Can we get a fluid version of the AWESOME sink

[Witch ~]

idk what to do with all this fluid I cant get rid of it aaaaaa

[Cubic John]

You can already feed fluids into a AWESOME sink if you bottle them first.

[Witch ~]

Originally posted by ssgannon:

You can already feed fluids into a AWESOME sink if you bottle them first.

:( but slow

[Vectorspace]

It will never be in the vanilla game. Not being able to sink fluids is a deliberate gameplay decision - the challenge at this stage is working out how to deal with fluid byproducts, typically by recycling them back into the production line using valves to ensure balance.

If you really want to sink excess water, then unlock the wet concrete alt recipe. This takes limestone and water in a refinery to make concrete. Concrete can be sunk, and limestone is abundant.

And if all else fails, there is a mod for a fluid sink.

[kLuns]

How about no?
If your production line makes waste products you have to give them a purpose.

[Remnar]

Having a fluid input on the awesome sink would be interesting; but I'd rather they reduce the size of the dam thing. It's antennas stick out way too high and I am always having to move it on top of a building, or outside of the shape of a building.

[Man's Best Friend]

Originally posted by Remnar:

Having a fluid input on the awesome sink would be interesting; but I'd rather they reduce the size of the dam thing. It's antennas stick out way too high and I am always having to move it on top of a building, or outside of the shape of a building.

Pretend it's a dumpster. Dumpsters typically go outside.

[Witch ~]

Originally posted by kLuns:

How about no?
If your production line makes waste products you have to give them a purpose.

well the purpose would be to throw them into the ocean like in rl but thats not possible sadly

[Caver451]

What precisely is the problem you're currently trying to solve?

For example, aluminum production seems tricky at first, with the water byproducts, but it is actually fairly simple to solve.

One of my aluminum factories requires 360/m of water, and the byproduct is 240/m of water. So what do you do with that water? You simply feed it back to the inputs. That means you can start the factory by only feeding it 120/m of water from an outside source so long as you feed the byproduct water back in.

Since pipes are like two-way conveyor belts, and it tends to "slosh around", you need to put one-way valves in the appropriate places. You get that right, and when you start the plant, it will run a bit slow for a bit, but as the byproducts build, it will eventually reach an equilibrium where only 120/m in will keep the refineries fully... satisfied... because the 240/m of waste is fed right back in.

Do not use fluid buffers. They usually hurt more than they help. Also, if you are constantly flushing pipes manually to keep things going, you don't have the balance right or something else is clogging up the factory.

Aluminum also generates solid waste, but that can also be fed back into the process with some cleverly placed mergers. Use the fastest belts possible to merge your waste back into the feed line, so your waste essentially gets precedence.

If you learn and practice techniques like this, you won't see the need for a fluid sink anymore, and you'll save on input resources. Sinking fluid waste would be more simple, but it is actually easier to reuse that waste in your process.

[Seb]

Altho i think the sink shouldn't exist at all, since we are in early access i'd say why not. Fluid intake above conveyor belt intake. (or under w/e). Without a sink at all we'd have to figure out ways to get rid of the un-wanted stuff, which would make it feel more realistic. Maybe a burner that uses a LOT of energy to burn the stuff at most.

[kLuns]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

well the purpose would be to throw them into the ocean like in rl but thats not possible sadly

Aluminium often requires copper ingots, not so sad that you have spare water that can purify the ore

[Shahadem]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

Originally posted by ssgannon:

You can already feed fluids into a AWESOME sink if you bottle them first.

:( but slow

And consumes plastic or steel.

[Shahadem]

Originally posted by Seb:

Altho i think the sink shouldn't exist at all, since we are in early access i'd say why not. Fluid intake above conveyor belt intake. (or under w/e). Without a sink at all we'd have to figure out ways to get rid of the un-wanted stuff, which would make it feel more realistic. Maybe a burner that uses a LOT of energy to burn the stuff at most.

If you want realistic then we'd just dump it into a trash heap if a solid or release it back into the river/lake/stream/pond if a liquid like we do in real life.

https://youtu.be/CaI4pRo2PkY

Also how does the PC not have silicosis from handling all the highly refined quartz powder?

[Eiko]

Originally posted by Shahadem:

Also how does the PC not have silicosis from handling all the highly refined quartz powder?

Well they do wear a spacesuit 24/7.

Anyway, I have to admit that my "immersion factor" kind of is degraded by the fact that we can cleanly and perfectly destroy any kind of physical item except radioactive ones, but I can't even dump plain old water back into a waterway.

But since it's a game I'm OK with it because it makes it more fun.

[Hiroko]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

Originally posted by kLuns:

How about no?
If your production line makes waste products you have to give them a purpose.

well the purpose would be to throw them into the ocean like in rl but thats not possible sadly

Floating platforms under the ground.

[DC-GS]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

Originally posted by kLuns:

How about no?
If your production line makes waste products you have to give them a purpose.

well the purpose would be to throw them into the ocean like in rl but thats not possible sadly

I'm surprised and kinda sad we cant just dump all the trash into the river. We pollute the air with burned coal, but polluting rivers is a no go?

It's less a difficulty thing for me, more about RP.