How to connect conveyor belts

[john.moredread]

Hi,

I can't connect coneyor belts to buildings in the game and I'm stuck because of it. How do I connedt?

I can not connect conveyor belts directly by clicking on the building or the white squares (it only worked once with a mine and never again). I do not know why.

I added a sorter. That works very well, except, nothing happens. I can add a filter to what I wish but still, nothing happens.

Any idea what to do?

[Corvax]

Sorter is what you use to transport items into, and out of buildings. They need to be powered.

[john.moredread]

They are powered by the same source that powers the buildiing. There is no missing power sign to see.

[Corvax]

Can you show a screen shot?

[josmith7]

The sorters are directional. They will only move material from their source to their destination; so if you install one backwards it won't do anything.

When you first select them the cursor will have a little 'A' next to it. That indicates that you're selecting the source from which the sorter will pull. After the source has been selected that'll change to a little 'B'; indicating you're now selected the destination the sorter will supply.

So to move material from a belt into a building:
1) Ensure the belt is within 3 grid lines of the building (maximum sorter reach).
2) Select sorter from the build menu
3) Click on the belt (the letter by the mouse cursor should switch to 'B')
4) Click on the building (destination)

The sorter should now be able to move material from the belt into the building. (Note: for factory buildings it will only move material that their currently assigned recipe requires)



To move material from buildings to the belt you would just click in the opposite order; after selecting sorter click the building first to make it the source then click the belt to make it the destination.
(Note 2: if they're within range it is also possible to use a sorter to move material directly between buildings)

[Arcane]

Some building you directly connect to the belt: Miner, Charger, Ray Receiver, PLS/ILS and some others. Others you can't connect and need to use Sorters to move items in/out.

I recommend watching YouTube tutorial or letsplay and see what they are doing and what you are missing.

[Zigamus]

Agree ^^^ On YT look for a streamer named Nilaus, he makes excellent vids of this game, and a fantastic 'Jump Start Base' that is clean and neat and a great way to get started! :o)

[ButtStorm]

y, its not some satisfactory, it doesnt have intuitive game design, you better watch on YT

[Drosta]

Originally posted by Zigamus:

Agree ^^^ On YT look for a streamer named Nilaus, he makes excellent vids of this game, and a fantastic 'Jump Start Base' that is clean and neat and a great way to get started! :o)

Nilaus is a hack. He survives on being one of the only streamers making this kind of content and he's decent at the game. But imo he comes off really condescending and he's so scatter brained he cant explain one concept or build well enough to teach anything despite making hundreds of tutorials. if you want to just stamp down his blueprints and not actually play the game understanding why the layout works. go nuts. he does make good designs. i just take issue with his inability to explain what he's doing without getting distracted every 10 seconds and never getting back to anything he was talking about before the distraction and I find that incredibly irritating to deal with in what is labelled a guide/tutorial. it's really difficult to watch him if you actually want to learn. but thats just my opinion. Quoted OP had his.

/endrant - Look up Francis John, he's much better and recently started making DSP content. I'd recommend him any day.

[s3ptimous]

To connect a building like Smelter or Assempler to a conveyor belt, you need sorters.

In detail, you have a conveyor belt reach a building, then place a sorter by clicking from the place you want to get items from TO the place you want the items to go.
For example, when building a sorter, if you want items to enter a smelter, you place the sorter by clicking on conveyor belt first, then click on the smelter. If you want items to get out of a smelter, you do it by clicking the smelter first then the conveyor belt.

[Shiroe]

Quick note: this was a dormant dec 2022 thread that got necro-d.

[Nekogod]

Originally posted by Drosta:

Originally posted by Zigamus:

Agree ^^^ On YT look for a streamer named Nilaus, he makes excellent vids of this game, and a fantastic 'Jump Start Base' that is clean and neat and a great way to get started! :o)

Nilaus is a hack. He survives on being one of the only streamers making this kind of content and he's decent at the game. But imo he comes off really condescending and he's so scatter brained he cant explain one concept or build well enough to teach anything despite making hundreds of tutorials. if you want to just stamp down his blueprints and not actually play the game understanding why the layout works. go nuts. he does make good designs. i just take issue with his inability to explain what he's doing without getting distracted every 10 seconds and never getting back to anything he was talking about before the distraction and I find that incredibly irritating to deal with in what is labelled a guide/tutorial. it's really difficult to watch him if you actually want to learn. but thats just my opinion. Quoted OP had his.

/endrant - Look up Francis John, he's much better and recently started making DSP content. I'd recommend him any day.

Interesting I've never noticed that and have had no issues following along with what he's explaining, different strokes for different folks I guess.

[Mike]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.