Multi Tank

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Multi Tanks are Multiblock structures added by XyCraft, similar to the multi-block tanks from Railcraft but much more flexible in how they are constructed.

A Multi Tank can have any internal volume from 1×1×1 to 10×10×10 (3 to 12 blocks externally). Each internal block has a capacity of 16,000mB, for a total of 16,000 buckets of liquid in a maximum size tank. Tanks may have shared walls; Valves between two tanks storing the same liquid will cause the liquid levels in both to balance out; this can be used to increase storage simply by adding more tanks to the sides of an existing one.

Valve height and placement plays a role in the liquid balancing mechanic: liquids will only flow from a tank if the fluid level in the tank is at the level of the valve. It is possible to continue to pump fluid into a full tank if there is another shared-valve connected tank that could accept the extra fluid. As well "balancing" is a bit of a misnomer: fluids always try to flow through bottom valves first. If you were to construct two tanks with one on top of the other with a shared valve and pumped fluid into the top tank, the entirety of the liquid would be transferred to the bottom tank as long as there was room in the bottom tank to accept it.

Building a Multi Tank is relatively straightforward, but a few constraints apply: soft blocks such as dirt and sand (i.e. those that can be moved by Endermen) are not permitted, and most interactive or redstone-activated blocks also will not work (Xychoridite Lights being an exception). The frame (edges and corners) of the tank must be built from opaque blocks (e.g. stone or brick). The walls of the tank permit more block types, including most glass types (including stained glass, which loses its transparency when incorporated into a multi-tank, but not including warded glass) and Glowstone. Neither the walls nor the frame may include most ore blocks. Put at least one Valve in a wall of the tank (not its frame) and right click it to complete the structure. If built correctly, the entire tank will now have a glowing texture when the cursor is over it. Liquid Detector and Item IO blocks may also be placed in the walls for extra functionality.

XyCraft tanks have a few important differences from their Railcraft counterpart: a valve can only extract liquid from the tank if the liquid is physically high enough to reach it, and the tank's storage data is divided equally between all installed valves — breaking one of them will delete that fraction of the liquid. The capacity of a XyCraft tank is determined by the internal blocks of the tank, while the capacity of a Railcraft tank is determined by the total space occupied. This makes small Xycraft tanks a lot smaller than their small Railcraft counterparts.