Navigating Advanced ME Networking in Extended AE Guide
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Extended AE expands Applied Energistics 2 networks with high-capacity pattern providers, oversized interfaces, extended automation buses, and modular device upgrades.
Expanding ME Network Throughput and Pattern Storage
Overcoming vanilla AE2 channel and pattern bottlenecks requires integrating high-capacity network peripherals:
- Replace standard pattern providers with an
ME Extended Pattern Provider to double the pattern storage capacity per network face. - Manage thousands of automation recipes simultaneously through an
ME Extended Pattern Access Terminal with accelerated search indexing. - Install an
ME Extended Interface to provide expanded inventory buffers for high-volume automated processing machines. - Heavy automated factories benefit from an
ME Oversize Interface, which accepts massive batch deliveries without overflowing. - Upgrade network peripherals on the fly by slotting in a
Pattern Provider Upgrade or an 
Interface Upgrade. - Enhance central storage drive bays using a dedicated
Drive Upgrade to expand the byte capacity of linked storage cells. - Adding an
Import/Export Bus Upgrade to transport buses accelerates item transfer rates to maximum channel speeds.
Advanced Logistics Buses and Entro Infusion
Precision factory routing demands specialized import and export buses capable of advanced sorting logic:
- Connect an
ME Extended Import Bus or 
ME Extended Export Bus to transfer bulk stacks of items with zero tick delay. - Filter inventory movements by mod origin using an
ME Mod Storage Bus or route mod-specific outputs with an 
ME Mod Export Bus. - Manage items using OreDictionary and item tags through an
ME Tag Storage Bus and matching 
ME Tag Export Bus. - Precise automation lines utilize an
ME Precise Storage Bus and an 
ME Precise Export Bus to enforce exact stack counts. - High-tier devices are forged from exotic entro crystals, crushing raw
Entro Crystal into fine shimmering 
Entro Dust. - Combine Entro Dust with gold ingots and lapis lazuli to alloy an
Entro Infused Ingot for assembling advanced 
Concurrent Processor units. - Utilizing advanced buses and processors eliminates factory backlogs, ensuring rapid parallel crafting across extensive industrial complexes.
- Partitioning high-traffic subnetworks using dedicated interface channels prevents packet congestion on central ME controller mainframes.
- Installing wireless access points across sprawling base compounds grants instant network crafting access from anywhere on the premises.
- Combining precise storage buses with automated level emitters ensures factory reserves never run out of critical manufacturing catalysts.