Fixes #3428: Invalidate container when the corresponding TE no longer exists. (#3433)

This will no longer ignore NBT data when searching for an itemstack,
thus less likely to trigger the CraftingManager fallback.

README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * [Building](#building)
 * [Contribution](#contribution)
 * [API](#applied-energistics-2-api)
+* [CraftTweaker](#applied-energistics-2-crafttweaker)
 * [Localization](#applied-energistics-2-localization)
 * [Credits](#credits)
 
@@ -154,6 +155,57 @@ Where the __ are filled in with the correct version criteria; AE2 is available f
 
 An example string would be `appeng:appliedenergistics2:rv2-alpha-30:dev`
 
+## Applied Energistics 2 CraftTweaker
+
+### Inscriber
+Add a recipe. When `inscribe` is true the bottom and top inputs are not consumed.
+
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Inscriber.addRecipe(ItemStack output, ItemStack input, boolean inscribe, 
+	                                             @Optional ItemStack topInput, @Optional ItemStack bottomInput );
+
+Remove all recipes for this output stack. 
+	                                             
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Inscriber.removeRecipe(ItemStack output);	
+
+### Grindstone
+Add a recipe.
+
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Grinder.addRecipe( ItemStack output, ItemStack input, int turns, 
+	                                            @Optional ItemStack secondary1Output, @Optional float secondary1Chance,
+	                                            @Optional ItemStack secondary2Output, @Optional float secondary2Chance);
+	
+Remove recipes for this input.
+
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Grinder.removeRecipe(ItemStack input);	
+
+### Spatial
+Whitelist a TileEntity class for Spatial IO.
+
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Spatial.whitelistEntity( String fullEntityClassName );
+
+### Attunement
+Attune a ItemStack or ModID to a specific P2P-Tunnel type. ModID's are used as fallback when no ItemStack was found.
+
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneME( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneME( String modID );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneItem( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneItem( String modID );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneFluid( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneFluid( String modID );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneRedstone( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneRedstone( String modID );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneRF( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneRF( String modID );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneIC2( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneIC2( String modID );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneLight( ItemStack itemStack );
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Attunement.attuneLight( String modID );
+
+### Cannon
+Add ammo types for the matter cannon.
+
+	mods.appliedenergistics2.Cannon.registerAmmo( ItemStack itemStack, double weight );
+
 ## Applied Energistics 2 Localization
 
 ### English Text

gradle.properties

@@ -7,25 +7,27 @@ aebasename=appliedenergistics2
 #########################################################
 # Versions                                              #
 #########################################################
-minecraft_version=1.12
-mcp_mappings=snapshot_20170704
-forge_version=14.21.1.2412
+minecraft_version=1.12.2
+mcp_mappings=snapshot_20171003
+forge_version=14.23.1.2554
 
 #########################################################
 # Installable                                           #
 #########################################################
-hwyla_version=1.8.19-B33_1.12
+hwyla_version=1.8.20-B35_1.12
 
 #########################################################
 # Provided APIs                                         #
 #########################################################
-jei_version=4.7.1.69
+jei_version=4.8.0.105
 tesla_version=1.0.61
-ic2_version=2.8.9-ex112
-top_version=1.12-1.4.8-2
+ic2_version=2.8.19-ex112
+top_version=1.12-1.4.18-10
+cofhcore_version=1.12-4.+
+crafttweaker_version=4.0.10.310
 
 #########################################################
 # Deployment                                            #
 #########################################################
-website_version=1.12.x
-curse_versions=1.12,1.12.1
+website_version=1.12.2
+curse_versions=1.12.2

gradle/scripts/dependencies.gradle

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repositories {
 
     maven {
         name = "Tesla repo"
-        url "http://maven.epoxide.xyz"
+        url "http://maven.mcmoddev.com"
     }
 
     maven {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ repositories {
         name 'tterrag maven'
         url "http://maven.tterrag.com/"
     }
-    
+
     maven { // McJtyLib
         name 'mcjty'
         url "http://maven.k-4u.nl/"
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ repositories {
         name 'tehnut'
         url "http://tehnut.info/maven"
     }
+
+   	maven { // CraftTweaker
+        name 'jared maven'
+        url "http://maven.blamejared.com/"
+    }
+
+    maven { // modmaven, maven proxy
+        name 'modmaven'
+        url "https://modmaven.k-4u.nl/"
+    }
 }
 
 configurations {
@@ -69,16 +79,15 @@ dependencies {
     mods "mcp.mobius.waila:Hwyla:${hwyla_version}"
     mods "net.industrial-craft:industrialcraft-2:${ic2_version}:dev"
     mods "mcjty.theoneprobe:TheOneProbe-${minecraft_version}:${top_version}"
-    // mods "com.github.mcjty:compatlayer:${compatlayer_version}"
 
     // compile against provided APIs
     compileOnly "mezz.jei:jei_${minecraft_version}:${jei_version}:api"
     compileOnly "mcp.mobius.waila:Hwyla:${hwyla_version}"
-    compileOnly "net.darkhax.tesla:Tesla-${minecraft_version}:${tesla_version}"
+    compileOnly "net.darkhax.tesla:Tesla-1.12:${tesla_version}"
     compileOnly "net.industrial-craft:industrialcraft-2:${ic2_version}:api"
     compileOnly "mcjty.theoneprobe:TheOneProbe-1.12:${top_version}:api"
-
-    // deobfCompile "mcp.mobius.waila:Hwyla:${hwyla_version}"
+    compileOnly "cofh:CoFHCore:${cofhcore_version}:deobf"
+    compileOnly "CraftTweaker2:CraftTweaker2-API:${crafttweaker_version}"
 
     // at runtime, use the full JEI jar
     runtime "mezz.jei:jei_${minecraft_version}:${jei_version}"

src/api/java/appeng/api/IAppEngApi.java

@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ package appeng.api;
 
 
 import appeng.api.definitions.IDefinitions;
-import appeng.api.exceptions.FailedConnection;
 import appeng.api.features.IRegistryContainer;
-import appeng.api.networking.IGridBlock;
-import appeng.api.networking.IGridConnection;
+import appeng.api.networking.IGridHelper;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
 import appeng.api.parts.IPartHelper;
 import appeng.api.storage.IStorageHelper;
 
+
 @AEInjectable
 public interface IAppEngApi
 {
@@ -42,36 +41,23 @@ public interface IAppEngApi
 	IRegistryContainer registries();
 
 	/**
-	 * @return helper for working with storage data types.
+	 * @return A helper for working with storage data types.
 	 */
 	IStorageHelper storage();
 
 	/**
-	 * @return helper for working with grids, and buses.
+	 * @return A helper to create {@link IGridNode} and other grid related objects.
+	 */
+	IGridHelper grid();
+
+	/**
+	 * @return A helper for working with grids, and buses.
 	 */
 	IPartHelper partHelper();
 
 	/**
-	 * @return an accessible list of all AE definitions
+	 * @return An accessible list of all AE definitions
 	 */
 	IDefinitions definitions();
 
-	/**
-	 * create a grid node for your {@link appeng.api.networking.IGridHost}
-	 *
-	 * @param block grid block
-	 *
-	 * @return grid node of block
-	 */
-	IGridNode createGridNode( IGridBlock block );
-
-	/**
-	 * create a connection between two {@link appeng.api.networking.IGridNode}
-	 *
-	 * @param a to be connected gridnode
-	 * @param b to be connected gridnode
-	 *
-	 * @throws appeng.api.exceptions.FailedConnection
-	 */
-	IGridConnection createGridConnection( IGridNode a, IGridNode b ) throws FailedConnection;
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/client/BakingPipeline.java

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package appeng.api.client;
-
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-
-import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.IBakedModel;
-import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
-
-/**
- * TODO: Needs to be moved to an internal class. API is only allowed to contain interfaces and/or data.
- *
- * @deprecated
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class BakingPipeline<F, T> implements BakingPipelineElement<F, T>
-{
-
-	private final ImmutableList<BakingPipelineElement<?, ?>> pipeline;
-
-	public BakingPipeline( BakingPipelineElement<?, ?>... pipeline )
-	{
-		this.pipeline = ImmutableList.copyOf( pipeline );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * TODO: fix generics
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public List pipe( List things, IBakedModel parent, IBlockState state, EnumFacing side, long rand )
-	{
-		for( BakingPipelineElement pipe : this.pipeline )
-		{
-			things = pipe.pipe( things, parent, state, side, rand );
-		}
-		return things;
-	}
-
-}

src/api/java/appeng/api/client/BakingPipelineElement.java

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package appeng.api.client;
-
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.IBakedModel;
-import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
-
-
-public interface BakingPipelineElement<F, T>
-{
-
-	public List<T> pipe( List<F> elements, IBakedModel parent, IBlockState state, EnumFacing side, long rand );
-
-}

src/api/java/appeng/api/config/SearchBoxMode.java

@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ package appeng.api.config;
 
 public enum SearchBoxMode
 {
-	AUTOSEARCH, MANUAL_SEARCH, JEI_AUTOSEARCH, JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH
+	AUTOSEARCH, AUTOSEARCH_KEEP, MANUAL_SEARCH, MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP, JEI_AUTOSEARCH, JEI_AUTOSEARCH_KEEP, JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH, JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/config/Settings.java

@@ -33,29 +33,53 @@ public enum Settings
 {
 	LEVEL_EMITTER_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( LevelEmitterMode.class ) ),
 
-	REDSTONE_EMITTER( EnumSet.of( RedstoneMode.HIGH_SIGNAL, RedstoneMode.LOW_SIGNAL ) ), REDSTONE_CONTROLLED( EnumSet.allOf( RedstoneMode.class ) ),
+	REDSTONE_EMITTER( EnumSet.of( RedstoneMode.HIGH_SIGNAL, RedstoneMode.LOW_SIGNAL ) ),
+
+	REDSTONE_CONTROLLED( EnumSet.allOf( RedstoneMode.class ) ),
 
 	CONDENSER_OUTPUT( EnumSet.allOf( CondenserOutput.class ) ),
 
-	POWER_UNITS( EnumSet.allOf( PowerUnits.class ) ), ACCESS( EnumSet.of( AccessRestriction.READ_WRITE, AccessRestriction.READ, AccessRestriction.WRITE ) ),
+	POWER_UNITS( EnumSet.allOf( PowerUnits.class ) ),
 
-	SORT_DIRECTION( EnumSet.allOf( SortDir.class ) ), SORT_BY( EnumSet.allOf( SortOrder.class ) ),
+	ACCESS( EnumSet.of( AccessRestriction.READ_WRITE, AccessRestriction.READ, AccessRestriction.WRITE ) ),
 
-	SEARCH_TOOLTIPS( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ), VIEW_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( ViewItems.class ) ), SEARCH_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( SearchBoxMode.class ) ),
+	SORT_DIRECTION( EnumSet.allOf( SortDir.class ) ),
 
-	ACTIONS( EnumSet.allOf( ActionItems.class ) ), IO_DIRECTION( EnumSet.of( RelativeDirection.LEFT, RelativeDirection.RIGHT ) ),
+	SORT_BY( EnumSet.allOf( SortOrder.class ) ),
 
-	BLOCK( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ), OPERATION_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( OperationMode.class ) ),
+	SEARCH_TOOLTIPS( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
 
-	FULLNESS_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( FullnessMode.class ) ), CRAFT_ONLY( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+	VIEW_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( ViewItems.class ) ),
 
-	FUZZY_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( FuzzyMode.class ) ), LEVEL_TYPE( EnumSet.allOf( LevelType.class ) ),
+	SEARCH_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( SearchBoxMode.class ) ),
 
-	TERMINAL_STYLE( EnumSet.of( TerminalStyle.TALL, TerminalStyle.SMALL ) ), COPY_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( CopyMode.class ) ),
+	ACTIONS( EnumSet.allOf( ActionItems.class ) ),
 
-	INTERFACE_TERMINAL( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ), CRAFT_VIA_REDSTONE( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+	IO_DIRECTION( EnumSet.of( RelativeDirection.LEFT, RelativeDirection.RIGHT ) ),
 
-	STORAGE_FILTER( EnumSet.allOf( StorageFilter.class ) ), PLACE_BLOCK( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+	BLOCK( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+
+	OPERATION_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( OperationMode.class ) ),
+
+	FULLNESS_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( FullnessMode.class ) ),
+
+	CRAFT_ONLY( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+
+	FUZZY_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( FuzzyMode.class ) ),
+
+	LEVEL_TYPE( EnumSet.allOf( LevelType.class ) ),
+
+	TERMINAL_STYLE( EnumSet.of( TerminalStyle.TALL, TerminalStyle.SMALL ) ),
+
+	COPY_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( CopyMode.class ) ),
+
+	INTERFACE_TERMINAL( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+
+	CRAFT_VIA_REDSTONE( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
+
+	STORAGE_FILTER( EnumSet.allOf( StorageFilter.class ) ),
+
+	PLACE_BLOCK( EnumSet.of( YesNo.YES, YesNo.NO ) ),
 
 	SCHEDULING_MODE( EnumSet.allOf( SchedulingMode.class ) );
 

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/CoreInaccessibleException.java

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package appeng.api.exceptions;
 
 public class CoreInaccessibleException extends RuntimeException
 {
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -7434641554655517242L;
+
 	public CoreInaccessibleException( final String message )
 	{
 		super( message );

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/ExistingConnectionException.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
  * @version rv3
  * @since rv3
  */
-public class ExistingConnectionException extends FailedConnection
+public class ExistingConnectionException extends FailedConnectionException
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2975450379720353182L;

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/FailedConnectionException.java

@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
  * @version rv3
  * @since rv0
  */
-public class FailedConnection extends Exception
+public class FailedConnectionException extends Exception
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -2544208090248293753L;
 
-	public FailedConnection()
+	public FailedConnectionException()
 	{
 	}
 
-	public FailedConnection( String message )
+	public FailedConnectionException( String message )
 	{
 		super( message );
 	}

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/MissingDefinitionException.java

@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 package appeng.api.exceptions;
 
 
-public class MissingDefinition extends RuntimeException
+public class MissingDefinitionException extends RuntimeException
 {
-	public MissingDefinition( final String message )
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -6547396584255825761L;
+
+	public MissingDefinitionException( final String message )
 	{
 		super( message );
 	}

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/MissingIngredientException.java

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 package appeng.api.exceptions;
 
 
-public class MissingIngredientError extends Exception
+public class MissingIngredientException extends Exception
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -998858343831371697L;
 
-	public MissingIngredientError( final String n )
+	public MissingIngredientException( final String n )
 	{
 		super( n );
 	}

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/ModNotInstalledException.java

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 package appeng.api.exceptions;
 
 
-public class ModNotInstalled extends Exception
+public class ModNotInstalledException extends Exception
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -9052435206368425494L;
 
-	public ModNotInstalled( final String t )
+	public ModNotInstalledException( final String t )
 	{
 		super( t );
 	}

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/NullNodeConnectionException.java

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ package appeng.api.exceptions;
  * @version rv3
  * @since rv3
  */
-public class NullNodeConnectionException extends FailedConnection
+public class NullNodeConnectionException extends FailedConnectionException
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -2143719383495321764L;

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/RecipeException.java

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 package appeng.api.exceptions;
 
 
-public class RecipeError extends Exception
+public class RecipeException extends Exception
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -6602870588617670262L;
 
-	public RecipeError( final String n )
+	public RecipeException( final String n )
 	{
 		super( n );
 	}

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/RegistrationException.java

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 package appeng.api.exceptions;
 
 
-public class RegistrationError extends Exception
+public class RegistrationException extends Exception
 {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -6602870588617670263L;
 
-	public RegistrationError( final String n )
+	public RegistrationException( final String n )
 	{
 		super( n );
 	}

src/api/java/appeng/api/exceptions/SecurityConnectionException.java

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ package appeng.api.exceptions;
  * @version rv3
  * @since rv3
  */
-public class SecurityConnectionException extends FailedConnection
+public class SecurityConnectionException extends FailedConnectionException
 {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5048714900434215426L;
 	private static final String DEFAULT_MESSAGE = "Connection failed due to different security realms.";

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IChargerRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 AlgorithmX2
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package appeng.api.features;
+
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnegative;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import net.minecraft.item.Item;
+
+import appeng.api.implementations.items.IAEItemPowerStorage;
+
+
+/**
+ * A registry to allow mapping {@link Item}s to a specific charge rate when being placed inside a charger.
+ * 
+ * The registry is used in favor of an additional method for {@link IAEItemPowerStorage} with a fixed value per item.
+ * This allows more flexibility for other charger like machines to choose their own values when needed.
+ * 
+ * There is no guarantee that this is charged per tick, it only represents the value per operation.
+ * By default this is one charging operation every 10 ticks in case of an AE2 charger.
+ * 
+ * @author yueh
+ * @version rv5
+ * @since rv5
+ */
+public interface IChargerRegistry
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch a charge rate for a specific item.
+	 * 
+	 * The specific item does not need to have a mapping registered at all.
+	 * In this case it will use a default value of 160 AE.
+	 * 
+	 * @param item A {@link Item} implementing {@link IAEItemPowerStorage}.
+	 * @return custom rate or default of 160
+	 */
+	@Nonnegative
+	double getChargeRate( @Nonnull Item item );
+
+	/**
+	 * Register a custom charge rate for a specific item.
+	 * 
+	 * Capped at 16000 to avoid extracting too much energy from a network for each operation.
+	 * This is done silently without any feedback or exception.
+	 * Further the cap is not fixed, it can change at any time in the future should power issues arise.
+	 * 
+	 * @param item A {@link Item} implementing {@link IAEItemPowerStorage}.
+	 * @param chargeRate the custom rate, must be > 0, capped to 16000d
+	 */
+	void addChargeRate( @Nonnull Item item, @Nonnegative double chargeRate );
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove the custom rate for a specific item.
+	 * 
+	 * It will revert to the default value afterwards.
+	 * 
+	 * @param item A {@link Item} implementing {@link IAEItemPowerStorage}.
+	 */
+	void removeChargeRate( @Nonnull Item item );
+
+}

