getting items to and from BOTH sides of the convayor belts (sorry im think as PIG@@@@)

[meme]

i know its probably really simple but i cant work it out, im finding alot of the time all the items i need for a grabber thing is on the wrong side of the convayer belt and i cant work out how to change that apart from making my convayer belt look like spagetti junction

[AlexMBrennan]

i cant work out how to change that apart from making my convayer belt look like spagetti junction

That is the correct and only solution. Inserters will grab items from either side but you cannot make them place items on the closer side.

[GThoro]

Inserter will PUT items on opposite side, but it can GRAB from any side.

Try to avoid putting two things on one belt, or use filter function of splitters that was recently added to split it into two belts.

[SAura]

- Inserters take from both sides of the belt
- Inserters insert to far side of the belt if placed to side
- Inserters insert to right side of the belt if placed to start/end of belt*
*)right side of the belt relative to the direction belt is moving.
- Filter inserter takes only the item what you want from the belt.
- Inserters can not insert directly to near side of belt, but you can use simple belt designs and/or splitters to get the item to the side you want. Usually single extra piece of belt in front of inserter is enough. Part of the fun is figuring out some creative method what suits your needs best.

[Hedning]

Using undergrounds is neat since they do not turn into curved pieces when placed perpendicular.

[meme]

Nice one...got it..thanks guys.....

[Serathis]

Alternativly, there are mods for this.

[Xilo The Odd]

yeah you'll find for optimizing feed systems for factories that need multiple basic things having both sides of teh belt being different things very handy, getting the system setup to be reliable and consistent becomes the challenge. there are a lot of neat conveyor belt tricks one can use in such a manner.

like i saw someone mention underground belts, did you know you could have 2 different tiears of underground belt overlapping? if you use say a yellow and a red one in the same line of tiles they wont connect to eachother, but they will connect to only ones of the same color. this can be used in lots of interesting ways to compact a factory chains feed system. as well as reduce the amount of spagetti in the design.

[Name Lips]

You can do setups like these to get items on both sides of the belt:

https://imgur.com/a/EEXMb