Automatic Drawbridge Setup & Tutorial | 7 Days to Die Alpha 20 | Design Series

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

You can fill in those 2 block spaces if the doors are down. That was an issue in A19 for me but always worked with doors down, recent base building reveals same solution.

[@WaywardEko]

Well damn. I thought I had tried that, but on retesting you are spot on. Good catch.

[@kevincassidy2008]

Dude…..if I could give out awards for awesome tuts….this is winning first place!!!

[@ArmitageShanksMC]

I didn't actually realise that automation in 7D2D was so easy. Those motion sensors are really powerful.

[@WaywardEko]

You can flip the targets and use them to power traps against zeds too!

[@WaywardEko]

@Walking Jedd Gaming - would love more electrical options!

[@JosephDiveley]

That is a clear and easy to understand video! Thank you so much for making it!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly Joseph!!

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Fist time seeing that sweet intro, love it!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks much! Having fun trying to design some more intro animations!

[@Greymist73]

I wish this video existed two years ago when I did my first setup like this. :) Alpha 18 electronics was squirrely my first time through, but I finally did it.

[@WaywardEko]

Yeah - trying to get out some practical application vids to help folks out!

[@robertseymour2502]

I was just dealing with this issue in my SP. I always forget to start at the power and go towards the object. I just assume it's all two way wires 😂 thank you Eko 👍

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome! Glad it helped!

[@ltGargoyle]

just found this video. sweet and to the point. very helpful thank you.

[@gloriouschannel3683]

i didnt know since alpha 14 that u could use 2 cameras. the key is just like in the vid that the cameras need to be connected without any other connections in the middle. then you can use them!! i just learned and made me happy and eased

[@WaywardEko]

Depends on what you want, but basically the way it works is: OR Gate: power source -> Control Agent -> Control Agent -> Powered Object AND Gate: power source -> Control Agent -> Relay/Light -> Control Agent -> Powered Object Control agent could be switch, camera, pressure plate, tripwire.

[@kevnar]

Okay. Now you have to do a tutorial on lighting. I've never figured that shit out. I could be game stage 500 and I'm still lighting my base with torches.

[@WaywardEko]

Happy to do that! -- what about lighting is giving you pain?

[@deadclocks5828]

Thanks WaywardEko, very cool little tutorial 😀🇦🇺

[@WaywardEko]

Absolutely! Thanks for the feedback!

[@CRemy-pk1fh]

I always to all my home bases in A16/17 and i learn it from Vedui although your video is educational as well. One thing i like to add is turrets activation for safety just in case there's zombie following me into the drawbridge.

[@WaywardEko]

That's a good call as well! Yeah - when I can I really like to have the bridge take you in and let you get right to your crafting area.

[@jasibbach]

I love this eko. Thanks!!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Sibbach!

[@MoldyBread90]

Appreciate the clear and concise tutorial!

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome!

[@Hooligoon-Hāfu]

Good stuff man. Very helpful.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Uno!

[@ApostateltsopA]

Thanks, that was quick and what I needed.

[@WaywardEko]

Awesome and welcome!

[@match6164]

Outstanding easy to understand video, thank you so much!! 👍

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!

[@TheMorrogoth]

Not sure if its been said or if you have figured it out since posting this video - But you can place blocks in the 2 outside areas if you lower the Bridge. Its like having a Drone or Body in your way and you try and place a Frame down (Even if where you are trying to place said blocks are in a legal place) - Seems part of the edge of the Bridge is in the way if its up. If you lower the Bridge and fill in those 2 blocks the Bridge will still work just fine.

[@WaywardEko]

Yup - someone else mentioned that and I thought I had tried that ... but alas I had not. Thanks for bringing it up!

[@Icariusinfinium]

Excellent Video, and explanation. I will put these ideas to good use in my next build~!

[@WaywardEko]

Let me know how it turns out!

[@stupidusernameize]

Really cool and helpful. Thanks!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks and glad it helped!

[@severussnape3311]

If you want it to work among further distance between the sensors you have to use said sensors to relay between them , otherwise you'll have no energy as soon as the timer of the outer sensor runs out. Just put them somewhere out of sight to relay the current without noticing the sensor status.

