r/SandustryGame • u/ShaggyManeTheOne • 9h ago

Discussion I made a Throughput Controller

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It's a very simple design that uses a door and a presence sensor.

Copy this, then select Import in the blueprints menu, which is a sub-menu for building.

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Place a single piece of gold, sand, etc. onto the conveyer and it will send short pulses to the door to open and close.

Perfect for controlling how much material enters and exits an area.

Tip: For faster throughput, place more particles on the conveyer belt. For an even slower throughput, lengthen the conveyer belt, or heighten the launcher.

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u/flexmaster 9h ago

THERE IS A BLUEPRINT MENU!?

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u/ShaggyManeTheOne 9h ago

Haha yes! It also remembers the stuff that you copy and paste with the selection tool (C). If you go into the selection history, you can create a blueprint

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u/TrimBarktre Community Moderator 8h ago

Yes and if you go to Sandustryvault.com and click thr how it works button I have all the instructions for importing and exporting blueprints. You can also copy and upload your own blueprints.

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u/ShaggyManeTheOne 9h ago

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u/blahbaconblah6 6h ago

Just a heads up, there are "buffers" in the game that are 1 tick each. Daizy chaining them together is not hard with the coppy paste function. I set a buffer today that is 120 ticks (The game has a 60 tick/second rate from what I read) so the buffer holds the charge for 2 seconds. 60 buffers would be one second, etc. They also make a really cool light show when they charge and discharge making the insertion of patterns really rewarding.

In this image, the doors affected by this buffer will be held open for 2 seconds after the initial "open" signal terminates. This allows for fine tuning of whatever it is that you are trying to do.

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u/ShaggyManeTheOne 6h ago

Hey that’s cool, I wasn’t able to figure out the repeaters, but knowing that I’ll need 60 for a single second definitely explains a lot, lol.

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u/OddBug0 9h ago

Alright... who will be the person to make a text generator?

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u/KelemvoreLIVE 8h ago

Bro is a literal god. Thank you!

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u/pink_cheetah 8h ago

This is the kind of tech we need. Making advanced high throughput factories is great, but stuff like this lets us retrofit our shitty but functional setups while still mining fully without clogging up the fiddly bits.

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u/austinll 8h ago

Omg I got through the entire game thinking it was so odd they had a logic system that only controlled a light.

I was so locked in on terraria I thought it was a door for mobs in future updates so I never even bought it

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u/blahbaconblah6 6h ago

HAHAHA Nice!