So i was playing around with tree farms and came across this gem on the computercraft forums: http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/12551-ftb-automatic-tree-farm-no-bonemeal/
simple design, no bonemeal, power, etc. and cheap. just a turtle and a single tree to worry about.
well, i like to engineer things up a bit. I modified his code to process that single tree, and made it work for a whole farm:
here the turtle runs around the inside of the dirt blocks, and if theres a tree, itll chew up the wood, spit it back out into the water pit, and repeat around the whole ring of dirt blocks, and replant as needed. couple cool things in the code: it'll pick up loose saplings that end up on the dirt blocks. and the little dance it does to reload on saplings if it runs out is pretty cool to watch
code for the turtle (solar turtle btw. easier on fuel): http://pastebin.com/NaQFu2Qx
the world file im sharing has 2 of these farms going
worldfile (for ftb unleashed): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2ucBrdZgWgnRURHb3Y3cC1KVk0/edit?usp=sharing
edit: hold off on the world download, turtles dont know what to do when map is loaded. if you still want to play with it, break the turtles (they are labeled), and place them 3 blocks above the center obby pipes (same level planted saplings are on), facing away from the dsu with saplings. make sure theres 1 jungle log in slot 15, 1 jungle sap in slot 16. open console and type 'farm' to start them up. rename to startup if you want, but theres nothing in the code on what to do when they are not in proper start position
simple design, no bonemeal, power, etc. and cheap. just a turtle and a single tree to worry about.
well, i like to engineer things up a bit. I modified his code to process that single tree, and made it work for a whole farm:
here the turtle runs around the inside of the dirt blocks, and if theres a tree, itll chew up the wood, spit it back out into the water pit, and repeat around the whole ring of dirt blocks, and replant as needed. couple cool things in the code: it'll pick up loose saplings that end up on the dirt blocks. and the little dance it does to reload on saplings if it runs out is pretty cool to watch
code for the turtle (solar turtle btw. easier on fuel): http://pastebin.com/NaQFu2Qx
the world file im sharing has 2 of these farms going
worldfile (for ftb unleashed): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2ucBrdZgWgnRURHb3Y3cC1KVk0/edit?usp=sharing
edit: hold off on the world download, turtles dont know what to do when map is loaded. if you still want to play with it, break the turtles (they are labeled), and place them 3 blocks above the center obby pipes (same level planted saplings are on), facing away from the dsu with saplings. make sure theres 1 jungle log in slot 15, 1 jungle sap in slot 16. open console and type 'farm' to start them up. rename to startup if you want, but theres nothing in the code on what to do when they are not in proper start position