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IGrinderRecipeBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package appeng.api.features;
+
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnegative;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+
+
+/**
+ * Builder for a grinder recipe.
+ * 
+ * The only default value provided are turns at a value of 8.
+ *
+ * @author yueh
+ * @version rv5
+ * @since rv5
+ */
+public interface IGrinderRecipeBuilder
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an grinder recipe with inputs.
+	 * Needs to be invoked.
+	 *
+	 * @param input new input for the recipe
+	 *
+	 * @return currently used builder
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipeBuilder withInput( @Nonnull ItemStack input );
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an grinder recipe with output.
+	 * Needs to be invoked.
+	 *
+	 * @param output new output for the recipe
+	 *
+	 * @return currently used builder
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipeBuilder withOutput( @Nonnull ItemStack output );
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an grinder recipe with the first optional output and its chance.
+	 *
+	 * @param optional new first optional for the recipe
+	 * @param chance chance for the first optional output, must be within 0.0 - 1.0
+	 *
+	 * @return currently used builder
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipeBuilder withFirstOptional( @Nonnull ItemStack optional, float chance );
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an grinder recipe with the second optional output and its chance.
+	 *
+	 * @param optional new second optional for the recipe
+	 * @param chance chance for the second optional output, must be within 0.0 - 1.0
+	 *
+	 * @return currently used builder
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipeBuilder withSecondOptional( @Nonnull ItemStack optional, float chance );
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an grinder recipe with the amount of turns as cost.
+	 * 
+	 * Defaults to 8 when not called.
+	 *
+	 * @param turns new turns for the recipe, must be > 0
+	 *
+	 * @return currently used builder
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipeBuilder withTurns( @Nonnegative int turns );
+
+	/**
+	 * Finalizes the process of making the recipe.
+	 * Needs to be invoked to fetch grinder recipe.
+	 *
+	 * @return valid grinder recipe
+	 *
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException when input is not defined
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException when input has no size
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException when output is not defined
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException when both optionals are not defined
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException when process type is not defined
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipe build();
+}

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IGrinderRegistry.java

@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 public interface IGrinderRegistry
 {
 
+	/**
+	 * Extensible way to create a grinder recipe.
+	 *
+	 * @return builder for grinder recipes
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IGrinderRecipeBuilder builder();
+
 	/**
 	 * An immutable list of the currently registered recipes.
 	 *
@@ -47,48 +55,13 @@ public interface IGrinderRegistry
 	Collection<IGrinderRecipe> getRecipes();
 
 	/**
-	 * Add a new recipe with a single input and output and how many turns it requires.
-	 *
-	 * Will ignore duplicate recipes with the same input item.
-	 *
-	 * @param in The {@link ItemStack} to grind.
-	 * @param out The {@link ItemStack} to output.
-	 * @param turns Amount of turns to turn the input into the output, with turns > 0.
+	 * Add a new recipe to the registry.
 	 */
-	void addRecipe( @Nonnull ItemStack in, @Nonnull ItemStack out, int turns );
-
-	/**
-	 * Add a new recipe with an input, output and a single optional output.
-	 *
-	 * Will ignore duplicate recipes with the same input item.
-	 *
-	 * @param in The {@link ItemStack} to grind.
-	 * @param out The {@link ItemStack} to output.
-	 * @param optional The optional {@link ItemStack} to output of a certain chance.
-	 * @param chance Chance to get the optional output within 0.0 - 1.0
-	 * @param turns Amount of turns to turn the input into the output, with turns > 0.
-	 */
-	void addRecipe( @Nonnull ItemStack in, @Nonnull ItemStack out, @Nonnull ItemStack optional, float chance, int turns );
-
-	/**
-	 * add a new recipe with optional outputs, duplicates will not be added.
-	 *
-	 * Will ignore duplicate recipes with the same input item.
-	 *
-	 * @param in The {@link ItemStack} to grind.
-	 * @param out The {@link ItemStack} to output.
-	 * @param optional The first optional {@link ItemStack} to output of a certain chance.
-	 * @param chance Chance to get the first optional output within 0.0 - 1.0
-	 * @param optional2 The second optional {@link ItemStack} to output of a certain chance.
-	 * @param chance2 chance to get the second optional output within 0.0 - 1.0
-	 * @param turns Amount of turns to turn the input into the output, with turns > 0.
-	 *
-	 */
-	void addRecipe( @Nonnull ItemStack in, @Nonnull ItemStack out, @Nonnull ItemStack optional, float chance, @Nonnull ItemStack optional2, float chance2, int turns );
+	boolean addRecipe( IGrinderRecipe recipe );
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove the specific from the recipe list.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * @param recipe The recipe to be removed.
 	 * @return true, if it was removed
 	 */
@@ -106,11 +79,11 @@ public interface IGrinderRegistry
 
 	/**
 	 * Allows do add a custom ratio from an ore to dust when being grinded.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * The default ratio is 1 ore to 2 dusts.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * These have to be added before any recipe is registered. Otherwise it will use the default value.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * @param oredictName The name of the ore;
 	 * @param ratio The amount, must be > 0;
 	 */
@@ -118,9 +91,9 @@ public interface IGrinderRegistry
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove a custom ratio for a specific ore name.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * Will use the default of 2 value afterwards.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * @param oredictName The name of the ore;
 	 */
 	boolean removeDustRatio( @Nonnull String oredictName );

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IInscriberRegistry.java

@@ -31,11 +31,19 @@ import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
  * Lets you manipulate Inscriber Recipes, by adding or editing existing ones.
  *
  * @author thatsIch
- * @version rv3
+ * @version rv5
  * @since rv2
  */
 public interface IInscriberRegistry
 {
+	/**
+	 * Extensible way to create an inscriber recipe.
+	 *
+	 * @return builder for inscriber recipes
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IInscriberRecipeBuilder builder();
+
 	/**
 	 * An immutable copy of currently registered recipes.
 	 *
@@ -65,29 +73,25 @@ public interface IInscriberRegistry
 	@Nonnull
 	Set<ItemStack> getInputs();
 
-	/**
-	 * Extensible way to create an inscriber recipe.
-	 *
-	 * @return builder for inscriber recipes
-	 */
-	@Nonnull
-	IInscriberRecipeBuilder builder();
-
 	/**
 	 * add a new recipe the easy way, duplicates will not be added.
 	 * Added recipes will be automatically added to the optionals and inputs.
 	 *
 	 * @param recipe new recipe
+	 * 
+	 * @return true, when successfully added
 	 *
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if null is added
 	 */
-	void addRecipe( IInscriberRecipe recipe );
+	boolean addRecipe( IInscriberRecipe recipe );
 
 	/**
 	 * Removes all equal recipes from the registry.
-	 *
+	 * 
 	 * @param toBeRemovedRecipe to be removed recipe, can be null, makes just no sense.
+	 * 
+	 * @return true, when successfully removed
 	 */
-	void removeRecipe( IInscriberRecipe toBeRemovedRecipe );
+	boolean removeRecipe( IInscriberRecipe toBeRemovedRecipe );
 
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IP2PTunnelRegistry.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.capabilities.Capability;
 
 import appeng.api.config.TunnelType;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public interface IP2PTunnelRegistry
 	 */
 	void addNewAttunement( @Nonnull ItemStack trigger, @Nullable TunnelType type );
 	void addNewAttunement( @Nonnull String ModId, @Nullable TunnelType type );
+	void addNewAttunement( @Nonnull Capability<?> cap, @Nullable TunnelType type );
 
 	/**
 	 * returns null if no attunement can be found.

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IRecipeHandlerRegistry.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public interface IRecipeHandlerRegistry
 	 * @param name name of crafthandler
 	 * @param handler class of crafthandler
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	void addNewCraftHandler( String name, Class<? extends ICraftHandler> handler );
 
 	/**
@@ -65,11 +66,13 @@ public interface IRecipeHandlerRegistry
 	 * @return A recipe handler by name, returns null on failure.
 	 */
 	@Nullable
+	@Deprecated
 	ICraftHandler getCraftHandlerFor( String name );
 
 	/**
 	 * @return a new recipe handler, which can be used to parse, and read recipe files.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	IRecipeHandler createNewRecipehandler();
 
 	/**

src/api/java/appeng/api/features/IRegistryContainer.java

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ import appeng.api.storage.ICellRegistry;
 /**
  * @author AlgorithmX2
  * @author thatsIch
- * @version rv2
+ * @author yueh
+ * @version rv5
  * @since rv0
  */
 @AEInjectable
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ public interface IRegistryContainer
 	 */
 	IInscriberRegistry inscriber();
 
+	/**
+	 * Manage charger via API
+	 */
+	IChargerRegistry charger();
+
 	/**
 	 * get access to the locatable registry
 	 */

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/IGridHelper.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 AlgorithmX2
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
  * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
@@ -21,39 +21,44 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-package appeng.api.storage.data;
+package appeng.api.networking;
 
 
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
-
-import appeng.api.features.IItemComparison;
+import appeng.api.exceptions.FailedConnectionException;
 
 
 /**
- * Don't cast this... either compare with it, or copy it.
- *
- * Don't Implement.
+ * A helper responsible for creating new {@link IGridNode}, {@link IGridConnection} or potentially similar tasks.
+ * 
+ * @author yueh
+ * @version rv5
+ * @since rv5
  */
-public interface IAETagCompound
+public interface IGridHelper
 {
 
 	/**
-	 * @return a copy ( the copy will not be a IAETagCompound, it will be a NBTTagCompound )
+	 * Create a grid node for your {@link IGridHost}
+	 * 
+	 * The passed {@link IGridBlock} represents the definition for properties like connectable sides.
+	 * Refer to its documentation for further details.
+	 *
+	 * @param block grid block
+	 *
+	 * @return grid node of block
 	 */
-	NBTTagCompound getNBTTagCompoundCopy();
+	IGridNode createGridNode( IGridBlock block );
 
 	/**
-	 * compare to other NBTTagCompounds or IAETagCompounds
+	 * Create a direct connection between two {@link IGridNode}.
+	 * 
+	 * This will be considered as having a distance of 1, regardless of the location of both nodes.
+	 * 
+	 * @param a to be connected gridnode
+	 * @param b to be connected gridnode
 	 *
-	 * @param a compared object
-	 *
-	 * @return true, if they are the same.
+	 * @throws appeng.api.exceptions.FailedConnectionException
 	 */
-	@Override
-	boolean equals( Object a );
+	IGridConnection createGridConnection( IGridNode a, IGridNode b ) throws FailedConnectionException;
 
-	/**
-	 * @return the special comparison for this tag
-	 */
-	IItemComparison getSpecialComparison();
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/crafting/ICraftingCPU.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 package appeng.api.networking.crafting;
 
 
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.storage.IBaseMonitor;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public interface ICraftingCPU extends IBaseMonitor<IAEItemStack>
 	/**
 	 * @return the action source for the CPU.
 	 */
-	BaseActionSource getActionSource();
+	IActionSource getActionSource();
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the available storage in bytes

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/crafting/ICraftingGrid.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.World;
 
 import appeng.api.networking.IGrid;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridCache;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public interface ICraftingGrid extends IGridCache
 	 * @return a future which will at an undetermined point in the future get you the {@link ICraftingJob} do not wait
 	 * on this, your be waiting forever.
 	 */
-	Future<ICraftingJob> beginCraftingJob( World world, IGrid grid, BaseActionSource actionSrc, IAEItemStack craftWhat, ICraftingCallback callback );
+	Future<ICraftingJob> beginCraftingJob( World world, IGrid grid, IActionSource actionSrc, IAEItemStack craftWhat, ICraftingCallback callback );
 
 	/**
 	 * Submit the job to the Crafting system for processing.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public interface ICraftingGrid extends IGridCache
 	 * {@link ICraftingRequester} methods. if you send null, this object should be discarded after verifying the
 	 * return state.
 	 */
-	ICraftingLink submitJob( ICraftingJob job, ICraftingRequester requestingMachine, ICraftingCPU target, boolean prioritizePower, BaseActionSource src );
+	ICraftingLink submitJob( ICraftingJob job, ICraftingRequester requestingMachine, ICraftingCPU target, boolean prioritizePower, IActionSource src );
 
 	/**
 	 * @return list of all the crafting cpus on the grid

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/energy/IEnergyGridProvider.java

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ package appeng.api.networking.energy;
 
 
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnegative;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 import appeng.api.config.Actionable;
 
@@ -36,32 +38,91 @@ import appeng.api.config.Actionable;
 public interface IEnergyGridProvider
 {
 	/**
+	 * internal use only
+	 * 
+	 * Can return a list of providers behind the current.
+	 * 
+	 * An example would be something acting as proxy between different {@link IEnergyGrid}s.
+	 * 
+	 * This can contain duplicate entries, AE will ensure that each provider is only visited once.
+	 * 
 	 * internal use only
 	 */
+	@Nonnull
 	Collection<IEnergyGridProvider> providers();
 
 	/**
 	 * internal use only
+	 * 
+	 * Extracts the requested amount from the provider.
+	 * 
+	 * This should never forward a call to another {@link IEnergyGridProvider}, instead return them via
+	 * {@link IEnergyGridProvider#providers()}
+	 * 
+	 * @return the used amount
 	 */
-	double extractProviderPower( double amt, Actionable mode, Set<IEnergyGridProvider> seen );
+	@Nonnegative
+	double extractProviderPower( @Nonnegative double amt, @Nonnull Actionable mode );
+
+	/**
+	 * Injects the offered amount into the provider.
+	 * 
+	 * This should never forward a call to another {@link IEnergyGridProvider}, instead return them via
+	 * {@link IEnergyGridProvider#providers()}
+	 * 
+	 * internal use only
+	 * 
+	 * @return the leftover amount
+	 */
+	@Nonnegative
+	double injectProviderPower( @Nonnegative double amt, @Nonnull Actionable mode );
 
 	/**
 	 * internal use only
+	 * 
+	 * Returns the current demand of an provider.
+	 * 
+	 * This should never forward a call to another {@link IEnergyGridProvider}, instead return them via
+	 * {@link IEnergyGridProvider#providers()}
+	 * 
+	 * 
+	 * @param d the max amount offered, the demand should never exceed it.
+	 * @return the total amount demanded
 	 */
-	double injectProviderPower( double amt, Actionable mode, Set<IEnergyGridProvider> seen );
-
-	/**
-	 * internal use only
-	 */
-	double getProviderEnergyDemand( double d, Set<IEnergyGridProvider> seen );
+	@Nonnegative
+	double getProviderEnergyDemand( @Nonnegative double d );
 
 	/**
 	 * internal use only
+	 * 
+	 * AE currently uses this to enqueue the next visited provider.
+	 * 
+	 * There is no guarantee that this works on in a perfect way.
+	 * It can be limited to the returns of the past {@link IEnergyGridProvider#providers()}, but not any future one
+	 * discovered by visiting further providers.
+	 * 
+	 * E.g. inject into the the lowest one first or extract from the highest one.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the current stored amount.
+	 * 
+	 * 
 	 */
+	@Nonnegative
 	double getProviderStoredEnergy();
 
 	/**
 	 * internal use only
+	 * 
+	 * AE currently uses this to enqueue the next visited provider.
+	 * 
+	 * There is no guarantee that this works on in a perfect way.
+	 * It can be limited to the returns of the past {@link IEnergyGridProvider#providers()}, but not any future one
+	 * discovered by visiting further providers.
+	 * 
+	 * E.g. inject into the the lowest one first or extract from the highest one.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the maximum amount stored.
 	 */
+	@Nonnegative
 	double getProviderMaxEnergy();
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/events/MENetworkStorageEvent.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package appeng.api.networking.events;
 
 
 import appeng.api.storage.IMEMonitor;
-import appeng.api.storage.StorageChannel;
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
 
 
 /**
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ public class MENetworkStorageEvent extends MENetworkEvent
 {
 
 	public final IMEMonitor monitor;
-	public final StorageChannel channel;
+	public final IStorageChannel channel;
 
-	public MENetworkStorageEvent( final IMEMonitor o, final StorageChannel chan )
+	public MENetworkStorageEvent( final IMEMonitor o, final IStorageChannel chan )
 	{
 		this.monitor = o;
 		this.channel = chan;

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/security/IActionHost.java

@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
 package appeng.api.networking.security;
 
 
-import appeng.api.networking.IGridHost;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
 
