Download and installation

  1. Download latest version of MultiMachineBuilder here
  2. Get the zip file, not the source code
  3. Unzip the file
  4. Put the game somewhere convenient

Gameplay

  1. Run the ‘Machine Builder.jar’ file
  2. Click on ‘New world’ to create a world.
  3. Specify dimensions. The actual dimensions are (2×width+1), (2×height+2). Larger world offer more resources, but consume more system resources.
  4. Name the world, without a file extension
  5. Chunk size defines how large biomes are in blocks. You won’t need to change this value.
  6. The seed can be copied to reproduce the world later.
  7. Select the world generator. For survival, ‘Multi-biome’ is recommended.
  8. Click ‘OK’ to create a world.
  9. Open the world
  10. Play the game
  11. After finishing, you can quit to desktop or to main menu

Basic controls

  • W, A, S, D - move the camera
  • Q - stop the character now
  • Arrows - move the player (the player has momentum)
  • LMB - place the block or use the item
  • RMB - open a pop-up menu
  • Shift+LMB - force place
  • Shift+MMB - move camera to this block
  • Shift+RMB - force mine
  • Ctrl+LMB - turn counter-clockwise
  • Ctrl+RMB - turn clockwise
  • Ctrl+MMB - turn around

Basic gameplay

Survival

  1. Mine wood logs first
  2. Make a crafting table and a pickaxe workbench
  3. Make a wooden pickaxe
  4. Mine some stone and Rudimentary Ore
  5. Make a furnace
    Make tree(s)
  6. Smelt Rudimentary Ore to Rudimentary Ingots and some to Medium rudimentary wire
  7. Make ULV Furnace Generator and ULV Electric Furnace
    Make Rudimentary Pickaxe
    Mine coal
  8. Make Crusher to increase ore output
  9. Make Cluster Mill, Wiremill, Material Combiner and Material Splitter
  10. Mine gold, silver, copper, iron, nickel;
  11. Make Machine Assembler
  12. Make machine parts
  13. Make VLV Furnace Generator and VLV Electric Furnace
  14. Make VLV Alloy Smelter
    Mine tin, zinc and chrome
  15. Smelt Bronze, Brass, Steel and Nichrome
  16. Make some VLV machines
  17. …

Creative

  • Use the copy tool to quickly build repeating sections
  • Make anything you like in Creative Mode. Good for testing potential survival machines

You can find blocks and items under several categories:

  • Construction blocks (overlaps with materials)
  • WireWorld gates and wires
  • Materials (overlaps with construction blocks)
  • Crafting parts
  • Machine blocks
  • Electrical wiring (to be redone)
  • Crafting tables
  • (MOD) Hello World
  • And many others

Install mods

  • For local mods, copy a mod to the mods directory (press [Mods/Open mods directory])
  • If you want to play modded without downloading mods, paste a direct link (not a web link) into [Settings/External mods]

More advanced

Visit the wiki for more information here