Automating science to unlock ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY in Timberborn!

[@jaghow1531]

For the love of all of our sanities, look up how sluice gates should be used.

[@IndigentInk4012]

Please

[@Carl_Black]

For real!

[@marxmaiale9981]

For those who don't want to take the time, put the sluice at the water level you want to maintain and have levees to just below the desired level top off with a dam or flood gate for overflow. The autoclose at or above x level option keeps the water refilling to the desired level.

[@RFDN0]

​@marxmaiale9981 if you are not sure you will have the required water level you want then you should make ones lower so you do not have useless water stuck in the dam. That said Matt is still an idiot for his set up and not looking up how to use sluce.

[@SierraLimaOscar]

Or delete the title of engineer from your name! Sluices on top of a dam.... 😤

[@STUDI0TK]

As an mechatronic engineer I must correct my civil college here: hole is really important for shafts functionality and should not be tempered with

[@chrisyoung9653]

i agree 100% the last time i messed with a hole it started a bad tide

[@timepass4783]

Colleague**

[@WitnessRAH]

Dang dude... As *a mechatronic.. the best way to tell between a and an is if the following word starts with a vowel sound then it's an,, anything else should use just a. *Colleague not college *Tampered not tempered Also.. mechatronics The more I correct the more I hope you did this on purpose as some sort of goof or troll

[@Rockiestmage]

​@@WitnessRAHhe's an engineer. They do math, not spelling or grammar lmao

[@comicallylargerodent]

@@Rockiestmage exactly! what is spelling and grammar if not the architecture of language? if you can still understand the sentence, it's fine

[@fruitfulconnoisseur]

13:39 I can see Matt planning something that will completely lower the amount of energy he gets from the backup above it what an architect

[@shawnswenson1413]

I was literally about to post this... what in the hell... he was trying to test if they gravity battery would last the drought (which it wont) then he cuts the amount of power he can get by building under it...

[@shawnswenson1413]

Ok well I just got to where he figured that out...

[@thomasorridge982]

i dont know how far ahead you are with the recordings but you can automate the far right sluice as that can see the level of water that is feeding your farms instead of using ones that have a block at the output. so using the blue square that appears for downstream depth and adjust to match the .5 level of the normal dam block and that would the fill also the reservoir behind. i hope that makes sense

[@gamerkhanofficial]

I was here to comment it but he is stupid

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

I'm 4 episodes ahead 😅

[@tadcammans8045]

​@@RealCivilEngineerGaming thank you for confirming we get at least 4 more Timberborn videos! Please ditch floodgates and dams and fully adopt sluices. They are perfectly suited to what you're doing. I cringe every time you mess with the sluices, but I am sure it explodes the viewer engagement metrics needed to help your channel. There has to be a happy middle ground though. Think about it.

[@benjaminfranklin329]

Don't worry, he still won't address it. He made claims 3 episodes ago that he would have worked it out by the time the recording caught up, but clearly he's not.

[@radimnechut519]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming But have to give it to you, the master of relieving blue-balls! Finally got at least the two sluices on the side working! People shouting at you in the comments since like the 3rd episode can finally rest a bit XD

[@wicnym]

“I need to test if the battery is enough” INSTANTLY block it 🤣 classic Mat! Love you

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

At least he noticed. 😂

[@josesun2402]

So the shaft will have 2 round reservoirs at one end and at the other will be the earth repopulator shooting seeds away? nice.

[@Lazy_Lemure]

😂

[@Teliss91]

Looks efficient to me.

[@MrDonkus]

Hes sorta almost kinda finally figured out sluices! The top row should be damns/floodgates so when the resevoir fills up it will just overflow into your main channel. Set the bottom row sluices (JUST THE 2 ON THE RIGHT SIDE) to maintain a depth of like 0.50 so during droughts and badtides it will keep the farm area full without pushing it past the downstream dams. During wet cycles the water level will naturally be above the sluices 0.5 threshold so they will just stay closed. Although unless you get up to the second set of water source and divert that bad water away it won't matter as that will still contaminate your entire reservoir.