 
-public interface IActionHost extends IGridHost
+public interface IActionHost
 {
 
 	/**

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/security/IActionSource.java

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package appeng.api.networking.security;
+
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
+
+
+/**
+ * The source of any action.
+ * 
+ * This can either be a {@link EntityPlayer} or an {@link IActionHost}.
+ * 
+ * In most cases this is used for security checks, but can be used to validate the source itself.
+ *
+ */
+public interface IActionSource
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * If present, AE will consider the player being the source for the action.
+	 * 
+	 * This will take precedence over {@link IActionSource#machine()} in any case.
+	 * 
+	 * @return An optional player issuing the action.
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	Optional<EntityPlayer> player();
+
+	/**
+	 * If present, it indicates the {@link IActionHost} of the source.
+	 * 
+	 * Should {@link IActionSource#player()} be absent, it will consider a machine as source.
+	 *
+	 * It is recommended to include the machine even when a player is present.
+	 * 
+	 * @return An optional machine issuing the action or acting as proxy for a player.
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	Optional<IActionHost> machine();
+
+	/**
+	 * An {@link IActionSource} can have multiple optional contexts.
+	 * 
+	 * It is strongly recommended to limit the uses for absolutely necessary cases.
+	 * 
+	 * Currently there are no public contexts made available by AE.
+	 * An example would be the context interfaces use internally to avoid looping items between each other.
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	<T> Optional<T> context( @Nonnull Class<T> key );
+}

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/security/MachineSource.java

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package appeng.api.networking.security;
-
-/**
- * TODO: Consider refactoring.
- */
-public class MachineSource extends BaseActionSource
-{
-
-	public final IActionHost via;
-
-	public MachineSource( final IActionHost v )
-	{
-		this.via = v;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean isMachine()
-	{
-		return true;
-	}
-}

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/security/PlayerSource.java

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package appeng.api.networking.security;
-
-
-import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
-
-/**
- * TODO: Consider refactoring.
- */
-public class PlayerSource extends BaseActionSource
-{
-
-	public final EntityPlayer player;
-	public final IActionHost via;
-
-	public PlayerSource( final EntityPlayer p, final IActionHost v )
-	{
-		this.player = p;
-		this.via = v;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean isPlayer()
-	{
-		return true;
-	}
-}

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/storage/IBaseMonitor.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import appeng.api.storage.IMEMonitorHandlerReceiver;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
-public interface IBaseMonitor<T extends IAEStack>
+public interface IBaseMonitor<T extends IAEStack<T>>
 {
 
 	/**

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/storage/IStackWatcherHost.java

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 package appeng.api.networking.storage;
 
 
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
-import appeng.api.storage.StorageChannel;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ public interface IStackWatcherHost
 	 * @param src action source
 	 * @param chan storage channel
 	 */
-	void onStackChange( IItemList o, IAEStack fullStack, IAEStack diffStack, BaseActionSource src, StorageChannel chan );
+	void onStackChange( IItemList<?> o, IAEStack<?> fullStack, IAEStack<?> diffStack, IActionSource src, IStorageChannel<?> chan );
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/networking/storage/IStorageGrid.java

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ package appeng.api.networking.storage;
 
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridCache;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridHost;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.storage.ICellContainer;
 import appeng.api.storage.ICellProvider;
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.IStorageMonitorable;
-import appeng.api.storage.StorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public interface IStorageGrid extends IGridCache, IStorageMonitorable
 	 *
 	 * @param input injected items
 	 */
-	void postAlterationOfStoredItems( StorageChannel chan, Iterable<? extends IAEStack> input, BaseActionSource src );
+	void postAlterationOfStoredItems( IStorageChannel<?> chan, Iterable<? extends IAEStack<?>> input, IActionSource src );
 
 	/**
 	 * Used to add a cell provider to the storage system

src/api/java/appeng/api/recipes/ICraftHandler.java

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ package appeng.api.recipes;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import appeng.api.exceptions.MissingIngredientError;
-import appeng.api.exceptions.RecipeError;
-import appeng.api.exceptions.RegistrationError;
-
+import appeng.api.exceptions.MissingIngredientException;
+import appeng.api.exceptions.RecipeException;
+import appeng.api.exceptions.RegistrationException;
 
+@Deprecated
 public interface ICraftHandler
 {
 
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ public interface ICraftHandler
 	 * @param input parsed inputs
 	 * @param output parsed outputs
 	 *
-	 * @throws RecipeError
+	 * @throws RecipeException
 	 */
-	void setup( List<List<IIngredient>> input, List<List<IIngredient>> output ) throws RecipeError;
+	void setup( List<List<IIngredient>> input, List<List<IIngredient>> output ) throws RecipeException;
 
 	/**
 	 * called when all recipes are parsed, and your required to register your recipe.
 	 *
-	 * @throws RegistrationError
-	 * @throws MissingIngredientError
+	 * @throws RegistrationException
+	 * @throws MissingIngredientException
 	 */
-	void register() throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError;
+	void register() throws RegistrationException, MissingIngredientException;
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/recipes/IIngredient.java

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ package appeng.api.recipes;
 
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 
-import appeng.api.exceptions.MissingIngredientError;
-import appeng.api.exceptions.RegistrationError;
-
+import appeng.api.exceptions.MissingIngredientException;
+import appeng.api.exceptions.RegistrationException;
 
+@Deprecated
 public interface IIngredient
 {
 
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public interface IIngredient
 	 *
 	 * @return a single ItemStack for the recipe handler.
 	 *
-	 * @throws RegistrationError
-	 * @throws MissingIngredientError
+	 * @throws RegistrationException
+	 * @throws MissingIngredientException
 	 */
-	ItemStack getItemStack() throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError;
+	ItemStack getItemStack() throws RegistrationException, MissingIngredientException;
 
 	/**
 	 * Acquire a list of all the input stacks for the current recipe, this is for handlers that support
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ public interface IIngredient
 	 *
 	 * @return an array of ItemStacks for the recipe handler.
 	 *
-	 * @throws RegistrationError
-	 * @throws MissingIngredientError
+	 * @throws RegistrationException
+	 * @throws MissingIngredientException
 	 */
-	ItemStack[] getItemStackSet() throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError;
+	ItemStack[] getItemStackSet() throws RegistrationException, MissingIngredientException;
 
 	/**
 	 * If you wish to support air, you must test before getting the ItemStack, or ItemStackSet
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ public interface IIngredient
 	/**
 	 * Bakes the lists in for faster runtime look-ups.
 	 *
-	 * @throws MissingIngredientError
-	 * @throws RegistrationError
+	 * @throws MissingIngredientException
+	 * @throws RegistrationException
 	 */
-	void bake() throws RegistrationError, MissingIngredientError;
+	void bake() throws RegistrationException, MissingIngredientException;
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/recipes/IRecipeHandler.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package appeng.api.recipes;
 /**
  * Represents the AE2 Recipe Loading/Reading Class
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface IRecipeHandler
 {
 

src/api/java/appeng/api/recipes/IRecipeLoader.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
-
+@Deprecated
 public interface IRecipeLoader
 {
 	/**

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/ICellHandler.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 
 import appeng.api.implementations.tiles.IChestOrDrive;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public interface ICellHandler
 	 *
 	 * @return a new IMEHandler for the provided item
 	 */
-	IMEInventoryHandler getCellInventory( ItemStack is, ISaveProvider host, StorageChannel channel );
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>> IMEInventoryHandler<T> getCellInventory( ItemStack is, ISaveProvider host, IStorageChannel<T> channel );
 
 	/**
 	 * Called when the storage cell is planed in an ME Chest and the user tries to open the terminal side, if your item
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public interface ICellHandler
 	 * @param is item
 	 * @param chan storage channel
 	 */
-	void openChestGui( EntityPlayer player, IChestOrDrive chest, ICellHandler cellHandler, IMEInventoryHandler inv, ItemStack is, StorageChannel chan );
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>> void openChestGui( EntityPlayer player, IChestOrDrive chest, ICellHandler cellHandler, IMEInventoryHandler<T> inv, ItemStack is, IStorageChannel<T> chan );
 
 	/**
 	 * 0 - cell is missing.
@@ -86,10 +87,10 @@ public interface ICellHandler
 	 *
 	 * @return get the status of the cell based on its contents.
 	 */
-	int getStatusForCell( ItemStack is, IMEInventory handler );
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>> int getStatusForCell( ItemStack is, IMEInventory<T> handler );
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the ae/t to drain for this storage cell inside a chest/drive.
 	 */
-	double cellIdleDrain( ItemStack is, IMEInventory handler );
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>> double cellIdleDrain( ItemStack is, IMEInventory<T> handler );
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/ICellProvider.java

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface ICellProvider
 	 *
 	 * @return a valid list of handlers, NEVER NULL
 	 */
-	List<IMEInventoryHandler> getCellArray( StorageChannel channel );
+	List<IMEInventoryHandler> getCellArray( IStorageChannel<?> channel );
 
 	/**
 	 * the storage's priority.

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/ICellRegistry.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package appeng.api.storage;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 
 import appeng.api.IAppEngApi;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
 /**
@@ -73,5 +74,5 @@ public interface ICellRegistry
 	 *
 	 * @return new IMEInventoryHandler, or null if there isn't one.
 	 */
-	IMEInventoryHandler getCellInventory( ItemStack is, ISaveProvider host, StorageChannel chan );
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>> IMEInventoryHandler<T> getCellInventory( ItemStack is, ISaveProvider host, IStorageChannel<T> chan );
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IMEInventory.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package appeng.api.storage;
 
 
 import appeng.api.config.Actionable;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
  * If you want to request a stack of an item, you should should determine that prior to requesting the stack from the
  * inventory.
  */
-public interface IMEInventory<StackType extends IAEStack>
+public interface IMEInventory<T extends IAEStack<T>>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public interface IMEInventory<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @return returns the number of items not added.
 	 */
-	StackType injectItems( StackType input, Actionable type, BaseActionSource src );
+	T injectItems( T input, Actionable type, IActionSource src );
 
 	/**
 	 * Extract the specified item from the ME Inventory
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public interface IMEInventory<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @return returns the number of items extracted, null
 	 */
-	StackType extractItems( StackType request, Actionable mode, BaseActionSource src );
+	T extractItems( T request, Actionable mode, IActionSource src );
 
 	/**
 	 * request a full report of all available items, storage.
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ public interface IMEInventory<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @return returns same list that was passed in, is passed out
 	 */
-	IItemList<StackType> getAvailableItems( IItemList<StackType> out );
+	IItemList<T> getAvailableItems( IItemList<T> out );
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the type of channel your handler should be part of
 	 */
-	StorageChannel getChannel();
+	IStorageChannel<T> getChannel();
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IMEInventoryHandler.java

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
  * Thin logic layer that can be swapped with different IMEInventory implementations, used to handle features related to
  * storage, that are Separate from the storage medium itself.
  *
- * @param <StackType>
+ * @param <T>
  */
-public interface IMEInventoryHandler<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IMEInventory<StackType>
+public interface IMEInventoryHandler<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends IMEInventory<T>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public interface IMEInventoryHandler<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IMEInve
 	 *
 	 * @return if its prioritized
 	 */
-	boolean isPrioritized( StackType input );
+	boolean isPrioritized( T input );
 
 	/**
 	 * determine if an item can be accepted and stored.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public interface IMEInventoryHandler<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IMEInve
 	 *
 	 * @return if the item can be added
 	 */
-	boolean canAccept( StackType input );
+	boolean canAccept( T input );
 
 	/**
 	 * determine what the priority of the inventory is.

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IMEMonitor.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 
 
-public interface IMEMonitor<T extends IAEStack> extends IMEInventoryHandler<T>, IBaseMonitor<T>
+public interface IMEMonitor<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends IMEInventoryHandler<T>, IBaseMonitor<T>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public interface IMEMonitor<T extends IAEStack> extends IMEInventoryHandler<T>,
 	 */
 	@Override
 	@Deprecated
-	IItemList<T> getAvailableItems( IItemList out );
+	IItemList<T> getAvailableItems( IItemList<T> out );
 
 	/**
 	 * Get access to the full item list of the network, preferred over {@link IMEInventory} .getAvailableItems(...)

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IMEMonitorHandlerReceiver.java

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 package appeng.api.storage;
 
 
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.storage.IBaseMonitor;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
-public interface IMEMonitorHandlerReceiver<StackType extends IAEStack>
+public interface IMEMonitorHandlerReceiver<T extends IAEStack<T>>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public interface IMEMonitorHandlerReceiver<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @param change done change
 	 */
-	void postChange( IBaseMonitor<StackType> monitor, Iterable<StackType> change, BaseActionSource actionSource );
+	void postChange( IBaseMonitor<T> monitor, Iterable<T> change, IActionSource actionSource );
 
 	/**
 	 * called when the list updates its contents, this is mostly for handling power events.

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/ISaveProvider.java

@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ package appeng.api.storage;
 public interface ISaveProvider
 {
 
-	void saveChanges( IMEInventory cellInventory );
+	void saveChanges( IMEInventory<?> cellInventory );
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IStorageChannel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package appeng.api.storage;
+
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+
+import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergySource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
+
+
+public interface IStorageChannel<T extends IAEStack<T>>
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * Can be used as factor for transferring stacks of a channel.
+	 * 
+	 * E.g. used by IO Ports to transfer 1000 mB, not 1 mB to match the
+	 * item channel transferring a full bucket per operation.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	default int transferFactor()
+	{
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link IItemList} of the specific type.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	IItemList<T> createList();
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link IAEStack} subtype of the specific object.
+	 * 
+	 * The parameter is unbound to allow a slightly more flexible approach.
+	 * But the general intention is about converting an {@link ItemStack} into the corresponding {@link IAEItemStack}.
+	 * Another valid case might be to use it instead of {@link IAEStack#copy()}, but this might not be supported by all
+	 * types.
+	 * 
+	 * @param input The object to turn into an {@link IAEStack}
+	 * @return The converted stack or null
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	T createStack( @Nonnull Object input );
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param input
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	T readFromPacket( @Nonnull ByteBuf input ) throws IOException;
+
+	/**
+	 * use energy from energy, to remove request items from cell, at the request of src.
+	 *
+	 * @param energy to be drained energy source
+	 * @param cell cell of requested items
+	 * @param request requested items
+	 * @param src action source
+	 *
+	 * @return items that successfully extracted.
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	T poweredExtraction( @Nonnull IEnergySource energy, @Nonnull IMEInventory<T> cell, @Nonnull T request, @Nonnull IActionSource src );
+
+	/**
+	 * use energy from energy, to inject input items into cell, at the request of src
+	 *
+	 * @param energy to be added energy source
+	 * @param cell injected cell
+	 * @param input to be injected items
+	 * @param src action source
+	 *
+	 * @return items that failed to insert.
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	T poweredInsert( @Nonnull IEnergySource energy, @Nonnull IMEInventory<T> cell, @Nonnull T input, @Nonnull IActionSource src );
+
+}

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IStorageHelper.java

@@ -24,26 +24,63 @@
 package appeng.api.storage;
 
 
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
-import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
-import net.minecraftforge.fluids.FluidStack;
 
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingLink;
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingRequester;
-import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergySource;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEFluidStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
 public interface IStorageHelper
 {
 
+	/**
+	 * Register a new storage channel.
+	 * 
+	 * AE2 already provides native channels for {@link IAEItemStack} and {@link IAEFluidStack}.
+	 * 
+	 * Each {@link IAEStack} subtype can only have a single factory instance. Overwriting is not intended.
+	 * Each subtype should be a direct one, this might be enforced at any time.
+	 * 
+	 * Channel class and factory instance can be used interchangeable as identifier. In most cases the factory instance
+	 * is used as key as having direct access the methods is more beneficial compared to being forced to query the
+	 * registry each time.
+	 * 
+	 * Caching the factory instance in a field or local variable is perfectly for performance reasons. But do not use
+	 * any AE2 internal field as they can change randomly between releases.
+	 * 
+	 * @param channel The channel type, must be a subtype of {@link IStorageChannel}
+	 * @param factory An instance implementing the channel, must be be an instance of channel
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>, C extends IStorageChannel<T>> void registerStorageChannel( @Nonnull Class<C> channel, @Nonnull C factory );
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch the factory instance for a specific storage channel.
+	 * 
+	 * Channel must be a direct subtype of {@link IStorageChannel}.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws NullPointerException when fetching an unregistered channel.
+	 * @param channel The channel type
+	 * @return the factory instance
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>, C extends IStorageChannel<T>> C getStorageChannel( @Nonnull Class<C> channel );
+
+	/**
+	 * An unmodifiable collection of all registered factory instance.
+	 * 
+	 * This is mainly used as helper to let storage grids construct their internal storage for each type.
+	 */
+	@Nonnull
+	Collection<IStorageChannel<? extends IAEStack<?>>> storageChannels();
+
 	/**
 	 * load a crafting link from nbt data.
 	 *
@@ -53,73 +90,4 @@ public interface IStorageHelper
 	 */
 	ICraftingLink loadCraftingLink( NBTTagCompound data, ICraftingRequester req );
 