[@WaywardEko]

Great idea!!

[@therealbahamut]

I tend to put my cameras facing sideways across the bridge so they don't trigger unless I'm driving or walking right up to my entrance. I usually find 8-10 seconds is plenty of time to get a vehicle across the bridge before closing it, depending on how smooth your terrain is and how much room you've left yourself to maneuver.

[@WaywardEko]

Yeah - I use the sideways trick for the inside of the base -- it's the entering that I like it to face out. I just end up getting launched when I do short durations :)

[@therealbahamut]

@@WaywardEko That's part of the FUN though!

[@WaywardEko]

@@therealbahamut it makes for hilarious streaming every time it happens!

[@conniee.]

This was helpful. The only thing I had a problem with was ur choice of timing for the d-bridge to close back, 30 seconds is way too long, you should only need about 5 seconds at the most for closure of the bridge.🤨 I'm thinking if there are nearby zeds around ur entry to ur base they can surely enter with a 30-sec delay of that bridge closing if they follow you hearing ur vehicle go in that way.🤔 Good vid.😊👍🏾

[@WaywardEko]

Absolutely a personal preference. 5 seconds is dangerous. The trick is that sometimes you run in and out of a base and 5 seconds has ended up in players getting launched outside :) In our last community server we used 15 seconds for a while and ended up bumping it to 30 seconds for this reason.

[@eircK]

The switch can help in this case. No matter how long the timer is you can always use it as an emergency shutdown. I made a habit to double tap it when I get in so the doors close and then the switch is on again so I can exit normally next time (note that even if the timer has not run out and you open the switch again the doors will NOT open so it's safe to double tap).

[@conniee.]

@@WaywardEko - Oh well, to each their own.😊

[@KingRubyRed]

Thank you! Very well explained. I'm excited to try it. =D

[@WaywardEko]

Quite welcome and enjoy!

[@KingHVofficial]

bro, your content is very good and if you like challenges I will recommend you to try to make an elevator for both cars or for the character in the 7DTD 😅👍🏽👊🏽💙

[@WaywardEko]

I've been chewing on that for day and now wondering if you could somehow use 2 drawbridges with a car right in the middle to see if you could launch it straight up :)

[@KingHVofficial]

@@WaywardEko Right I go to search for this hahaha 😅👍🏽👊🏽

[@mmmccc1607]

Great job and very informative!

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks kindly!!

[@stevenclark8225]

Couldn't work out why my drawbridge wasn't right. I connected sensor bridge sensor. So helpful. Ta

[@WaywardEko]

glad it helped!

[@tigrecito48]

i was thinking it would be good to have drawbridges also for horde night bases.. now that some zombies are attacking blocks more even with a path... it would be cool to have 2-4 pathways for zombies, that you can direct zombies to if one starts getting too damaged.. just raise that drawbridge & lower another one

[@WaywardEko]

Funny you mention that - I have two bases that work in that fashion. Will be putting out a video on my community server base which uses that mechanism.

[@eircK]

I personally prefer to use pressure plates instead of cameras on the inside part. This prevents the annoying opening and closing of the doors when the camera sees you running around your base.

[@conniee.]

Yeah, but won't the pressure plates let in zeds when they step on them if not hooked up to a camera?🤔🤨

[@WaywardEko]

I would absolutely prefer pressure plays on the inside ... but they have one huge drawback. They don't trigger with vehicles. So each time you leave your base ... you would have to walk over the plate and then get back in your vehicle.

[@eircK]

​@@WaywardEko ​ Yea that's definitely very important to know. The way I do it is I put the plate close to where I enter the vehicle so I trigger it before I get on and leave.

[@eircK]

@@conniee. I use the plates on the inside. Hopefully there are no zeds in my base :D Outside I use a camera like Eko in the video.

[@conniee.]

@@eircK - Ok, fine.😊

[@peterhunt7607]

To put in the blocks in above the bridge, put the bridge down and then add them.

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks Peter! I had thought I tested that. Good catch.

