I fear that this might just move the | Factorio | Page 1

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:07 PM

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The way my brain approaches this problem is to only generate a random signal when you want to overwrite, because otherwise you would need a way to prioritize signals

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If you generate a new signal every tick, but only allow it to pass through a decider while the reset signal is true

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:08 PM

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I kinda do that with the second decider

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check the video

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:08 PM

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oh okay

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kk

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:09 PM

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it takes the random things and when the green checkmark comes in it passes whatever it's on right now for a single tick

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the issue is that the memory doesn't get reset, but only overridden with an item that's higher up in the item list

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dunno, maybe it's prioritizing item IDs or something

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I just need a way to properly reset the memory

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:10 PM

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zenith aurora dunno, maybe it's prioritizing item IDs or something

can you show me how you are generating the random signal?

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could be biased

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:10 PM

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it's in the video

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the selector combinator

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it gets a list of items

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and then picks one at random

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that's out of my hands

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if it's biased it's the selector being biased

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:12 PM

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Yea my b thats probably not the problem

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:12 PM

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the problem is the memory

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it's taking an anything signal, and if an item comes in with a higher ID it overrides it because it's prioritizing that in picking the the anything signal

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would be my guess

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I don't know how it's selecting the anything

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but that doesn't matter, I just need to clear the output and let it accept a new signal from the decider before it

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and that's what I'm struggling with

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:17 PM

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okay so your memory cell is the bottom combinator on the left side there

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:17 PM

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yes

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:17 PM

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what if you added a condition that didn't save what is being saved when the reset is given

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right now all i see is * > 0 as a condition

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if you added the reset then it would erase the memory right?

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:18 PM

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yes

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:19 PM

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green* > 0 and reset = 0

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Don't know if im still not understanding your problem but if you just erased the memory when adding a new signal it sounds like that might fix it

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:20 PM

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like this?

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doesn't store anything

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 7:30 PM

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in like an hour ill be able to test this on my machine

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 7:37 PM

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girldmThumbsup just ping me then I'll ask one more time in the channel just to see if someone picks it up, just in case, but yeah I appreciate the help

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:18 PM

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@zenith aurora Is this it?

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sorry for weird glare hdr monitors dont record well

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@zenith aurora

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:34 PM

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that's bright KEKcry

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one sec lemme check

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it does looks like it, I don't see what's different in your system tho

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your memory cell is saving t he value, but mine isn't

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weird

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:43 PM

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maybe try toggling all network filters to on?

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mine works without filtering out red or green anywhere

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:44 PM

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OH

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I got it!

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I had another decider inbettween the assembler and the memory to filter out the green signal and that must've delayed the signal by a frame and caused it to do it wrong

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:45 PM

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I fucking LOVE how finicky circuits are

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:45 PM

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okay one last issue tho

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how do we get the system started KEKcry

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so here's the issue

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the memory output sets the recipe of an assembler, but that assembler never starts without this input, so it never sends the finished checkmark

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:46 PM

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zenith aurora the memory output sets the recipe of an assembler, but that assembler never star...

seed it with a constant combinator and toggle the const off after its running?

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depends on how often you turn it on and off I g

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u could automate turning it on with a clock

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:47 PM

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that's what I thought, but it seems a bit finniky if the system shuts down it won't start up automatically

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:49 PM

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wdym "never starts"

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is it disabled until it gets a checkmark?

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:51 PM

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yeah kinda

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1 sec

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so this is the system when there's nothing do do and it gets a new order in

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oh wait

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:54 PM

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clock ticks up, goes off every 30 seconds

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:56 PM

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how do I make the clock?

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:56 PM

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but it can be interrupted by the assembler finishing something

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put factorio on non hdr monitor lol

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basically the constant combinator adds 1 to a memory cell every tick

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memory cell erases data when your value is at given number 1800 tics = 30 seconds

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the recipe finishing also resets the clock

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:59 PM

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Oh shit I think I have it

proud temple Oct 31, 2024, 8:59 PM

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and the bottom decider will actually send the reset symbol to the system that randomly selects and stores your recipe

zenith aurora Oct 31, 2024, 8:59 PM

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I made it a bit different

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I have global clock that counts to 120

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and it sends a heart signal

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this heartbeat kickstarts the recipe if the system is idle

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and since it's a global signal all machines get it

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and because it's not the checkmark it doesn't interfere with the resetting of the recipe

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it works but doesn't solve the issue it was supposed to solve KEKcry

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oh well thank you so much anyway

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