-	/**
-	 * @param is An ItemStack
-	 *
-	 * @return a new INSTANCE of {@link IAEItemStack} from a MC {@link ItemStack}
-	 */
-	IAEItemStack createItemStack( ItemStack is );
-
-	/**
-	 * @param is A FluidStack
-	 *
-	 * @return a new INSTANCE of {@link IAEFluidStack} from a Forge {@link FluidStack}
-	 */
-	IAEFluidStack createFluidStack( FluidStack is );
-
-	/**
-	 * @return a new INSTANCE of {@link IItemList} for items
-	 */
-	IItemList<IAEItemStack> createItemList();
-
-	/**
-	 * @return a new INSTANCE of {@link IItemList} for fluids
-	 */
-	IItemList<IAEFluidStack> createFluidList();
-
-	/**
-	 * Read a AE Item Stack from a byte stream, returns a AE item stack or null.
-	 *
-	 * @param input to be loaded data
-	 *
-	 * @return item based of data
-	 *
-	 * @throws IOException if file could not be read
-	 */
-	IAEItemStack readItemFromPacket( ByteBuf input ) throws IOException;
-
-	/**
-	 * Read a AE Fluid Stack from a byte stream, returns a AE fluid stack or null.
-	 *
-	 * @param input to be loaded data
-	 *
-	 * @return fluid based on data
-	 *
-	 * @throws IOException if file could not be written
-	 */
-	IAEFluidStack readFluidFromPacket( ByteBuf input ) throws IOException;
-
-	/**
-	 * use energy from energy, to remove request items from cell, at the request of src.
-	 *
-	 * @param energy to be drained energy source
-	 * @param cell cell of requested items
-	 * @param request requested items
-	 * @param src action source
-	 *
-	 * @return items that successfully extracted.
-	 */
-	IAEItemStack poweredExtraction( IEnergySource energy, IMEInventory<IAEItemStack> cell, IAEItemStack request, BaseActionSource src );
-
-	/**
-	 * use energy from energy, to inject input items into cell, at the request of src
-	 *
-	 * @param energy to be added energy source
-	 * @param cell injected cell
-	 * @param input to be injected items
-	 * @param src action source
-	 *
-	 * @return items that failed to insert.
-	 */
-	IAEItemStack poweredInsert( IEnergySource energy, IMEInventory<IAEItemStack> cell, IAEItemStack input, BaseActionSource src );
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IStorageMonitorable.java

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 package appeng.api.storage;
 
 
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEFluidStack;
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
 
 
 /**
@@ -35,13 +34,6 @@ import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 public interface IStorageMonitorable
 {
 
-	/**
-	 * Access the item inventory for the monitorable storage.
-	 */
-	IMEMonitor<IAEItemStack> getItemInventory();
+	<T extends IAEStack<T>> IMEMonitor<T> getInventory( IStorageChannel<T> channel );
 
-	/**
-	 * Access the fluid inventory for the monitorable storage.
-	 */
-	IMEMonitor<IAEFluidStack> getFluidInventory();
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/IStorageMonitorableAccessor.java

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package appeng.api.storage;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 
 
 /**
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ public interface IStorageMonitorableAccessor
 	 * @return Null if the network cannot be accessed by the given action source (i.e. security doesn't permit it).
 	 */
 	@Nullable
-	IStorageMonitorable getInventory( BaseActionSource src );
+	IStorageMonitorable getInventory( IActionSource src );
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/StorageChannel.java

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-package appeng.api.storage;
-
-
-import appeng.api.AEApi;
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEFluidStack;
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEStack;
-import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
-
-
-public enum StorageChannel
-{
-	/**
-	 * AE2's Default Storage.
-	 */
-	ITEMS( IAEItemStack.class ),
-
-	/**
-	 * AE2's Fluid Based Storage ( mainly added to better support ExtraCells )
-	 */
-	FLUIDS( IAEFluidStack.class );
-
-	public final Class<? extends IAEStack> type;
-
-	StorageChannel( final Class<? extends IAEStack> t )
-	{
-		this.type = t;
-	}
-
-	public IItemList createList()
-	{
-		if( this == ITEMS )
-		{
-			return AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return AEApi.instance().storage().createFluidList();
-		}
-	}
-}

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/channels/IFluidStorageChannel.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2013 AlgorithmX2
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 AlgorithmX2
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
  * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
@@ -21,21 +21,14 @@
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-package appeng.api.networking.security;
+package appeng.api.storage.channels;
 
-/**
- * TODO: Consider refactoring.
- */
-public class BaseActionSource
+
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEFluidStack;
+
+
+public interface IFluidStorageChannel extends IStorageChannel<IAEFluidStack>
 {
 
-	public boolean isPlayer()
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isMachine()
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/channels/IItemStorageChannel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 AlgorithmX2
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package appeng.api.storage.channels;
+
+
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
+import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
+
+
+public interface IItemStorageChannel extends IStorageChannel<IAEItemStack>
+{
+
+}

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/data/IAEFluidStack.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fluids.FluidStack;
  *
  * Don't Implement.
  *
- * Construct with Util.createFluidStack( FluidStack )
+ * Construct with AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IFluidStorageChannel.class).createStack( FluidStack )
  */
 public interface IAEFluidStack extends IAEStack<IAEFluidStack>
 {

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/data/IAEItemStack.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
  *
  * Don't Implement.
  *
- * Construct with Util.createItemStack( ItemStack )
+ * Construct with AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class).createStack( ItemStack )
  */
 public interface IAEItemStack extends IAEStack<IAEItemStack>
 {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public interface IAEItemStack extends IAEStack<IAEItemStack>
 	 *
 	 * @return new ItemStack
 	 */
-	ItemStack getItemStack();
+	ItemStack createItemStack();
 
 	/**
 	 * is there NBT Data for this item?
@@ -105,4 +105,11 @@ public interface IAEItemStack extends IAEStack<IAEItemStack>
 	 * @return true if it is the same type (same item, damage, nbt)
 	 */
 	boolean isSameType( ItemStack stored );
+
+	/**
+	 * DO NOT MODIFY THIS STACK! NEVER. If you think about it .. DON'T
+	 * 
+	 * @return definition stack
+	 */
+	ItemStack getDefinition();
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/data/IAEStack.java

@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 
 import appeng.api.config.FuzzyMode;
-import appeng.api.storage.StorageChannel;
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
 
 
-public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
+public interface IAEStack<T extends IAEStack<T>>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @param is added item
 	 */
-	void add( StackType is );
+	void add( T is );
 
 	/**
 	 * number of items in the stack.
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @param stackSize , ItemStack.stackSize = N
 	 */
-	StackType setStackSize( long stackSize );
+	T setStackSize( long stackSize );
 
 	/**
 	 * Same as getStackSize, but for requestable items. ( LP )
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @return basically itemStack.stackSize = N but for setStackSize items.
 	 */
-	StackType setCountRequestable( long countRequestable );
+	T setCountRequestable( long countRequestable );
 
 	/**
 	 * true, if the item can be crafted.
@@ -84,12 +85,12 @@ public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @param isCraftable can item be crafted
 	 */
-	StackType setCraftable( boolean isCraftable );
+	T setCraftable( boolean isCraftable );
 
 	/**
 	 * clears, requestable, craftable, and stack sizes.
 	 */
-	StackType reset();
+	T reset();
 
 	/**
 	 * returns true, if the item can be crafted, requested, or extracted.
@@ -173,21 +174,14 @@ public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @return a new Stack, which is copied from the original.
 	 */
-	StackType copy();
+	T copy();
 
 	/**
 	 * create an empty stack.
 	 *
 	 * @return a new stack, which represents an empty copy of the original.
 	 */
-	StackType empty();
-
-	/**
-	 * obtain the NBT Data for the item.
-	 *
-	 * @return nbt data
-	 */
-	IAETagCompound getTagCompound();
+	T empty();
 
 	/**
 	 * @return true if the stack is a {@link IAEItemStack}
@@ -202,16 +196,12 @@ public interface IAEStack<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	/**
 	 * @return ITEM or FLUID
 	 */
-	StorageChannel getChannel();
+	IStorageChannel<T> getChannel();
 
 	/**
-	 * @return true if it should show the crafting label.
+	 * Returns itemstack for display and similar purposes. Always has a count of 1.
+	 * 
+	 * @return itemstack
 	 */
-	boolean getShowCraftingLabel();
-
-	/**
-	 * Used internally to show that it should show a Crafting label instead of a "1"
-	 */
-	void setShowCraftingLabel( boolean showCraftingLabel );
-
+	ItemStack asItemStackRepresentation();
 }

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/data/IItemContainer.java

@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ import appeng.api.config.FuzzyMode;
  *
  * Don't Implement.
  *
- * Construct with Util.createItemList()
  */
-public interface IItemContainer<StackType extends IAEStack>
+public interface IItemContainer<T extends IAEStack<T>>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ public interface IItemContainer<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 *
 	 * @param option added stack
 	 */
-	void add( StackType option ); // adds stack as is
+	void add( T option ); // adds stack as is
 
 	/**
 	 * @param i compared item
@@ -52,14 +51,14 @@ public interface IItemContainer<StackType extends IAEStack>
 	 * @return a stack equivalent to the stack passed in, but with the correct stack size information, or null if its
 	 * not present
 	 */
-	StackType findPrecise( StackType i );
+	T findPrecise( T i );
 
 	/**
 	 * @param input compared item
 	 *
 	 * @return a list of relevant fuzzy matched stacks
 	 */
-	Collection<StackType> findFuzzy( StackType input, FuzzyMode fuzzy );
+	Collection<T> findFuzzy( T input, FuzzyMode fuzzy );
 
 	/**
 	 * @return true if there are no items in the list

src/api/java/appeng/api/storage/data/IItemList.java

@@ -26,15 +26,20 @@ package appeng.api.storage.data;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
+import appeng.api.storage.IStorageChannel;
+
 
 /**
  * Represents a list of items in AE.
  *
  * Don't Implement.
  *
- * Construct with Util.createItemList()
+ * Construct with
+ * - For items: AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class).createList()
+ * - For fluids: AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IFluidStorageChannel.class).createList()
+ * - Replace with the corresponding {@link IStorageChannel} type for non native channels
  */
-public interface IItemList<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IItemContainer<StackType>, Iterable<StackType>
+public interface IItemList<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends IItemContainer<T>, Iterable<T>
 {
 
 	/**
@@ -43,14 +48,14 @@ public interface IItemList<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IItemContainer<St
 	 *
 	 * @param option stacktype option
 	 */
-	void addStorage( StackType option ); // adds a stack as stored
+	void addStorage( T option ); // adds a stack as stored
 
 	/**
 	 * add a stack to the list as craftable, this will merge the stack with an item already in the list if found.
 	 *
 	 * @param option stacktype option
 	 */
-	void addCrafting( StackType option );
+	void addCrafting( T option );
 
 	/**
 	 * add a stack to the list, stack size is used to add to requestable, this will merge the stack with an item already
@@ -58,12 +63,12 @@ public interface IItemList<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IItemContainer<St
 	 *
 	 * @param option stacktype option
 	 */
-	void addRequestable( StackType option ); // adds a stack as requestable
+	void addRequestable( T option ); // adds a stack as requestable
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the first item in the list
 	 */
-	StackType getFirstItem();
+	T getFirstItem();
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the number of items in the list
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ public interface IItemList<StackType extends IAEStack> extends IItemContainer<St
 	 * allows you to iterate the list.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	Iterator<StackType> iterator();
+	Iterator<T> iterator();
 
 	/**
 	 * resets stack sizes to 0.

src/main/java/appeng/block/AEBaseBlock.java

@@ -100,14 +100,12 @@ public abstract class AEBaseBlock extends Block
 		return new BlockStateContainer( this, this.getAEStates() );
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public final boolean isNormalCube( IBlockState state )
 	{
 		return this.isFullSize() && this.isOpaque();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public AxisAlignedBB getBoundingBox( IBlockState state, IBlockAccess source, BlockPos pos )
 	{
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@ public abstract class AEBaseBlock extends Block
 		return super.getSelectedBoundingBox( state, w, pos );
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public final boolean isOpaqueCube( IBlockState state )
 	{
@@ -281,14 +278,12 @@ public abstract class AEBaseBlock extends Block
 		return super.collisionRayTrace( state, w, pos, a, b );
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public boolean hasComparatorInputOverride( IBlockState state )
 	{
 		return this.isInventory();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public int getComparatorInputOverride( IBlockState state, final World worldIn, final BlockPos pos )
 	{

src/main/java/appeng/block/AEBaseItemBlock.java

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public class AEBaseItemBlock extends ItemBlock
 
 	@Override
 	@SideOnly( Side.CLIENT )
-	@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
 	public final void addInformation( final ItemStack itemStack, final World world, final List<String> toolTip, final ITooltipFlag advancedTooltips )
 	{
 		this.addCheckedInformation( itemStack, world, toolTip, advancedTooltips );

src/main/java/appeng/block/grindstone/BlockCrank.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.material.Material;
+import net.minecraft.block.state.BlockFaceShape;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.EnumBlockRenderType;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumHand;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.util.FakePlayer;
 
@@ -164,4 +166,16 @@ public class BlockCrank extends AEBaseTileBlock
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean canPlaceTorchOnTop( IBlockState state, IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos )
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public BlockFaceShape getBlockFaceShape( IBlockAccess worldIn, IBlockState state, BlockPos pos, EnumFacing face )
+	{
+		return BlockFaceShape.UNDEFINED;
+	}
+
 }

src/main/java/appeng/block/misc/BlockTinyTNT.java

@@ -37,13 +37,17 @@ import net.minecraft.init.SoundEvents;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumHand;
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.util.SoundCategory;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.Explosion;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.registry.EntityRegistry;
 
 import appeng.block.AEBaseBlock;
+import appeng.core.AppEng;
+import appeng.entity.EntityIds;
 import appeng.entity.EntityTinyTNTPrimed;
 import appeng.helpers.ICustomCollision;
 
@@ -54,15 +58,24 @@ public class BlockTinyTNT extends AEBaseBlock implements ICustomCollision
 	public BlockTinyTNT()
 	{
 		super( Material.TNT );
-		this.setLightOpacity( 1 );
+
 		this.boundingBox = new AxisAlignedBB( 0.25f, 0.0f, 0.25f, 0.75f, 0.5f, 0.75f );
-		this.setFullSize( this.setOpaque( false ) );
+
+		this.setLightOpacity( 2 );
+		this.setFullSize( false );
+		this.setOpaque( false );
+
 		this.setSoundType( SoundType.GROUND );
 		this.setHardness( 0F );
 
-		// TODO: 1.11
-		// EntityRegistry.registerModEntity( EntityTinyTNTPrimed.class, "EntityTinyTNTPrimed", EntityIds.get(
-		// EntityTinyTNTPrimed.class ), AppEng.instance(), 16, 4, true );
+		EntityRegistry.registerModEntity( new ResourceLocation( AppEng.MOD_ID, EntityTinyTNTPrimed.class.getName() ), EntityTinyTNTPrimed.class,
+				"EntityTinyTNTPrimed", EntityIds.get( EntityTinyTNTPrimed.class ), AppEng.instance(), 16, 4, true );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isFullCube( IBlockState state )
+	{
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/appeng/block/networking/BlockCableBus.java

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ public class BlockCableBus extends AEBaseTileBlock
 		// this will actually be overwritten later through setupTile and the
 		// combined layers
 		this.setTileEntity( TileCableBus.class );
-		this.useNeighborBrightness = true;
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/appeng/block/networking/BlockController.java

@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ public class BlockController extends AEBaseTileBlock
 	 * controllers and the network state of this controller (offline, online, conflicted). This is used to
 	 * get a rudimentary connected texture feel for the controller based on how it is placed.
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public IBlockState getActualState( IBlockState state, IBlockAccess world, BlockPos pos )
 	{
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ public class BlockController extends AEBaseTileBlock
 		return state.getValue( CONTROLLER_STATE ).ordinal();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public IBlockState getStateFromMeta( final int meta )
 	{
@@ -174,7 +172,6 @@ public class BlockController extends AEBaseTileBlock
 		return BlockRenderLayer.CUTOUT;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
 	@Override
 	public void neighborChanged( IBlockState state, World world, BlockPos pos, Block blockIn, BlockPos fromPos )
 	{

src/main/java/appeng/block/storage/BlockSkyChest.java

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ import appeng.util.Platform;
 public class BlockSkyChest extends AEBaseTileBlock implements ICustomCollision
 {
 
-	private static final double AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM = .0625d;
-	private static final double AABB_OFFSET_SIDES = 0;
-	private static final double AABB_OFFSET_TOP = .125d;
+	private static final double AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM = 0.00;
+	private static final double AABB_OFFSET_SIDES = 0.06;
+	private static final double AABB_OFFSET_TOP = 0.125;
 
 	public enum SkyChestType
 	{
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ public class BlockSkyChest extends AEBaseTileBlock implements ICustomCollision
 			o = sk.getUp();
 		}
 
-		final double offsetX = o.getFrontOffsetX() == 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM : AABB_OFFSET_SIDES;
-		final double offsetY = o.getFrontOffsetY() == 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM : AABB_OFFSET_SIDES;
-		final double offsetZ = o.getFrontOffsetZ() == 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM : AABB_OFFSET_SIDES;
+		final double offsetX = o.getFrontOffsetX() == 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_SIDES : 0.0;
+		final double offsetY = o.getFrontOffsetY() == 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_SIDES : 0.0;
+		final double offsetZ = o.getFrontOffsetZ() == 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_SIDES : 0.0;
 
