MEGA Cells: Extras

With the main premise of the add-on addressed, we now conclude with some of the smaller extra features and additions provided by MEGA for the sake of both completeness and a bit more experimentation.

MEGA Interface

As a complement to the МЕГА поставщик шаблонов, the MEGA Interface serves as a double-capacity version of the МЭ-интерфейс. Twice the slots, twice the I/O and throughput, and twice the stock-keeping.

Portable Cell Workbench

Somewhat out of character for the rest of the add-on, the Portable Cell Workbench is a... smaller version of the Верстак для камер. Small enough, in fact, to fit just in the palm of your hand, while still capable of configuring any storage cell as normal.

One can only wonder how a whole workbench could have fit into this thing.

Cell Dock

Finally, we have something else that's once again smaller rather than larger, which is why it seemed more out-of-place than anything to call it a "MEGA" item.

The ME Cell Dock is, in some ways, like a more compact version of the МЭ-сундук, able to hold within itself one storage cell at a time. While it may lack some of the extra functionality of the Chest — namely, its built-in terminal — it still makes for a fine compact storage provider. In particular, since it comes in the form of a "flat" cable part, a single cable can hold multiple Cell Docks within the same one-block space. Perhaps one may find it useful in the case of a compact subnetwork requiring some kind of temporary buffer storage.

"Classic Cell Colours"

As an optional visual throwback, MEGA provides the following bundled resource pack which the user may choose to enable.

In releases of both AE2 and its add-ons prior to Minecraft 1.21, the old textures for any sets of storage cells followed a 5-point colour scheme, starting from a reddish brown for 1k cells and shifting through yellow, green and blue towards a final light violet/lavender hue for 256k. MEGA also followed this trend with its own cell tiers, starting from a deep red at 1M and ending with a deeper violet at 256M.

With the wider texture overhaul introduced in AE2 post-1.20.x, storage cells were also adapted to follow a somewhat wider colour palette, with AE2's base storage cells following a blue-to-green hue shift along its tier progression and MEGA intending to continue the progression from yellow to red to pink. While this is also quite nice, it didn't seem like a bad idea to also include the option for the old colouring system for those who may have preferred it over the current one.