spliters?

[Andreas Spanakis]

So, i have reached the stage where i must venture to area5 to get iron.
Up to that point i havent got any type of spliters.
In all factory games i have played, there is always a method to split a line into 2 or more outputs.
Are there any such utilities/builngs? And if so, how much further into the game untill unlocked?

[Dramba]

dogs do split by pushing stuff from one late to another every other time

[Dramba]

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on the scheme above there are two lanes and the symbol ^ represents a dog
it would push every other item from the lower lane to the top one

[Dramba]

omg that looks terrible what the steam forum does with spaces...
is there a way to add a picture to my post?

[Andreas Spanakis]

so... only way to get something resembling a spliter is to stun-capture dogs?
ok got it... i will try it

[Dramba]

Originally posted by Andreas Spanakis:

so... only way to get something resembling a spliter is to stun-capture dogs?
ok got it... i will try it

correct

[Dramba]

Originally posted by Andreas Spanakis:

so... only way to get something resembling a spliter is to stun-capture dogs?
ok got it... i will try it

oh... there is one detail
it will split only if the lower lane is moving
consequently, if the lower lane is still because at the end of it something reached its capacity, the dog wouldn't push
which would leave the top lane empty even though the lower one is full
consequently, try to make the feeding lane the one which will be consistently moving
for example it would be a lane that feeds energy manufacturing and because of that it will be consistently consumed
hope that helps

[Kxot]

I'm trying this layout but keeps getting stuck, any ideas?

[use of spring is 2nd attempt, 1st was direct feed to the loop]

https://imgur.com/a/uLsUGIw

[IceKing]

Originally posted by Kxot:

I'm trying this layout but keeps getting stuck, any ideas?

[use of spring is 2nd attempt, 1st was direct feed to the loop]

https://imgur.com/a/uLsUGIw

Connect the end of the main lane (from where you split from) to the last machine directly.
As an alternative you can use mini deers to produce electrolyte paste from electric petal

[Isto-Stephen]

A quick update to this -> we've seen from many playthroughs after launch that players want some changes to the pushback splitters
1. They want a more reliable way to get splitters
2. The splitters are a little less useful when the line is "clogged" up.
Once we deal with some bigger bugs, we will be looking to address both of these issues

[kabelfrikkler]

you can place a factory so that the belt moves past the intake the facotory will take the suply off the line
three facorrys on one line rest getting dumped in chest
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|X| |X| |X|

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havent done ascii-art in a while xD

[Andreas Spanakis]

no
the question was about spliter - how to split a line into 2 or more lines (like in all other factory/automation games)
not about how to feed a factory from a belt

[Knofbath]

And the answer was the pushback dogs. But given how mediocre the pushers are, you are better off designing your layouts so that the factories eat directly from the belt.

Eventually, the pushers will get updated to actually keep pushing when the main line backs up, because now they only split 1 line into 2 lines evenly, and stop working when the main line backs up. (If the offshoot line backs up, no problem, the pusher can't push onto a full lane.)

[Isto-Stephen]

Agreed. A new fix for the pushbacks is coming either today or tomorrow