Pipe blocked?

[Lucifer]

Can't figure out why it's saying this...

Image of the problem :

http://imgur.com/a/99LSH

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Which of the buildings is the problem? I see two potential problems (a filter thats unconnected and an electrolyzer/ser) Are you unable to connect them or are you trying to build a pipe bridge (which needs unoccupied space(not counting pipes/wires))?

[FuzzyLogic]

The way everything is connected in the screen shot water will only flow if its needed at the toilet.

[afrika]

You have very short outlet pipes before they join your main waste pipe.. These can easily get backed up, and if waste back up into a toilet\shower the dupes will leave it and not carry on

[morph113]

I can't make much sense of the connections in your screenshot and how that is supposed to work. I would say no wonder why it's not working and stuff backs up. I made a similar mistake in the beginning as well. Always remember that white is input and green is output.

Like I see there is a flow of clean water going from the water purifer to the shower but you connected it to the shower output instead of the shower input so of course it clocks up.

[ReaperSixx]

You know, you can make a self sustaining bathroom right? No need for a wastepool or pump.

place 2 lavatories and a shower on one floor. connect the pipes together, have outflow pipe go upstairs to a water filtration system then run the clean water pipe back down and to the inlet pipes of the toilets and shower. then run a pipe to a pump. throw a battery next to the filter and a hamster wheel next to the battery. get one your dupes to run on the wheel to pump water into the systems. let it cycle after a few showers and toilet uses, to get build up of water in your pipes. once thats done disconnect the pipe to the pump. now the water will be flushed or drained to your filter and then come right back out as clean water. just keep the battery and hamster wheel. once battery gets low for filter have a dupe charge it up. very nice once its going. no more polluted air or pumping water in or out.

[ReaperSixx]

*Edit, Credit goes to this youtuber for making a simple one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYflwuPtNA

[TrojanSteel]

from what i can see in the pic the top right filter has the pipes going to the wrong places try fixing that and the bottom one is not connected

[AlexMBrennan]

Originally posted by slpstang02:

*Edit, Credit goes to this youtuber for making a simple one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYflwuPtNA

Note that the author of that video openly states that it doesn't work:

With the introduction of the Thermal Upgrade, this closed loop will eventually back up and stop flowing. there is more waste water produced in this system, so inevitably you'll end up have to change to sending the water back to a reservoir.

[ReaperSixx]

yea i realized that after i constructed it. i just added a fluid filter and set it to magma or something. once it gets full i change it to polluted water and nearly empty it. once its almost empty i just set filter back to magma or something.

[UnkindledThuum]

Just looked at the picture. Pretty simple.

****In is white, out is green. You have them mixed up. You'll have to run more pipe or deconstruct them and flip them around.****

Good luck on that playthrough!!

Note: There are a couple bugs involving the piping. When you drop a bridge make sure to drop a bridge first and then bring the pipe to it instead of the other way around. Sometimes it doesn't post and you get play wack-a-mole redrawing the system.

Note: You can not mix polluted and nonpolluted sources in the pipelines if it's coming from a building's exhaust. It will run for about a cycle then plug.
I learned it the hard way when my cooling loop plugged and all my pipes on the cold end froze in mass as my farms overheat and die. :/

Phenomenal game, but I wish it was more transparent with some of this stuff. The guides are nice but don't really give you a rundown on what's what. They also don't like to describe if the exhaust is polluted or not or even if it has an exhaust.

Note: if something is going goofy save it and reload. Sometimes something gets glitched. I've experienced fewer problems when I run it in offline mode.

I'm pretty sure it will get patched in the near future.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by RavensReaper:

Just looked at the picture. Pretty simple.

****In is white, out is green. You have them mixed up. You'll have to run more pipe or deconstruct them and flip them around.****

Good luck on that playthrough!!

Note: There are a couple bugs involving the piping. When you drop a bridge make sure to drop a bridge first and then bring the pipe to it instead of the other way around. Sometimes it doesn't post and you get play wack-a-mole redrawing the system.

Note: You can not mix polluted and nonpolluted sources in the pipelines if it's coming from a building's exhaust. It will run for about a cycle then plug.
I learned it the hard way when my cooling loop plugged and all my pipes on the cold end froze in mass as my farms overheat and die. :/

Phenomenal game, but I wish it was more transparent with some of this stuff. The guides are nice but don't really give you a rundown on what's what. They also don't like to describe if the exhaust is polluted or not or even if it has an exhaust.

Note: if something is going goofy save it and reload. Sometimes something gets glitched. I've experienced fewer problems when I run it in offline mode.

I'm pretty sure it will get patched in the near future.

I very much doubt they are still on the same playthrough after 4 years and several versions.