[@majorlouis956]

Thanks for these tutorials, would love a castle tutorial build I,d send some dollar 🎉🎉, all the best anyway 7days on console let's go, then your be busy

[@WaywardEko]

Castles are tricky just due to the time investment to do a tutorial ... I have 2 castles for download on my Patreon after a ton of people asked for them! I can't wait for console to bring everyone together!

[@GregorifElfeNoir]

I do not know for the electric drawbridge, but with the classic you can place the 2 blocks on the side while it is in open position

[@GregorifElfeNoir]

ALso, thank you for the great tuto ! I totally forgot you could use motion sensor as a block and not just as a component >

[@WaywardEko]

I've tried everything from opening it ... to removing the bridge and placing those blocks. Then answer I did on the community server base was to add a façade over the top so you don't see the gap.

[@FlareFritz]

Try one with a double wide moat that has twin drawbridge meet in the middle

[@WaywardEko]

I did something similar on my base Winters Edge.

[@LazaOne]

1 W means 1 Watt

[@WaywardEko]

Correct

[@jayzoperry5893]

I love you thank you

[@kyle8198]

Any idea how to make this work powered in reverser? So I've setup a base underground and I have the drawbridge in place. I want it to go UP to "open" the hole in the ground and I want it to go DOWN to "close" back over the hole in the ground. It works but no matter what order i rig the sensors it acts "normal" vs acting like I want it to.

[@WaywardEko]

There isn't an easy way to do this ... I think Jawoodle figured out a SUPER janky way to do it a year or so back ... but it leveraged some really weird mechanics and was really hard to setup.

[@tigrecito48]

if the drawbridge raises with a zombie on it does it fire them off into the distance? it would be cool if you could make a zombie catapult.. a sensor that lowers it when zombies go past the sensor but then it raises a few seconds later so the zombie flies off into the stratosphere... i know it probably wouldnt work but i wish it did...

[@WaywardEko]

Would be fun --- or having them crush them. I think the general nature of 7dtd is that they would arbitrarily glitch to one side or another .... now for your character, you will get flung ... as will any vehicle you are on.

[@tigrecito48]

@@WaywardEko if the glitch flung you the exact same place every time you could put another drawbridge where you land & you could get them to play ping pong with your body lol

[@R5turn]

I want to build a bridge like you, the ramp goes up, how can I build it? I can make the door go up and down, but the slope is quite difficult for me to do. What is the name of the wedge block you used to build the slope?

[@WaywardEko]

Search for the 'Narrow' set of shapes.

[@R5turn]

@@WaywardEko thank you

[@Lord_OGRE]

Nice guide thank you, I’m an electric noob

[@WaywardEko]

Thanks!

[@thereaper2762]

I reloaded an old game to see how I did it before and I have a hot wire running from camera 1 to camera 2 (across the water) then to bridge and it works from either side. I try replicating that exactly in this new game and no matter what try it will only open from 1 side or the other

[@WaywardEko]

Make sure the two cameras have the same settings.

[@chrisdavidson5860]

Hey do i have to use two motion sensors? Im using one motion sensor outside and have power all the way up to when i connect the drawbridge

[@WaywardEko]

Chris - you only need one sensor technically, but then the drawbridge will only open from one side. The idea of doubling up the sensors is so that it can be opened from either side.

[@tigrecito48]

i had a lot of trouble placing drawbridges in alpha 19... it kept wanting to place them lower than i wanted or higher..

[@WaywardEko]

One trick that I forgot to mention in the vid is around this -- if you place some frame shapes in the middle of where you are placing it ... you can place it much easier. Just remove them after.

[@tigrecito48]

@@WaywardEko you mean like under where you want the bridge like span the gap?

[@WaywardEko]

correct. if you place just a nerd pole up top the level of the bridge you can target the bridge placement there and it makes it easier to place.

[@vilenurgle]

Is there any way to do this without the motion sensors? I have that visual bug where the boxes flicker when I have cameras.

