building a factory

[Lothos]

i'm tinkering with various buildings for things I use alot of and was trying to figure out how you can restrict or control the amount of materials go in particular directions for a given final outputs needs.

Like, if you need to make machine blocks on one route and circuits on another you're using differing quantities of refined iron. How would you go about getting 1 going one way and 8 going the other for each output product you want?

I figure I'm probably going to have to learn redpower stuff to do what I want, but honestly their wiki is horrid when it comes to getting a newbies feet wet.

[milcondoin]

Why not go the simple route and build the stuff via automatic crafting tables + logistic pipes?

Add in logistic pipes on a dedicated furnace (iron -> refined iron) and all the other stuff, that needs machines inbetween. Combine that with your storage system (item sinks into the storage chests, provider pipes get the stuff out if needed, stuff will be build, when you request them via request pipes).

http://logisticspipes.wikia.com/wiki/Logistics_Pipes_Wiki

[Lothos]

that can work too if I can figure it out. The tutorial page for the mod seems blank :(

[BuccaneerRex]

Why not go the simple route and build the stuff via automatic crafting tables + logistic pipes?

Add in logistic pipes on a dedicated furnace (iron -> refined iron) and all the other stuff, that needs machines inbetween. Combine that with your storage system (item sinks into the storage chests, provider pipes get the stuff out if needed, stuff will be build, when you request them via request pipes).

http://logisticspipes.wikia.com/wiki/Logistics_Pipes_Wiki

That would work on SSP, although it is as you said the 'easy' route, relatively speaking.

But Logistics aren't in Tekkit, and buildcraft murders a server.

Lothos I suggest using a sorting machine, set to allstack sequential, with items and quantities for each item in the columns, then painted to keep the identical items separate. I haven't tested this, but it's how I'm currently building my HV solar array factory on my server. I will be working on it tonight, so I will let you know how it turns out. I think the downside is that if it's set to allstack, it doesn't switch to the next stack until it completes the one it's currently working on.

[Lothos]

i'm building for the same output on both tekkit and technic so A HV facotry is one of the first I need to get up and running. I'll look at the sorting machine.

[milcondoin]

Ah, didn't think of Tekkit, sorry ;-)

[dustrider]

use the sorting machine, it has multiple slots and there is a mode you pick that will do them in order. So put the 1 item in the first block then 8 items in the next one and should do it.

I just created a HV factory the hard way LOL. I used all transposers until i got filters and replaced them to help out. if interested then i can post my youtube video but won't do it ahead of time cause i'm new to the forums and don't want to break the rules before i have a chance to read them.

[Lothos]

i'm justing starting in on redpower for the first time today. All I can say so far is they desperately need a newbie tutorial for their wiki :/ I don't see anyone new to the modpack starting with using redpower first due to complexity. Right now I'm fairly easy to get going with it having already gotten my EE stuff built and done.

[Lothos]

ok, i guess I may as ask for help now being confuzzled.

I'm looking at retrievers and thinking they might be smart enough to fetch for multiple ACT's but I dunno. Maybe it's easier with multiple chests and multiple retrievers to pull exact stacks for the recipe. Then again the description of the filter is almost identical.

Can these machines pull from the ACT's instead of needing the wooden BC pipe as my other all BC designs?

Should the output from early stages in a cycle go to chests for interim storage until needed for final product assembly?

I'm not sure the sorting machine is going to be my choice in this as its description leads me to thinking its more of a diamond pipe and filter/transposer in one with little regard to quantity sorting of the same item type.

[nayrc]

gonna try to help out here, I've built a solar pannle factory before so i know the exact problem you are having with the refined iron, also comes up with the wires and redstone for batteries/circuts.

what i originally used was the build craft dispersion pipes, it has a very good system (IMO) for sorting certain amounts of items to certain chests, auto-crafting tables ect. im not 100% sure if they are still in tektit though.

another solution is to uses a extra function of the buildcraft diamond pipes, but it only works to a certain extent and would not work for the wires. how it work is if you put one item in 2 of the outputs in a diamond pipe it will split it between them 50/50 or if you put 2 (not stacked) in one output and 1 in another it will put 2/3 to the first and 1/3 to the second output and so forth.

hopefully that helps you and if you dont understand any of it or have any other problems with your factory msg me and ill try to help.

[Lothos]

My current thought process is to try and parse my redstone signal to the stages and use retrievers for each ACT. In my head it works great, we'll see if RP cooperates. If I do it right I should get 2 pulses to the circuit ATC whilst the machine block one only gets a single pulse. The screwy part will probably be the copper cable one as you need 1 per battery and 6 per circuit and its a 6 per run recipe.

[LazDude2012]

For your first question, if you're BuildCraft inclined, a distribution pipe works as well.