Suggestion: Vertical conveyor balancer

[wombat]

First of all, enjoying the game so far.

Just a thought though, since we are effectively placing belts in 3 dimensions, why not add a variant of the balancer that splits top/bottom instead of left/right.

It would help cleanup some main bus spaghetti I have now, sounds like a great addition to have.

[Vi-El]

Originally posted by wombat:

First of all, enjoying the game so far.

Just a thought though, since we are effectively placing belts in 3 dimensions, why not add a variant of the balancer that splits top/bottom instead of left/right.

It would help cleanup some main bus spaghetti I have now, sounds like a great addition to have.

Just my 2cents

I like the idea but I feel with how you normally build a bus, you could very easily achieve this without such a feature.

Usually you leave at least 1-2 free spaces inbetween the belt busses anyhow so you could easily two splitters in and just lead one off into a ramp. It would be such a minor change that I doubt it will make that big of a difference other than players using a smidge more ressources early game.

[JimboTCB]

Originally posted by MiniHerc:

At least one of the store screenshots shows a massive bus with belts directly adjacent.

And if you look at that screenshot you'll notice that they have a ramp up to split things off. Personally I prefer leaving a one gap space between lanes as it makes it easier if you need to split off things from multiple adjacent lanes, but either way works.