[@MARVINMotorSport]

22:04 sluices can be controlled by downstream depth. Look for where the blue level is showing. Those blocks in front of the dam are breaking it. 23:05

[@TheShamru]

Watch the whole episode? He got to that conclusion in the video.

[@nurmr]

@@TheShamru but he didn't apply it to the existing sluices 😞

[@PlatinumParakeet]

not the repopulator going at the tip of the shaft

[@nasipadang1da]

and the breeding pod at the ball 😂

[@urkerab]

Well, he had to build three useless sliuces first, but he does now have the sluices maintaining the water level.

[@Lazy_Lemure]

😂

[@wiseSYW]

it's not inefficient stairs positioning, it is to give the beavers time to appreciate the town's beautiful architecture!

[@RealAndySkibba]

Last Timberborn Friday of the year!

[@RFDN0]

Probably, but in theory, we have 4 days of the year left.

[@Army_of_seals]

because of this I hope he makes another video on timber

[@carlossama1978]

I didn't know it was every Friday

[@RealAndySkibba]

@carlossama1978 I think its been pretty consistent for at least a few months.

[@Critterfluffy1]

They two round areas at the start of the shaft should definitely be the Breeding and Water Localization/Logistics Structures or B.A.W.L.S. for short.

[@chrisyoung9653]

Matts quote of the day. "Do we just eat it raw dog". Some things will never change

[@vampdan]

Everyone knows you eat corn through the corn-hole.

[@somedudesstuff801]

wouldn't sluices on the bottom be better? Wouldn't sluices on the top be the same thing as just letting the dam overflow? And out the back, sluices on top wouldn't let the contaminated water drain.

[@Myrdin90]

The sluices are supposed to be at the bottom yes, but he didn't build the dam fully on the edge of the cliff so that's messing up the water depth measure

[@f1aimingchick3n81]

I found sluices in combination with the basic dam create a wonderful self regulating system as long as you have sufficient off dumping for bad tides

[@a.agamer5030]

30:18 after many episodes, RCE figured sluices🎉

[@aamrusch]

It only took him 9 seasons. Not to worry though, he'll forget how they work in the next episode.

[@leungmongyin1884]

Sluices weren’t in for 9 seasons

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

And the entire community breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

[@Zian747]

My calculations say that the numbercruncher on full power produces 144 more science per day than your 6 inventor huts Here is my proof Inventor hut makes 1 per hour for 16 hours and he has 6 = 1per hour×16 hours×6 huts=96 per day Numbercruncher 10 per hour for 24 hours and he has 1= 10 per hour×24 hours×1numbercruncher=240 per day Numbercruncher 240 per day - Inventor hut 96 per day = 144 more per day for Numbercruncher

[@jamoecw]

30:05 You finally figured that out, it has been bugging a lot of people, and making many question if you really are/were an engineer.

[@BigPlayG93]

I like this whole "city limits" sort of thing you have going on with the farms outside and the city inside

[@darianmartin416]

2:14 Ah, a fellow homestuck friend. Just lovely. ^.^

[@btownfritz]

I like to do sluices at the bottom of dams, then some number of levees and a triple floodgate. When the water gets too low you can open the sluices if needed.

[@argantosnl]

If you put them on the bottom the auto close on water level will work and you don't have manually open and close them.

[@RougeHound]

When I'm building a dam, I put sluices at the bottom and only have them open up when the river below starts drying up. I put dams on the top of the dams so that way the fill up to the height of the damn and flood over the front of the dam, instead of backing up some where I don't want it to.

[@Ratelheart]

You really don’t want the sluices at the top, because once the water levels fall below them, you are no longer able to let water flow downstream for your crops. As others have said, use the downstream depth function so that they close once the water level downstream overtops the damn you really should build so you can a) prevent badwater backing up and b) have a mangrove farm

[@Douwe02]

Last timber episode of the year

[@AdamHinckley]

What you are building, the 'shaft', it's designed by architects, built by architects, for architects

[@cefcephatus]

23:33 "Who reaches these trees? The one down there? Yeah..." Matt, the closest on didn't cover both the oaks. You might need a better path, or call them sacred love oaks.

