Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

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Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

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At the moment splitting a two-sided belt into 2 one-sided belt is very ugly (see first GIF: http://imgur.com/a/GsxT9)

So here is my suggestion:
Make a seperation mode for splitter. Clicking on it opens UI. Like a smart inserter.

- Easy to program
- no new building required

Give Splitters a Chance!

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Re: Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =14&t=3657
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Re: Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

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ssilk wrote:Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =14&t=3657
Looks very good. I hope it will be implement into vanilla.

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Re: Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

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ssilk wrote:Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder:

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =14&t=3657
I've been using that mod for quite a while now and I think it's great. But a splitter with Smart Inserter filter would do so much more. It could act as a sorter, lane reverser and so many other possibilities. It doesn't even need to filter 5 different things like the Smart Inserter, one item on left and one item on right is plenty. Imagine the logistics possibilities with red and green wires as well - such as " < 50" goes right else go straight. Yes it can be done with smart inserters now, but the delay in the arm swinging around affects the throughput. This is what I imagine the GUI like:
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Re: Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

Post by MaZy »

I agree with turtle.

I was going to ask for the feature but you are already talking about it. With filter mode maybe green splitter were really nice.

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Re: Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

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Check out my Smart Splitters mod, it pretty much does what you're describing here.

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Re: Give Splitters a Seperation Mode

Post by Zourin »

It still surprises me this isn't a core part of the game yet.

Taking advantage of the two-lane belt system is as easy as feeding belts onto the sides, yet trying to split them requires arcane mechanics exploits with, of all unrelated things, tunnels.

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