If you hover over the north decider, what are it’s input & output? When it’s working the input should be 1200 or more, the output 1 green.

Refer to the description above for how it works to debug it.

Make sure the condition is >=.

I was slightly off on what I told you. You only really need just the green signal. The left inserters are active when green is 0 the right are active when green is 1 so all the inserters can be wired together. You need one decider combiner with condition advanced circuits >= 1200 output 1 green. Wir...

sweet gif!

To each side add a constant combiner outputting 1200 advanced circuits, send that to a decider combinator set to green = 1 output advanced circuits. Wire your green signal also to this divider and the output of this to your decider. Do this for both sides. Use red wire for every thing EXCEPT the out...

How does it do when only one lane is consumed?

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Can you post BP-strings? It would be easier to test. 3 belt using 4 not looped: Screen Shot 2019-08-24 at 11.49.14 AM.png 0eNqdmd2OokAQhV/F9DVu6H/gVSaTDc70GhJtCDSbMYZ3XxjN7ERxPFVXRIWPQ3VV1yk8i91hDF3fxCSqs2je2jiI6uUshmYf68PyXTp1QVSiSeEoMhHr4/IpfHR9GIZt6us4dG2ftrtwSGLKRBPfw4eo5JTBkKE7NCmF/tvlanrNRIip...

I took "pen and paper" (GIMP and a screenshot) and did the math on your last example. If the input belts are full, it does not balance correctly. It backlogs at the splitter marked in red. balancer.noloop.1.backlogging.jpg If you were to replace the red belts/splitter on the right side wi...

Oops, now I have to go back and fix all my 4 balancers.

Trebor, ... I don't understand what you try to show us. Are you trying to show ratio splitting? No not ratio splitting. Some balancers are easier to build, especially those with powers of 2 inputs. So if you have x inputs (and x outputs) you can use a power of 2 balancer and loop back the excess ou...

Note the standard 5 belt balancer above has one loop.

Here's a 25/75 split: Screen Shot 2019-08-23 at 10.06.46 PM.png 50% of a blue belt is 1.5 yellow belts, which a red belt and splitter can easily handle. It's basically the same as you used just more compact. But because it uses red belts it's cheeper yet it has the same throughput when there is no b...

Oktokolo wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:17 am

Impatient wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 24, 2019 12:01 am

Ok, I think I got it now. No Loops.

What is the benefit of having no loops?

Whenever there is a belt loop Factorio doesn't know where the start of the loop is, so when it updates the items it starts at an arbitrary location.

Just for grins and giggles: Note by stopping and starting the outputs at different times the pattern can change: Not a recommendation, just an observation.

And for completeness here is the 5 belt: So, as I said earlier, I don't know what you mean by "do they work". It really all depends on what you require and your play style. It's just a different way to build balancers.

3 belt redone using loaders/infinity chests:

Here's the 6 red belt comparison:
The loaders/infinity chests made it much easer to test.

Edit: Updated pic with proper 4 belt balancer.

Got something similar in 0.17.66: Note the items are moving but at 1/3 the normal speed because all four belts connect to yellow.

Will these work with less than 100% on the inputs? Will these work if the outputs are backing up? I don't know what you mean by work. These are just offered as an alternative way to do things. They may or may not fit with your play style. That said here is a test of my 3 belt balancer against the t...

BlueTemplar wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:29 am

Naah, the right™ way to play Factorio is to ass around for 2 hours trying to make a design that's not even the most effective, but the most pleasing to the eye of the player that designed it !

+1 for the right way to play!!