Direction of showing lifted items

[Shane Gooseman]

For asthetics I want to place my lifts in the way that the item lifted is in front / "see-able" But everytime I place the lift it shows me the backside which blocks the sight. Does anyone know a trick to force the direction?

[Huren Ogeko]

The direction of the items is determined by the direction of the second part of the lift. When you place the lift on one side then you then can control how far up/down and the direction of the other side and that is what affects which was the middle section faces.

So by using this knowledge you can determine which way the items in the middle section will face and I do this all the time to get the aesthetic I am looking for such as having all the items facing into to the factory rather then facing a wall.

[SourHammer]

If you put a lift between 2 floor holes you can rotate it any direction you want it to face by using the middle mouse scroll wheel. Then it doesnt matter what direction you have your lift openings facing.

[Waffel]

After the first Klick u can rotate the other end of the Lift with mouseweel and change the high of the Lift with mouse.
With G (or a other Key if u have change it in the Option Menue) u can change the "flow" Direction of the complete Lift. ( u see the changing arrows on the Lift if u use the Key)

[Shane Gooseman]

This is how the game lets me build it with connection (built from bottom to top).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984752721

This is the direction I want. No connection to the container. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984752738

This is how the game lets me build it with connection (built from top to bottom).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984752779

This is the direction I want. No connection to the container. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984752796

Can't get it..

[Wolfgang]

Your screenshots aren't visible. You might have set them to private.

[Shane Gooseman]

Oops, how embarrassing..

[Man's Best Friend]

Oh, I'm pretty sure you can't get what you want in this case. Unfortunately the side that the lift rails is on is directly controlled by the direction of one of the connections. Specifically, the lift rails will always be opposite at least one of the connectors.

[SourHammer]

THis is the only way to do it. I made a video to show you how I would do this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2984884104

[Shane Gooseman]

You are a genius! Thanks a lot!

Unfortunately it doesn't work if I place the hole as near as possible to the container. The bottom lift then doesn't connect to the input of the container. God knows why..

[SourHammer]

Yea I dont know why, but it has to be offset 1 block for it to connect. But at the moment thats the only way I know to have the elevator face away from the containers.

[kLuns]

Originally posted by Shane Gooseman:

You are a genius! Thanks a lot!

Unfortunately it doesn't work if I place the hole as near as possible to the container. The bottom lift then doesn't connect to the input of the container. God knows why..

If you build from the floor hole to the container and check the flow direction (R key to change) you can make it 1 meter closer.
Like Scalti says: make sure you hear the beep.

[SourHammer]

Ok I got it much closer, You have to add a frame on top of the one you put down for the bottom opening. Then you can delete the first one. It leaves enough space so the lower lift section will attach to the crate. I dont hhink you can get it any closer than that
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2985286494