Regarding Buddy block + Poop

[Phantum]

Does the buddy block detect when a wolf relieves themselves or does it not work for entities?

[Zhil]

Doesn't work for entities. Your best bet is detecting the poop with a DB

[Chaechew]

Nice, saved me time: I was already into experiments of different ways to test the idea.
Glad i looked to see an update.

[Phantum]

hmm, I think what I'll do then is set it up so that the fecal matter drops down into the hopper, and then have a bd sitting just above the hopper

[M!C]

Could you come up with a more discriptive thread title? Right now, it doesn't say anything except "buddy block".

[Whisp]

If you're using a hopper anyway, you could just fill all slots except one with clay balls, then the hopper will emit a redstone signal as soon as the first poop drops into it.
Definitely more reliable than the DB version.

[Phantum]

If you're using a hopper anyway, you could just fill all slots except one with clay balls, then the hopper will emit a redstone signal as soon as the first poop drops into it.
Definitely more reliable than the DB version.

hmm with that setup though I'd have to have a hopper for every wolf then. which seems kind of innefficient, I could probably also use snowballs instead :)

Basically I was thinking of having each wolf in their own room, and as poop drops from each room, it alerts which ever dispenser needs to feed the wolf again. So once the poop drops out of one room, it goes to the next room to be sent into a hopper.

[jorgebonafe]

I find that if you drop a piece of meat every ten minutes you get a pretty good output. I have 12 wolves, and more dung then I can use.

[whitechaos35]

So you'd rather waste lapis on a Detector Block than wood on a hopper?

[Zhil]

You can do the pressure plate+fence trick for a cheap item detector too I think.

[Phantum]

You can do the pressure plate+fence trick for a cheap item detector too I think.

pressure plate and fence?



Also I'd rather use lapis which is easy as heck to find, than spend the time trying to setup axles and gearboxes everywhere. I currently have a double chest full of only lapis.