MFR-Treefarm inside a Natura Redwood-Tree

[hotblack desiato]

hello

I have a quite simple questions: which settings do I need to change to accomplish this little task.

situation: I found a natura redwood-tree, and decided to build a base inside (each time I play, I try to think different). the lower part of the tree is spacious enough to house a small treefarm, which I'd like to do with minefactory reloaded (not sure if it should be fully automatic - with planter - or semi-automatic - without planter). but the farming process should be done with a harvester (I'd like to have the sludge, and the goods from the sludge-boiler).

so how do I prevent the harvester from making me homeless (means: it should not chop down the tree where I live).

I do know, that I can build that farm outside, but I'd rather like to have it in the inside. ;-)

 

[rhn]

Short answer: Don't use a harvester! Get your sludge from something else. The way the harvester works is that if a log/leaf touches any wood/leaves within its scanning range, anything chained to those are fair game. So if a tree grows too tall/wide and touches the roof/sides...

But if you really want to risk it...
In Minefactory Reloaded's Common.cfg you will find:

# When searching for parts of a tree, how far out to the sides (radius) to search
I:SearchLimit.TreeMaxHorizontal=200

# When searching for parts of a tree, how far up to search
I:SearchLimit.TreeMaxVertical=256

I think these are the ones who control the "chaining" part of the harvester.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Use something other than a harvester for the tree farm, if just one leaf block touches the redwood your entire base will be chopped, could make an indoor wheat farm for sludge though

 

[hotblack desiato]

good to know.

I was afraid that it wouldn't be possible. so I think, I'll build an outdoor treefarm on top of the tree, and repurpose the inner treefarm-room for something else (wheat farm + twilight forest portal + nether portal and a few other things).

 

[ChemE]

Or you could use facades from EnderIO to replace the bark blocks with facades painted to look like bark. That way your base would never be touching a tree and thus be safe.

 

[Pyure]

“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks?
I have no time for such nonsense.”

Napoleon Bonaparte​

 

[hotblack desiato]

never used them before, but they seem to be nice

the treefarm in its current way is obsolete, because I tested the farm-room and there was just the spot in the middle where a tree would even grow (apparently the MFR-rubbertrees check ceiling height and space in every direction, in order to fully grow the leaves).

but the conduit facades solve another problem: for a lot of machines, I would need to punch holes through the floors, leaving ugly windows between them. the facades would effectively hide them

 

[KingTriaxx]

Unless something has changed, DO NOT DO IT. It will eat your base. It only looks in a 3x3 initially, and then has an enormous 'where's the tree' range. It will knock down a fair part of a full size natura redwood, and well... It's gonna be ugly.