This feature must have been removed recently as I'm running 14.5 and just noticed that I can set the game speed to .01

PS A big thank you to the development team!

Great start. Thank you for all the hard work.

Consider the following.


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Each coloured square is a signal with value of 1. Each lamp is set to any=2. The top two circuits display correct colour. The bottom does not.
I realize there's been a fair amount of discussion about lamp colour preferences etc, and I can buy the argument ...

3 ticks fetch, 2 ticks decode, 1 tick flush (if necessary), 2 ticks checking for dependecies, 1 tick read register, 4 ticks execution, 1 tick writeback.
hmm. having trouble understanding implications of placing dependency check (branches etc.?). ahead of execution. I do the opposite as it seems ...

I tried that. I ran into massive problems with caching (I wasn't able to store a value in 1 tick) and register dependecies and pipeline stalls.
In the end with a superpipeline with about 13 stages

Yep. I feel the same way about caching,register dependencies and stalls.
13 stage pipeline? :shock ...

Probably this holds the answer:
https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32684
Yes, but
I think we are not limited with a single signal, aren't we? so we can use red+green+blue (96 bits) simultaneously for this purpose.

Then again, if not limited to a single signal, why not go to N ...

Encoder capable of transforming a sequence of letter signals with their values to a (unique for example blue) "coded" signal (this can be done in a separate contraption and then the value of the word stored as the coded signal)

If I understand your "problem" correctly, you are trying to pack a ...

I'm attaching a blueprint string and instructions for an interrupt handling circuit you can add to M4 CPU.
H4sIAAAAAAAA/8VXYW+bMBD9KxEfN5iALOmqyvu+/YVqQi4cyUlgI2OyZoj/PkNoBokBQ6n2qUrtO5v37r07R3yT8JAmm4CUwCRKhJyUJaMpECuCECMQTsjT
F2RUcmHZGc/VJs5I+Uoc78vOPqs/lR2hgLD5 ...

2g RAM, 1g VRAM,
Update 14.3-14.4 failed due to what appeared to be the original 32-64 problem.
Update to 14.5 went through ok with no problems.
So, now it's all good.

PS I posted this more as a FYI.

So, I read this thread, and with some exceptions, majority seems in violent agreement. Combinators, need and require a dedicated place.
To a new user especially, searching all over the forum, and not finding it (due to search functions general suckiness) is downright unfriendly. And then we have ...

Same as before (Win XP, etc)
log

Hi, am having a problem with import in v14.3. Foreman imports the string sucessfully, but barfs when trying to load into blueprint.
Messages
Blueprint failed to load
Blueprint icons cannot be set on an empty blueprint, stack traceback....

I tried with an empty blueprint in inventory and toolbar ...

Thanks to Foreman I have added a blueprint string to the original post. The only bad thing about posting the string is now everyone can see some of the quick and dirties I resorted to in order to get it up and reasonably bug free.

I think I might try and play around with this. I'd need to write an ...

I've updated Dave's mod to load in 14. GUI does not appear however, and that is worrying. Could it be related to the God's mode? If so does anybody know the latest incantation to descend into the mortal plane?
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EDIT
It wasn't ...

I've updated the original post with a link to video and a sheet with source etc.
Blueprint string will have to wait until the mod is updated for 14.xx

sorry for faking

You do know that faking will get you only so far. Sooner or later you run out.

Couldn't agree more!

Do you also agree that doing three times the work in two ticks is worse then twice in two?

No clue why one would need a stack

I'm currently writing a program that uses ...

this looks amazingly comlicated

Actually, if you drill down, and look at all the bits and pieces separately, they are simple and easy to understand. (i.e. this bit does this, that bit this etc.)
In fact you can think of them (sorta) as lines of code (i.e. X=Y+1,;Z=X*(Y>), etc..). The trick ,if ...

Regarding the CPU: I love it, don't let XKnight spoil the fun

Thanks for the kind words and no worries. I don't consider XKnight's comments discouraging. If anything, I think he is trying to encourage others, as am I. We just have a different approach.

Re Interrupts, but of course. IRQ will be ...

do you eat those ticks on the breakfast
Gaah! I would not eat them even on top of the steak. (well maybe..on a bet..if I was really drunk) :lol:
Seriously though, the issue is this
read memory from register takes 2 ticks
AU takes 2 ticks to compute the new result
Branch logic another 2 ticks to ...

For the past couple of months, I've been working on/off on a new version of CPU (i.e. MK4). Even though it's not ready for general release as it needs more testing, I'd thought to show what I have for comments (good or bad).

MK4markup.GIF


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Boxes outline different functional areas ...