[NOOB-QUESTION]Difference: Cover - Panel

[TheEisbaer]

Help i want to do something with frames and now i have a question:

Whats the difference between Covers and Panels?

Thanks

[Torezu]

A Cover is half the thickness of a Panel, meaning you can make twice the Covers by cutting Panels in half again. The only place it makes a difference that I am aware of, other than aesthetics, is when they're used with Support Frames. Covers make things fall off, while Panels make them stick. That's kind of critical to building anything resembling a working airship.

[TheEisbaer]

Okay thank you

[warpspeed10]

When placed inside frames, they change the characteristics of that face in a very significant way. A cover will cause that face of the frame to not stick to other blocks, including other frames. A panel on the other hand makes that face of the frame act like an opaque block. The paneled face does not change the sticking traits of that face, all it does is allow you to attach blocks that normally need an opaque block to be placed. This includes blocks like redstone, red alloy wire, bluetricity wire, computer craft disk drives, torches, redstone torches, levers, buttons, pressure plates, ect. So anything that cannot be placed on glass or glowstone blocks, needs a panel.

The only block that cannot be placed on frames, is the backpane (needed to use the FORTH word editor). You need to place an opaque block (eg. stone) and then place the backpane onto that with the ram on top. Both the backpane, the 8k ram module, and the stone block need to be touching a frame on at least one face. This is a bug and is fixed in the most recent version of Redpower.

[GreenWolf13]

When placed inside frames, they change the characteristics of that face in a very significant way. A cover will cause that face of the frame to not stick to other blocks, including other frames. A panel on the other hand makes that face of the frame act like an opaque block. The paneled face does not change the sticking traits of that face, all it does is allow you to attach blocks that normally need an opaque block to be placed. This includes blocks like redstone, red alloy wire, bluetricity wire, computer craft disk drives, torches, redstone torches, levers, buttons, pressure plates, ect. So anything that cannot be placed on glass or glowstone blocks, needs a panel.

The only block that cannot be placed on frames, is the backpane (needed to use the FORTH word editor). You need to place an opaque block (eg. stone) and then place the backpane onto that with the ram on top. Both the backpane, the 8k ram module, and the stone block need to be touching a frame on at least one face. This is a bug and is fixed in the most recent version of Redpower.

Can the redpower computer work without the backplane?

[warpspeed10]

Can the redpower computer work without the backplane?

Yes the computer will work just fine. The backpane is only use to enable the word editor. This is usefull if you make a mistake while programming. Instead of having to forget all the words you wrote after the mistake, all you have to do is fix the error by overwriting its line in memory and then reload the memory to the active words. If you are careful though, you do not need a backpane or ram module.

[GreenWolf13]

Yes the computer will work just fine. The backpane is only use to enable the word editor. This is usefull if you make a mistake while programming. Instead of having to forget all the words you wrote after the mistake, all you have to do is fix the error by overwriting its line in memory and then reload the memory to the active words. If you are careful though, you do not need a backpane or ram module.

Okay. Would writing the program on a separate computer, saving it to a floppy disk, and then loading the floppy disk work?