How to force Miner to eject into specific destination?

    Hi,


    Thunderdark thought me that the Miner ejects stuff into the first valid inventory (http://bt.industrial-craft.net/view.php?id=1426), while in machines, which are able to use Ejector Upgrades, you're able to choose the output direction;


    Quote from http://ftbwiki.org/Ejector_Upgrade

    [...] To select a direction to eject to, sneak + right click the module on the appropriate side of any block in the world.


    Basically you take the module in your hand and Shift + Rightclick on the side of the machine where you want it to output stuff. Understood!


    Now to the problem I have with the Miner -> I setup the Miner and directly attached two chests next to it. Then I put in some pipes, the OV scanner and a Mining Drill whilst finally attaching it to a Solar Panel. The Miner outputted it's ores directly in the chest (perfect!). Then I put a Hopper above it and added pipes in the Hopper so I can let it work alone. Now the Miner outputs ores into the Hopper, as soon as it is full the Miner uses the chests again.


    This behavior is not a serious bug since nothing is lost, just put in different inventories. Although I would like to ask if there's something I did wrong while setting it up


    Thanks in advance

    I think the problem is that a Miner doesn't take ejector upgrades, so what would be the point of configuring the ejector? Also, iirc, if an ejector is configured to output in a specific direction, it won't output to other directions even if the inventory in that direction is full, so outputting to the chest once the hopper is full would not be normal behavior.


    My guess would be that the Miner uses the default sequence of an ejector upgrade: South, North, Top, Bottom, East, and then West (as listed at http://ftbwiki.org/Ejector_Upgrade). Thus if the two chests were on the east and west sides, it would output into the hopper first, but if they were moved to be on the north and south sides, it would output to the chests first.

    Quote from Blockmaster139

    Speaking of which, why hasn't the Miner been updated to support upgrades?


    Let's do that Update Miner to support upgrades


    Quote from MauveCloud

    My guess would be that the Miner uses the default sequence of an ejector upgrade: South, North, Top, Bottom, East, and then West (as listed at http://ftbwiki.org/Ejector_Upgrade). Thus if the two chests were on the east and west sides, it would output into the hopper first, but if they were moved to be on the north and south sides, it would output to the chests first.


    Gonna try this now, I read this and then placed the Hopper next to the Miner instead of above him but the Ores still went into the Hopper. I didn't check the compass though, will edit my result in a min.


    EDIT: Doesn't really work. I put a chest above it, the ores went into the chest. Then I put a Hopper North of it, and everything went into the Hopper again


    EDIT 2: I just recognized that in the test above it was supposed to actually go into the Hopper. Now I have put a Chest south the miner and a Hopper above it -> works! Everything goes into the chest, as supposed