Item Retrieval System

[MineAza]

Since in FTB there are plenty ways to sort and store items, I always wanted to create a chest that always contains a special amount of different items.

I didn't want to run around and hit all the barrels but be able to just have an enderpouch with me with an refilling amount of my most used items.

I saw a mod with supply and retrieval pipes but sadly they are not implemented in the FTB Mods i use.



Has someone come up with a good item retrieval system besides using messy computercraft?

 

[Dragonfel]

I believe there's a red power block that can be set to store a specific number of items in a chest. I'm not sure what it's called, maybe a retriever or something. Basically, you'd hook it up to your storage system and it would keep the attached chest stocked with exactly the parameters you set up in it's interface by pulling from any other chest in the tube system.

 

[Enigmius1]

A retriever feeding a regulator would probably be your best bet. A manager might also be an option, but something like that is better suited to small tube networks (as opposed to the large tube networks that are often part of an automated storage system).

 

[Poppycocks]

Yeah managers and barrels aren't exactly a good idea. As managers are both output and input and barrels have the input on one side, output on the other...

 

[Dragonfel]

Yeah managers and barrels aren't exactly a good idea. As managers are both output and input and barrels have the input on one side, output on the other...

Very true, this system would have to have at least one step between barrels and the final chest. Maybe chest and a button to pulse 1 stack to be pulled from the barrels required? Or maybe a router?

 

[Malkuth]

The mod you talking about Is Logistic pipes.. even though kraft is no longer updating his version.. There is another version out there that works with current version of Feed The Beast.
http://ci.thezorro266.com/job/LogisticsPipes/

Its not hard to install... Of course if your playing on a server you can't use it unless the server installs it.. But if Single Player.. Just add it to your mods folder..

Does everything you want and more.

And if you want to know how they work.. And whats new in them you can watch a little tutorial I did on them awhile ago.

Video

 

[Poppycocks]

Well, you could always do it with railcraft loaders - unloaders etc. But that's kinda silly.

Hm, perhaps a regulator next to your enderchest, the nice thing is that transposers and filters don't actually send items out if there's no valid destination. So you could just pulse the required items every two seconds or so and the enderchest would always eventually fill up with the things you want in it. You could also use filters, a restriction tube could feed the overflow back to the top of the barrels. Then you could pulse it like once every minute.

The mod you talking about Is Logistic pipes.. even though kraft is no longer updating his version.. There is another version out there that works with current version of Feed The Beast.
http://ci.thezorro266.com/job/LogisticsPipes/

Its not hard to install... Of course if your playing on a server you can't use it unless the server installs it.. But if Single Player.. Just add it to your mods folder..

Does everything you want and more.

Yeah, I keep comming back to this idea. Not so sure if I want to add more mods.

 

[Malkuth]

Well, you could always do it with railcraft loaders - unloaders etc. But that's kinda silly.

Hm, perhaps a regulator next to your enderchest, the nice thing is that transposers and filters don't actually send items out if there's no valid destination. So you could just pulse the required items every two seconds or so and the enderchest would always eventually fill up with the things you want in it. You could also use filters, a restriction tube could feed the overflow back to the top of the barrels. Then you could pulse it like once every minute.


Yeah, I keep comming back to this idea. Not so sure if I want to add more mods.

Well of course its up to you.. but if your worried about also playing multiplayer and not wanting to have 2 seperate installs.. It does not seem to matter.

I play on a server 2.. And it just won't load the pipes... Which is strange.. Must of changed the way things worked.. But I use the same Loader for both single and multi.. and the server does not have logistic pipes.

 

[MineAza]

Is someone able to create an auto resupply chest with regulator + retriever? I cant get it working.

 

[Poppycocks]

Is someone able to create an auto resupply chest with regulator + retriever? I cant get it working.

What's your design and problem?

 

[netmc]

If the items you need are already being produced (I.e. farm production) and flowing automatically in your tube network, you could have a regulator accept items from the network and keep the enderchest full. If not, you could probably connect a gold or diamond OR gate (check for certain amount of item in inventory) along with pipe wire to trigger redstone, turning on a timer to pulse a retriever to pull items out of network attached chests and refilling the item. Theoretically, you could use gates to keep (5 sides x 4 pipe wires) 20 different items stocked in the chest.

 

[AnDroid]

Is someone able to create an auto resupply chest with regulator + retriever? I cant get it working.

Try managers, it's cool toy

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[MineAza]

What's your design and problem?

The items seem to get stuck between the regulator and the retriever. No matter how i turn them around no item is gonna end up in the buffer of the regulator and so the chest is not getting items at all.

 

[netmc]

To keep a certain amount in inventory, place items on the left and the right. Don't use the middle. It will be filled automatically from the tube network. One side is "only accept these items", the other is "keep this number of items in the attached inventory" I don't remember which is which. At work at the moment, so can't fire up minecraft to check.

Edit: This is for the regulator. (At least the way I understand it.)

 

[MineAza]

When i put the retriever to the "by turn" mode it will get stuck if i run out of one item. It will not jump to the next.
If i select "random" it only picks the closest item from the barrels.



EDIT2: So this is my setup that works fine as long as there are enough items in the storage:

Still if i run out of one item the retriever will not pull out any of the other items anymore.
Someone with a solution?

 

[Peppe]

Use golems to keep your chest stocked. I think the version we have the golem can only monitor one item type at a time, but in the latest TC version they can monitor up to 3 items.

You can setup multiple golems to stock one master chest. Seems the simplest solution when you know what items you want.

 

[MineAza]

Use golems to keep your chest stocked. I think the version we have the golem can only monitor one item type at a time, but in the latest TC version they can monitor up to 3 items.

You can setup multiple golems to stock one master chest. Seems the simplest solution when you know what items you want.

Can golems operate barrels?

 

[TheSandwichMakr]

Can golems operate barrels?

Yes, they'll pull or place from whichever side you place them on.

And would a router work?

 

[Peppe]

Can golems operate barrels?

Yes. Put the marker below the barrel and they will pull 16 (basic) or 32 (strong) at a time. Leave the top free to connect to your tube/main storage system.

If you take out any amount they will only go pickup the amount missing.

 

[bob marley]

Hey your over thinking this, watch this video by Enigmius1

seems pretty simple