
 * Full implementation of grid functionality.
 * Automatically resolve file names and links of items with mod variants in grids.

Downsides of the new system

 * Slightly more typing when implementing crafting grids in articles.
 * Cannot animate the ore dictionary and normal animations at the same time.

Comparisons
Note that some names of templates are not final and may change in the future.

Grids
Grids are much the same except that animation using a list is no longer supported, Instead you use a wrapper to active the animation. The grid template now automatically resolves of mod counterparts of items. Observe where the grid links to and what the tooltip displays. Variables are now also supported inside grids and tanks. All other old parameters are still supported.

Tanks
Before you have to type out a string of complicated code that I wouldn't even try to type to create a tank, now you only have to type out the type of liquid, the amount of liquid used, and the maximum amount of liquid. Also, in the old template, due to the way the it is implemented, it was impossible to generate a tooltip for tanks, now, a tooltip is generated automatically and does support variables like grids do. Another perk is to not need to capitalize the first letter of the liquid name.

Ore dictionary
An ore dictionary has now been implemented. To call it you use: produces:

Note that you call the ore dictionary directly with the normal grid template, set no-oredict to 1 if you do not want to use the ore dictionary: produces:

You also can call the grid display logic to achieve the same effect, the Template:Gc offers an shortcut to Template:Grid/Cell. produces:

You can also call the ore dict by supplying the ore dictionary with a tag name. A wrapper is created to achieve this effect: produces:

Crafting Grids
Creating crafting grids is now easier than ever. Compare the code of Template:Grid/Carpenter with Template:Cg/Carpenter.

Animation and slides
Animation and slide wrappers are created and can be used in lots of situations. They both cycle through divs and spans. A B  C  D  produces: A B  C  D   A  B  C  D  produces: A B  C  D

Implementation of crafting grids in articles
Crafting grids previously automatically cycle through items, now it does not, instead the user would have to click on buttons to flip through pages. Some stuff you normally will have to type to create tanks can be omitted here since it is included in the crafting grid template.

Polls
With all that said, please cast your vote below, voting ends in 1 week. Please make sure that you have read what have changed above before casting your vote.

The poll concluded with 10 support votes and 1 neutral votes, the new system shall be implemented and the old system shall be replaced. --  Jin bo  bo  = Wiki Team Lead =  15:37, 13 August 2013 (BST)

Voting Eligibility
Anyone can cast a vote.

Instructions
Find the appropriate section for your vote, read the instructions on the first and second line, then click on the [edit] link beside the section titles. There are four types of votes:
 * Support
 * Oppose
 * Conditional support
 * Neutral

Support

 * Cast a vote here if you think that this system should replace the old system. If you want this system to be implemented with conditions, cast your vote in the "Conditional support" section below.
 * Please put:  on the bottom of this section, where <Comment> is your comment. Click the [edit] link on the right of the section title to edit this section.
 * I created these flippin' templates, if no one votes, the new system shall take over. Bwahahahahaha. -- Jinbobo SysOp ·&#32;BotOp ·&#32;talk ·&#32;contribs 17:58, 3 August 2013 (BST)
 * It seems like a very nice way to make the system more flexible, and more consistent between other templates. It is more complex, I agree, and could look a bit "scary" for some people, but should be better overall, I think. -- Throne3d (talk) 23:17, 3 August 2013 (BST)
 * I like it. Looks like it would make things easier on the coders. :) -- Masbk2 (talk) 10:44, 4 August 2013 (BST)
 * Vote cast for . --  Jin bo  bo  Wiki Team Lead 13:14, 4 August 2013 (BST)
 * Looks good and seems to work without problems. The extra work is mostly taking the time to adapt to the new methods. -- MilConDoin (talk) 15:08, 4 August 2013 (BST)
 * At last, the system I wanted is finally here. Yay! -- Retep998 (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2013 (BST)
 * I like it. The slide version would make adding different recipes to single pages very reader friendly. -- Quantumpugilist (talk) 07:59, 6 August 2013 (BST)
 * Presumably we can set up a bot to replace all existing crafting tables? It's going to be a hell of a replacement job otherwise -- AgentTadpole Staff &middot; talk &middot; contribs 10:34, 6 August 2013 (BST)
 * I'm all for the new system though I also support AgentTadpole's idea of trying to bot the changes for the existing pages. -- Beleriond (talk)
 * It is SO amazing and easy to use. |Figgycity |(Talk) 16:10, Thursday 8 August (GMT)

Oppose

 * Cast a vote here if you think that this system should not replace the old system.
 * Please put:  on the bottom of this section, where <Reason> is your reason. Click the [edit] link on the right of the section title to edit this section.

Conditional support

 * Cast a vote here if you think that this system should only replace the old system under certain circumstances.
 * Please put:  on the bottom of this section, where <Condition> is your condition. Click the [edit] link on the right of the section title to edit this section.

