pipe stuck in conveyor. help!!

[Anti]

im playing the non dlc map, and i cant get the pipe out of the conveyor. even when the pipe is highlighted i cant just get the pipe it picks up the conveyor with the pipe. (and no i didnt lock it with the construction hammer because i didnt buy it yet)

[Phoenix Cat]

Usually the only way I found around this is to use the Construction hammer on the pipe. Then remove the conveyor. Then unlock the pipe and move it. Things get caught up sometimes. Even if you didn't lock it.

[prtmh]

You did try to pick up the conveyor first to see if it leaves the pipe ?

[DocRabbit]

Use the hammer on the conveyor, once it shows hilites, pull it off the pipe.

[Wonko486]

Yeah, all you need to do is place down the conveyor with the pipe on the grid, then pick up the conveyor belt AND NOT the pipe. See, the conveyor can only be placed on the grid when a pipe is already there: so both go when grab the pipe in a conveyor belt.

Place the conveyor on the grid, grab the conveyor and not the pipe.

[moira.lachesis]

You dont pull the pipe out of the conveyor, you pull the conveyor off the pipe. This works both when the conveyor is built onto the grid as a block or laying around as an item.

Regarding the hammer, if the conveyor is hammered to the pipe you can't pull it off the pipe, then use the method as Wonko described. This is independent of the pipe being hammered to the grid, or not.

[Klandor]

Originally posted by moira.lachesis:

You dont pull the pipe out of the conveyor, you pull the conveyor off the pipe. This works both when the conveyor is built onto the grid as a block or laying around as an item.

Regarding the hammer, if the conveyor is hammered to the pipe you can't pull it off the pipe, then use the method as Wonko described. This is independent of the pipe being hammered to the grid, or not.

It actually HELPS if the Pipe is Locked. You cannot pick it up. Use the Construction Hammer to UNLOCK the Conveyor, pick up the Conveyor and place it elsewhere, then unlock the Pipe and pick it up separately. It's definitely NOT the best idea to leave a Conveyor locked to the Pipe, as unexpected things can happen, especially if there might be a Cork floating around...

EDIT: When I say it's "definitely NOT the best idea to leave a Conveyor locked to the Pipe", I mean not leave it lying around not locked to the Pipe. I do NOT mean "never lock a Conveyor using the Construction Hammer". If it's part of a Conveyor line and is in operation it's always a good idea to lock it so you don't accidentally pick it up and cause Dirt to fall all over the ground.