-		// x/z needs to be multiplied by -1, thus we simply add not substract.
-		final double minX = Math.max( 0.0, offsetX + o.getFrontOffsetX() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP );
-		final double minY = Math.max( 0.0, offsetY - o.getFrontOffsetY() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP );
-		final double minZ = Math.max( 0.0, offsetZ + o.getFrontOffsetZ() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP );
+		// for x/z top and bottom is swapped
+		final double minX = Math.max( 0.0, offsetX + ( o.getFrontOffsetX() < 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM : ( o.getFrontOffsetX() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP ) ) );
+		final double minY = Math.max( 0.0, offsetY + ( o.getFrontOffsetY() < 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_TOP : ( o.getFrontOffsetY() * AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM ) ) );
+		final double minZ = Math.max( 0.0, offsetZ + ( o.getFrontOffsetZ() < 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM : ( o.getFrontOffsetZ() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP ) ) );
 
-		final double maxX = Math.min( 1.0, ( 1.0 - offsetX ) + o.getFrontOffsetX() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP );
-		final double maxY = Math.min( 1.0, ( 1.0 - offsetY ) - o.getFrontOffsetY() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP );
-		final double maxZ = Math.min( 1.0, ( 1.0 - offsetZ ) + o.getFrontOffsetZ() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP );
+		final double maxX = Math.min( 1.0, 1.0 - offsetX - ( o.getFrontOffsetX() < 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_TOP : ( o.getFrontOffsetX() * AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM ) ) );
+		final double maxY = Math.min( 1.0, 1.0 - offsetY - ( o.getFrontOffsetY() < 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM : ( o.getFrontOffsetY() * AABB_OFFSET_TOP ) ) );
+		final double maxZ = Math.min( 1.0, 1.0 - offsetZ - ( o.getFrontOffsetZ() < 0 ? AABB_OFFSET_TOP : ( o.getFrontOffsetZ() * AABB_OFFSET_BOTTOM ) ) );
 
 		return new AxisAlignedBB( minX, minY, minZ, maxX, maxY, maxZ );
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/bootstrap/ICriterionTriggerRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Applied Energistics 2.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 - 2017, AlgorithmX2, All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Applied Energistics 2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Applied Energistics 2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Applied Energistics 2.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl>.
+ */
+
+package appeng.bootstrap;
+
+
+import net.minecraft.advancements.ICriterionInstance;
+import net.minecraft.advancements.ICriterionTrigger;
+
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface ICriterionTriggerRegistry
+{
+	void register( ICriterionTrigger<? extends ICriterionInstance> trigger );
+}

src/main/java/appeng/capabilities/NullMENetworkAccessor.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package appeng.capabilities;
 
 
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.storage.IStorageMonitorable;
 import appeng.api.storage.IStorageMonitorableAccessor;
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class NullMENetworkAccessor implements IStorageMonitorableAccessor
 {
 
 	@Override
-	public IStorageMonitorable getInventory( BaseActionSource src )
+	public IStorageMonitorable getInventory( IActionSource src )
 	{
 		return null;
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/AEBaseGui.java

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ import appeng.helpers.InventoryAction;
 
 public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 {
-	private static boolean switchingGuis;
 	private final List<InternalSlotME> meSlots = new LinkedList<>();
 	// drag y
 	private final Set<Slot> drag_click = new HashSet<>();
@@ -94,13 +93,10 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 	private Stopwatch dbl_clickTimer = Stopwatch.createStarted();
 	private ItemStack dbl_whichItem = ItemStack.EMPTY;
 	private Slot bl_clicked;
-	private boolean subGui;
 
 	public AEBaseGui( final Container container )
 	{
 		super( container );
-		this.subGui = switchingGuis;
-		switchingGuis = false;
 	}
 
 	protected static String join( final Collection<String> toolTip, final String delimiter )
@@ -123,11 +119,6 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 		}
 	}
 
-	public boolean isSubGui()
-	{
-		return this.subGui;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void initGui()
 	{
@@ -149,7 +140,6 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 		}
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
 	private List<Slot> getInventorySlots()
 	{
 		return this.inventorySlots.inventorySlots;
@@ -455,7 +445,8 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 					action = ( mouseButton == 1 ) ? InventoryAction.SPLIT_OR_PLACE_SINGLE : InventoryAction.PICKUP_OR_SET_DOWN;
 					stack = ( (SlotME) slot ).getAEStack();
 
-					if( stack != null && action == InventoryAction.PICKUP_OR_SET_DOWN && stack.getShowCraftingLabel() && player.inventory.getItemStack().isEmpty() )
+					if( stack != null && action == InventoryAction.PICKUP_OR_SET_DOWN && stack.getStackSize() == 0 && player.inventory.getItemStack()
+							.isEmpty() )
 					{
 						action = InventoryAction.AUTO_CRAFT;
 					}
@@ -587,7 +578,6 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 	public void onGuiClosed()
 	{
 		super.onGuiClosed();
-		this.subGui = true; // in case the gui is reopened later ( i'm looking at you NEI )
 	}
 
 	protected Slot getSlot( final int mouseX, final int mouseY )
@@ -715,7 +705,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 				// Annoying but easier than trying to splice into render item
 				super.drawSlot( new Size1Slot( (SlotME) s ) );
 
-				this.stackSizeRenderer.renderStackSize( this.fontRenderer, ( (SlotME) s ).getAEStack(), s.getStack(), s.xPos, s.yPos );
+				this.stackSizeRenderer.renderStackSize( this.fontRenderer, ( (SlotME) s ).getAEStack(), s.xPos, s.yPos );
 
 			}
 			catch( final Exception err )
@@ -870,14 +860,4 @@ public abstract class AEBaseGui extends GuiContainer
 	{
 		return this.meSlots;
 	}
-
-	public static final synchronized boolean isSwitchingGuis()
-	{
-		return switchingGuis;
-	}
-
-	public static final synchronized void setSwitchingGuis( final boolean switchingGuis )
-	{
-		AEBaseGui.switchingGuis = switchingGuis;
-	}
 }

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/AEBaseMEGui.java

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
-import net.minecraft.client.util.ITooltipFlag;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.Container;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.Slot;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
@@ -43,70 +42,17 @@ public abstract class AEBaseMEGui extends AEBaseGui
 		super( container );
 	}
 
-	public List<String> handleItemTooltip( final ItemStack stack, final int mouseX, final int mouseY, final List<String> currentToolTip )
-	{
-		if( !stack.isEmpty() )
-		{
-			final Slot s = this.getSlot( mouseX, mouseY );
-			if( s instanceof SlotME )
-			{
-				final int BigNumber = AEConfig.instance().useTerminalUseLargeFont() ? 999 : 9999;
-
-				IAEItemStack myStack = null;
-
-				try
-				{
-					final SlotME theSlotField = (SlotME) s;
-					myStack = theSlotField.getAEStack();
-				}
-				catch( final Throwable ignore )
-				{
-				}
-
-				if( myStack != null )
-				{
-					if( myStack.getStackSize() > BigNumber || ( myStack.getStackSize() > 1 && stack.isItemDamaged() ) )
-					{
-						final String local = ButtonToolTips.ItemsStored.getLocal();
-						final String formattedAmount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( myStack.getStackSize() );
-						final String format = String.format( local, formattedAmount );
-
-						currentToolTip.add( TextFormatting.GRAY + format );
-					}
-
-					if( myStack.getCountRequestable() > 0 )
-					{
-						final String local = ButtonToolTips.ItemsRequestable.getLocal();
-						final String formattedAmount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( myStack.getCountRequestable() );
-						final String format = String.format( local, formattedAmount );
-
-						currentToolTip.add( TextFormatting.GRAY + format );
-					}
-				}
-				else if( stack.getCount() > BigNumber || ( stack.getCount() > 1 && stack.isItemDamaged() ) )
-				{
-					final String local = ButtonToolTips.ItemsStored.getLocal();
-					final String formattedAmount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( stack.getCount() );
-					final String format = String.format( local, formattedAmount );
-
-					currentToolTip.add( TextFormatting.GRAY + format );
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return currentToolTip;
-	}
-
-	// Vanilla version...
-	// protected void drawItemStackTooltip(ItemStack stack, int x, int y)
 	@Override
 	protected void renderToolTip( final ItemStack stack, final int x, final int y )
 	{
 		final Slot s = this.getSlot( x, y );
+
 		if( s instanceof SlotME && !stack.isEmpty() )
 		{
-			final int BigNumber = AEConfig.instance().useTerminalUseLargeFont() ? 999 : 9999;
+			final int bigNumber = AEConfig.instance().useTerminalUseLargeFont() ? 999 : 9999;
 
 			IAEItemStack myStack = null;
+			final List<String> currentToolTip = this.getItemToolTip( stack );
 
 			try
 			{
@@ -117,34 +63,44 @@ public abstract class AEBaseMEGui extends AEBaseGui
 			{
 			}
 
-			ITooltipFlag.TooltipFlags tooltipFlag = this.mc.gameSettings.advancedItemTooltips ? ITooltipFlag.TooltipFlags.ADVANCED : ITooltipFlag.TooltipFlags.NORMAL;
 			if( myStack != null )
 			{
-				@SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
-				final List<String> currentToolTip = stack.getTooltip( this.mc.player, tooltipFlag );
-
-				if( myStack.getStackSize() > BigNumber || ( myStack.getStackSize() > 1 && stack.isItemDamaged() ) )
+				if( myStack.getStackSize() > bigNumber || ( myStack.getStackSize() > 1 && stack.isItemDamaged() ) )
 				{
-					currentToolTip.add( "Items Stored: " + NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( myStack.getStackSize() ) );
+					final String local = ButtonToolTips.ItemsStored.getLocal();
+					final String formattedAmount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( myStack.getStackSize() );
+					final String format = String.format( local, formattedAmount );
+
+					currentToolTip.add( TextFormatting.GRAY + format );
 				}
 
 				if( myStack.getCountRequestable() > 0 )
 				{
-					currentToolTip.add( "Items Requestable: " + NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( myStack.getCountRequestable() ) );
+					final String local = ButtonToolTips.ItemsRequestable.getLocal();
+					final String formattedAmount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( myStack.getCountRequestable() );
+					final String format = String.format( local, formattedAmount );
+
+					currentToolTip.add( format );
 				}
 
-				this.drawTooltip( x, y, currentToolTip );
+				this.drawHoveringText( currentToolTip, x, y, this.fontRenderer );
+
 				return;
 			}
-			else if( stack.getCount() > BigNumber )
+			else if( stack.getCount() > bigNumber )
 			{
-				List<String> var4 = stack.getTooltip( this.mc.player, tooltipFlag );
-				var4.add( "Items Stored: " + NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( stack.getCount() ) );
-				this.drawTooltip( x, y, var4 );
+				final String local = ButtonToolTips.ItemsStored.getLocal();
+				final String formattedAmount = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance( Locale.US ).format( stack.getCount() );
+				final String format = String.format( local, formattedAmount );
+
+				currentToolTip.add( TextFormatting.GRAY + format );
+
+				this.drawHoveringText( currentToolTip, x, y, this.fontRenderer );
+
 				return;
 			}
 		}
+
 		super.renderToolTip( stack, x, y );
-		// super.drawItemStackTooltip( stack, x, y );
 	}
 }

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiCraftConfirm.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 
 import appeng.api.AEApi;
 import appeng.api.storage.ITerminalHost;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 import appeng.client.gui.AEBaseGui;
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ public class GuiCraftConfirm extends AEBaseGui
 
 	private final int rows = 5;
 
-	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> storage = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> pending = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> missing = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
+	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> storage = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
+	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> pending = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
+	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> missing = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
 
 	private final List<IAEItemStack> visual = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -352,11 +353,11 @@ public class GuiCraftConfirm extends AEBaseGui
 				final int posX = x * ( 1 + sectionLength ) + xo + sectionLength - 19;
 				final int posY = y * offY + yo;
 
-				final ItemStack is = refStack.copy().getItemStack();
+				final ItemStack is = refStack.asItemStackRepresentation();
 
 				if( this.tooltip == z - viewStart )
 				{
-					dspToolTip = Platform.getItemDisplayName( is );
+					dspToolTip = Platform.getItemDisplayName( refStack );
 
 					if( lineList.size() > 0 )
 					{

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiCraftingCPU.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import appeng.api.AEApi;
 import appeng.api.config.SortDir;
 import appeng.api.config.SortOrder;
 import appeng.api.config.ViewItems;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 import appeng.api.util.AEColor;
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@ public class GuiCraftingCPU extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 
 	private final ContainerCraftingCPU craftingCpu;
 
-	private IItemList<IAEItemStack> storage = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-	private IItemList<IAEItemStack> active = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-	private IItemList<IAEItemStack> pending = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
+	private IItemList<IAEItemStack> storage = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
+	private IItemList<IAEItemStack> active = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
+	private IItemList<IAEItemStack> pending = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
 
 	private List<IAEItemStack> visual = new ArrayList<>();
 	private GuiButton cancel;
@@ -110,9 +111,9 @@ public class GuiCraftingCPU extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 
 	public void clearItems()
 	{
-		this.storage = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-		this.active = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
-		this.pending = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
+		this.storage = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
+		this.active = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
+		this.pending = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
 		this.visual = new ArrayList<>();
 	}
 
@@ -309,11 +310,11 @@ public class GuiCraftingCPU extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 				final int posX = x * ( 1 + SECTION_LENGTH ) + ITEMSTACK_LEFT_OFFSET + SECTION_LENGTH - 19;
 				final int posY = y * offY + ITEMSTACK_TOP_OFFSET;
 
-				final ItemStack is = refStack.copy().getItemStack();
+				final ItemStack is = refStack.asItemStackRepresentation();
 
 				if( this.tooltip == z - viewStart )
 				{
-					dspToolTip = Platform.getItemDisplayName( is );
+					dspToolTip = Platform.getItemDisplayName( refStack );
 
 					if( lineList.size() > 0 )
 					{

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiInterfaceTerminal.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagList;
 
 import appeng.api.AEApi;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.client.gui.AEBaseGui;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.GuiScrollbar;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.MEGuiTextField;
@@ -347,7 +348,9 @@ public class GuiInterfaceTerminal extends AEBaseGui
 			final ItemStack parsedItemStack = new ItemStack( outTag.getCompoundTagAt( i ) );
 			if( !parsedItemStack.isEmpty() )
 			{
-				final String displayName = Platform.getItemDisplayName( AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( parsedItemStack ) ).toLowerCase();
+				final String displayName = Platform
+						.getItemDisplayName( AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createStack( parsedItemStack ) )
+						.toLowerCase();
 				if( displayName.contains( searchTerm ) )
 				{
 					return true;

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import appeng.core.sync.network.NetworkHandler;
 import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketSwitchGuis;
 import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketValueConfig;
 import appeng.helpers.WirelessTerminalGuiObject;
+import appeng.integration.Integrations;
 import appeng.parts.reporting.AbstractPartTerminal;
 import appeng.tile.misc.TileSecurityStation;
 import appeng.util.IConfigManagerHost;
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 		this.buttonList.add(
 				this.searchBoxSettings = new GuiImgButton( this.guiLeft - 18, offset, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, AEConfig.instance().getConfigManager().getSetting(
 						Settings.SEARCH_MODE ) ) );
+
 		offset += 20;
 
 		if( !( this instanceof GuiMEPortableCell ) || this instanceof GuiWirelessTerm )
@@ -304,6 +306,7 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 		this.searchField.setEnableBackgroundDrawing( false );
 		this.searchField.setMaxStringLength( 25 );
 		this.searchField.setTextColor( 0xFFFFFF );
+		this.searchField.setSelectionColor( 0xFF99FF99 );
 		this.searchField.setVisible( true );
 
 		if( this.viewCell || this instanceof GuiWirelessTerm )
@@ -313,13 +316,25 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 			this.craftingStatusBtn.setHideEdge( 13 );
 		}
 
-		// Enum setting = AEConfig.instance().getSetting( "Terminal", SearchBoxMode.class, SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH );
-		final Enum setting = AEConfig.instance().getConfigManager().getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_MODE );
-		this.searchField.setFocused( SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH == setting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH == setting );
+		final Enum searchModeSetting = AEConfig.instance().getConfigManager().getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_MODE );
 
