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Planting Automation - Deprecated

Allows for automation of planting Farm Plots, by automatically Planting any seeds that are loosely dropped on top of an inactive Farm Plot, such as by a Connector set to 'Throw Out', or this mod's new "Drop [single] Item" action. Combined with vanilla Collectors, this allows for fully automated farming.


The modding API only allows planting seeds directly from a player's inventory. We workaround this by finding a player near the Farm Plot who could plant (not full inventory, is close enough to simulate the Farm Plot (within Server's SyncDistance, defaults to 3km), not in a cockpit), transferring the dropped seed into their inventory, and then immediately performing the plant.

If there's no valid player, or the Farm Plot is already growing something, the seed will be left floating above the Farm Plot until it can be planted, or it despawns. I suggest either having a Button that triggers your planter bot, so you can watch your cool contraption working + ensure someone's nearby enough, OR run your Collector (harvester) bot after seeding to pickup any loose seeds before they despawn.

- Works with Vertical Farm Plot (and likely any other custom models), if not, check the detection area with "!padebug" chat command. please report any incompatibility, either as a comment bellow, or as an issue on Github[github.com]

- For a more assembler-style growing experience bypassing Farm Plots and their limits: AutomatedFarmingMod

- Community Programmable Block Scripts to deal with Seed Crafting and Delivery to the connector: Seed Stocker

Github Source[github.com]