Integrated Dynamics Guide

What is Integrated Dynamics?

Integrated Dynamics is a logic and automation mod for Forge and NeoForge by rubensworks. It reads live data from the world — inventory contents, energy levels, entity counts, redstone states — and lets you transform that data with operators before writing the results back out as redstone signals, item movement, or display panels.

Everything runs on variables stored on Variable Cards. Think of it as visual programming for your base: a card can hold a number, a boolean, a list, or an operator chain like "count of iron ingots in this chest is greater than 64."

Two companion mods extend it into a full logistics suite: Integrated Tunnels (filtered item, fluid, and energy transport over the same cables) and Integrated Terminals (a unified storage and crafting terminal).

Getting Started: Menril and First Machines

1. Find a Meneglin biome. Its teal-leaved Menril Trees drop Menril Resin; the wood and resin drive every early recipe. Saplings make the resource renewable at home.
2. Craft the Squeezer and Drying Basin. These manual machines process Menril Chunks into Crystalized Menril, the mod's core crafting material. Mechanical versions automate this later.
3. Craft the Logic Programmer. This is where you create variables: values, operators, and aspects all get written onto Variable Cards here.
4. Lay Logic Cables. Cables form networks that carry variable data. Attach readers and writers as cable parts against the blocks you care about.
5. Add a Variable Store. Cards placed in it become available across the whole network.

A first practical build: an Inventory Reader on a chest, a variable card with "item count > 256", and a Redstone Writer on a machine, giving you an automatic overflow shutoff.

Readers, Writers, and Operators

• Readers expose aspects of the block or space they face: item lists, fluid amounts, stored energy, entities in range, even the light level or time of day.
• Writers act on variables: they can emit redstone strength, export items, display text, or trigger effects.
• Operators transform values in the Logic Programmer: arithmetic, comparisons, list filtering, string formatting, and function composition. Operators can be curried and chained, which is where the mod earns its reputation for depth.
• Display Panels show any variable live on a wall, making them a popular dashboard block for tank levels and machine status even in bases that automate with other mods.