-		if( this.isSubGui() )
+		final boolean isAutoFocus = SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting;
+		final boolean isManualFocus = SearchBoxMode.MANUAL_SEARCH == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting;
+		final boolean isKeepFilter = SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP == searchModeSetting;
+		final boolean isJEIEnabled = SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH == searchModeSetting || SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH == searchModeSetting;
+
+		this.searchField.setFocused( isAutoFocus );
+		this.searchField.setCanLoseFocus( isManualFocus );
+
+		if( isJEIEnabled )
+		{
+			memoryText = Integrations.jei().getSearchText();
+		}
+
+		if( isKeepFilter && memoryText != null && !memoryText.isEmpty() )
 		{
 			this.searchField.setText( memoryText );
+			this.searchField.selectAll();
 			this.repo.setSearchString( memoryText );
 			this.repo.updateView();
 			this.setScrollBar();
@@ -351,6 +366,7 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 
 		craftingGridOffsetX -= 25;
 		craftingGridOffsetY -= 6;
+
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -363,12 +379,7 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 	@Override
 	protected void mouseClicked( final int xCoord, final int yCoord, final int btn ) throws IOException
 	{
-		final Enum searchMode = AEConfig.instance().getConfigManager().getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_MODE );
-
-		if( searchMode != SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH && searchMode != SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH )
-		{
-			this.searchField.mouseClicked( xCoord, yCoord, btn );
-		}
+		this.searchField.mouseClicked( xCoord, yCoord, btn );
 
 		if( btn == 1 && this.searchField.isMouseIn( xCoord, yCoord ) )
 		{

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiNetworkStatus.java

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class GuiNetworkStatus extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 
 				if( this.tooltip == z - viewStart )
 				{
-					toolTip = Platform.getItemDisplayName( this.repo.getItem( z ) );
+					toolTip = Platform.getItemDisplayName( refStack );
 
 					toolTip += ( '\n' + GuiText.Installed.getLocal() + ": " + ( refStack.getStackSize() ) );
 					if( refStack.getCountRequestable() > 0 )
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class GuiNetworkStatus extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 					toolPosY = y * 18 + yo;
 				}
 
-				this.drawItem( posX, posY, this.repo.getItem( z ) );
+				this.drawItem( posX, posY, refStack.asItemStackRepresentation() );
 
 				x++;
 
@@ -237,10 +237,11 @@ public class GuiNetworkStatus extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 		this.getScrollBar().setRange( 0, ( size + 4 ) / 5 - this.rows, 1 );
 	}
 
-	// Vanilla version...
-	protected void drawItemStackTooltip( final ItemStack stack, final int x, final int y )
+	@Override
+	protected void renderToolTip( final ItemStack stack, final int x, final int y )
 	{
 		final Slot s = this.getSlot( x, y );
+
 		if( s instanceof SlotME && stack != null )
 		{
 			IAEItemStack myStack = null;
@@ -270,7 +271,8 @@ public class GuiNetworkStatus extends AEBaseGui implements ISortSource
 				this.drawTooltip( x, y, currentToolTip );
 			}
 		}
-		// super.drawItemStackTooltip( stack, x, y );
+
+		super.renderToolTip( stack, x, y );
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiSpatialIOPort.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class GuiSpatialIOPort extends AEBaseGui
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			this.fontRenderer.drawString( GuiText.SCSSize.getLocal() + ": " + GuiText.SCSSInvalid.getLocal(), 13, 93, 4210752 );
+			this.fontRenderer.drawString( GuiText.SCSSize.getLocal() + ": " + GuiText.SCSInvalid.getLocal(), 13, 93, 4210752 );
 		}
 
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/widgets/GuiImgButton.java

@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ public class GuiImgButton extends GuiButton implements ITooltip
 			this.registerApp( 16 * 2 + 5, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode_JEIAuto );
 			this.registerApp( 16 * 2 + 6, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode,
 					ButtonToolTips.SearchMode_JEIStandard );
+			this.registerApp( 16 * 2 + 7, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH_KEEP, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode_AutoKeep );
+			this.registerApp( 16 * 2 + 8, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, SearchBoxMode.MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode,
+					ButtonToolTips.SearchMode_StandardKeep );
+			this.registerApp( 16 * 2 + 9, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH_KEEP, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode,
+					ButtonToolTips.SearchMode_JEIAutoKeep );
+			this.registerApp( 16 * 2 + 10, Settings.SEARCH_MODE, SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP, ButtonToolTips.SearchMode,
+					ButtonToolTips.SearchMode_JEIStandardKeep );
 
 			this.registerApp( 16 * 5 + 3, Settings.LEVEL_TYPE, LevelType.ENERGY_LEVEL, ButtonToolTips.LevelType, ButtonToolTips.LevelType_Energy );
 			this.registerApp( 16 * 4 + 3, Settings.LEVEL_TYPE, LevelType.ITEM_LEVEL, ButtonToolTips.LevelType, ButtonToolTips.LevelType_Item );

src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/widgets/MEGuiTextField.java

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ package appeng.client.gui.widgets;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.FontRenderer;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiTextField;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.Tessellator;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.DefaultVertexFormats;
 
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ public class MEGuiTextField extends GuiTextField
 	private final int _yPos;
 	private final int _width;
 	private final int _height;
+	private int selectionColor = 0xFF00FF00;
 
 	/**
 	 * Uses the values to instantiate a padded version of a text field.
@@ -66,8 +71,11 @@ public class MEGuiTextField extends GuiTextField
 		super.mouseClicked( xPos, yPos, button );
 
 		final boolean requiresFocus = this.isMouseIn( xPos, yPos );
+		if( !this.isFocused() )
+		{
+			this.setFocused( requiresFocus );
+		}
 
-		this.setFocused( requiresFocus );
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -86,4 +94,69 @@ public class MEGuiTextField extends GuiTextField
 
 		return withinXRange && withinYRange;
 	}
+
+	public void selectAll()
+	{
+		this.setCursorPosition( 0 );
+		this.setSelectionPos( this.getMaxStringLength() );
+	}
+
+	public void setSelectionColor( int color )
+	{
+		this.selectionColor = color;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void drawSelectionBox( int startX, int startY, int endX, int endY )
+	{
+		if( startX < endX )
+		{
+			int i = startX;
+			startX = endX;
+			endX = i;
+		}
+
+		startX += 1;
+		endX -= 1;
+
+		if( startY < endY )
+		{
+			int j = startY;
+			startY = endY;
+			endY = j;
+		}
+
+		startY -= PADDING;
+
+		if( endX > this.x + this.width )
+		{
+			endX = this.x + this.width;
+		}
+
+		if( startX > this.x + this.width )
+		{
+			startX = this.x + this.width;
+		}
+
+		Tessellator tessellator = Tessellator.getInstance();
+		BufferBuilder bufferbuilder = tessellator.getBuffer();
+
+		float red = (float) ( this.selectionColor >> 16 & 255 ) / 255.0F;
+		float blue = (float) ( this.selectionColor >> 8 & 255 ) / 255.0F;
+		float green = (float) ( this.selectionColor & 255 ) / 255.0F;
+		float alpha = (float) ( this.selectionColor >> 24 & 255 ) / 255.0F;
+
+		GlStateManager.color( red, green, blue, alpha );
+		GlStateManager.disableTexture2D();
+		GlStateManager.enableColorLogic();
+		GlStateManager.colorLogicOp( GlStateManager.LogicOp.OR_REVERSE );
+		bufferbuilder.begin( 7, DefaultVertexFormats.POSITION );
+		bufferbuilder.pos( (double) startX, (double) endY, 0.0D ).endVertex();
+		bufferbuilder.pos( (double) endX, (double) endY, 0.0D ).endVertex();
+		bufferbuilder.pos( (double) endX, (double) startY, 0.0D ).endVertex();
+		bufferbuilder.pos( (double) startX, (double) startY, 0.0D ).endVertex();
+		tessellator.draw();
+		GlStateManager.disableColorLogic();
+		GlStateManager.enableTexture2D();
+	}
 }

src/main/java/appeng/client/me/InternalSlotME.java

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class InternalSlotME
 
 	ItemStack getStack()
 	{
-		return this.repo.getItem( this.offset );
+		return this.getAEStack() == null ? ItemStack.EMPTY : this.getAEStack().asItemStackRepresentation();
 	}
 
 	IAEItemStack getAEStack()

src/main/java/appeng/client/me/ItemRepo.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package appeng.client.me;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import appeng.api.config.Settings;
 import appeng.api.config.SortOrder;
 import appeng.api.config.ViewItems;
 import appeng.api.config.YesNo;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 import appeng.client.gui.widgets.IScrollSource;
@@ -48,9 +50,8 @@ import appeng.util.prioritylist.IPartitionList;
 public class ItemRepo
 {
 
-	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> list = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
+	private final IItemList<IAEItemStack> list = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
 	private final ArrayList<IAEItemStack> view = new ArrayList<>();
-	private final ArrayList<ItemStack> dsp = new ArrayList<>();
 	private final IScrollSource src;
 	private final ISortSource sortSrc;
 
@@ -78,17 +79,6 @@ public class ItemRepo
 		return this.view.get( idx );
 	}
 
-	public ItemStack getItem( int idx )
-	{
-		idx += this.src.getCurrentScroll() * this.rowSize;
-
-		if( idx >= this.dsp.size() )
-		{
-			return ItemStack.EMPTY;
-		}
-		return this.dsp.get( idx );
-	}
-
 	void setSearch( final String search )
 	{
 		this.searchString = search == null ? "" : search;
@@ -118,21 +108,20 @@ public class ItemRepo
 	public void updateView()
 	{
 		this.view.clear();
-		this.dsp.clear();
 
 		this.view.ensureCapacity( this.list.size() );
-		this.dsp.ensureCapacity( this.list.size() );
 
 		final Enum viewMode = this.sortSrc.getSortDisplay();
 		final Enum searchMode = AEConfig.instance().getConfigManager().getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_MODE );
-		if( searchMode == SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH || searchMode == SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH )
+		final boolean needsZeroCopy = viewMode == ViewItems.CRAFTABLE;
+
+		if( searchMode == SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH || searchMode == SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH || searchMode == SearchBoxMode.JEI_AUTOSEARCH_KEEP || searchMode == SearchBoxMode.JEI_MANUAL_SEARCH_KEEP )
 		{
 			this.updateJEI( this.searchString );
 		}
 
 		this.innerSearch = this.searchString;
 		final boolean terminalSearchToolTips = AEConfig.instance().getConfigManager().getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_TOOLTIPS ) != YesNo.NO;
-		// boolean terminalSearchMods = Configuration.INSTANCE.settings.getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_MODS ) != YesNo.NO;
 
 		boolean searchMod = false;
 		if( this.innerSearch.startsWith( "@" ) )
@@ -174,45 +163,46 @@ public class ItemRepo
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if( viewMode == ViewItems.CRAFTABLE )
-			{
-				is = is.copy();
-				// is.setStackSize( 0 ) triggers isEmpty() and thus only shows empty stacks!
-				is.setStackSize( 1 );
-				is.setShowCraftingLabel( true );
-			}
-
-			if( viewMode == ViewItems.STORED && is.getShowCraftingLabel() )
+			if( viewMode == ViewItems.STORED && is.getStackSize() == 0 )
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
 
 			final String dspName = searchMod ? Platform.getModId( is ) : Platform.getItemDisplayName( is );
+			boolean foundMatchingItemStack = false;
 			notDone = true;
 
 			if( m.matcher( dspName.toLowerCase() ).find() )
 			{
-				this.view.add( is );
 				notDone = false;
+				foundMatchingItemStack = true;
 			}
 
-			if( terminalSearchToolTips && notDone )
+			if( terminalSearchToolTips && notDone && !searchMod )
 			{
-				for( final Object lp : Platform.getTooltip( is ) )
+				final List<String> tooltip = Platform.getTooltip( is );
+
+				for( final String line : tooltip )
 				{
-					if( lp instanceof String && m.matcher( (CharSequence) lp ).find() )
+					if( m.matcher( line ).find() )
 					{
-						this.view.add( is );
+						foundMatchingItemStack = true;
 						notDone = false;
 						break;
 					}
 				}
 			}
 
-			/*
-			 * if ( terminalSearchMods && notDone ) { if ( m.matcher( Platform.getMod( is.getItemStack() ) ).find() ) {
-			 * view.add( is ); notDone = false; } }
-			 */
+			if( foundMatchingItemStack )
+			{
+				if( needsZeroCopy )
+				{
+					is = is.copy();
+					is.setStackSize( 0 );
+				}
+
+				this.view.add( is );
+			}
 		}
 
 		final Enum SortBy = this.sortSrc.getSortBy();
@@ -237,11 +227,6 @@ public class ItemRepo
 		{
 			Collections.sort( this.view, ItemSorters.CONFIG_BASED_SORT_BY_NAME );
 		}
-
-		for( final IAEItemStack is : this.view )
-		{
-			this.dsp.add( is.getItemStack() );
-		}
 	}
 
 	private void updateJEI( String filter )

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/DelegateBakedModel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Applied Energistics 2.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 - 2017, AlgorithmX2, All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Applied Energistics 2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Applied Energistics 2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Applied Energistics 2.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl>.
+ */
+
+package appeng.client.render;
+
+
+import javax.vecmath.Matrix4f;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.IBakedModel;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ItemCameraTransforms;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
+
+
+public abstract class DelegateBakedModel implements IBakedModel
+{
+	private IBakedModel baseModel;
+
+	protected DelegateBakedModel( IBakedModel base )
+	{
+		this.baseModel = base;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Pair<? extends IBakedModel, Matrix4f> handlePerspective( ItemCameraTransforms.TransformType type )
+	{
+		Pair<? extends IBakedModel, Matrix4f> pair = this.baseModel.handlePerspective( type );
+		return Pair.of( this, pair.getValue() );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public TextureAtlasSprite getParticleTexture()
+	{
+		return this.baseModel.getParticleTexture();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ItemCameraTransforms getItemCameraTransforms()
+	{
+		return this.baseModel.getItemCameraTransforms();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isAmbientOcclusion()
+	{
+		return this.baseModel.isAmbientOcclusion();
+	}
+
+	public IBakedModel getBaseModel()
+	{
+		return this.baseModel;
+	}
+}

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/FacadeDispatcherBakedModel.java

@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.IBakedModel;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ItemCameraTransforms;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ItemOverrideList;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
@@ -44,16 +42,13 @@ import appeng.items.parts.ItemFacade;
  * on the item stack.
  * A custom Item Override List is used to accomplish this.
  */
-public class FacadeDispatcherBakedModel implements IBakedModel
+public class FacadeDispatcherBakedModel extends DelegateBakedModel
 {
-
-	private final IBakedModel baseModel;
-
 	private final VertexFormat format;
 
 	public FacadeDispatcherBakedModel( IBakedModel baseModel, VertexFormat format )
 	{
-		this.baseModel = baseModel;
+		super( baseModel );
 		this.format = format;
 	}
 
@@ -64,16 +59,10 @@ public class FacadeDispatcherBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 		return Collections.emptyList();
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean isAmbientOcclusion()
-	{
-		return this.baseModel.isAmbientOcclusion();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isGui3d()
 	{
-		return this.baseModel.isGui3d();
+		return this.getBaseModel().isGui3d();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -82,18 +71,6 @@ public class FacadeDispatcherBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public TextureAtlasSprite getParticleTexture()
-	{
-		return this.baseModel.getParticleTexture();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public ItemCameraTransforms getItemCameraTransforms()
-	{
-		return this.baseModel.getItemCameraTransforms();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public ItemOverrideList getOverrides()
 	{
@@ -112,7 +89,8 @@ public class FacadeDispatcherBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 				IBlockState state = itemFacade.getTextureBlockState( stack );
 				ItemStack textureItem = itemFacade.getTextureItem( stack );
 
-				return new FacadeWithBlockBakedModel( FacadeDispatcherBakedModel.this.baseModel, state, textureItem, FacadeDispatcherBakedModel.this.format );
+				return new FacadeWithBlockBakedModel( FacadeDispatcherBakedModel.this
+						.getBaseModel(), state, textureItem, FacadeDispatcherBakedModel.this.format );
 			}
 		};
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/FacadeItemModel.java

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraftforge.client.model.IModel;
 import net.minecraftforge.client.model.ModelLoaderRegistry;
 import net.minecraftforge.common.model.IModelState;
-import net.minecraftforge.common.model.TRSRTransformation;
 
 import appeng.core.AppEng;
 
@@ -41,10 +40,21 @@ import appeng.core.AppEng;
  */
 public class FacadeItemModel implements IModel
 {
-
 	// We use this to get the default item transforms and make our lives easier
 	private static final ResourceLocation MODEL_BASE = new ResourceLocation( AppEng.MOD_ID, "item/facade_base" );
 
+	private IModel getBaseModel()
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			return ModelLoaderRegistry.getModel( MODEL_BASE );
+		}
+		catch( Exception e )
+		{
+			throw new RuntimeException( e );
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Collection<ResourceLocation> getDependencies()
 	{
@@ -60,17 +70,7 @@ public class FacadeItemModel implements IModel
 	@Override
 	public IBakedModel bake( IModelState state, VertexFormat format, Function<ResourceLocation, TextureAtlasSprite> bakedTextureGetter )
 	{
-		IModel baseModel;
-		try
-		{
-			baseModel = ModelLoaderRegistry.getModel( MODEL_BASE );
-		}
-		catch( Exception e )
-		{
-			throw new RuntimeException( e );
-		}
-
-		IBakedModel bakedBaseModel = baseModel.bake( state, format, bakedTextureGetter );
+		IBakedModel bakedBaseModel = this.getBaseModel().bake( state, format, bakedTextureGetter );
 
 		return new FacadeDispatcherBakedModel( bakedBaseModel, format );
 	}
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ public class FacadeItemModel implements IModel
 	@Override
 	public IModelState getDefaultState()
 	{
-		return TRSRTransformation.identity();
+		return this.getBaseModel().getDefaultState();
 	}
 }

