I see that through suggesting more elements to be added to the game, it would take a decent amount of time and coding to achieve. I was thinking of a way to gain a ton of faster Electronic Class Elements, but without suggesting new elements, then the idea hit me.

Maybe we could make the "Spark Delay" of various conductive elements decrease by changing their "TMP" value to negative numbers. If this idea was implemented, it could be used to create all sorts of fast electronics, and when used in conjuction with current speed electronics, it's no telling what we could make.

By setting the TMP value of various electronics, their "Spark Delay" (The amount of frames that must pass by before the conductive element can carry a spark again), can be decreased by a certain amount og frames. Since the Elements CRAY, EMP, ARAY, WIFI, STOR, FRME, PSTN, RPEL, FRAY, DCEL, ACEL, PPIP, PSNS, TSNS, DTEC, INVS, PIPE, PRTI, PRTO and the Walls E-Hole, Conductor, and Liquid Permeable have no Delay Time within their function, they can be used in rapid succession while players can reap the potential benifits of their functionality.

*Current Spark Transfer Times*
"Spark Transfer Time" of Conductive Elements (Excluding INST): 8 Frames (4 to Transfer Spark, 4 to Cool Down before accepting another spark)

"Spark Transfer Time" of INST: 1 Frame / 8 Frames (Instantly Transfers Spark in 1 Frame, Constantly transfers Spark for 4 Frames, Cools Down for 4 Frames before accepting another spark)

8 Frames is a lot to wait on if you work with fast electronics, but this idea could make things much faster, and it requires NO NEW ELEMENT to impliment!

There would be 3 possible Tmp Values (-1, -2, and -3) and it will set the Spark Transfer Time and Spark Delay Time accordingly.
*TMP Value / Spark Transfer Time (STT)/ Spark Delay Time (SDT)
Tmp: -1 / STT: 3 Frames / SDT: 3 Frames
Tmp: -2 / STT: 2 Frames / SDT: 2 Frames
Tmp: -3 / STT: 1 Frame / SDT: 1 Frame

This would be useable on TUNG, WWLD, MERC, INST, TESC, INWR, SWCH, BTRY, ETRD, PTCT, NTCT, NSCN, PSCN, PPIP, GPMP, PBCN, PUMP, PVOD, HSWC, PCLN, LCRY, LRBD, RBDM, SLTW, WATR, BREL, BRMT, GOLD, TTAN, QRTZ, SHLD, IRON, and BMTL to decrease their Spark Transfer and Spark Delay Times, Respectively.

The number of uses of this Idea is only limited by the combined number of uses of the elements it affects!

"The Possibilities are Endless with Infinite Imagination!"
- OS

FeynmanLogomaker:

Remember, there is a reason SPRK needs to change the life of the conductor-without that, it could create a short circuit with just a line of metal. This sounds useful, but first they would need to fix stuff like that.

 
But if you changed the Spark Delay of all conductive elements involved in the save, then short circuiting will be an impossibility!

Schneumer:

Wouldn't this make the challenge to make fast printers and stuff all gone?

Then people who even aren't very good at this stuff would be as good as pros, and that wouldn't be good.

No, it would make the challenge go away, because it would be up to the player whether they wanted to use the feature or not in the first place. The difficulty of the challenges themselves would be determined by the elements used by the creator themselves; It's only as complicated as you make it!

h4zardz1:

@OmegaSupreme (View Post)

 you can just use WWLD for that. OOPS

 
No, you can not. WWLD wires can't be used as a faster way to make printers, scanners and other electronics because it has different properties that PSCN, NSCN, METL, exc.

FeynmanLogomaker:

No, then the greats will just be able to make even greater stuff. If the average person can make a fair-quality scanner, imagine what, say, benthecrazy could make!

 
Benthecrazy is way ahead of my in his printers, and he's a great friend of mine. I STILL don't understand the Storage Mechanics of the messages in his latest printer save. He's way ahead of his PT generation!