[@alexiahoff2665]

Matt: I am worried about my gravity battery having enough room Also Matt: builds number cruncher directly under the gravity battery and shortening it's drop length Poor Matt 😂

[@AlexScotton-Illizian]

The sluice is based on the ground level in front of it… dynamite, or just use the two with clearance in front of them

[@trevorv1434]

Sluice on the bottom, floodgate on the top. Most efficient water management.

[@manofmanyeggs6399]

4:21 for beavers sake just put dam pieces on top of the middle row of levees and let the sluices close at downstream depth 0.50

[@EngineeringArchitect]

Need this more than once a week

[@darthgbc363]

4:12 Sluices - Pick the sluice all the way to the left. The 1 of 2 that has no dirt in front of it. Set to auto. Check first box & set to 0.6 deep. Check second box & set to 1%. If set to 0%, it will close when badwater is there, but will not open when badwater is gone. Yes, I've been yelling at you for months.

[@elgarooje]

Matt, for the dam for your main resivoir, you should leave the sluices in place, set the rules to open if water is clean and down stream depth is below 0.5. To prevent the resivoir from overflowing during wet season, replace the levees on top with dam pieces. For bad tides, replace the flood gates with sluices and levees, and set the rule to open when water is contaminated. This should automate all your actions. The only problem you will still have is you won't be able to release water into the shaft during a prolonged bad tide.

[@Archangel144]

Best architect channel on KZbin!

[@LunaliBrighteyes]

Floodgate goes on top of the sluice. Sluice maintains depth of the tile downstream of it and controls for contamination, floodgate allows any excess water out of the reservoir. Sluice going the other way allows contaminated water out of the reservoir.

[@hydrus6782]

7:15 Matt : As long as I'm not an idiot. W-well... about that...

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Famous last words.

[@bajalava3811]

since you are 4 episode ahead i hope you have built a second dam to control water height vs just one dam to control the reservoir

[@mega14343]

Lol looking at RCE trying to fit the number cruncher made me go "damn, if only he could use the map's space" The shaft idea is funny, but damn is it infuriating sometimes

[@adventureswithdirtDaveandfrien]

Bros not even trying to hide it anymore 31:12

[@NoahBellamore]

19:18 just rotate the gravity battery. Problem solved

[@anonymouse14]

But needs a number more than just 1.

[@targetdreamer257]

Also might as well cover the second trench with platforms. You could move your farm house or forester on to the 2 by to save fertile land space.

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

7:30 You’d have more space for factories if you didn’t have so many redundant factories. Like do you really need 3 gear factories? I know gears take a while to produce but you have spent a lot of resources building factories you’ve put on pause because you don’t need them right now and don’t have the raw materials to produce them in great quantity anyway. Also with getting paths back in over the channel quickly for future reference you could build a one tile suspension bridge, you can build dynamite (and other things) under bridges, it’s very handy. Suspension bridges are also much cheaper now since they don’t require metal.

[@Tweek023]

I love it, Matt has an immediate needs for logs then plants oaks which take 30 days to grow 😂

[@Fritz-op5ce]

Just turn the gravity battery to the side, it won't have as much power as it did before you added the number cruncher but it will still have a lot of power to make

[@benjaminfranklin329]

Sluices dont go at the top, sluices at the bottom with dams at the top to let water overflow, then the sluices just keep water topped up during drought.

[@SmokeandSpirit]

Just a logistical consideration, since logs have a higher cost of travel than foodstuffs. The closer your tree farms to industry the better. You can carry more than double the food in one trip. You get like 2-3 logs per inventory. Metal too. Minimize carry distance of those things when possible for the sake of efficiency. This would allow less haulers to do the same amount of work.

[@spedi6721]

You could rotate the gravity battery 90°cw and dynamite the area below a few times. Dynamite is cheaper than getting the battery higher

[@andrewadams4000]

They need to release this on console

[@ZinoAmare]

I am glad that the Line is doing well.

