diff --git a/client/me/SlotDisconnected.java b/client/me/SlotDisconnected.java
index 6ed6d7003..cc9d5aea5 100644
--- a/client/me/SlotDisconnected.java
+++ b/client/me/SlotDisconnected.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ public class SlotDisconnected extends AppEngSlot
 			{
 				ItemEncodedPattern iep = (ItemEncodedPattern) is.getItem();
 				ItemStack out = iep.getOutput( is );
-				return out;
+				if ( out != null )
+					return out;
 			}
 		}
 		return super.getStack();
diff --git a/container/slot/SlotRestrictedInput.java b/container/slot/SlotRestrictedInput.java
index e2d784a7c..73349452e 100644
--- a/container/slot/SlotRestrictedInput.java
+++ b/container/slot/SlotRestrictedInput.java
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ public class SlotRestrictedInput extends AppEngSlot
 			{
 				ItemEncodedPattern iep = (ItemEncodedPattern) is.getItem();
 				ItemStack out = iep.getOutput( is );
-				return out;
+				if ( out != null )
+					return out;
 			}
 		}
 		return super.getStack();
diff --git a/core/localization/GuiText.java b/core/localization/GuiText.java
index d74767ad1..6eb3546b8 100644
--- a/core/localization/GuiText.java
+++ b/core/localization/GuiText.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public enum GuiText
 
 	OfSecondOutput, NoSecondOutput, RFTunnel, Stores, Next, SelectAmount, Lumen, Empty, ConfirmCrafting,
 
-	Stored, Crafting, Scheduled, CraftingStatus, Cancel, FromStorage, ToCraft, CraftingPlan, CalculatingWait, Start, Bytes, CraftingCPU, Automatic, CoProcessors, Simulation, Missing, InterfaceTerminal, NoCraftingCPUs, LightTunnel, Clean;
+	Stored, Crafting, Scheduled, CraftingStatus, Cancel, FromStorage, ToCraft, CraftingPlan, CalculatingWait, Start, Bytes, CraftingCPU, Automatic, CoProcessors, Simulation, Missing, InterfaceTerminal, NoCraftingCPUs, LightTunnel, Clean, InvalidPattern;
 
 	String root;
 
diff --git a/helpers/PatternHelper.java b/helpers/PatternHelper.java
index 22a6494fb..a1bbebc35 100644
--- a/helpers/PatternHelper.java
+++ b/helpers/PatternHelper.java
@@ -142,8 +142,13 @@ public class PatternHelper implements ICraftingPatternDetails, Comparable<Patter
 		if ( isCrafting )
 		{
 			standardRecipe = Platform.findMatchingRecipe( crafting, w );
-			correctOutput = standardRecipe.getCraftingResult( crafting );
-			out.add( AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( correctOutput ) );
+			if ( standardRecipe != null )
+			{
+				correctOutput = standardRecipe.getCraftingResult( crafting );
+				out.add( AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( correctOutput ) );
+			}
+			else
+				throw new RuntimeException( "No pattern here!" );
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -186,7 +191,10 @@ public class PatternHelper implements ICraftingPatternDetails, Comparable<Patter
 			else
 				g.add( io );
 		}
-
+		
+		if ( tmpOutputs.isEmpty() || tmpInputs.isEmpty() )
+			throw new RuntimeException( "No pattern here!" );
+		
 		int offset = 0;
 		condencedInputs = new IAEItemStack[tmpInputs.size()];
 		for (IAEItemStack io : tmpInputs.values())
diff --git a/items/misc/ItemEncodedPattern.java b/items/misc/ItemEncodedPattern.java
index afde7078f..5c3b73755 100644
--- a/items/misc/ItemEncodedPattern.java
+++ b/items/misc/ItemEncodedPattern.java
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ import java.util.List;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.InventoryPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList;
+import net.minecraft.util.EnumChatFormatting;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.client.MinecraftForgeClient;
 import appeng.api.AEApi;
 import appeng.api.implementations.ICraftingPatternItem;
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingPatternDetails;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.client.render.items.ItemEncodedPatternRenderer;
+import appeng.core.CommonHelper;
 import appeng.core.features.AEFeature;
 import appeng.core.localization.GuiText;
 import appeng.helpers.PatternHelper;
@@ -69,24 +70,18 @@ public class ItemEncodedPattern extends AEBaseItem implements ICraftingPatternIt
 	@Override
 	public void addInformation(ItemStack is, EntityPlayer p, List l, boolean more)
 	{
-		NBTTagCompound encodedValue = is.getTagCompound();
+		ICraftingPatternDetails details = getPatternForItem( is, p.worldObj );
 
