Transport pipes: vertical direction (going wrong way)

[Astro]

I'm attempting a stack of catchers going down to a common storage location all connected by transport pips.

The issue I'm having is that when connected to 1 catcher, the pipes go to storage just fine and sometimes 2 vertical catchers will go down, but rarely (1 of 4 columns at this point) and if I do my stack of 6-7, then everything just goes to the top of the stack. Now, I know I could just put my storage at the top and then route everything back down to where I want it, but is there any way (placement order or other) that I can make things go in the direction I want? I've tried removing/replacing things, order of placement, etc., but I think I'm missing some small thing.

[Phoenix Cat]

Have you tried the logic blocks. They can be put on pipes also. Use a push block or a three way. They have many options.

[Astro]

I did try those, but they seem to only work on a horizontal direction and I'm needing vertical. That's unless there's a way to rotate it in that direction that I have yet to find.

[Phoenix Cat]

Originally posted by Astro:

I did try those, but they seem to only work on a horizontal direction and I'm needing vertical. That's unless there's a way to rotate it in that direction that I have yet to find.

No, just put a small bend in your pipe with going horizontal for a couple blocks, then you can use them. It's a pain, but it works.

[Astro]

Thanks! I'll try that the next time I load it up (prob tomorrow).

[Astro]

Thanks for the suggestion. It worked. I did a stack of S curves putting the << at the top where the output joined and it snakes it stuff down to storage now.
I do wish there was a more "built in" way to do this though.
Thanks again!

[Phoenix Cat]

Originally posted by Astro:

Thanks for the suggestion. It worked. I did a stack of S curves putting the << at the top where the output joined and it snakes it stuff down to storage now.
I do wish there was a more "built in" way to do this though.
Thanks again!

Np, ya, it took me a lot of figuring to get the dang things to work.

[AstroColony]

They have memory state. The first time you push something in one direction it will continue pushing in that direction.

[Astro]

Originally posted by AstroColony:

They have memory state. The first time you push something in one direction it will continue pushing in that direction.

Thank you. I removed all connections and only connected the top catcher to storage at the bottom. Worked as I was expecting.