Water flow and switches

[Cuna]

Has anyone found it difficult to use a series of switches in line?
treatment plant > switch > switch > swithc > switch.
all 4 switches have 2 connected water substations each
None of the substations are over 10m3 at any time.
seems that some buildings still are without water from time to time, totaly random.
Pipes are the fattest ones, ground is LEVEL. bar is 2.5. so there should be no issue.

is it some bug?
cant you chain switches?
does the math break?

[Cuna]

Wow...
apparently the issue was that the SMALL water pump only moves about 50m2.
The LARGE pump must be used, it moves 150ish.

there are no tooltips for the pumps, nothing indicaating what the max flow is.
please fix

[Silent_Shadow]

You can get more than that through the small pump and maybe the large pump, but it requires messing around with the heights of the pump, source, and destination. Pressure is also misleading.

[esbenmf]

Originally posted by Cuna:

Wow...
apparently the issue was that the SMALL water pump only moves about 50m2.
The LARGE pump must be used, it moves 150ish.

there are no tooltips for the pumps, nothing indicaating what the max flow is.
please fix

While I agree, there is rarely any reason to build anything but large pumps. The price difference is small, and a onetime investment. The agony of too little water later on is painful and long lasting.

[Cuna]

Yes i guess the only reason would be they fit in tight places.
but hell... where is the flow info? needs to be shown.

[Silent_Shadow]

Originally posted by Cuna:

Yes i guess the only reason would be they fit in tight places.
but hell... where is the flow info? needs to be shown.

There is a flow gauge that shows how much water is leaving the building, and if you mouse over the outlet pressure gauge, it will show you an "estimated flow" that is almost always an underestimation, especially if pumps or large storage volumes are involved.