Auto sweeper and storage bin...

[Mykepatch]

I saw a video where an auto sweeper could take material from a storage bin to put it into a building requiring it...

I did it to automate feeding of my coal generator, but sweeper do nothing. If I deconstruct the storage bin, coal falls on the floor and the sweeper puts it into coal generators... at least it worked twice.... now my duplicants come and do the job!
This is the first problem I don't understand.

The second, which is not exactly a problem, is that the video was made before the last update (mk3). So has anything changed regarding sweepers?

If it has, or if I misunderstood something, what should I do?
Is it necessary to put a conveyor loader at some place, conveying coal to a conveyor receptacle near the sweeper? And will duplicants fill the loader manually with coal when stocking it (of course it woulld be the only place to stock coal in my base)?

Thanks for help. Ingame descriptions are much too incomplete...

PS: I'm relatively new to the game, despite a certain amount of time playing it, trying to understand all the mechanics.

[Strygald]

Try changing priority of conveyor receptacle to 1 and priority of coal generators to priority 9, move coal generator slider to fill at 100%. Also, if smart battery disables coal gen I don't think the sweeper will supply it.

[Mykepatch]

Originally posted by Strygald:

Try changing priority of conveyor receptacle to 1 and priority of coal generators to priority 9, move coal generator slider to fill at 100%. Also, if smart battery disables coal gen I don't think the sweeper will supply it.

Thanks for advice.

For now I have only a sweeper with a storege bin and I was wondering if the sweeper could take coal directly from simple storage bin, just as I once saw in a video, or if it was no longer possible.

Anyway I'm going to try with complete conveyor system and see what happens.

[Mykepatch]

Well I got it! I tried lowering the level of my simple storage bin, and it now works perfectly.
I kept my coal storage at 9 to make duplicants fill it before other tasks, I just put the level at 8 and it's OK.
Thanks again for the tip, I'm wondering now why I didn't think of it!

[fiziologus]

Originally posted by Mykepatch:

Well I got it! I tried lowering the level of my simple storage bin, and it now works perfectly.
I kept my coal storage at 9 to make duplicants fill it before other tasks, I just put the level at 8 and it's OK.
Thanks again for the tip, I'm wondering now why I didn't think of it!

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For auto-supply no need 9. Set building priority to N, storage priority to N-1 (sweeper work via priority: first high priority, then lower), loader outside to high. And automonous battery for sweeper/loader (battrety via transformator, charge from power net, supply only sweeper/loader). Dups load things in loader (high priority), sweeper first supply building (from receptable or storage), then fill storage. Full autonomous scheme.
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[Mykepatch]

Originally posted by fiziologus:

Originally posted by Mykepatch:

Well I got it! I tried lowering the level of my simple storage bin, and it now works perfectly.
I kept my coal storage at 9 to make duplicants fill it before other tasks, I just put the level at 8 and it's OK.
Thanks again for the tip, I'm wondering now why I didn't think of it!

[OFF]
For auto-supply no need 9. Set building priority to N, storage priority to N-1 (sweeper work via priority: first high priority, then lower), loader outside to high. And automonous battery for sweeper/loader (battrety via transformator, charge from power net, supply only sweeper/loader). Dups load things in loader (high priority), sweeper first supply building (from receptable or storage), then fill storage. Full autonomous scheme.
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I had to start a new game because I ran out of energy and oxygen... bad anticipation.
I'll try to better organize automation too, according to your comments.
Thanks for help.

[LudwigVon67]

If you want only your sweeper to fill the coal generators, you can make the bin at 1 and the generator at 2.
Or if your bin need a higher priority (so dupe fill the bin) you can make the bin at 8 and generators at 9...

The sweeper will make the higher priority full then the next priority and so on.