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/FacadeWithBlockBakedModel.java

@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.BakedQuad;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.IBakedModel;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ItemCameraTransforms;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ItemOverrideList;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.VertexFormat;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
@@ -44,11 +42,8 @@ import appeng.client.render.cablebus.FacadeBuilder;
  * This is the actual baked model that will combine the north face of a given block state
  * with the base facade item model to achieve what is then actually rendered on screen.
  */
-public class FacadeWithBlockBakedModel implements IBakedModel
+public class FacadeWithBlockBakedModel extends DelegateBakedModel
 {
-
-	private final IBakedModel baseModel;
-
 	private final IBlockState blockState;
 
 	private final IBakedModel textureModel;
@@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ public class FacadeWithBlockBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 
 	public FacadeWithBlockBakedModel( IBakedModel baseModel, IBlockState blockState, ItemStack textureItem, VertexFormat format )
 	{
-		this.baseModel = baseModel;
+		super( baseModel );
 		this.blockState = blockState;
 		this.textureItem = textureItem;
 		this.textureModel = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getBlockRendererDispatcher().getModelForState( blockState );
@@ -79,7 +74,7 @@ public class FacadeWithBlockBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 			{
 				if( sprite.getTint() != -1 )
 				{
-					builder.setColor( Minecraft.getMinecraft().getItemColors().getColorFromItemstack( this.textureItem, sprite.getTint() ) );
+					builder.setColor( Minecraft.getMinecraft().getItemColors().colorMultiplier( this.textureItem, sprite.getTint() ) );
 				}
 				builder.setTexture( sprite.getSprite() );
 				builder.setDrawFaces( EnumSet.of( EnumFacing.NORTH ) );
@@ -88,13 +83,7 @@ public class FacadeWithBlockBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 			}
 		}
 
-		return this.baseModel.getQuads( state, side, rand );
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean isAmbientOcclusion()
-	{
-		return this.baseModel.isAmbientOcclusion();
+		return this.getBaseModel().getQuads( state, side, rand );
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -109,18 +98,6 @@ public class FacadeWithBlockBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public TextureAtlasSprite getParticleTexture()
-	{
-		return this.baseModel.getParticleTexture();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public ItemCameraTransforms getItemCameraTransforms()
-	{
-		return this.baseModel.getItemCameraTransforms();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public ItemOverrideList getOverrides()
 	{

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/StackSizeRenderer.java

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package appeng.client.render;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.FontRenderer;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GlStateManager;
-import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.core.AEConfig;
@@ -42,9 +41,9 @@ public class StackSizeRenderer
 	private static final ISlimReadableNumberConverter SLIM_CONVERTER = ReadableNumberConverter.INSTANCE;
 	private static final IWideReadableNumberConverter WIDE_CONVERTER = ReadableNumberConverter.INSTANCE;
 
-	public void renderStackSize( FontRenderer fontRenderer, IAEItemStack aeStack, ItemStack is, int xPos, int yPos )
+	public void renderStackSize( FontRenderer fontRenderer, IAEItemStack aeStack, int xPos, int yPos )
 	{
-		if( !is.isEmpty() )
+		if( aeStack != null )
 		{
 			final float scaleFactor = AEConfig.instance().useTerminalUseLargeFont() ? 0.85f : 0.5f;
 			final float inverseScaleFactor = 1.0f / scaleFactor;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public class StackSizeRenderer
 			final boolean unicodeFlag = fontRenderer.getUnicodeFlag();
 			fontRenderer.setUnicodeFlag( false );
 
-			if( aeStack.getShowCraftingLabel() )
+			if( aeStack.getStackSize() == 0 && aeStack.isCraftable() )
 			{
 				final String craftLabelText = AEConfig.instance().useTerminalUseLargeFont() ? GuiText.LargeFontCraft.getLocal() : GuiText.SmallFontCraft
 						.getLocal();
@@ -71,10 +70,9 @@ public class StackSizeRenderer
 				GlStateManager.enableBlend();
 			}
 
-			final long amount = aeStack != null ? aeStack.getStackSize() : is.getCount();
-			if( amount != 0 && !aeStack.getShowCraftingLabel() )
+			if( aeStack.getStackSize() > 0 )
 			{
-				final String stackSize = this.getToBeRenderedStackSize( amount );
+				final String stackSize = this.getToBeRenderedStackSize( aeStack.getStackSize() );
 
 				GlStateManager.disableLighting();
 				GlStateManager.disableDepth();

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/StaticItemColor.java

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class StaticItemColor implements IItemColor
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public int getColorFromItemstack( ItemStack stack, int tintIndex )
+	public int colorMultiplier( ItemStack stack, int tintIndex )
 	{
 		return this.color.getVariantByTintIndex( tintIndex );
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/TesrRenderHelper.java

@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ public class TesrRenderHelper
 	 */
 	public static void renderItem2dWithAmount( IAEItemStack itemStack, float itemScale, float spacing )
 	{
+		final ItemStack renderStack = itemStack.asItemStackRepresentation();
 
-		TesrRenderHelper.renderItem2d( itemStack.getItemStack(), itemScale );
+		TesrRenderHelper.renderItem2d( renderStack, itemScale );
 
 		final long stackSize = itemStack.getStackSize();
 		final String renderedStackSize = NUMBER_CONVERTER.toWideReadableForm( stackSize );

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/cablebus/CableBusBakedModel.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package appeng.client.render.cablebus;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ import appeng.block.networking.BlockCableBus;
 public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 {
 
+	private static final Map<CableBusRenderState, List<BakedQuad>> CABLE_MODEL_CACHE = new HashMap<>();
+
 	private final CableBuilder cableBuilder;
 
 	private final FacadeBuilder facadeBuilder;
@@ -88,8 +91,15 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 		// translucent facades further down below.
 		if( layer == BlockRenderLayer.CUTOUT )
 		{
+
 			// First, handle the cable at the center of the cable bus
-			this.addCableQuads( renderState, quads );
+			final List<BakedQuad> cableModel = CABLE_MODEL_CACHE.computeIfAbsent( renderState, k ->
+			{
+				final List<BakedQuad> model = new ArrayList<>();
+				this.addCableQuads( renderState, model );
+				return model;
+			} );
+			quads.addAll( cableModel );
 
 			// Then handle attachments
 			for( EnumFacing facing : EnumFacing.values() )
@@ -168,6 +178,8 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 				return firstType == AECableType.DENSE_COVERED && secondType == AECableType.DENSE_COVERED;
 			case DENSE_SMART:
 				return firstType == AECableType.DENSE_SMART && secondType == AECableType.DENSE_SMART;
+			default:
+				break;
 		}
 
 		return true;
@@ -208,6 +220,8 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 				case DENSE_SMART:
 					this.cableBuilder.addStraightDenseSmartConnection( facing, cableColor, renderState.getChannelsOnSide().get( facing ), quadsOut );
 					break;
+				default:
+					break;
 			}
 
 			return; // Don't render the other form of connection
@@ -237,6 +251,8 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 				case DENSE_SMART:
 					// Dense cables do not render connections to parts since none can be attached
 					break;
+				default:
+					break;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -265,6 +281,8 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 				case DENSE_SMART:
 					this.cableBuilder.addDenseSmartConnection( facing, cableColor, connectionType, cableBusAdjacent, channels, quadsOut );
 					break;
+				default:
+					break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -300,10 +318,8 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 
 				TextureAtlasSprite particleTexture = bakedModel.getParticleTexture();
 
-				// If a part sub-model has no particle texture (indicated by it being the missing texture), don't
-				// add
-				// it,
-				// so we don't get ugly missing texture break particles.
+				// If a part sub-model has no particle texture (indicated by it being the missing texture),
+				// don't add it, so we don't get ugly missing texture break particles.
 				if( this.textureMap.getMissingSprite() != particleTexture )
 				{
 					result.add( particleTexture );
@@ -328,7 +344,7 @@ public class CableBusBakedModel implements IBakedModel
 	@Override
 	public boolean isAmbientOcclusion()
 	{
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/cablebus/CableBusRenderState.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumMap;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
@@ -153,4 +154,43 @@ public class CableBusRenderState
 		return this.boundingBoxes;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode()
+	{
+		final int prime = 31;
+		int result = 1;
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.attachmentConnections == null ) ? 0 : this.attachmentConnections.hashCode() );
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.cableBusAdjacent == null ) ? 0 : this.cableBusAdjacent.hashCode() );
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.cableColor == null ) ? 0 : this.cableColor.hashCode() );
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.cableType == null ) ? 0 : this.cableType.hashCode() );
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.channelsOnSide == null ) ? 0 : this.channelsOnSide.hashCode() );
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.connectionTypes == null ) ? 0 : this.connectionTypes.hashCode() );
+		result = prime * result + ( ( this.coreType == null ) ? 0 : this.coreType.hashCode() );
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals( Object obj )
+	{
+		if( this == obj )
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+		if( obj == null )
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+		if( getClass() != obj.getClass() )
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		final CableBusRenderState other = (CableBusRenderState) obj;
+
+		return this.cableColor == other.cableColor && this.cableType == other.cableType && this.coreType == other.coreType && Objects
+				.equals( this.attachmentConnections, other.attachmentConnections ) && Objects.equals( this.cableBusAdjacent,
+						other.cableBusAdjacent ) && Objects.equals( this.channelsOnSide, other.channelsOnSide ) && Objects.equals( this.connectionTypes,
+								other.connectionTypes );
+	}
+
 }

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/cablebus/CubeBuilder.java

@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public class CubeBuilder
 
 	private int color = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 
+	private boolean useStandardUV = false;
+
 	private boolean renderFullBright;
 
 	public CubeBuilder( VertexFormat format, List<BakedQuad> output )
@@ -142,7 +144,9 @@ public class CubeBuilder
 		UnpackedBakedQuad.Builder builder = new UnpackedBakedQuad.Builder( this.format );
 		builder.setTexture( texture );
 		builder.setQuadOrientation( face );
-
+		builder.setQuadTint( -1 );
+		builder.setApplyDiffuseLighting( true );
+		
 		UvVector uv = new UvVector();
 
 		// The user might have set specific UV coordinates for this face
@@ -154,6 +158,10 @@ public class CubeBuilder
 			uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( customUv.z );
 			uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( customUv.w );
 		}
+		else if( this.useStandardUV )
+		{
+			uv = this.getStandardUv( face, texture, x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2 );
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			uv = this.getDefaultUv( face, texture, x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2 );
@@ -199,8 +207,7 @@ public class CubeBuilder
 				break;
 		}
 
-		int[] vertexData = builder.build().getVertexData();
-		this.output.add( new BakedQuad( vertexData, -1, face, texture, true, this.format ) );
+		this.output.add( builder.build() );
 	}
 
 	private UvVector getDefaultUv( EnumFacing face, TextureAtlasSprite texture, float x1, float y1, float z1, float x2, float y2, float z2 )
@@ -251,6 +258,51 @@ public class CubeBuilder
 		return uv;
 	}
 
+	private UvVector getStandardUv( EnumFacing face, TextureAtlasSprite texture, float x1, float y1, float z1, float x2, float y2, float z2 )
+	{
+		UvVector uv = new UvVector();
+		switch( face )
+		{
+			case DOWN:
+				uv.u1 = texture.getInterpolatedU( x1 * 16 );
+				uv.v1 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - z1 * 16 );
+				uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( x2 * 16 );
+				uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - z2 * 16 );
+				break;
+			case UP:
+				uv.u1 = texture.getInterpolatedU( x1 * 16 );
+				uv.v1 = texture.getInterpolatedV( z1 * 16 );
+				uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( x2 * 16 );
+				uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( z2 * 16 );
+				break;
+			case NORTH:
+				uv.u1 = texture.getInterpolatedU( 16 - x1 * 16 );
+				uv.v1 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y1 * 16 );
+				uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( 16 - x2 * 16 );
+				uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y2 * 16 );
+				break;
+			case SOUTH:
+				uv.u1 = texture.getInterpolatedU( x1 * 16 );
+				uv.v1 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y1 * 16 );
+				uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( x2 * 16 );
+				uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y2 * 16 );
+				break;
+			case WEST:
+				uv.u1 = texture.getInterpolatedU( z1 * 16 );
+				uv.v1 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y1 * 16 );
+				uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( z2 * 16 );
+				uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y2 * 16 );
+				break;
+			case EAST:
+				uv.u1 = texture.getInterpolatedU( 16 - z2 * 16 );
+				uv.v1 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y1 * 16 );
+				uv.u2 = texture.getInterpolatedU( 16 - z1 * 16 );
+				uv.v2 = texture.getInterpolatedV( 16 - y2 * 16 );
+				break;
+		}
+		return uv;
+	}
+
 	// uv.u1, uv.v1
 	private void putVertexTL( UnpackedBakedQuad.Builder builder, EnumFacing face, float x, float y, float z, UvVector uv )
 	{
@@ -484,6 +536,15 @@ public class CubeBuilder
 		this.uvRotations[facing.ordinal()] = (byte) rotation;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * CubeBuilder uses UV optimized for cables by default.
+	 * This switches to standard UV coordinates.
+	 */
+	public void useStandardUV()
+	{
+		this.useStandardUV = true;
+	}
+
 	public List<BakedQuad> getOutput()
 	{
 		return this.output;

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/cablebus/FacadeBuilder.java

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ public class FacadeBuilder
 
 		// Reset to no color multiplicator
 		builder.setColorRGB( 0xFFFFFF );
+		builder.useStandardUV();
 
 		// We only render the stilt if we don't intersect with any part directly, and if there's no part on our side
 		if( renderStilt && busBounds == null && layer == BlockRenderLayer.CUTOUT )
@@ -438,22 +439,22 @@ public class FacadeBuilder
 
 	private static AxisAlignedBB getFacadeBox( EnumFacing side, boolean thinFacades )
 	{
-		int thickness = thinFacades ? 1 : 2;
+		double thickness = ( thinFacades ? 1 : 2 ) / 16.0;
 
 		switch( side )
 		{
 			case DOWN:
-				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, ( thickness ) / 16.0, 1.0 );
+				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, thickness, 1.0 );
 			case EAST:
-				return new AxisAlignedBB( ( 16.0 - thickness ) / 16.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
+				return new AxisAlignedBB( 1.0 - thickness, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
 			case NORTH:
-				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, ( thickness ) / 16.0 );
+				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, thickness );
 			case SOUTH:
-				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, ( 16.0 - thickness ) / 16.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
+				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 - thickness, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
 			case UP:
-				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, ( 16.0 - thickness ) / 16.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
+				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 1.0 - thickness, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
 			case WEST:
-				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, ( thickness ) / 16.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
+				return new AxisAlignedBB( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, thickness, 1.0, 1.0 );
 			default:
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Unsupported face: " + side );
 		}

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/cablebus/FacadeRenderState.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class FacadeRenderState
 
 	public int resolveTintColor( int tintIndex )
 	{
-		return Minecraft.getMinecraft().getItemColors().getColorFromItemstack( this.textureItem, tintIndex );
+		return Minecraft.getMinecraft().getItemColors().colorMultiplier( this.textureItem, tintIndex );
 	}
 
 }

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/effects/AssemblerFX.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package appeng.client.render.effects;
 import net.minecraft.client.particle.Particle;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ public class AssemblerFX extends Particle implements ICanDie
 		this.motionY = 0;
 		this.motionZ = 0;
 		this.speed = speed;
-		this.fi = new EntityFloatingItem( this, w, x, y, z, is.getItemStack() );
+		final ItemStack displayItem = is.asItemStackRepresentation();
+		this.fi = new EntityFloatingItem( this, w, x, y, z, displayItem );
 		w.spawnEntity( this.fi );
 		this.particleMaxAge = (int) Math.ceil( Math.max( 1, 100.0f / speed ) ) + 2;
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/client/render/model/UVLModelLoader.java

@@ -191,17 +191,19 @@ public enum UVLModelLoader implements ICustomModelLoader
 		{
 			modelPath = modelPath.substring( "models/".length() );
 		}
+
 		try( InputStreamReader io = new InputStreamReader( Minecraft.getMinecraft()
 				.getResourceManager()
 				.getResource( new ResourceLocation( modelLocation.getResourceDomain(), "models/" + modelPath + ".json" ) )
 				.getInputStream() ) )
 		{
-			return gson.fromJson( io, UVLMarker.class ).uvlMarker;
+			return gson.fromJson( io, UVLMarker.class ).ae2_uvl_marker;
 		}
-		catch( IOException e )
+		catch( Exception e )
 		{
-
+			// Catch-all in case of any JSON parser issues.
 		}
+
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -387,7 +389,7 @@ public enum UVLModelLoader implements ICustomModelLoader
 
 	class UVLMarker
 	{
-		boolean uvlMarker = false;
+		boolean ae2_uvl_marker = false;
 	}
 
 }

src/main/java/appeng/container/AEBaseContainer.java

@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@
 package appeng.container;
 
