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Filter with Chest
While using the mod, I realized that the "Filter Module" doesn't quite work for what I need. I tried building a new filtering system using chests and "Filter Modules" to organize and simplify things. However, the terminal can't seem to locate the materials handled by this system. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I tried Using the Retrieval Module, but it doesn't work...
Hi! What you're doing seems to be correct using the filter modules :) They can be used to tell the storage system that a container can only have certain items put into it when they're put into a terminal or added to the system using an extraction module. Filter modules shouldn't have any effect on the items that a storage system "sees" in chests, ie. when you attach a terminal to a system with a filtered chest, the terminal should still see all the items in the container.
Retrieval modules serve a different purpose - they're essentially like small item terminals, but for containers rather than players. So if you want to take all of the ores from your storage and output them to a furnace, for example, that's what you'd use a retrieval module for on the furnace.
If what I'm describing (and what you seem to have built before trying retrieval modules) doesn't work correctly, then maybe there's some other issue going on. Occasionally, pipe networks will fail to "form" correctly, especially when putting a pipe between two already existing pipe networks to "join" them. This is a long-standing rare and hard-to-reproduce issue that I haven't been able to fix yet, unfortunately. If that issue is occuring in your case, breaking all of the pipes involved and replacing them is the best solution (even though it's unfortunately a little tedious). Let me know if that works for you! :)
