transporting goods from basement to upper floor (Solved)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:16 am
Hey,
So i've been trying for over a week now to come up with a way to get this to work.
I can feed my farms, factory's etc into a # of different paths, but I want to have my
kiln, kitchen, blacksmith area all above ground, so I need to find a way to transport all
the products from my farms, factory's (wheat, sugar, dung, meat & leather from breeding section etc) to above ground storage area.
I know how to create the storage area, so it is automated & will fill the chests in order, as
they each fill.
My problem is getting the good from the bottom to the top.
I've tried using the archimedes screw idea, but as I've commented in my posts previously, for
some reason, the torches keep going out & refusing to relight.
I'm trying to use carts now, which are easily filled at the bottom, and i can dismiss the cart, while locking the hopper from emptying until a new cart arrives.
So i can fill the cart, once its full, the hopper turns off, the cart drops onto a track and away it goes.
Now, when it gets up top, I can't seem to get it to empty the goods.
I've tried the BD pulling the cart in, which empties its contents, which fall into a water stream, into the storage unit, but then i need to send the cart back.
I can't seem the keep the BD working properly. It needs to be off, then turn on (sucking the cart in), then turn off, tossing the cart onto tracks.
It works for a time, then the torch goes out & doesn't turn back on.
I can use pistons to put out a block for the cart to land on, in front of the bd.
So, i'm wondering if anyone else has a better idea of how to get this to work. Carts aren't working for me, archimedes screw isn't working for me. I'm not sure of any other way of moving goods UP .. I can't think of anything else that can empty carts, or even destroy it and then I just come & reassemble the carts later & refil the cart track...
Yes, i know, i'm long winded LoL.
I have no screen shots because its still in the planning stage.
The tranport is the only issue i'm having.
I've looked at battosay's video, showing pretty much what i'm asking about, but i cannot for the life of me get anything to work like he has it LoL.
So i've been trying for over a week now to come up with a way to get this to work.
I can feed my farms, factory's etc into a # of different paths, but I want to have my
kiln, kitchen, blacksmith area all above ground, so I need to find a way to transport all
the products from my farms, factory's (wheat, sugar, dung, meat & leather from breeding section etc) to above ground storage area.
I know how to create the storage area, so it is automated & will fill the chests in order, as
they each fill.
My problem is getting the good from the bottom to the top.
I've tried using the archimedes screw idea, but as I've commented in my posts previously, for
some reason, the torches keep going out & refusing to relight.
I'm trying to use carts now, which are easily filled at the bottom, and i can dismiss the cart, while locking the hopper from emptying until a new cart arrives.
So i can fill the cart, once its full, the hopper turns off, the cart drops onto a track and away it goes.
Now, when it gets up top, I can't seem to get it to empty the goods.
I've tried the BD pulling the cart in, which empties its contents, which fall into a water stream, into the storage unit, but then i need to send the cart back.
I can't seem the keep the BD working properly. It needs to be off, then turn on (sucking the cart in), then turn off, tossing the cart onto tracks.
It works for a time, then the torch goes out & doesn't turn back on.
I can use pistons to put out a block for the cart to land on, in front of the bd.
So, i'm wondering if anyone else has a better idea of how to get this to work. Carts aren't working for me, archimedes screw isn't working for me. I'm not sure of any other way of moving goods UP .. I can't think of anything else that can empty carts, or even destroy it and then I just come & reassemble the carts later & refil the cart track...
Yes, i know, i'm long winded LoL.
I have no screen shots because its still in the planning stage.
The tranport is the only issue i'm having.
I've looked at battosay's video, showing pretty much what i'm asking about, but i cannot for the life of me get anything to work like he has it LoL.