[@xdashix_4828]

You should add sluices with "close above contamination of 1%" at the entrances to your farming tranches to not loose the farming area

[@FullmetalAngyl]

Set a pump next to a dump. I forget what it's called, but the thing you use for adding water. Have a pump about 2 spaces away from a dump. One dumps water into the area and the other sucks it back up. In a time of drought you can keep your crops alive without wasting water. It will maintain a tiny puddle that keeps the area hydrated. The pump will suck right back up any water that spreads farther.

[@nurmr]

Fluid dump?

[@FullmetalAngyl]

@@nurmr I think so.

[@Toon81ehv]

Hey RCE, if you don't mind a bit of a backseating tip, they have a grid now that you can use with X and shift-X. I find that it helps a lot in thinking about bridges and stuff.

[@adamgawlik9174]

Build your dam with sluice at the bottom, but have the dam reach the lower area. Adjust the settings to open when downstream is below desired lever. That way you can have it slowly let out water to maintain the water level downstream.

[@Randomvideo.youtube]

10:28 nice shape you are making

[@EmptysfwJC]

1:39 🥶🥶🥶

[@TheBlobik]

I must say I enjoy the challenges the Shaft makes, especially the winding paths with platforms, overhangs and such.

[@NovaTheAngel]

I absolutely love this series! I just wish he played MORE of it!

[@joshfoley9344]

Woo hoo it's Friday!! More Timberborners!!! Love the series Matt, and send Paddy some love from me!!

[@codyopperman5930]

Should plant mangroves in the irrigation water.

[@oscaropossum3920]

When I use gravity batteries, I build a tower basically as high as possible with platforms, and put 4-6 batteries at the top. Esp now with vertical power shafts, it’s much easier to get power up and down.

[@overredrover9430]

That's his plan now that he's ruined the existing one 🤦‍♂️

[@ThainaYu]

At long last Matt now know how to use sluice to auto open by water height It actually even the default setting when put a sluice in and he just never take a look to understand it for ages

[@pa1ge1nv]

Watching you figure out the dark blue square on the sluices makes my heart happy. ❤ even if you still dont fully understand it. (I mentioned this a couple episodes ago).

[@decab4209]

Go down with the shaft!! Dynomite the entire line to the bottom level!! You can terraform the map!

[@henryhendrixx]

Those sluices are going to close and the downstream bad water will just fill up the farm area. Since the sluice is just looking at water level, the bad water will raise the water level so no fresh water ever gets by the sluice lol. If you build a dam by the canola area that should solve that problem at least!

[@nikitaluger]

Loving this particular series too much. Wishing you're doing 50min+ per episode.

[@captaindelta43]

Last FriTimberday of the year , you just love to see it 😂❤

[@nomeacuerdo]

28:00 that’s clearly pure architecture

[@JesseHallett]

My preference is sluices at the bottom, and dam blocks at the top.

[@ChopperDave]

With all these catwalks and twisty paths everywhere this is going to end up more like Kowloon Walled City than "The Shaft"

[@dineshkumar.srinivasan]

12:45 Number Cruncher can go in water as well

[@TomášHorsák]

Hi Matt, I had an idea how to make the outside edges of The Shaft. Once you unlock the robot beavers you can terraform with them. So my idea is to make the edges out of dirt to make it look like The Line from you different videos.

[@EricChuah]

Been waiting for this all day.

[@kirby17]

I wonder if Matt will build a Small Spaceship laucher at the Tip of the Shaft and lauch it to populate another Planet while he plays a Beaves song for the Finale.

