Filtered Buffer

The Filtered Buffer is a block from BuildCraft that can stock items supplied by pipes. Basically, it stores, ounts items and tell a Gate about that.

Example / How to use it
We first need to connect pipes to the Filtered Buffer. We 're going to use Golden Transport Pipe for the INPUT and Quartz Transport Pipe for the OUTPUT. Each Golden Transport Pipe will drag a different type of item.

For this example we're gonna use Grass, Diamond, Gears and Egg.



Then we add Gates on each INPUT pipe.



Right-Click on the Filtered Buffer to open the GUI. It should look like this :



Now we add our items that are provided by the INPUT pipes in the upper row.

Notice that your item is kept when you put it in a case.



The lower slots that corresponds to the items we add in the block should now be available.

You can add Stacks of the corresponding item if you want :



Then it's pretty much done !

We now need to edit the Gate's behaviors. Just Right-Click on one of them :



You should now have the same behaviors as a container !

You can use that to count items and maybe request more items from the INPUT pipes ;D

For that we will be using Pipe Wire s :



Just put a different Pipe Wire color on each pipe.

Next we will put a chest at the end of each INPUT pipe.

It will be connected to it by a Wooden Transport Pipe with an Autarchic Gate on it :



Put these behaviors into the Gates GUI :



Don't forget to edit the Signal Color in the other Gates.

When every chest is connected to its INPUT pipe, we can now edit the behaviors of the Gates placed next to the Filtered Buffer :

Put that in the Gate where the Red Pipe Wire is connected to :



Put that in the Gate where the Blue Pipe Wire is connected to :



Put that in the Gate where the Green Pipe Wire is connected to :



Put that in the Gate where the Yellow Pipe Wire is connected to :



Now everything is setup ! Just fill the chests with the corresponding items and see what happens in the Filtered Buffer !