Need some tips on how to make a barrel sorting system with "vanilla" Unleashed 1.1.3

[LockeXXV]

Hey guys. I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but no matter what I search here or on Google, I have little to no luck. I know, I know, I'm a newb. Please beat me over the head with a newb stick.

Long story short, I am co-admin for a very small private server we purchase through BeastNode. I'm just learning how to manipulate and add to the 1.1.3 module they offer, but my problem is we have a few users who just -barely- figured out how to add Hats and Biomes O' Plenty via the launcher, so adding brand new non "vanilla" FTB/Unleashed 1.1.3 mods is pretty much out of the question. On a side note, I'm probably the only one that misses Red Power 2 (we were previously on Yogcraft which was great but pretty darn basic and boring). So it wouldn't be worth trying to duplicate it outright unless it was just for me. Now, though I'm the co-admin, I'm basically the tech guy. The main admin just kind of pays for it.

That's where my question comes in. I'm super interested in having the really simple "barrel sorting system" and almost everything needed is in place but chest filters and redstone timers for me to build what I can see as the most common barrel sorting system. It's to my understanding that the system gets clogged if you don't take into consideration every -single- item in the game, which is where the chest filters and timers come in to pulse and remove clogs to a different "miscellaneous chest."

I'm basically just looking for a way to duplicate filters and timers with what is already delivered through 1.1.3 and/or any of the additional mods that you can add to it via the launcher (without downloading things and placing them into folders, because some of our userbase would shit their pants if we did that). Or even a good video or written tutorial on how it's done with what's already provided.

TL;DR - I need to know how to duplicate the effects of timers and chest filters in a simple, clean way so that I can create a fancy and pretty barrel sorting system (without the use of 15,000 diamond filter pipes).

Thanks!

 

[Liquid Klone]

you dont need 15,000 diamond pipes. only 14,999. and I forgot why but you can attach emerald pipe to the inventory chest and place a gate in it. set it to has inventory and pulse? should get it going. still involves lots of diamobd pipes but maybe you can hide with panels. ...btw, I learned this by watchibg a direwolf20 episode today.

 

[Tristam Izumi]

Why use diamond pipes when you can just use insertion pipes from Thermal Expansion (or from Additional Buildcraft Objects if you have that as well)? They automatically try to put items in adjacent inventories, and if that fails (ie, the barrel is holding a different item), then it just continues down to the next pipe.

 

[rhn]

Used to use a Router to insert into a long row of barrels, but had it limitations(cant stack the barrels). But when recently trying that I had problems with the thoroughness upgrade for the router: it just didn't fill the first barrel first, but spread it out over multiple barrels. But that was on pre 1.5 builds, so might work again.

Very simple system:
R=router
B=barrel
C=chest
D=diamond pipe
W=wooden pipe

C (enderchest or dumpoff chest)
W
D D D D D D...D D D D D-R B B B B B B B B B B......B B B B B C
C C C C C C...C C C C C

Small quantity stuff can then be put into chests with diamond pipes(can ofc have multiple chests or pipe if setup allows.
Anything not specified in diamond pipes will then be piped into router which inserts into barrels(with thoroughness upgrade hopefully into first available barrel). Empty barrels and chest(s) at the end of the line will then catch whatever isn't specified in chests.
Its very crude but it does sound a bit like what you are looking for.
If you run a line of diamond pipes along the edge of the wall, you can have 2 chests per pipe and then have barrels doubling back above the chests.

 

[Omicron]

Yeah, honestly, two options:

1.) Routers with upgrades. Manually preloaded barrels prevent you from needing upgrades but cause a lot of extra work to set it up. Advantage: Super compact. Will make you look like a freaking wizard in front of your friends. Disadvantage: very awkward and unintuitive to use, you'll probably need a youtube tutorial to even understand the interface (much less explain to your friends how to do it).

2.) Insertion pipes. Just one long chain of nothing but insertion pipes with barrels underneath. Can snake the pipe upwards and back and forth to fill an entire wall. Have a diamond chest or two at the end for overflow. Advantage: Barrels fill themselves the proper way without user interaction. No-brainer to set up. Disadvantage: Requires a space between stacked rows of barrels. Manual barrel assignment still necessary if you want certain items grouped locally.