What are the nat gas gens for? Just providing power?
#Improved Drecko ranch, fully automated, features self-cooling & hatching drop off
onyx stream
finite crypt
other layers please
warped kite
more details in a bit, just need to fix some small things rn
warped kite
What are the nat gas gens for? Just providing power?
and yes, i put them in there cuz they fit...why not lol, if you dont want to, dont need to include them
onyx stream
Makes sense
warped kite
alright here are more details
Cooling loop: thermo sensor is set at 29c, using water to cool the mealwood farm tiles, the crude oil cooling loop transfers heat to the starvation room, dreckos can absorb a lot of heat, when they die, it is removed
starvation room and ranch room is insulated with 1 tile of vacuum space, 2nd natural gas generator is insulated from breeding room with 1 liquid
starvation room & incubation automation: there are 2 sweepers and 2 loaders, 1 loader for eggs and 1 for plastic & fiber
one sweeper can reach both loaders, one cannot
two critter counters at top level, one count eggs, the other one count critters, when egg number reaches 2, the sensor will disable the vent and the sweeper that can reach both loaders, the eggs will then travel in a loop and back into the starvation room
when drecklets are hatched, the other critter counter will open both doors and send a notification message, all you need to do is click "remove", the drecklets will fall down
onyx stream
Why crude instead of water?
onyx stream
It's worse for power efficiency tho
warped kite
how come?
onyx stream
I guess it's a very minor change tho
warped kite
the crude oil does not go through aquatuner, it is only in a pipe loop
onyx stream
Okay nevermind then, sorry xD
warped kite
yeah crude oil is meant to move heat from aquatuner to the drecko room
onyx stream
Yeah I see now, just looking at the picture quickly it looked like it was the crude in the AT
warped kite
also, note that over time, the ranch temperature will slowly get close to 29c, since you are basically moving heat from bottom to the top, eventually the aquatuner will run very little
hollow kelp
Why do you use doors instead of disabling the incubators themselves? Is that for pathing somehow?
warped kite
Why do you use doors instead of disabling the incubators themselves? Is that fo...
doors allow the critters to fall down into the room below
warped kite
basically for this build, you just need to input natural gas, dirt, and dup comes for shearing and ranching, everything else will work itself, no external power or cooling
it might even be possible to use the starvation room for additional cooling since they can absorb much more heat than what is produced here, but that would probably require steel aquatuner
hollow kelp
I've never regulated heat for dreckos, and never needed to add heat. Usually a cooling loop (as part of base wide) for the mealwood, and that's that.
bold creek
Isn't a cooling loop the definition of regulating heat?
hollow kelp
but the NG's are adding heat, which seems needed. And I don't know why that would be a thing.
bold creek
the generators are just there. i don't believe they help or hurt the build
hollow kelp
ah. My bad.
Curious what happens once they all turn to glossy.. or is this base drecko only?
bold creek
that's a good point. those incubators look like glossy ones so the ranch only supports 6 glossy
warped kite
The breeder room will be normal dreckos only
I will just include new dreckos every once in a while
bold creek
are these supposed to be normal drecko eggs then?
warped kite
They can be both, since normal dreckos will lay both type eggs
I fed them mealwood and they lay more glossy ones
bold creek
how do the dreckos replace the breeder stable exactly?
warped kite
Are you saying that by the time my breeders die there won’t be any normal ones left in the starvation room?
bold creek
i mean whats the mechanism to move a drecko to replace the one that died?
warped kite
Oh…lol I actually don’t have one, I thought that since they live 150 cycles I will just move them with dups…
hollow kelp
this is a challenge I've had a few times.
bold creek
this is a very generous definition of fully automated 😛
warped kite
I’m sure this problem can be solved if you made the room bigger…
warped kite
this is a very generous definition of fully automated 😛
I mean you can’t really move them through doors right?
How could this be resolved tho?
bold creek
https://discord.com/channels/282741876224688128/1254745108688142417 if you want a sample build
theres a few others that uses pez dispensers (see isha drecko tag or whatever)
warped kite
I see, learn something new
hollow kelp
Don't be discouraged. A good start 🙂
warped kite
Can the breeder room pathing be further reduced?
bold creek
what do you mean by that
warped kite
Bottom room dreckos seem to travel on a lot of tiles?
Also you don’t need grooming stations for dreckos??
bold creek
yeah you don't have to shear them. it could just be the 6 or 8 plants (or 2 plants in SO)
critter fountains also gives a +5 happiness buff and can be used instead of grooming
warped kite
So just shearing station will keep them groomed
bold creek
err no, you need either a critter fountain or grooming station
warped kite
Oh ok
Thanks for the reference, if I remove the incubators I can probably incorporate a replenishing mechanism in here
bold creek
dreckobox that i was referring to https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2736463085&searchtext=fradow does require some waterbending
and another design that just uses dreckos natural pathing away from flooded areas
warped kite
Second one seems easier, just 2 liquid