avc15 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 OK so I am admittedly a noob when it comes to the shipping stuff. I have these plastic presses in a water bath cooled by my pipe loop. If the room's pressure gets low that deoxidizer will run (helps the cooling loop work). Above 35C the liquid valve opens to cool the room. Below 70C the presses will operate. If the smart locker has more than 8tons of plastic in it, the polymer presses should stop (I don't want to perpetually consume petroleum). Anything more than 50kg of water on the floor, we pump out. The sweeper sits there idle. There's no automation wire connected so it should just start loading plastic, right? But there's several tons sitting on the ground. So confused. What do I have wrong here? you know what? While I was changing overlays the container filled up. You can see it in the 2nd screenshot. Didn't change ANYTHING. Buggy sonofabitch Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotuck Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 hard to tell, can you post a save file so I can look at it? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1024951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
avc15 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 I mentioned right at the end that it unstuck, I honestly don't think I did anything. While I was writing the post and before I took that 2nd screenshot the compactor filled up. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1024955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotuck Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, avc15 said: I mentioned right at the end that it unstuck, I honestly don't think I did anything. While I was writing the post and before I took that 2nd screenshot the compactor filled up. possible a dupe task was assigned to pick up the plastic causing the sweeper to pause, try locking the door Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1024959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
avc15 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 ugh. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1024960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siromatik Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Until there's some issues with advanced storage (filling a whole correct number to reach the interruption, and maybe bored to over-complicated things) im just letting the plastic where it is, with a pressure plate to cut-off the press when i got enought of it. Anyway like Neotuck said sweeper problems are usualy coming from meep interactions. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLance Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 @avc15 This might sound stupid, was there a chance that a single power wire may have been missing from the circuit powering the sweeper arm still and a dupe finished it? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supraluminal Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I've seen issues with sweepers sitting idle with valid sweep targets in range, even with receptacles and loaders that are marked to prohibit dupe interactions. They are really squirrely. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transwarp Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Have you changed the prio of the storage box to 4 or 6 ? Everything on 5 might not work you should must change prio of the storage boxes that the sweeper put things inside. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 37 minutes ago, Supraluminal said: I've seen issues with sweepers sitting idle with valid sweep targets in range, even with receptacles and loaders that are marked to prohibit dupe interactions. They are really squirrely. Mine often stop for no reason after a few cycles and it requires a save reload to get another few cycles Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oozinator Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, chemie said: Mine often stop for no reason after a few cycles and it requires a save reload to get another few cycles I gave up completely on auto sweepers.. They suck so far. Nice toy to play with, but not really needed or usefull for me. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyingCrow Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Try setting the storage compactor to sub priority 1, so itll be very unlikely any dupe will fiddle with it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheExceed Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Sweepers are incredibly bugging from what I have seen. Half the time they don't even work... or just randomly stop working and require a game restart to fix. They're good for automated farms if you have a stockpile and don't mind waiting the extra time for them to self harvest. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Oozinator said: I gave up completely on auto sweepers.. They suck so far. Nice toy to play with, but not really needed or usefull for me. I like the idea of using them for coal gens and fertilizer makers. But you are right. Now hatch coal production is so low, you need to move away from coal gens anyway. As a backup, less need. Farming takes a lot of labor so auto fertilizer would be nice. But here, dups lock out the sweepers as they get priority when the plant is due a load and you have no control over that hidden pecking order. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenIsAGeek Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I've used automation successfully in limited situations, such as storing slime in a containment room where it can't contaminate other stuff. Also keeping my coal generators topped off. I also have a cooling tower (Thanks Luminite2) that uses a sieve to keep temperatures below boiling. A sweeper keeps the sieve full of sand and removes the polluted dirt. Basically, in rooms that don't get dupe activity, the sweepers appear to work just fine. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supraluminal Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1 hour ago, KittenIsAGeek said: I've used automation successfully in limited situations, such as storing slime in a containment room where it can't contaminate other stuff. Also keeping my coal generators topped off. I also have a cooling tower (Thanks Luminite2) that uses a sieve to keep temperatures below boiling. A sweeper keeps the sieve full of sand and removes the polluted dirt. Basically, in rooms that don't get dupe activity, the sweepers appear to work just fine. Mostly, but again, not always. Like I said I've seen sweepers completely lock up and stop working when they have valid sweep jobs available between receptacles and loaders that are marked for no manual access. I have to agree with the prevailing sentiment that sweepers are cool in theory but often a real pain in practice. I like building systems with them but it gets tedious having to babysit them sometimes. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahJusTIce Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Can sweepers be used to keep a steady income of coal to a coal generator? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neotuck Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, MahJusTIce said: Can sweepers be used to keep a steady income of coal to a coal generator? yes Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, Neotuck said: yes assuming they dont bug out Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahJusTIce Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 ok, thanks for the info , but can someone guide on how to set up i have a very simple one but i have the feeling is not working even when just started to dive into the automatron overlay recently. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenIsAGeek Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 There's coal in the generator. No need to transfer any over. If you're concerned, then double-check your priorities. The generator should have higher priority than the storage lockers. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahJusTIce Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 ok, so i can assume as soon as the coal inside the gen is consumed, the sweeper will start feeding the coal generator? and thanks for the tip on the priority. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabrute Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 also lock dupes out of the room and set gene slider to 100% Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsawn Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I'm new to shipping too, but I've found that autosweepers are great for collecting coal and slime from ranches and delivering them via conveyor to your farms/generators. Saves loads of dupe time and is the only way to make puft slime harvesting worthwhile. Question: Can an autosweeper deliver direct to another autosweeper? So can you make a chain of them for long rooms with just one storage? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, Jigsawn said: Can an autosweeper deliver direct to another autosweeper? No, only through compactors. You can make a chain sweeper - compactor priority 1 - sweeper - compactor priority 2 - sweeper - .... compactor priority 9 and they will all eventually deliver everything to the last compactor. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/89674-whats-wrong-with-this-sweeper/#findComment-1025607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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