[@WaywardEko]

If you are wanting it to work automated with vehicles, this is the only way. If you want to walk in you can use trigger plates but they are not activated by vehicles. If you wanted to have it manual you could have a switch in the outside so the circuit would be power source -> switch inside -> switch outside -> drawbridge

[@kevnar]

The real trick is actually placing the damn drawbridge down. 100 forged iron, 100 wood, 20 springs and mechanical parts, and the damn thing collapsed on me.

[@WaywardEko]

Did you get the stability indicator? -- it's a little easier now on A20 since it gives you forewarning that it'll bust. It should light up green if you can place safely. Cause yes ... I've blown up many in A19.

[@BluemaxDR]

I want the drawbridge to stay open (underground base) and close when I trigger sensor, will I have to make a mod to do that?

[@WaywardEko]

Sadly there is no option to invert signals. Mod would be your best bet.

[@jarrond818]

Why is one side of the blocks see through next to the drawbridge the one shown at the end of video

[@WaywardEko]

I just used glass blocks so you could easily see the wiring.

[@Abbittibbi]

Set the drawbridge sensor to 5 secs, let the zombies on, watch them flying, hilarious...

[@WaywardEko]

Truth!!!

[@Protectereli]

Doesnt work for me? Im going power source > switch > relay > exterior camera > relay > interior camera > relay > bridge. It works from the outside, but not the inside. Any ideas?

[@WaywardEko]

camera -> relay -> camera will create an AND gate. To create an OR gate, you must go camera to camera direct.

[@Protectereli]

@@WaywardEko Got it, I just did that and it worked. Thank you, its now functioning brilliantly!

[@joesretrostuff]

THANK GOD for this comment. It was driving me mad why this vid works whilst mine with a relay doesn’t. I still maintain that it should work either way but it m grateful it does!

[@tigrecito48]

btw how did you get water in your moat? i tried filling my swimming pool with metal buckets in alpha 19 & it didnt go well

[@WaywardEko]

I did that in the POI editor, but you can do it painfully with buckets. Water in 7dtd is a hot mess though. There is a glitch where basically you can pick up and place the same bucket of water in the same place and it will start to magically multiply. Might do a short on it to explain.

[@tigrecito48]

@@WaywardEko ok let me know if you do a video on it.. i saw someone add water with mods but i havent tried modding yet.. nor have i tried using creative mode etc

[@WaywardEko]

will do! if you're subbed and click the notification bell -- you should get it. Will add it to the queue for next week.

[@DraconisLupus]

Well this no longer works in 1.0. The cameras do not pass through power until they are activated. So the drawbridge will not open for one of the two because it will only have power while the other is active.

[@WaywardEko]

Still works - nothing in 1.0 changed electricity. One item I didn't cover (I did this vid a few years ago) is how AND/OR gates work. This video covers how all this works in detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSukKKKpdZmeKs

[@DraconisLupus]

@WaywardEko Did not know that adding a relay changed the logic from an or to an and. I'm an Industrial Electrician so I get the logic statements. Just didn't have all the info. So I have to reposition my cameras closer. Thanks.

[@WaywardEko]

I don't think I knew that either when I made the original video!

[@104responsevideos4]

Do you have a video showing how to install the drawbridge itself?? I still cant place one without half my base collapsing! 😡😡😡😡

[@WaywardEko]

My recommendation is to go into a test world and turn on dev mod and creative and practice placing it. Do you have a straight line to bedrock under where you are placing it for support? That's the key.

[@ArmitageShanksMC]

Is there anyway to invert a power signal?

[@WaywardEko]

Unfortunately no -- a lot of us have asked the devs about that one before.

[@ArmitageShanksMC]

@@WaywardEko Yeah, it should be as simple as allowing us to invert the behaviour of any powered object, so when it receives a power signal it does the opposite (ie when powered a normally open door closes or a drawbridge is normally down and goes up). I'm trying to use a drawbridge as a giant hatch for my vehicle ramp down to my bunker base, unfortunately due to the limitation of the powered drawbridge I have to use a manual bridge, which is an inconvenience, and can also become a security issue if I ever forget to close it.

[@diz3681]

How do u make that beautiful ramp to the drawbridge 😭😭

[@WaywardEko]

Search for the 'narrow' blocks. Narrow Tip, Low, Mid, High. There is a series with railings.

