Fill Bot Backpack?

[Witterquick EQ]

I have the ability to make the Mark I upgraded bots with backpacks. How do I get them to collect items and fill their backpacks, so that they collect more small items than one at a time? I tried telling them "Until backpack full" but that didn't work. I was having them gather Wuv though, so maybe that doesn't go in a backpack? Thanks!

[Tenebrais]

Stow an item in your backpack yourself while recording. You will of course need to do a similar "retrieve" command when you need to take them out again.

[dorianmode]

Originally posted by chadandbrandyjohnson:

maybe that doesn't go in a backpack?

As far as I can tell, everything carryable goes in a backpack if there's enough space.

[SleepyFox]

Normal bots can carry up to 3 things at a time, mk1 bots 4, and with the upgrade, 5. Make sure you use the "hand" upgrade, the back pack is a separate thing.

When programming the bots, wrap collection actions (e.g. move to wuv + pick up wuv) in a "until hand full" loop - so they collect however much they can carry before moving on.

[VeraelHasta]

You need to be carefull when you use backpack because it works kinda weird. I use backpack and power upgrade on one bot so he can build entire upgrade in one go. It looks like this:
- take 2 sticks
- store them in backpack (you press Q to do it, it stores entire hand inventory if there is place for it in backpack)
- take 2 of second item
- store them in backpack
- take 8 of third item
- go to workbench
- place 8 of third item
- retrieve (you press Q to do it)
- place 1 item on the table (retrieve gets only 1 from the backpack, so you need to loop retrieve and place "times" the number of items you stored)

[Witterquick EQ]

Ohhhhhh. It never occurred to me that I could just keep picking things up as I recorded. Duh! Thanks!

[Witterquick EQ]

OK new problem. I told them to pick up Wuv until hands full. They do that. Then outside that I said to add to the research machine until hands empty. They do not do that. I wrapped all that in a do forever loop. They either never go pick up Wuv, or they pick up four Wuv, drop one in the machine, and go back for more. I want them to pick up four, drop four in, and then go back.

[dorianmode]

Originally posted by chadandbrandyjohnson:

OK new problem. I told them to pick up Wuv until hands full. They do that. Then outside that I said to add to the research machine until hands empty. They do not do that. I wrapped all that in a do forever loop. They either never go pick up Wuv, or they pick up four Wuv, drop one in the machine, and go back for more. I want them to pick up four, drop four in, and then go back.

Show your script - sounds like a misapplied 'exit on fail' to me.

[Witterquick EQ]

OK:

Outside loop:
Repeat forever!

Middle loop:
Repeat until hands empty
Move to Research Upgrade: Impact Apparatus
Add to Research Upgrade: Impact Apparatus

Inner loop:
Repeat until hands full
Find nearest colonist wuv in area
Move to colonist wuv
Pick up colonist wuv

[dorianmode]

Do you have any 'exit on fail' boxes checked? If so, that's your problem...

[Witterquick EQ]

No, none are checked. It's as if he is stuck on add to the apparatus (as that's what's blinking when I look at the program). I tried giving him a wuv to hold. He then proceeded to fill his hands and drop one in the machine. He then went back, with his hands holding the other three he picked up, and got one more. He repeats that, never emptying his hands. The same thing happens with my guy who is hauling loose weeds from one area to another. He carries a full load, but he only drops one per trip.

[dorianmode]

Originally posted by chadandbrandyjohnson:

No, none are checked. It's as if he is stuck on add to the apparatus (as that's what's blinking when I look at the program). I tried giving him a wuv to hold. He then proceeded to fill his hands and drop one in the machine. He then went back, with his hands holding the other three he picked up, and got one more. He repeats that, never emptying his hands. The same thing happens with my guy who is hauling loose weeds from one area to another. He carries a full load, but he only drops one per trip.

Can you take a screenshot of the script?

The blinking might well be because it takes time to add luv to the research table.

Have you added the main research item - you need that before you can add luv. All hypothesising, since I can't see your set-up.

[Witterquick EQ]

Let me try to add a screen. No, I've researched other things. It was working until I tried to get clever and make the bot carry multiple items at once.

[Jubez_]

Originally posted by chadandbrandyjohnson:

OK:

Outside loop:
Repeat forever!

Middle loop:
Repeat until hands empty
Move to Research Upgrade: Impact Apparatus
Add to Research Upgrade: Impact Apparatus

Inner loop:
Repeat until hands full
Find nearest colonist wuv in area
Move to colonist wuv
Pick up colonist wuv

for some reason this setup doesnt work. got a screen shot of what you mean?

everytime i attempt hands full>hands empty repeat. the game loops through forever doing nothing :(

eg https://i.imgur.com/xue7ozS.png

this has been my goto to fix
https://i.imgur.com/LjLctaB.png

set times to how much crap they carry then tick the box to the right. so if they pick up 3 and its set to pick up 2. the tick in the box will move to next command on fail.

[dorianmode]

Originally posted by Jubez_:

everytime i attempt hands full>hands empty repeat. the game loops through forever doing nothing :(

Don't put the hands empty/hands full loops inside each other - one should come after the other.

[Witterquick EQ]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/755968118237738730/E9DE7A842B5C2EE704BDBE2658FB9841130B242E/