Create: Mechanical Botany

## Create: Mechanical Botany Adds two new mechanical blocks to allow for plant reprocessing through Create automation. This mod works well both on it's own and within modpacks. ### **Mechanical Insolator** As you might guess, this block is heavily inspired by Thermal Expansion's Phytogenic Insolator. This block can have certain plants put into it either through the top or via a funnel on any side other than the bottom. The Mechanical Insolator consumes **a lot** of stress units as it has a x16 kinetic stress impact, so you may wish to be careful when choosing which plants you want to automate in your factories. This block requires a fluid input through the bottom of the block in order to process the plant inside of it. Most plants require Water, a few plants - specifically from the Nether - require Lava, but there are a few special plants that require new fluids introduced by Mechanical Botany. Plants obtained through the Sniffer are far too ancient to simply be revitalised with Water and require **Liquid Compost**. Wither Roses also require a special fluid in order to be processed, **Molten Liquid Compost**. Chorus Fruit require **Void Liquid Compost** to be processed. <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/allium.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> Regular Liquid Compost is obtained by providing an Item Drain with a piece of **Compost**, obtained through the Mechanical Composter. <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/pitcher.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> Molten Liquid Compost is obtained through mixing together Liquid Compost and Lava inside of a heated basin. <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/wither_rose.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> Void Liquid Compost is obtained through mixing together Liquid Compost and Powdered Obsidian inside of a heated basin. <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/chorus.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> Some mods have built-in compatability within Mechanical Botany! _Create: Garnished - Aureate Shrub_ <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/aureate_shrub.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> _Create: Garnished Reworked - Elven Sweet Berries_ <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/elven_sweet_berries.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> _Create: Bitterballen - Sunflower Seeds/Sunflower_ <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/sunflower.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> _Hibernal Herbs - Tarragon_ <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/tarragon.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> ### **Mechanical Composter** The Mechanical Composter can turn certain plants or crops into Compost. This can then either be used in a similar fashion to Bone Meal, be pressed into Bone Meal, or be provided to an Item Drain to create Liquid Compost. Nearly every recipe within the Mechanical Composter has 2 outputs for Compost, but only one is guaranteed. The secondary output is a per cent chance depending on what per cent that item has to provide compost within a regular Composter. For example, Wheat has a 65% chance to provide compost to a Composter, so it has a 65% chance to provide an additional piece of Compost when processed through the Mechanical Composter. <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/generic_wheat.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> _Example Compatibility Recipes_ _Create: Garnished - Dried Dulse Kelp Block_ <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/dried_dulse_kelp_block.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> _Supplementaries - Flax Bale_ <img src="https://dakotapride.github.io/images/mechanical_botany/flax_bale.png" alt="" width="465" height="200"> ### **Example Recipes For External Use** Perhaps you've come across a mod without integration with this mod, or perhaps you simply want to add a custom recipe that wouldn't exist otherwise. Well, here's some examples from the base mod! (can also be viewed via the GitHub source page) **Mechanical Insolator Recipe Example** The first ingredient is the fluid required for the recipe to process while the second ingredient is the "base" item, typically some form of seed or a flower. **As of version 1.0.8:** There is a "consume_input" flag to be put in your recipe. Under/Before this version, simply remove that segment from your recipe file or KubeJS script. <pre><code>{ "type": "mechanical_botany:insolating", "ingredients": , "processing_time": 50, "results": }</code></pre> **Mechanical Composter Recipe Example** You can specify a singular item, multiple items, or an item tag to be processed into Compost. The amo

{
 "type": "mechanical_botany:insolating",
 "ingredients": [
 {
 "type": "fluid_stack",
 "amount": 1000,
 "fluid": "minecraft:water"
 },
 {
 "item": "minecraft:allium"
 }
 ],
 "processing_time": 50,
 "results": [
 {
 "count": 2,
 "id": "minecraft:allium"
 }
 ]
}