Ore sorting and delivery (Updated 2024)

This is a System that sorts ores for you and retrieve them based on ingot recipes ready for smelting.

Intro

This is a sorting and fetching method that I have been using for a while and I have decided to share it since a couple of people asked me about it.

You could use this sorting system as a standalone by using 2 ICs or You could also add my furnace IC and have them be connected together. since the furnace and the sorting system share the same Hash IC.

So if you just wanna use it with the furnace you need to use the Silos IC and the Hash IC.

Construction Parts

• SDB Silo x10
  
• Sorters x10
  
• Stackers x10
  
• IC10 housing and chip x4
  
• Consoles x2
  
• Dial x2
  
• Button

Constructing the Sorting system

First off you will need to place down the silos for each type of ore that is used for recipes plus steel.
Then we'll place a Sorter and a Stacker before every silo's input.

Name all the silos and their assigned sorters to the 10 different ores that we are sorting
It is important to have the same silo names as listed below

• Iron Silo
  
• Copper Silo
  
• Gold Silo
  
• Silicon Silo
  
• Coal Silo
  
• Lead Silo
  
• Silver Silo
  
• Nickel Silo
  
• Cobalt Silo
  
• Steel Silo

Hook up everything together with chutes and cables.
Then use the sorter motherboard to set the sorters to sort the ores to their silos, there is no need to use any type of logic here.

Set the Stackers to 50, this is important to make sure we have full stacks in the silos.
Run a single chute network through all the silos outputs and junctions to connect them all to the same network.

Note: the ores do not need to be in that order for this to work, you can use whatever order you like.

Place down the electronics in any way you want and hook them up together.

When this is done, you should be able to input any amount of ore to the system and it will be sorted to its relevant silo as stacks of 50 ores each.

Connecting it to my furnace build.

Now if you want to use this with my furnace build, it is very simple to do. You just need to add 3 more devices to the furnace build.

For reference this is the current furnace build
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2426326137

Now you will need to add 3 devices to the furnace build. A dial to select the amount of ores desired. an IC that will control the operation of the silos and an optional display that will show you how much are you going to get.


That's all you need to do. You can cycle through the ingots with the ingot dial and when you hit the button the silos while give you the correct amount of ore to make that recipe.

You could also connect all the outputs of the silos together and then to the furnace input to automate the whole thing.

Device names should be:
Dial: Amount Dial
Display: Amount

Silos IC
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3066122889

Adding Ore Displays and Checking Quantities (Optional)

IC Name: (Silos CD)

Adding this IC will do two things. it will display the amount of ore in each silo as shown below and it will stop the furnace and the silos from preforming a task if one type of ore in the recipe requested is lower than the amount available, In which case the led light will flash blue indicating a low quantity of ore.

Note: You do not have to set up the ore displays for this IC to stop the furnace from running if the amount of ore is low for the request, it just needs to be on the same network as the Silos IC

If you want to display ores like the picture above you will need to add 3 devices for each silo.

The devices needed for each silo are:
1x Led Display
1x Console
1x Hash Generator
1x Hash Display



As shown in the picture above, the 3 devices need to be connected to the network, after we have placed the devices we need to configure the Hash consoles to display the ore's image.

The hash generator is a device that will (as the name suggests) generate a has for a specified item in the game. You get the hash generator by making a logic memory then scroll through its variants to get it. Once the hash generator is placed down, use a screw driver to configure its setting to show the type of ore needed by scrolling down through its menu.

Grab your labeler and name each hash generator to reflect the name of the ore that it is generating a hash for, then grab your hash display and insert it in the console and set it to it display its corresponding hash generator to get that particular ore image to display.

Example for iron: place down a hash generator then use a screw driver on the hash generator pin. Then choose iron ore from the menu. Now grab your hash display chip and place inside the console, finish building it. then grab your data disk and insert it to get the config display and then choose the hash generator that we just set to generate a hash for iron. Remove your data disk and you should see iron ore displayed on that console. You will need to do that for every console. (it's tedious, I know)

Count Display:
Now for the amount of ore display. You will just have to name each Led display properly so that the IC can recognize it. The name should be ("ore type" Display)

For example, Iron led display should be named (Iron Display), copper led display should be named (Copper Display) and so on..

Note: Led Display device names are case sensitive. The first letters of each word should always be upper case.


You will need to set up the IC below anywhere on the silos network, no pin configuration needed. Just add the IC to the network and upload the code below ad make sure the led dipslays are named correctly.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3080437350

How to operate

Load up the input with your ores and they'll get sorted to their relevant silos.
Use the selection dial to choose which ingot you want to make and the amount dial to select the amount (the amount number shows you the amount the furnace will yield when it's done, not the ores count).

Hit the button and it will spit out the ores needed to make that ingot in the correct ratio.

If you want the furnace to auto eject basic ingots then replace the Furance IC with the IC below

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3159969549

If you want to use a turbo pump instead of regular pump for a faster performance use the IC below, this will also eject basic ingots based on the amount set.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3267418059

Printer Automation

To further automate crafting, check out my printer automation guide.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3264793499

Discord

Join and post your save file if you're having issues.

https://discord.gg/weCWPWugPh

[Schattenwolf64]

Hi there,
I am unable to set up the silos output. I have read the whole guide multiple times, but I realy can't find the line that describes how I have to set up Dials, Displays, and what IC to get x amount of x ore back from the silos? Al I can find is " place the consoles and dials anywhere you want..." that's no help... I just would like to have a simple output without furnace, ect.. Would be cool to get some help with it ☺️

[Emily B]

@JaCoOoOoS That would be because the information is already in the game, in the Stationpedia (F1) entry for Sorters. Brilliant work Barsiel, thank you very much for making and sharing this

[Xerkus]

Depending on the build order Silos CD might run too late to prevent Silos IC from dispensing insufficient ores.

Update Silos IC script to make sure it checks Silos CD after it had a chance to run.
At around line 12 add yield instruction to make code look like this:

or r8 r8 r6
yield
lbn r1 IC HASH("Silos CD") Setting 2
add r8 r8 r1 #Silos Check

[JaCoOoOoS]

"use the sorter motherboard to set the sorters to sort the ores to their silos". How am i suppose to do this? Where do i have to use this motherboard thing? Poor quality tutorial. It requires a level of game knowledge where you no longer need a tutorial.

[ProxiFire]

@NoEyeDeer it isnt used for anything in game, the only reason to have uranium is for getting pollutant

[NoEyeDeer]

Where is the Uranium silo?

[Golden Dragon]

Okay, got help on your discord server, replacing IC housings helped.

[Golden Dragon]

Got problem with superalloys, furnace work, but resouces is not delivered, or delivered in wrong quantity.
Selected Waspalloy, selected 200, received 150 Lead, 150 Nickel, 150 Silver...

[Golden Dragon]

Do you replenish the steel SDB manually or do you use a switch at the furnace exit?

[Golden Dragon]

Work fine, thx you!