What part of the automation goes wrong | Core Keeper | Page 1

royal crystal Mar 11, 2023, 4:57 PM

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It seems framerate dependent, but I do not know how to know for certain. You can see that there are two arms between the table and the chest. One pulls an item from the chest and puts it on the table, the other pulls an item from the table and puts it in the same spot in the chest. A third arm will also put an input item into the chest.

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On occasion, the two arms between the chest and the table will be delayed such that they will both be holding their item when the power goes off, and then will drop it into the chest when the power goes on again. This can mess with timing such that the input item gets into the chest first, messing up the filter.

obsidian wren Mar 11, 2023, 5:02 PM

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I think we'd have to see a walkthrough demo of this mechanism to fully understand. 🙂 I'm sure we'll see it it time, eh?

royal crystal Mar 11, 2023, 5:03 PM

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I will work on making a demo of it in isolation right now.

royal crystal Mar 11, 2023, 6:02 PM

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Here is the demo of the mechanism

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And here is the demo of the issue

obsidian wren Mar 12, 2023, 7:03 AM

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royal crystal Here is the demo of the mechanism

Oh, I see, this is very cool. Very subtle function. 🙂👍

Shame there's not a 2x1 object for displaying items, eh? The 3x1 planter could be used for all the plants in your auto-farm, though, right? Could that same a little bit of vertical space? 🤔

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Is there an arm order of precedence sensitivity, here?

Are the top left and bottom right arms always trying to place items into the chest simultaneously (when some are coming in to be filtered)?

So that you're relying on the top left arm taking precedence?

How about if you added in a 1-tick logic gate delay for activating the lower right arm? Would that guarantee it always places second?

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Are are you going to explain why you have that drill at the bottom? 🙂

royal crystal Mar 12, 2023, 7:11 AM

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The drill at the bottom was a solution I had to help ensure items arrive at the input at the same time regardless of timing of mob deaths and belts

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And yes, there is a priority. The bottom right arm loses to the top left arm if they place into the chest at the same time. If you reconfigure so the bottom arm is on the left side of the chest, this is no longer the case and you need different timing.

royal crystal Mar 12, 2023, 5:35 PM

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I figured out a better design that doesn't rely on timing that is subject to lag (I think)

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will show it soon

obsidian wren Mar 12, 2023, 6:20 PM

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Nice. Don't be afraid to drop this all in the circuitry channel proper. Or feel you need to continue this thread of conversation. 🙂

royal crystal Mar 12, 2023, 11:06 PM

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Alright, new design has been implemented into the farm; now I just need to record another video

royal crystal Mar 13, 2023, 12:17 PM

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@obsidian wren I showcase the new design in the Part 2 video I just posted in #⚡-circuitry

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also, apologies in advance; I intended to credit you for the info on the mob farm, but when I was trying to remember everything I wanted to say about the mechanics, I forgot to mention your guide

#What part of the automation goes wrong