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Wolverine

Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:12am

Mining ship conveyor system help!

I made a mining ship, has conveyors, but when i go mine ore, the drills fill up. How do i get the ore to move to my cargo container, without me manually moving it?

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VanGoghComplex has Space Engineers

Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:16am

If your drills are filling, something's not right with your conveyor system. Ore will automatically move from drills to containers as long as there is a valid route. Post a screenshot of your ship. =)

Wolverine

Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:20am

I made this ship in this tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8JbHyJRMo

Wolverine

Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:23am

I added a connector to the back of my ship. I can move the ore around to all "containers". and when i put or into the connector, and dock to my station, the refinery, pulls the ore in. I cannot drag ore from my drill and drag n drop it into my refinery, via control panel. Do i need something between the cargo container and connector? Or can i not directly put a connector on a cargo container?

Last edited by Wolverine; Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:31am

Bobmin357

Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:36am

Some screen shots instead of a 31 minute video would be better in helping figure out your problem. The folks in the video (I didn't watch it) probably got their build correct, so looking at their build won't show your error.

Kraft51

Mar 28, 2015 @ 7:52am

i know the ship you built, as when i first played this game thats the ship i made. i think you may have missed setting ownership on one of the ships components, most likely the drill. try that out, if that doesn't work then try replacing the conveyor tube that is connected to the cargo container with a conveyor sorter block and set it to "drain all" as that will force all contents of your drill into the container.

Wolverine

Mar 28, 2015 @ 8:13am

Screenshot

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197973531478/screenshot/529511306329310623

Wolverine

Mar 28, 2015 @ 8:43am

I added in the sorter, i can manually move stuff, but it still wont "auto" pull from my drills. I used small conveyer tubes, connected to the large container. All lights on the tube system are green.

Last edited by Wolverine; Mar 28, 2015 @ 9:03am

Kraft51

Mar 28, 2015 @ 9:56am

did you set the sorter to "drain all" ?

Wolverine

Mar 28, 2015 @ 10:09am

Yes, i checked all options. I even placed a small cargo container near the drills, and connected it to the conveyor. still no auto pull. Im on a survival server, dont know if that matters. Do i have to add *ore* to the whitelist?

Last edited by Wolverine; Mar 28, 2015 @ 10:09am