Stack inserter bug, flawed design or is the current behavior the best possible?

[Pi-C]

Just out of curiosity: How many items can a stack inserter move if that item has a stack size of 1, like artillery ammo? If you had completely researched all stack size upgrades, would it still pick up 12 items per swing, or would the item's stack size override the stack inserters capacity limit?

An inserter can only move 1 item with stack size 1.

Thanks for the clarification!

[mrudat]

The only problem here is the "set stack size" part. If you use several items you need to calculate a minimum which is really, really hard to do with combinators. IMO it is not worth the effort.

I'm reasonably certain that the stack insert only accepts one filter slot, and uses the signal for that filter for the stack size?

I have to admit it's been some time since I set up a mixed-goods station, having switched to using LTN.

[torne]

I'm reasonably certain that the stack insert only accepts one filter slot, and uses the signal for that filter for the stack size?

No, unfortunately you have to choose a specific signal for the stack size manually, which means that if you're dealing with multiple items you need combinator logic to calculate it somehow.

[HurkWurk]

I'm happy with the current method. If you are trying to load a single car with lots of different things, learn to chain several stations together in a short space to load the one train car. A train does not have to clear it's current station to stop at another, so you can have stations engines + car apart and load the one car from any number of chests with only one item per chest.

This is how people load huge trains from small ore patches. Just have it keep stopping as empty cars get to the loaders.