Help with tank cart/MystCraft Portal.

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MrKirk

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Hello there.

I'm having a problem running my liquid transport from the nether to overworld and back... The cart is returning right after it have entered the portal.


Edit: My local server. Running the server with 2 GB RAM.
 
Its the vanilla booster and yes, I've tried with and without the booster track at the start.
 
the unloader and loader need a boarding track on them to hold the cart in place while it transfers liquids. The nether link book you have shouldn't be set to be in front of the portal like that. it should be set to the booster by the cobblestone, what is happening is it is going through the portal to the booster and then straight through the portal again. Linking books do not link to other portals like the nether, but to exact coordinates and facing direction.

actually looking at it again, both of the linking books look to be set in front of the portals, you should have them set to the booster by the cobblestone instead so that when it goes through a portal it will instantly appear on the booster track and go forward to the tank and stop, load/unload the liquid, then continue into the portal where it changes realms and does it over again.
 
ItharianEngineering said:
the unloader and loader need a boarding track on them to hold the cart in place while it transfers liquids. The nether link book you have shouldn't be set to be in front of the portal like that. it should be set to the booster by the cobblestone, what is happening is it is going through the portal to the booster and then straight through the portal again. Linking books do not link to other portals like the nether, but to exact coordinates and facing direction.
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Such a simple solution... Many thanks for the information.

About the boarder track, is it the normal one or the train boarding track?
 
normal boarding track, the train boarding track is for trains, which is when you use the railcraft crowbar to link multiple carts together.
 
Your setup looks fine really. You just need to set the linking books straight. Stand on the booster by the cobble so that the unloader/loader is between you and the portal, create a linking book while you face the portal, use that link book to setup the portal for the other realm (not the one you created it in). After doing it for both books, and getting the boarding track down you should be fine. The default setting on the boarding track and un/loaders should be fine, also make sure they are liquid un/loaders. MystCraft portals can be really confusing when you first start to use them, but it gets easier I think.

Also the boarding track has an arrow on it. You want it to face towards the portal so it sends the cart the right way :D
 
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ItharianEngineering said:
Your setup looks fine really. You just need to set the linking books straight. Stand on the booster by the cobble so that the unloader/loader is between you and the portal, create a linking book while you face the portal, use that link book to setup the portal for the other realm (not the one you created it in). After doing it for both books, and getting the boarding track down you should be fine. The default setting on the boarding track and un/loaders should be fine, also make sure they are liquid un/loaders. MystCraft portals can be really confusing when you first start to use them, but it gets easier I think.

Also the boarding track has an arrow on it. You want it to face towards the portal so it sends the cart the right way :D
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Awesome! Many thanks for the help ;)
 
What I did to solve the problem was to set the linking book on a track away from the entrance. There you either use an elavated track (raise the track on a block, then replace the track on top of the block with another to act as a stopper)or control tracks to give the cart momentum. That track goes to the loader, then returns directly to the gate. Same on the other side. As the link is set up away from the actual portal it stops any 'bounce' back through.
 
jim johnstone said:
What I did to solve the problem was to set the linking book on a track away from the entrance. There you either use an elavated track (raise the track on a block, then replace the track on top of the block with another to act as a stopper)or control tracks to give the cart momentum. That track goes to the loader, then returns directly to the gate. Same on the other side. As the link is set up away from the actual portal it stops any 'bounce' back through.
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I was having a bit of a hard time getting my setup working. I finally figured out I (unintuitively) have to be facing the portal as mentioned above. This sounds like another good idea to get it working as well!

Now in the process of pumping the nether dry lol :)
 
my setup uses simply a loader track and 3 normal tracks works fine so like this
>---|
> loader track
- normal track
| portal

and i stand on the loader track facing toward the portal when i make the linking book
 
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