Having trouble with medium size containers

[Remnar]

Hello. I created a rover to go prospecting for ores and for the most part it's been successful with hauling 2 medium containers. However, I been trying to get the containers to connect with each other and move any thing I put in them through the pipes and out the connector. I have small conveyer belts that hook the cockpit to the medium cans. each can is set so that the small ports are connects and finally pass through the connector. But the connector doesn't seem to collect anytthing from the medium containers. I am wondering do I need to use large conveyer tubes or do i need too hook a conveyer tube to each of the medium containers for the materials to move through?

[Remnar]

I also forgot to mention that there still seems to be a big issue with medium containers disappearing, regardless if they have stuff in them, unless they are hooked to something. like part of a small ship. They will not hook to my base but I found a work around for this. I just create a Landing Gear with some small light armor blocks on it, then put the medium containers on it so they don't disappear when I leave the base and come back.

[Rv2pc3d]

I'm not going to claim to the know the specifics or claim that this is even true, but you might want to pay attention to what materials will pass through the SMALL ports on the Cargo Containers (Junctions) and which materials will pass through the LARGE ports.

Edit* My experience is that only Ore and other simple materials will pass through the SMALL ports and complex materials like Steel Plates, etc will only pass through the LARGE ports. So, you have to have these ports aligned or connected to each other to have the designed materials "pass through".... again, I might be wrong, but this is what I encountered.

[Buzzard]

Not quite sure what the layout is here, but for materials to get from place to place, there must be a complete chain of linked conveyor ports for the entire distance that must be covered. Since this is ore, it'll all fit through the smallest ports without issue, where certain components will need the larger connections to pass through.
Check to see that all conveyor tubes/junctions are fully built, and the tubes (if any) are showing all green lights. Yellow tubes are not complete paths, and red is broken/unpowered.

Maybe share a couple pictures of what you've got so we can all poke at it?

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Mediums are exclusivly for small grid, you cannot lace them on a large grid ship or structure. Only options for large grid are small or large cargo.

The connector has a large port on the back, that has to line up with another large port, or have some conveyor tubes attach to one of its side small ports, you cant butt it up to a small conveyor port, it wont pull items like that.

Like Rv2pc3d says only some objects can pass through small ports. A lot of components need large openings, however all ore should pass through small ports :)

[Buzzard]

Wait... are these containers just on the ground and unpowered? Conveyor networks require power to function, and so do connectors. Unpowered things tend to get eaten by 'Trash Removal' when you get far enough away from them.

Recommend not leaving containers on the ground, and just loading a (powered) vehicle directly.

[Rv2pc3d]

^sound advice!

[Remnar]

Here is my rover and the medium containers and conveyer setup
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[Remnar]

Btw thanks for all your replies

[Rv2pc3d]

Originally posted by Remnar:

Btw thanks for all your replies

Yeah, just as I suspected... you have the small ports aligned, which will only allow Ore to pass through the Conveyors/Containers. Try rotating the Medium Cargo Containers so that the Large ports align and all materials should pass through. You'll also want to use the Medium Conveyors to attach to the LARGE ports on the Medium Cargo Containers.

And you're welcome in regards to the response. You will find that as long as you are cordial and coherent, you will get quick, knowledgeable responses.

BTW, Steam does have a workshop that supports SCREEN SHOTS, Videos and Blueprints. Click F12 to take screen shots from in-game.

[Buzzard]

That block between the tube and the container... what's it look like on the container side? I can't tell if it's an adapter, or some sort of conveyor sorter. If the size of conveyor ports does not match up, there is no seal, no flow of materials.

[Rv2pc3d]

Originally posted by Remnar:

Here is my rover and the medium containers and conveyer setup
image 1[imgur.com]
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Likewise with the Cockpit. Using the small ports on the rear of the cockpit will only allow ore (oxygen/Hydrogen), etc to pass into the cockpit. To get all materials to have access from the cockpit, you'll have to use the large port at the bottom of the cockpit.

[Remnar]

@Buzzard, the block between the pipes is a small conveyor. It basically is a 6 way pipe. Also on the note on moving ore, that is what I was referring to. Sorry If I didn't specify that earlier. The medium sized short block on the right side of the right medium container, is a sorter, but I guess I didn't need it. I set it correctly and in the right direction. All is green, but I wonder why my ores never move from the containers. If only I could move and rotate finished blocks, I wouldn't have to rebuild everything just to rotate a couple of containers lol.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Go from the back...

You have Connector>tube>???Is that the spacer block??

Whatever it is its red and its a large port lining up with a small on the cargo, thats the break in the chain ;)

PS id spin the cargo containers so the large ports are front to back and then all should work. May have to run some small tubes down the sides to hook up to cockpit

PPS just saw your post glad ya got it sorted. Yeah only reason the sorter wasnt wqorking was because a small cargo port was touching a large port :)

[Rv2pc3d]

Originally posted by Remnar:

@Buzzard, the block between the pipes is a small conveyor. It basically is a 6 way pipe. Also on the note on moving ore, that is what I was referring to. Sorry If I didn't specify that earlier. The medium sized short block on the right side of the right medium container, is a sorter, but I guess I didn't need it. I set it correctly and in the right direction. All is green, but I wonder why my ores never move from the containers. If only I could move and rotate finished blocks, I wouldn't have to rebuild everything just to rotate a couple of containers lol.

Ore's won't move from the containers unless there is a "draw" for them to move. You'll have to start with Conveyor Sorters first, making sure they are set to DRAIN ALL.

If this were my vehicle, I would place the Conveyor Sorters on the BASE instead of the vehicle. Once the vehicle connects to the base, either a Conveyor Sorter or an active Refinery (currently with Components in queue to be built) will then "draw" the designated materials out of the vehicle's storage and into the designated location (i.e., Cargo Container or Refinery).

Edit* if you will please excuse the shameless plug, you can take a look at the minimalist conveyor system that I have built on the Lone Survivor world to get an idea of how materials can be "moved" or "channeled" through a system.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1749019547

[Remnar]

Thanks for every one's input. You are right about that sorter on my Rover. It was off. So I turned it on, and it didn't work as I thought it would. As you mentioned I needed to set it to "DRAIN ALL". I am new to this game and it is one interesting learning experience. I Have fixed my problem by removing the sorter and the connector on the rover and replacing them with just a few conveyor tubes and a ejector. The receiving end I replaced the base's connector with a collector (sounds similar but are quite different). And now things are working as intended. =)