Neutral

 * Cast a vote here if you think that either system works.
 * Please put:  on the bottom of this section, where <Comment> is your comment. Click the [edit] link on the right of the section title to edit this section.
 * Vote cast for --  Jin  bo  bo  Wiki Team Lead 11:38, 4 August 2013 (BST)

Template Requests

 * Infusion Altar crafting grid
 * Essence Refiner crafting grid request - Ars Magica 2's ways of creating its essences involves the use of the Essence Refiner which uses a GUI different from the vanilla crafting GUI. It's possible to use Template Cg/Crafting Table but that may confuse readers. (I have already uploaded a image file of the Refiner's GUI for use/compare)--  SoraZodia talk 04:56, 17 August 2014 (BST)
 * This one will be a little tricky, but I'll work on it. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 18:40, 17 August 2014 (BST)


 * Is there anyway to update the canning machine's template to the new layout in one template since depending on which of the 4 (1,2,3,4) modes it's on, the GUI arrows and slots change?
 * Could I get a blast furnace template too?
 * And the IC2 bottling plant?
 * And the solid canner?
 * And the block cutting machine? The block cutting machine doesn't have the warning triangle if it has a blade in, so looks like this, and so would probably be better for templates.
 * IC2's added lots of new stuff ;)  Chocohead Nag • Edits • Staff 20:24, 17 August 2014 (BST)
 * PS: Is there anyway I can help you, since there's a lot to do for one person?
 * (This is directed towards SoraZodia as well) Basically, all you need to do is give me the GUI images from the assets folder, and tell me what each slot does. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 22:23, 17 August 2014 (BST)
 * Does it matter if it has the stuff at the side (progress bars and the like?)  Chocohead Nag • Edits • Staff 22:34, 17 August 2014 (BST)
 * By GUI images, does it include the animation image it uses to show progress or just the GUI image in general? If it's the latter, shouldn't the uploaded file do the trick?
 * The 5 small circles arranged in a "+" pattern inside a big circle are the Essence Refiner's input slots where the player may insert the appropriate item (or any items/blocks in general). The small circle found outside the big circle is where the Refiner outputs the essences. There's a rectangular slot on top of the big circle but it's meant to be used as a way to lock the Refiner via Runes combinations (The uploaded file had it edited out) --  SoraZodia talk 14:31, 18 August 2014 (BST)


 * Animations are not used. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 17:01, 18 August 2014 (BST)
 * Template:Cg/Essence Refiner is done. Now to work on 's requests. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 17:34, 18 August 2014 (BST)
 * When uploading them, what do I do with the inventory slots under the machine GUI? Can I just give the raw assets files to you and you can sort them out for me?  Chocohead Nag • Edits • Staff 20:17, 18 August 2014 (BST)


 * Just hand it over to me and I'll handle it. --  SatanicSanta Talk • Contribs •Admin 23:41, 18 August 2014 (BST)


 * Link: https://www.mediafire.com/?pydql52bs9ve65e Long Explanation of each one (which was perfectly indented when I copy and pasted it):


 * '''For the Solid Canner:
 * The left slot is for items to be canned
 * The middle slot is for cells/fuel rods to have the items canned into
 * The right slot is for the outputted item
 * The slot underneath the energy icon is for batteries


 * For the Bottling Plant:
 * The top slot going into the tank is input for filled cells
 * The bottom slot going into the tank is the input for empty cells
 * The slot coming out of the tank is for the outputted full cells
 * The tank stores liquid that either taken either from cells or pumped in
 * The slot underneath the energy icon is for batteries


 * For the Canning Machine
 * Fluid Enrich:
 * The top left slot is for items to be canned into (CF Backpack or CF Sprayer for example)
 * The middle slot is the item to be enriched
 * The left tank is the fluid to be enriched
 * The right slot is for items which are full (eg: A full CF Backpack, or CF Sprayer)
 * The right tank is for the enriched fluid (which didn't fit in an item or the item was full)
 * Fill Cell From Tank Mode:
 * The top left slot is for cells to be filled
 * The middle slot is unavailable
 * The left tank is the fluid to be filled into a cell
 * The right slot is for cells which are full
 * The right tank is unused
 * Drain From Cell Into Tank Mode:
 * The top left slot is for cells to be drained
 * The middle slot is unavailable
 * The left tank is unused
 * The right slot is for emptied items
 * The right tank is for the emptied fluid
 * Canning Mode:
 * The top left slot is for cells or fuel rods to be canned into
 * The middle slot is for items to be canned
 * The left tank is unused
 * The right slot is for canned items
 * The right tank is unused
 * The slot underneath the energy icon is for batteries


 * For the Block Cutting Machine:
 * The top left slot is for blocks to be cut
 * The middle slot (in between the energy icon and output slot) is where the Block Cutting Blades go
 * The right slot is the output
 * The 4 slots on the far right are for upgrades
 * The bottom left slot is for batteries


 * For the Blast Furnace:
 * The top left slot is for the iron to go
 * The bottom 2 left slots is for the Air Cells and the Empty Cell return
 * The lower right 2 slots are for the outputted Refined Iron and Slag
 * The 2 slots in the top right are for upgrades
 * There we go, ask if you don't understand any of it :)  Chocohead Nag • Edits • Staff 23:58, 18 August 2014 (BST)