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
@@ -37,8 +34,6 @@ import net.minecraft.inventory.IContainerListener;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.IInventory;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.Slot;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
-import net.minecraft.nbt.CompressedStreamTools;
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.IItemHandler;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.wrapper.PlayerInvWrapper;
@@ -51,12 +46,12 @@ import appeng.api.networking.IGrid;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
 import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergyGrid;
 import appeng.api.networking.energy.IEnergySource;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionHost;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.security.ISecurityGrid;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.PlayerSource;
 import appeng.api.parts.IPart;
 import appeng.api.storage.IMEInventoryHandler;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.client.me.InternalSlotME;
 import appeng.client.me.SlotME;
@@ -73,10 +68,11 @@ import appeng.container.slot.SlotPlayerInv;
 import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.NetworkHandler;
 import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketInventoryAction;
-import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketPartialItem;
+import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketTargetItemStack;
 import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketValueConfig;
 import appeng.helpers.ICustomNameObject;
 import appeng.helpers.InventoryAction;
+import appeng.me.helpers.PlayerSource;
 import appeng.util.InventoryAdaptor;
 import appeng.util.Platform;
 import appeng.util.inv.AdaptorItemHandler;
@@ -87,12 +83,11 @@ import appeng.util.item.AEItemStack;
 public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 {
 	private final InventoryPlayer invPlayer;
-	private final BaseActionSource mySrc;
+	private final IActionSource mySrc;
 	private final HashSet<Integer> locked = new HashSet<>();
 	private final TileEntity tileEntity;
 	private final IPart part;
 	private final IGuiItemObject obj;
-	private final List<PacketPartialItem> dataChunks = new LinkedList<>();
 	private final HashMap<Integer, SyncData> syncData = new HashMap<>();
 	private boolean isContainerValid = true;
 	private String customName;
@@ -174,47 +169,6 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 		this.prepareSync();
 	}
 
-	public void postPartial( final PacketPartialItem packetPartialItem )
-	{
-		this.dataChunks.add( packetPartialItem );
-		if( packetPartialItem.getPageCount() == this.dataChunks.size() )
-		{
-			this.parsePartials();
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void parsePartials()
-	{
-		int total = 0;
-		for( final PacketPartialItem ppi : this.dataChunks )
-		{
-			total += ppi.getSize();
-		}
-
-		final byte[] buffer = new byte[total];
-		int cursor = 0;
-
-		for( final PacketPartialItem ppi : this.dataChunks )
-		{
-			cursor = ppi.write( buffer, cursor );
-		}
-
-		try
-		{
-			final NBTTagCompound data = CompressedStreamTools.readCompressed( new ByteArrayInputStream( buffer ) );
-			if( data != null )
-			{
-				this.setTargetStack( AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( new ItemStack( data ) ) );
-			}
-		}
-		catch( final IOException e )
-		{
-			AELog.debug( e );
-		}
-
-		this.dataChunks.clear();
-	}
-
 	public IAEItemStack getTargetStack()
 	{
 		return this.clientRequestedTargetItem;
@@ -225,61 +179,22 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 		// client doesn't need to re-send, makes for lower overhead rapid packets.
 		if( Platform.isClient() )
 		{
-			final ItemStack a = stack == null ? ItemStack.EMPTY : stack.getItemStack();
-			final ItemStack b = this.clientRequestedTargetItem == null ? ItemStack.EMPTY : this.clientRequestedTargetItem.getItemStack();
-
-			if( Platform.itemComparisons().isSameItem( a, b ) )
+			if( stack == null && this.clientRequestedTargetItem == null )
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			if( stack != null && stack.isSameType( this.clientRequestedTargetItem ) )
 			{
 				return;
 			}
 
-			final ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-			final NBTTagCompound item = new NBTTagCompound();
-
-			if( stack != null )
-			{
-				stack.writeToNBT( item );
-			}
-
-			try
-			{
-				CompressedStreamTools.writeCompressed( item, stream );
-
-				final int maxChunkSize = 30000;
-				final List<byte[]> miniPackets = new LinkedList<>();
-
-				final byte[] data = stream.toByteArray();
-
-				final ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream( data, 0, stream.size() );
-				while( bis.available() > 0 )
-				{
-					final int nextBLock = bis.available() > maxChunkSize ? maxChunkSize : bis.available();
-					final byte[] nextSegment = new byte[nextBLock];
-					bis.read( nextSegment );
-					miniPackets.add( nextSegment );
-				}
-				bis.close();
-				stream.close();
-
-				int page = 0;
-				for( final byte[] packet : miniPackets )
-				{
-					final PacketPartialItem ppi = new PacketPartialItem( page, miniPackets.size(), packet );
-					page++;
-					NetworkHandler.instance().sendToServer( ppi );
-				}
-			}
-			catch( final IOException e )
-			{
-				AELog.debug( e );
-				return;
-			}
+			NetworkHandler.instance().sendToServer( new PacketTargetItemStack( (AEItemStack) stack ) );
 		}
 
 		this.clientRequestedTargetItem = stack == null ? null : stack.copy();
 	}
 
-	public BaseActionSource getActionSource()
+	public IActionSource getActionSource()
 	{
 		return this.mySrc;
 	}
@@ -441,6 +356,11 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 
 		if( Platform.isServer() )
 		{
+			if( this.tileEntity != null && this.tileEntity.getWorld().getTileEntity( this.tileEntity.getPos() ) != this.tileEntity )
+			{
+				this.setValidContainer( false );
+			}
+
 			for( final IContainerListener listener : this.listeners )
 			{
 				for( final SyncData sd : this.syncData.values() )
@@ -861,7 +781,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 				if( slotItem != null )
 				{
 					IAEItemStack ais = slotItem.copy();
-					ItemStack myItem = ais.getItemStack();
+					ItemStack myItem = ais.createItemStack();
 
 					ais.setStackSize( myItem.getMaxStackSize() );
 
@@ -877,7 +797,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 					ais = Platform.poweredExtraction( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(), ais, this.getActionSource() );
 					if( ais != null )
 					{
-						adp.addItems( ais.getItemStack() );
+						adp.addItems( ais.createItemStack() );
 					}
 				}
 				break;
@@ -892,7 +812,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 
 				if( !isg.isEmpty() && releaseQty > 0 )
 				{
-					IAEItemStack ais = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( isg );
+					IAEItemStack ais = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createStack( isg );
 					ais.setStackSize( 1 );
 					final IAEItemStack extracted = ais.copy();
 
@@ -901,7 +821,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 					{
 						final InventoryAdaptor ia = new AdaptorItemHandler( new WrapperCursorItemHandler( player.inventory ) );
 
-						final ItemStack fail = ia.removeItems( 1, extracted.getItemStack(), null );
+						final ItemStack fail = ia.removeItems( 1, extracted.getDefinition(), null );
 						if( fail.isEmpty() )
 						{
 							this.getCellInventory().extractItems( extracted, Actionable.MODULATE, this.getActionSource() );
@@ -930,7 +850,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 						{
 							liftQty = 0;
 						}
-						if( !Platform.itemComparisons().isSameItem( slotItem.getItemStack(), item ) )
+						if( !Platform.itemComparisons().isSameItem( slotItem.getDefinition(), item ) )
 						{
 							liftQty = 0;
 						}
@@ -945,7 +865,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 						{
 							final InventoryAdaptor ia = new AdaptorItemHandler( new WrapperCursorItemHandler( player.inventory ) );
 
-							final ItemStack fail = ia.addItems( ais.getItemStack() );
+							final ItemStack fail = ia.addItems( ais.createItemStack() );
 							if( !fail.isEmpty() )
 							{
 								this.getCellInventory().injectItems( ais, Actionable.MODULATE, this.getActionSource() );
@@ -967,11 +887,11 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 					if( slotItem != null )
 					{
 						IAEItemStack ais = slotItem.copy();
-						ais.setStackSize( ais.getItemStack().getMaxStackSize() );
+						ais.setStackSize( ais.getDefinition().getMaxStackSize() );
 						ais = Platform.poweredExtraction( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(), ais, this.getActionSource() );
 						if( ais != null )
 						{
-							player.inventory.setItemStack( ais.getItemStack() );
+							player.inventory.setItemStack( ais.createItemStack() );
 						}
 						else
 						{
@@ -982,11 +902,11 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					IAEItemStack ais = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( player.inventory.getItemStack() );
+					IAEItemStack ais = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createStack( player.inventory.getItemStack() );
 					ais = Platform.poweredInsert( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(), ais, this.getActionSource() );
 					if( ais != null )
 					{
-						player.inventory.setItemStack( ais.getItemStack() );
+						player.inventory.setItemStack( ais.createItemStack() );
 					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -1007,7 +927,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 					if( slotItem != null )
 					{
 						IAEItemStack ais = slotItem.copy();
-						final long maxSize = ais.getItemStack().getMaxStackSize();
+						final long maxSize = ais.getDefinition().getMaxStackSize();
 						ais.setStackSize( maxSize );
 						ais = this.getCellInventory().extractItems( ais, Actionable.SIMULATE, this.getActionSource() );
 
@@ -1020,7 +940,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 
 						if( ais != null )
 						{
-							player.inventory.setItemStack( ais.getItemStack() );
+							player.inventory.setItemStack( ais.createItemStack() );
 						}
 						else
 						{
@@ -1031,7 +951,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					IAEItemStack ais = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( player.inventory.getItemStack() );
+					IAEItemStack ais = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createStack( player.inventory.getItemStack() );
 					ais.setStackSize( 1 );
 					ais = Platform.poweredInsert( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(), ais, this.getActionSource() );
 					if( ais == null )
@@ -1050,7 +970,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 			case CREATIVE_DUPLICATE:
 				if( player.capabilities.isCreativeMode && slotItem != null )
 				{
-					final ItemStack is = slotItem.getItemStack();
+					final ItemStack is = slotItem.createItemStack();
 					is.setCount( is.getMaxStackSize() );
 					player.inventory.setItemStack( is );
 					this.updateHeld( player );
@@ -1069,7 +989,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 					for( int slotNum = 0; slotNum < playerInv; slotNum++ )
 					{
 						IAEItemStack ais = slotItem.copy();
-						ItemStack myItem = ais.getItemStack();
+						ItemStack myItem = ais.createItemStack();
 
 						ais.setStackSize( myItem.getMaxStackSize() );
 
@@ -1085,7 +1005,7 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 						ais = Platform.poweredExtraction( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(), ais, this.getActionSource() );
 						if( ais != null )
 						{
-							adp.addItems( ais.getItemStack() );
+							adp.addItems( ais.createItemStack() );
 						}
 						else
 						{
@@ -1106,7 +1026,8 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				NetworkHandler.instance().sendTo( new PacketInventoryAction( InventoryAction.UPDATE_HAND, 0, AEItemStack.create( p.inventory.getItemStack() ) ),
+				NetworkHandler.instance().sendTo(
+						new PacketInventoryAction( InventoryAction.UPDATE_HAND, 0, AEItemStack.fromItemStack( p.inventory.getItemStack() ) ),
 						p );
 			}
 			catch( final IOException e )
@@ -1122,13 +1043,14 @@ public abstract class AEBaseContainer extends Container
 		{
 			return input;
 		}
-		final IAEItemStack ais = Platform.poweredInsert( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(), AEApi.instance().storage().createItemStack( input ),
+		final IAEItemStack ais = Platform.poweredInsert( this.getPowerSource(), this.getCellInventory(),
+				AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createStack( input ),
 				this.getActionSource() );
 		if( ais == null )
 		{
 			return ItemStack.EMPTY;
 		}
-		return ais.getItemStack();
+		return ais.createItemStack();
 	}
 
 	private void updateSlot( final Slot clickSlot )

src/main/java/appeng/container/implementations/ContainerCellWorkbench.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import appeng.api.config.FuzzyMode;
 import appeng.api.config.Settings;
 import appeng.api.storage.ICellWorkbenchItem;
 import appeng.api.storage.IMEInventory;
-import appeng.api.storage.StorageChannel;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 import appeng.container.guisync.GuiSync;
@@ -148,11 +148,6 @@ public class ContainerCellWorkbench extends ContainerUpgradeable
 		final ItemStack is = this.workBench.getInventoryByName( "cell" ).getStackInSlot( 0 );
 		if( Platform.isServer() )
 		{
-			if( this.workBench.getWorld().getTileEntity( this.workBench.getPos() ) != this.workBench )
-			{
-				this.setValidContainer( false );
-			}
-
 			for( final IContainerListener listener : this.listeners )
 			{
 				if( this.prevStack != is )
@@ -227,12 +222,14 @@ public class ContainerCellWorkbench extends ContainerUpgradeable
 		final IItemHandler inv = this.getUpgradeable().getInventoryByName( "config" );
 
 		final IMEInventory<IAEItemStack> cellInv = AEApi.instance().registries().cell().getCellInventory(
-				this.getUpgradeable().getInventoryByName( "cell" ).getStackInSlot( 0 ), null, StorageChannel.ITEMS );
+				this.getUpgradeable().getInventoryByName( "cell" ).getStackInSlot( 0 ), null,
+				AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ) );
 
 		Iterator<IAEItemStack> i = new NullIterator<>();
 		if( cellInv != null )
 		{
-			final IItemList<IAEItemStack> list = cellInv.getAvailableItems( AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList() );
+			final IItemList<IAEItemStack> list = cellInv
+					.getAvailableItems( AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList() );
 			i = list.iterator();
 		}
 
@@ -240,8 +237,8 @@ public class ContainerCellWorkbench extends ContainerUpgradeable
 		{
 			if( i.hasNext() )
 			{
-				final ItemStack g = i.next().getItemStack();
-				g.setCount( 1 );
+				// TODO: check if ok
+				final ItemStack g = i.next().asItemStackRepresentation();
 				ItemHandlerUtil.setStackInSlot( inv, x, g );
 			}
 			else

src/main/java/appeng/container/implementations/ContainerCraftAmount.java

@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ import net.minecraft.world.World;
 
 import appeng.api.config.SecurityPermissions;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGrid;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionHost;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.PlayerSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.storage.ITerminalHost;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.container.AEBaseContainer;
 import appeng.container.slot.SlotInaccessible;
+import appeng.me.helpers.PlayerSource;
 import appeng.tile.inventory.AppEngInternalInventory;
 
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class ContainerCraftAmount extends AEBaseContainer
 		return this.getPlayerInv().player.world;
 	}
 
-	public BaseActionSource getActionSrc()
+	public IActionSource getActionSrc()
 	{
 		return new PlayerSource( this.getPlayerInv().player, (IActionHost) this.getTarget() );
 	}

src/main/java/appeng/container/implementations/ContainerCraftConfirm.java

@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingCPU;
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingGrid;
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingJob;
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingLink;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.BaseActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionHost;
-import appeng.api.networking.security.PlayerSource;
+import appeng.api.networking.security.IActionSource;
 import appeng.api.networking.storage.IStorageGrid;
 import appeng.api.storage.IMEInventory;
 import appeng.api.storage.ITerminalHost;
+import appeng.api.storage.channels.IItemStorageChannel;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IAEItemStack;
 import appeng.api.storage.data.IItemList;
 import appeng.container.AEBaseContainer;
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ import appeng.core.AELog;
 import appeng.core.sync.GuiBridge;
 import appeng.core.sync.network.NetworkHandler;
 import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketMEInventoryUpdate;
-import appeng.core.sync.packets.PacketSwitchGuis;
 import appeng.helpers.WirelessTerminalGuiObject;
+import appeng.me.helpers.PlayerSource;
 import appeng.parts.reporting.PartCraftingTerminal;
 import appeng.parts.reporting.PartPatternTerminal;
 import appeng.parts.reporting.PartTerminal;
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class ContainerCraftConfirm extends AEBaseContainer
 					final PacketMEInventoryUpdate b = new PacketMEInventoryUpdate( (byte) 1 );
 					final PacketMEInventoryUpdate c = this.result.isSimulation() ? new PacketMEInventoryUpdate( (byte) 2 ) : null;
 
-					final IItemList<IAEItemStack> plan = AEApi.instance().storage().createItemList();
+					final IItemList<IAEItemStack> plan = AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ).createList();
 					this.result.populatePlan( plan );
 
 					this.setUsedBytes( this.result.getByteTotal() );
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class ContainerCraftConfirm extends AEBaseContainer
 						p.setStackSize( out.getCountRequestable() );
 
 						final IStorageGrid sg = this.getGrid().getCache( IStorageGrid.class );
-						final IMEInventory<IAEItemStack> items = sg.getItemInventory();
+						final IMEInventory<IAEItemStack> items = sg.getInventory( AEApi.instance().storage().getStorageChannel( IItemStorageChannel.class ) );
 
 						IAEItemStack m = null;
 						if( c != null && this.result.isSimulation() )
@@ -353,15 +353,13 @@ public class ContainerCraftConfirm extends AEBaseContainer
 			this.setAutoStart( false );
 			if( g != null && originalGui != null && this.getOpenContext() != null )
 			{
-				NetworkHandler.instance().sendTo( new PacketSwitchGuis( originalGui ), (EntityPlayerMP) this.getInventoryPlayer().player );
-
 				final TileEntity te = this.getOpenContext().getTile();
 				Platform.openGUI( this.getInventoryPlayer().player, te, this.getOpenContext().getSide(), originalGui );
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	private BaseActionSource getActionSrc()
+	private IActionSource getActionSrc()
 	{
 		return new PlayerSource( this.getPlayerInv().player, (IActionHost) this.getTarget() );
 	}