I have a Forestry Multifarm setup, but a problem I've run into is figuring out how to make it only refill the Saplings and Fertilizer and items when needed. I want the items to be able to go to a collection chest, and then have them only pumped out when the farm actually has room to accept them.
As you probably know they just get wasted if the farm doesn't have room, because they get thrown all over the ground. I tried to create a loop system using Obsidian Pipes on the areas where they fall to put the items back in the chest, but it's so many pipes and is just a mess. And then there's also entities everywhere, because the pipes don't always catch all the items, which creates lag if I plan to have many of these farms running.
There's got to be a simpler way, for it only to pull an item when it can take it. I saw nothing in the Turtle API though that could check available inventory spaces in a block, such as a farm. And I don't know of any way to do it with Buildcraft pipes.
I have a feeling the answer is going to be Redpower, but unfortunately I really know nothing about it other than it's computers, since they're interesting. I know some Redpower device can pull only certain items from a chest, which would be nice since then I wouldn't need separate barrels to collect items from, but I don't know what it is.
If anyone can tell me whether or not this is possible and how to do it that'd be nice.
As you probably know they just get wasted if the farm doesn't have room, because they get thrown all over the ground. I tried to create a loop system using Obsidian Pipes on the areas where they fall to put the items back in the chest, but it's so many pipes and is just a mess. And then there's also entities everywhere, because the pipes don't always catch all the items, which creates lag if I plan to have many of these farms running.
There's got to be a simpler way, for it only to pull an item when it can take it. I saw nothing in the Turtle API though that could check available inventory spaces in a block, such as a farm. And I don't know of any way to do it with Buildcraft pipes.
I have a feeling the answer is going to be Redpower, but unfortunately I really know nothing about it other than it's computers, since they're interesting. I know some Redpower device can pull only certain items from a chest, which would be nice since then I wouldn't need separate barrels to collect items from, but I don't know what it is.
If anyone can tell me whether or not this is possible and how to do it that'd be nice.