-		if ( encodedValue == null )
+		if ( details == null )
+		{
+			l.add( EnumChatFormatting.RED + GuiText.InvalidPattern.getLocal() );
 			return;
+		}
 
-		NBTTagList inTag = encodedValue.getTagList( "in", 10 );
-		NBTTagList outTag = encodedValue.getTagList( "out", 10 );
-		boolean isCrafting = encodedValue.getBoolean( "crafting" );
+		boolean isCrafting = details.isCraftable();
 
-		// kinda needs info..
-		if ( inTag.tagCount() == 0 || outTag.tagCount() == 0 )
-			return;
-
-		ItemStack[] in = new ItemStack[inTag.tagCount()];
-		ItemStack[] out = new ItemStack[outTag.tagCount()];
-
-		readItems( in, inTag );
-		readItems( out, outTag );
+		IAEItemStack[] in = details.getCondencedInputs();
+		IAEItemStack[] out = details.getCondencedOutputs();
 
 		String label = (isCrafting ? GuiText.Crafts.getLocal() : GuiText.Creates.getLocal()) + ": ";
 		String and = " " + GuiText.And.getLocal() + " ";
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ public class ItemEncodedPattern extends AEBaseItem implements ICraftingPatternIt
 			if ( out[x] == null )
 				continue;
 
-			l.add( (first ? label : and) + out[x].stackSize + " " + Platform.getItemDisplayName( out[x] ) );
+			l.add( (first ? label : and) + out[x].getStackSize() + " " + Platform.getItemDisplayName( out[x] ) );
 			first = false;
 		}
 
@@ -108,70 +103,36 @@ public class ItemEncodedPattern extends AEBaseItem implements ICraftingPatternIt
 			if ( in[x] == null )
 				continue;
 
-			l.add( (first ? with : and) + in[x].stackSize + " " + Platform.getItemDisplayName( in[x] ) );
+			l.add( (first ? with : and) + in[x].getStackSize() + " " + Platform.getItemDisplayName( in[x] ) );
 			first = false;
 		}
 	}
 
 	public ItemStack getOutput(ItemStack item)
 	{
-		NBTTagCompound encodedValue = item.getTagCompound();
-
-		if ( encodedValue == null )
+		World w = CommonHelper.proxy.getWorld();
+		if ( w == null )
 			return null;
 
-		NBTTagList outTag = encodedValue.getTagList( "out", 10 );
+		ICraftingPatternDetails details = getPatternForItem( item, w );
 
-		if ( outTag.tagCount() == 0 )
+		if ( details == null )
 			return null;
 
-		ItemStack out = null;
-
-		for (int x = 0; x < outTag.tagCount(); x++)
-		{
-			ItemStack readItem = ItemStack.loadItemStackFromNBT( outTag.getCompoundTagAt( x ) );
-			if ( readItem != null )
-			{
-				if ( out == null )
-					out = readItem;
-				else if ( out != null && Platform.isSameItemPrecise( readItem, out ) )
-					out.stackSize += readItem.stackSize;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return out;
-	}
-
-	private void readItems(ItemStack[] itemList, NBTTagList tagSrc)
-	{
-		for (int x = 0; x < itemList.length; x++)
-		{
-			ItemStack readItem = ItemStack.loadItemStackFromNBT( tagSrc.getCompoundTagAt( x ) );
-			if ( readItem != null )
-			{
-				boolean used = false;
-
-				for (int y = 0; y < x; y++)
-				{
-					if ( itemList[y] != null && Platform.isSameItemPrecise( readItem, itemList[y] ) )
-					{
-						itemList[y].stackSize += readItem.stackSize;
-						used = true;
-					}
-				}
-
-				if ( !used )
-					itemList[x] = readItem;
-			}
-		}
+		return details.getCondencedOutputs()[0].getItemStack();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public ICraftingPatternDetails getPatternForItem(ItemStack is, World w)
 	{
-		if ( is.hasTagCompound() )
+		try
+		{
 			return new PatternHelper( is, w );
-		return null;
+		}
+		catch (Throwable t)
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
 	}
 
 }