[@sadisticxc5840]

Hi, can someone help me, how can I do that king of ramp to the door?I can't understand which shape I need for it for example 0:15-0:17

[@WaywardEko]

Wedge Narrow Tip, Wedge Narrow Low, Wedge Narrow Middle, Wedge Narrow High - all under the ramp menu

[@sadisticxc5840]

@@WaywardEko thanks a lot!

[@DanzoX25]

How do you create the same smooth rise for vehicle?

[@WaywardEko]

Search for the term 'narrow' in the block menu and you will find a ramp set that raises 1 block over 4 spaces.

[@DanzoX25]

@@WaywardEko Thank you very much.

[@otakuwolf]

Can you use a db to push a large amount of zombies away?

[@WaywardEko]

Maybe ... but I wouldn't trust the game not to have the zombies just glitch through arbitrarily to one side or the other.

[@Martincwr]

Can you show how to make that ramp?

[@WaywardEko]

Search the shape menu for narrow ... you will see a set of 4 parts that use to make it.

[@Martincwr]

@@WaywardEko Thanks so much! So much easier omg! I tried to go to your discord page but it giving me a error message after your live horde night. can you give the link again. Want to come play on your server.

[@WaywardEko]

@@Martincwr This should be it --> discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p

[@noonsta]

i tried generator > switch > cam >cam > bridge , then i tried generator > switch> bridge but am not able to connect to the drawbridge on a21 anyone experience this?

[@WaywardEko]

So in both of those cases ... does the bridge just not show as a viable option? are you perhaps out of range ... ie the cord from the prior connection will show red (or rather the wire will show red)

[@C0d0ps]

Commenting for KZbin Algorithm

[@WaywardEko]

Much appreciated!

[@DNRDROID]

My CCTV camera won't give me the option to interact with it, can anyone help as to why?

[@WaywardEko]

do you have power going to it! ie does it show the yellow power indication when you use your wire tools.

[@DNRDROID]

@@WaywardEko Hello, thank you. I'm on darkness falls mod. We had the CCTV camera and not the motion sensor... That was the problem.

[@WaywardEko]

ahhh gotcha!

[@DNRDROID]

@@WaywardEko I'm new to this. Thank you for the helpful tutorials. I watched a couple of your others for beginners and it made more sense.

[@SteevHovey]

Annoying yuou can't have 2 Inputs, or a Splitter, as sometimes I need to run camera's on relays and these won't carry power if on a trigger or timer

[@WaywardEko]

I completely agree! I wish we had a clear AND/OR setting on relays or a controller somewhere that you could put in all your logic statements.

[@kinghemirstir9390]

doesnt work at all i have to trigger both cams to activate the bridge because its an "and" order

[@WaywardEko]

Did you directly link the motions sensors? If you put a relay between them it becomes an AND circuit.

[@kinghemirstir9390]

@@WaywardEko oh okay didnt know

[@con1_uk]

How do I build it on ps5?

[@WaywardEko]

I'm PC only, so apologies - not sure.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

Its like the automatic garage door. 30 seconds seem a little to long.

[@WaywardEko]

adjust as needed - we found on community bases you end up getting flung when you drop it to 15.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

@@WaywardEko Ah ok

[@conniee.]

Btw, ur reply comments aren't showing up in this comment section for some reason.😞🤷🏾‍♀

[@WaywardEko]

Do you have them sorted somehow? I'm seeing on my replies here.

[@conniee.]

@@WaywardEko - Ok, today they are working 1/11/22.😊 I don't know what was going on yesterday, cuz every time I clicked on ur responses nothing happened.🤔🤔

[@cardminatorful]

the placement is annoying.funny it keeps going through walls when trying to place it in front of it arhhh

[@WaywardEko]

I meant to add a trick to this. So to place it easier, place a stack of frame shapes right in the middle of where the drawbridge would be when it's down. Make sure it's the same level of where you will place the drawbridge. Then target the top of that stack. Makes placement way easier -- then remove those blocks.

[@SamMessina1992]

🅱️enerator 👌😩

[@WaywardEko]

yeah?