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Twiggie's Trebuchet MK-8

Shout out to Draegast for featuring this in his "Best Beseige Creations" series, thank you so much!
Check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDC1gxH7a_0

Requires A large flat area and invincibility. This was more of an exercise than for any practical reason. Includes external stabilization, complex loading system, single button press fire, automatic loading hopper and your daily dose of Trebuchet. May cause lag.

Toggle reloading hopper on/off (on by default) - H
Deploy Stabilization Feet - B
Tighten external stabilization pins - T
Loosen same pins - Y
Retract main arm - N
Give main arm slack - M
Fire release button - F
Projectile release - R

In order to get it to fire, please follow the steps below:
- Press "B" until you hear the feet click.
- Press "T" for a short time until surrounding pins begin to move slightly (this is them now stabilizing the Trebuchet)
- Press and hold "N" until you hear TWO clicks , it's a good idea to time this step (one click is the arm getting ammunition, the other is the central tower holding onto the main arm)
- Press "M" for the same duration, of not slightly longer, as you pressed "N" for in the previous step (this loosens the ropes, otherwise it will not fire or will be interupted)
- Press "F" (the arm will now move, beginning the firing sequence)
- Press "R" to release the projectile at the optimium location in order to hit your target.

It cannot move, it has no wheels or tracks, once it's placed that's it.
Please ensure all "grabber" parts are set to "grab-static", they are located on all sides of the trebuchet, as well as some under it (towards the rear), one of the tip of the main arm and many on the central tower/firing mechanism as well as one on top of the tower.

Additional notes:

Without invincibility it will immediately break.
The boulders will be floating when you load the mchine, this is normal.
I'm sorry if the key bindings are not the same for you, as I have a weird keyboard.
ZeroG will render this machine useless.
Do not change the weights in the trebuchet as this will only break it.
The machine can be fragile, even with invincibility on, so please take care to press and release buttons at the correct times (explained above).
This uses 1573 blocks.
Please do not increase the speed of the ropes, I know it is slow but if you speed it up you risk breaking the machine.

This was inspired by the Medieval trebuchet, I wanted to make one that was huge, used a counter-weight, could be fire multiple times in a single session, used ropes to retract the main arm and for stabilization and had minimal button presses for a single firing cycle. This is the eighth version of this design and is entirely stable.

NOTICE: Development on this version has halted as the MK-9 is currently being worked on. This version will not be updated further.