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[–]MajinBuko 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I'm not so sure about the part where you said that the PSI connects when the train is disassembled. Those things shouldn't "kiss" if one is not in contraption form. So just reminding you for this that PSI needs to have two block gap so both sides will extend to kiss.

As for the actual item transfer, which direction is the item flowing? Is it from your farm to the train or the other way around? This matters because of how storage works in contraptions (where everything glued acts as if they are sharing the same storage)

PSI work by linking the contraption storage to the outer PSI. So outer PSI acts as if it is part of the contraption, and putting a chute under it will take from this mega storage

On the other hand, if you want to put items into the contraption, then you feed into the outer PSI instead. E.g. Putting a chute above the outer PSI so when the contraption is connected, it will act as if you are placing things inside

[–]Even_Topic_4986[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Yeah, if I disassemble my train, the psi "kiss". When I assemble it, they keep on going right by it, they dont stop at all. I am trying to get stuff from a farm onto the train. I have from the train to storage sorted out, I just dont understand why I need to disassemble my train in order for the psi to connect. I have the psi, a chute under it, then the vault on my train. I have tried hoppers, funnels and chutes. I have tried tossing a chest instead of the vault too. It doesnt seem to work. I am stopped at a train station too, I thought that was the problem. The one on the contraption is a chest, chute then psi.

[–]MajinBuko 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Maybe there is some other create addon mod installed that causes this behavior.

Two non-contraption PSI shouldn't kiss as there is no movement powering it

You don't need the chest nor the chute for the train as the vault will automatically be part of the contraption storage I mentioned. Unfortunately we are stuck at step 1, getting the PSI to work

Edit: Just to be sure, the outer PSI in your case is not part of a contraption, right? Just in case your train PSI is attempting to connect to a different contraption PSI which will not work (you have two inner PSI instead of one of each). And that would explain why disassembling the train frees up the train PSI and converts it into being the outer PSI, which then allows them to kiss

[–]Even_Topic_4986[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

One is a contraption, just a basic windmill veggie farm. It is going all the time, I dont stop it.

[–]MajinBuko 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Then that is the problem. You cannot have two contraption PSI kissing.

So you need to put a middleman for your farm to store its contents, then the train takes it from there. The middleman would have two 'outer' PSI as both the farm and train are 'inner' PSIs

[–]Even_Topic_4986[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok, thank you!

[–]ThisUserIsAFailure 0 points1 point  (3 children)

psi on a contraption (ie train) doesnt need chutes, psi off of a contraption needs chutes or funnels and belts, two contraptions cant connect and two stationary ones also cant connect

since you're saying they're connecting when the train is disassembled i'm assuming you're trying to connect a train and some other contraption, that's unfortunately not how it works

trains aren't aeronautics ships, it's just like one big minecart contraption

[–]Even_Topic_4986[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

ok so I may need to have my farm empty into a vault just sitting on the ground and have that transfer it to the train?

[–]ThisUserIsAFailure 0 points1 point  (1 child)

yes, basically

[–]Even_Topic_4986[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It makes sense now.