Any way to create an 'overflow valve' for storage?

[BlackDragon]

To expand: What I'd like to do is create a setup where a given production-line feeds into a storage, until said storage fills, and then directs production towards an AWESOME Sink instead until such a time as space opens up in the storage again. Is that doable? I've got access to Smart Splitters, though not Programmable Splitters yet - but I haven't really played around with them much so far, beyond the most obvious usage of 'sorting' output from a mixed storage.

[Tenebris]

Yes, there are Smart Splitters that you can research by going down the Caterium Tree in the M.A.M that have this exact function. You can set it to not send to an output until all other outputs are backed up (like to storage)

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EDIT: I literally only read the title, if you have Smart Splitters, shouldn't you know this?

[Vormina]

Place a smart Splitter on the conveyor before the storage and set one side to "overflow", hook that to the sink.

[Tenebris]

Originally posted by Vormina:

Place a smart Splitter on the conveyor before the storage and set one side to "overflow", hook that to the sink.

Specifically, you have to set the output that ISN'T going to storage to 'Overflow', or else you'll get the opposite of that you want

[nhatanh0475]

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

but I haven't really played around with them much so far

That is your problem right there.

[Vormina]

Originally posted by Tenebris:

Originally posted by Vormina:

Place a smart Splitter on the conveyor before the storage and set one side to "overflow", hook that to the sink.

Specifically, you have to set the output that ISN'T going to storage to 'Overflow', or else you'll get the opposite of that you want

Hence why I said hook the overflow to the sink.

[Grisen Din]

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

To expand: What I'd like to do is create a setup where a given production-line feeds into a storage, until said storage fills, and then directs production towards an AWESOME Sink instead until such a time as space opens up in the storage again. Is that doable? I've got access to Smart Splitters, though not Programmable Splitters yet - but I haven't really played around with them much so far, beyond the most obvious usage of 'sorting' output from a mixed storage.

You are literally describing industrial storage containers, first output is priority output, second you connect is overflow, as described in this article:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/c28n8u/industrial_storage_container_tutorial/

[BlackDragon]

Originally posted by Grisen Din:

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

To expand: What I'd like to do is create a setup where a given production-line feeds into a storage, until said storage fills, and then directs production towards an AWESOME Sink instead until such a time as space opens up in the storage again. Is that doable? I've got access to Smart Splitters, though not Programmable Splitters yet - but I haven't really played around with them much so far, beyond the most obvious usage of 'sorting' output from a mixed storage.

You are literally describing industrial storage containers, first output is priority output, second you connect is overflow, as described in this article:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/c28n8u/industrial_storage_container_tutorial/

That... doesn't sound right. It's true that I was not aware of the 'priority' relationship between multiple outputs from an Industrial Storage, but I know for a fact that BOTH outputs will run continuously regardless of how much the Storage CONTAINS. Which is basically the OPPOSITE of what I was asking for - I want a Storage that fills all the way up, and only THEN diverts to Overflow, which apparently is something Smart Splitters can do? If I'm understanding things right, what I want can basically be accomplished by sticking a Smart Splitter on BEFORE the Storage, and making it so that the input is directed into the container as priority, while overflow is leeched off to the side. That way I'll avoid waste, while still keeping a decent buffer of materials in place that'll keep the rest of my production-line humming alone for a while even if supplies are interrupted.

I think. >_> I mean... I GUESS an Industrial Storage can act like a Smart Splitter in its own right, but it takes up a lot more space than an ACTUAL Smart Splitter, and it'd just be directing its priority output towards ANOTHER Industrial Storage. At which point things start to feel a bit silly.

[Desim]

For completion of this post, check also this reddit article about an overflow system using vanilla mergers and splitters.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/f589r7/compact_overflow_solution/
Takes much more space but does 99,9% of the job when using the 6 splitter-merger approach and really helps out to crunch those coupons early game.

[markornikov]

Originally posted by Grisen Din:

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

To expand: What I'd like to do is create a setup where a given production-line feeds into a storage, until said storage fills, and then directs production towards an AWESOME Sink instead until such a time as space opens up in the storage again. Is that doable? I've got access to Smart Splitters, though not Programmable Splitters yet - but I haven't really played around with them much so far, beyond the most obvious usage of 'sorting' output from a mixed storage.

You are literally describing industrial storage containers, first output is priority output, second you connect is overflow, as described in this article:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SatisfactoryGame/comments/c28n8u/industrial_storage_container_tutorial/

It's crazy how many things I still don't know about satisfactory even after playing 366h

[kLuns]

youtube is full of toturials for storage rooms

[Blake]

Originally posted by kLuns:

youtube is full of toturials for storage rooms

Tutorials too if you look in the right places

[Man's Best Friend]

Originally posted by markornikov:

It's crazy how many things I still don't know about satisfactory even after playing 366h

Problem is, that whole thing about industrial storage as some sort of priority splitter doesn't work with any reliability. They even talk about that in the linked post which is 4 years old. They discovered that it doesn't work within an hour of the original post.

[Desim]

I've made this little guide for a setup I saw is in high demand by people
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2973989582