[Design] Fully automated ranching

[msh91]

I tried to look over for a fully automated ranching without water pumping, but couldn't find one; so I came up with my own.

 

The good stuff:

- The design will keep the exact amount of critters+eggs in the ranch room that you want (e.g. 8)

- It will send all other eggs to a kill room, which can be a room with water where eggs will eventually hatch, die, and a sweeper will collect the meat

 

The bad stuff:

- Upkeep cost: 60w, always (smart storage bin)

 

 

Design:

The algorithm for the design is:

(1) When ranch room contains more than desired amount of critters+eggs, send eggs to room A (sorting room)

(2) In the waiting room, send 1 egg to the kill room, and all eggs back to the ranch room

(3) Repeat (1) if needed (happens automatically)

 

Technical details:

- Ranch room / critter count sensor: above 8 (desired amount of critters + eggs)

- Room A / critter count sensor: above 0

- Room B / buffer gate: 15s (arbitrary based on distance and testing)

- Room B / smart storage bin: Max 1kg

     - Note: an egg is actually 2kg. But when I used 2 the sweeper sometimes put 2 eggs in here. It's a bug, but using 1kg is a quick workaround.
 

Notes:

- In the Power Overlay picture the potential load is 1620w. However, that includes:

   - An auto sweeper (120w) and a conveyor loader (120w) from the kill room, to take the meat after the hatch die

   - A liquid pump (240w), not related to the design

   - Hence the total potential load is actually 1140w

 

Feedback and improvements are welcome

And I hope you like it!

 

And last but not least, pictures:

 

[gaucho_tche]

Hi, care to explain the design and logic chamber by chamber please?