[@kamonbill5178]

Those people playing at the start are pretty hench with their tight shirts

[@DrPsychotic]

Leave the sloohs on the bottom and add dams on top for overflows during wet season and endure the space in front of the dam can reach the top of the water for the next water storage (they can detect water several blocks below them) that way they will automatically top off your river during the dry seasons and no need to fiddle with flow control during wet seasons this in mind, putting them on top would actually be atypical cause if you wanna use it like a dam just use a dam 😂

[@gilbertdk]

you should build accommodation with 2 barracks facing each other with winding stairs/scaffolding between them. then you can just tower them up to infinity and never use more than 9x3 squares. Same with warehouses and stockpiles. ;-)

[@JacobBush-jc3tw]

Merry Christmas beavers

[@robindude8187]

I love how Matt continues to fail to understand how sluice gates work and how to set them up so that they're fully automated and he doesn't ever have to touch them. Matt? Sluice gates go on the bottom, always. For this map you need two lines of sluice gates. One at the top of the cliff to keep bad water out, and one at the bottom to control the water level during a drought or bad tide. This way you can use the bad tide to continue to generate water power, while having a storage for clean water, and then you never have to touch them. Ever. The one at the top should be two high (just as you have them) while the one at the bottom should be five high with the top layer being dams instead of levees to let the water overflow into the channel. I hope this gets to you. KZbin deleted my last attempt to show you.

[@No1sonuk]

His bad tide mitigation is the architect's solution. An engineer can do it with sluices, overhangs and impermiable floors. What he's got there will fill with bad water and take a while to decontaminate, effectively extending the drought caused by the bad tide protection cut-off.

[@robindude8187]

@@No1sonuk You can, but having the double line also lets you build a water reservoir.

[@No1sonuk]

@@robindude8187 There's nothing preventing putting the low-volume protection system at the bottom of a reservoir. It would then only fill with clean water.

[@robindude8187]

@@No1sonuk Which would involve a second line of sluice gates... my original solution. I suppose I should have said to back up his current line so that it doesn't get trapped.

[@gurkenfass8484]

For me this is the best Timberborn season jet, with the giant industrial district and farming areas❤

[@zorco8768]

Why he is not using engines? Quite an architect move.

[@Zian747]

12:13 Bacause it has to crunch big numbers

[@anonymouse14]

You could build a water lock off your big reservoir and fully automate off your downstream depth with the upper lock closing from hardware contamination.

[@rozenkai4422]

Would love to see you do a series on the ribbon map with the choo choo mod that way you could have timberborners, timbernation street, timberdale, timbyoaks and have each one do a different thing love ur vids 😊

[@KarimLaksir-AchegaYear8]

Petition for matt to stop the line

[@jordankingswood]

Turn the gravity battery 90’ and it will work better

[@alexsch5583]

The Beavles have an imposter among them, McCartney is a Marmot

[@SmilingBandit77]

You can set the downstream height on the Suices so that it will open if the waterlevel gets too low

[@jkylow]

Merry Bridgemas and happy new year

[@SHATTERED_DESTINY]

Is this a vanilla run or can we suggest mods? If we can suggest mods, try the stairs mod and ladder, and if they have any dependency for timber commons or something, download it. It makes life easier with resources, and movement. Also, what map is this again?

[@DaysofElijah317]

Looks like a community an architect would build lol always fun with Tomberborners ❤

[@josephdickson3531]

23:33 These guys, in fact, do not reach. The iron teeth still need balancing, since they do not have unlimited range for deforesting trees like humans.

[@KarimLaksir-AchegaYear8]

10:54 the line is what we all hate you are wasting a lot of wood

[@Blackmetal699]

Yes! We are finally starting the platform spaghetti stage of the build.

[@theumbreon1.0]

RCE: when you installed the number cruncher it blocked the weight for the gravity battery from going all the way down so you might want to change that

[@MaëlCarré-z8n]

10:27. RCE juste want the shaft to look like à d### ,face it.

[@KittCattttt]

*Sees a Beaver Normal Ppl: Aw look a beaver Me: WELCOME BACK TO TIMBERBORNERS! 🎶✨️

[@Killix_Games]

repopulator makes the perfect tip as a pun and building of the shaft, and it launches white flyers to “repopulate” as the kids call it.

[@jimmymcgoochie5363]

Matt: pans over to the massive vanity project “reservoir” Matt 2 minutes later: WhErE dId AlL tHe LoGs Go?

[@chloecarter1452]

Last timber Friday of the year 🎉 I will be back in 2025 on the last Friday