Dynamic Tanks

[Keighvin]

So I was just wondering if someone could explain how these are used, because I can't seem to figure out what good these blocks are.

[dark_hunter]

So I was just wondering if someone could explain how these are used, because I can't seem to figure out what good these blocks are.

Took me me awhile to figure it out, but they treated as a multi block system, in witch you make a tank shape with a gap in the middle.

[rogueclon946]

Sounds like they're pretty much the same as railcraft iron tanks then? I had been wondering the same thing but never tried them out.

[dark_hunter]

Sounds like they're pretty much the same as railcraft iron tanks then? I had been wondering the same thing but never tried them out.

Yea it does, considering it makes a sound every time you make it.

[Kiwionrails]

How do you input/output liquid with pipes/liquiducts? I'm assuming that there is some sort of valve block?

[Keighvin]

There is a valve block, called a dynamic valve, but I don't know how to connect it to something. I'm just not going to mess with them in my regular world.

[dark_hunter]

How do you input/output liquid with pipes/liquiducts? I'm assuming that there is some sort of valve block?

You need to follow the value rule with liquiducts, make sure that there pipe has been hit with a wrench and has a redstone sig like a lever.

There is a valve block, called a dynamic valve, but I don't know how to connect it to something. I'm just not going to mess with them in my regular world.

You place on the same level as the tank.

[Kiwionrails]

You need to follow the value rule with liquiducts, make sure that there pipe has been hit with a wrench and has a redstone sig like a lever.....

Thanks for that:)

[rogueclon946]

yeah now it looks exactly the same as railcraft iron tanks lol

And to make this post productive, are the tank capacities decent at all?

[rogueclon946]

Finished filling my test tank with water. A 9x9x8(max railcraft iron tank size) holds 4,704,000 mb of water, or 4,704 buckets. A railcraft tank the same size holds 10,368 buckets :(

[ikon106]

Do you know how to pump out liquids using mechanical pipes?

[dark_hunter]

Do you know how to pump out liquids using mechanical pipes?

You might need to use the Electric pump for that, but I'm not sure, the wiki isn't updated for the dynamic tanks yet.

[Keighvin]

Do the pipes visually connect? because I have tried in my creative world, and no pipe will connect to the valve.

[dark_hunter]

Do the pipes visually connect? because I have tried in my creative world, and no pipe will connect to the valve.

That means the tank hasn't been created right.

[Maddawg5450]

So far, from my limited testing, the size of the dynamic tanks cannot be as large or larger than 20x20x20, unsure about 19x19x19 to 16x16x16. Just made a 15x15x15 in a creative world, and it looks as if its going to hold perhaps 20-30 thousand buckets. Will edit and reply with more info as I do further testing.

Edit: 15x15x15 holds 35,152 buckets.

Pic 4 (shows total capacity of a 15x15x15 dynamic tank): http://tinyurl.com/lut98zd

Pic 1: http://tinyurl.com/l84wov8

Pic 2: http://tinyurl.com/knrqllm

Pic 3: http://tinyurl.com/mtovsqx

[dark_hunter]

Guess they are called dynamic for a reason. Good to know cheers.

[jondonnis]

Has anyone got any videos or images of taking the liquid out the tanks via the valves? It's doing my head in as no matter what, with the liquiducts and a tesserack it won't come out. I tape the pipe so the arrows appear and then liquid goes into the pipe. Tessarack is set to send from the tank and another is set to receive but nothing ever gets to the other tessarack.

[jondonnis]

I got it working with a waterproof pipe and redstone engine in the end.

[jondonnis]

What's really annoying with the dynamic tank is it doesn't change its appearance once its working. So attempting now, to create a 15x15x15 one and having problems getting it to work. Can't tell where there is a dynamic glass block missing as it must be that causing it not to work. Sticking it underground hasn't helped

[jondonnis]

So far, from my limited testing, the size of the dynamic tanks cannot be as large or larger than 20x20x20, unsure about 19x19x19 to 16x16x16. Just made a 15x15x15 in a creative world, and it looks as if its going to hold perhaps 20-30 thousand buckets. Will edit and reply with more info as I do further testing.

Edit: 15x15x15 holds 35,152 buckets.

Pic 4 (shows total capacity of a 15x15x15 dynamic tank): http://tinyurl.com/lut98zd

Pic 1: http://tinyurl.com/l84wov8

Pic 2: http://tinyurl.com/knrqllm

Pic 3: http://tinyurl.com/mtovsqx

Can you count yours again? I've setup a 15x15x15 on a test world, doesn't work.

[Joker2040]

Did you build it in 1 chunk, or split between 2 or 4?

[Maddawg5450]

It has to be at least Dynamic Tank (walls) around the entire outside, the rest can be any mixture of wall, glass and valve. And it is 15x15x15.

[jondonnis]

All in one chunk, all laid out correctly yet still doesn't like the 15x15x15 size.

Also dynamtic tanks don't play well with buildcraft pipes. They work OK when you first lay the pipes to pump the liquid out, but log off and on again and it flips the pipes so they are going the wrong way.

[Maddawg5450]

I used liquiducts, liquid tesseracts and bc pipes on my brothers server and it never went awry.

[jondonnis]

I've only ever managed to get liquiducts to pump items into dynamic tanks, they refuse to release anything that is in the tank, hence forced to use the BC pipes.