4 way fluid buffers

[Rudal]

Do you think we will ever see 4 way fluid buffers?
I am revisiting my main save and try to see what I can change or "fix" on my new save when 1.0 comes out.
There are few things and one of them is redesigning my fuel generator plants. There are spots where I could really use 4 way fluid buffers to eliminate some of the pipes and it would be good for just storage purposes.
I know fluids are a bit broken at the moment but it would be neat to have the option.

[z3n]

you don't need fluid buffers in this game.

[Exterminans]

Originally posted by z3n:

you don't need fluid buffers in this game.

Need and want are two different things

[Exterminans]

That being said, I don't think so. The game would have to know how to handle it when you Input two different kinds of liquid at the same time, which I don't think it currently does (?)

[Jeff]

Originally posted by z3n:

you don't need fluid buffers in this game.

Oh yes you do unless you don't mind wasting power. In a RL house with a well, we have a pressure tank so the well pump doesn't have to run 24/7. Its the same thing in Satisfactory. If you don't use a buffer tank, the water pump will run forever.

[kLuns]

Originally posted by Jeff:

Oh yes you do unless you don't mind wasting power

I don't waste power when not using a fluid buffer.

[Man's Best Friend]

The idea of a four way fluid buffer to replace pipes just sounds like pipes but with extra build costs. Like, I genuinely don't know what the point would be, or why it would be any more useful than just putting one of the existing fluid buffers on a straight section of pipe.

[z3n]

Originally posted by Jeff:

Oh yes you do unless you don't mind wasting power. In a RL house with a well, we have a pressure tank so the well pump doesn't have to run 24/7.

It's a game, it's fictional and not even close to real world physics. You don't waste power in this game when not using fluid buffers. The only reason to use fluid buffers is when transporting liquids by train. The only way to use more power in this game is by utilizing overclocked plants / machines. But therefor you have to build less buildings in return to produce the same amount of items.