powering machines through Z levels

[Nahui Ollin]

I used to do it in old DF and I cant figure out how it works.

How do I get the vertical logs to work?

[The Word-Mule]

Just use vertical axles stacked on top of each other, down to a gear.

[Nahui Ollin]

Originally posted by The Word-Mule:

Just use vertical axles stacked on top of each other, down to a gear.

The problem is I cant get the power into the vertical gear to begin with. I have a windmill on the roof, and a millstone in floor below that.

[Fig Nuttin]

Originally posted by Nahui Ollin:

The problem is I cant get the power into the vertical gear to begin with. I have a windmill on the roof, and a millstone in floor below that.

I have only experimented with transferring power between pumps on different Z levels, and the stacks are a bit different now. I had to attach a gear to each pump, then transfer power through floors with other gears, not directly between the pumps themselves.

Maybe try placing a gear next to the windmill and see if it rotates, if it does remove the gear, channel a whole underneath where you're going to place it, place it back and put one directly beneath that one. Should work, hopefully.

[Nahui Ollin]

Originally posted by Fig Nuttin:

Originally posted by Nahui Ollin:

The problem is I cant get the power into the vertical gear to begin with. I have a windmill on the roof, and a millstone in floor below that.

I have only experimented with transferring power between pumps on different Z levels, and the stacks are a bit different now. I had to attach a gear to each pump, then transfer power through floors with other gears, not directly between the pumps themselves.

Maybe try placing a gear next to the windmill and see if it rotates, if it does remove the gear, channel a whole underneath where you're going to place it, place it back and put one directly beneath that one. Should work, hopefully.

I found the answer, the gearbox must not have a floor under it to send power down. You do not need a vertical log as placing the machine under the open gearbox still sends power. Logs are only needed if the machine is more than 1 Z level away.

[banetrapperdev]

Can we get screenshots how you did it, i tried everything. At this point how to remove floor? if that is the issue.
Edit: Issue is i cannot send power down a level, no matter what i do. mechanism ontop of mechanism, from mechanism into axis, or from mechanism into machine nothing works, how to send it down a level?

[Teemo]

Originally posted by banetrapperdev:

Can we get screenshots how you did it, i tried everything. At this point how to remove floor? if that is the issue.
Edit: Issue is i cannot send power down a level, no matter what i do. mechanism ontop of mechanism, from mechanism into axis, or from mechanism into machine nothing works, how to send it down a level?

Under the mine menu, channel. That removes a floor.

[banetrapperdev]

sandy loam cavern floor, when i hover over tile i guess that's the problem, but i cant put stairs to make a hole, and to remove floor i can't find a option for that.
Where is mining menu? In digging order?

[Nahui Ollin]

Originally posted by banetrapperdev:

Can we get screenshots how you did it, i tried everything. At this point how to remove floor? if that is the issue.
Edit: Issue is i cannot send power down a level, no matter what i do. mechanism ontop of mechanism, from mechanism into axis, or from mechanism into machine nothing works, how to send it down a level?

I can do it this way with a rough schematic

[Gearbox] [Machine on a floor] = Hanging gearbox connected to machine

[Gearbox directly under hanging gearbox] [Machine/Axle]

So to send power between levels you need a gearbox and either a missing floor or roof.

[banetrapperdev]

For anyone wondering in "Digging order" you need to dig channel the 4th order to remove floor. That's the magic to allow power to move between levels