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+package gregtech.api.multitileentity.base;
+
+import static gregtech.api.enums.GT_Values.NW;
+
+import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
+import net.minecraft.network.Packet;
+
+import gregtech.api.net.GT_Packet_SendCoverData;
+import gregtech.api.util.ISerializableObject;
+import gregtech.common.covers.CoverInfo;
+
+public abstract class NonTickableMultiTileEntity extends MultiTileEntity {
+
+    boolean mConstructed = false; // Keeps track of whether this TE has been constructed and placed in the world
+
+    public NonTickableMultiTileEntity() {
+        super(false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void issueClientUpdate() {
+        if (worldObj != null && !worldObj.isRemote) sendClientData(null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Packet getDescriptionPacket() {
+        // We should have a world object and have been constructed by this point
+        mConstructed = true;
+
+        super.getDescriptionPacket();
+        // We don't get ticked, so if we have any cover data that needs to be sent, send it now
+        sendCoverDataIfNeeded();
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void issueCoverUpdate(byte aSide) {
+        if (!mConstructed) {
+            // Queue these up and send them with the description packet
+            super.issueCoverUpdate(aSide);
+        } else {
+            // Otherwise, send the data right away
+            final CoverInfo coverInfo = getCoverInfoAtSide(aSide);
+            NW.sendPacketToAllPlayersInRange(worldObj, new GT_Packet_SendCoverData(coverInfo, this), xCoord, zCoord);
+
+            // Just in case
+            coverInfo.setNeedsUpdate(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void receiveCoverData(byte aCoverSide, int aCoverID, ISerializableObject aCoverData,
+            EntityPlayerMP aPlayer) {
+        super.receiveCoverData(aCoverSide, aCoverID, aCoverData, aPlayer);
+        // We don't get ticked so issue the texture update right away
+        issueTextureUpdate();
+    }
+}