Restore inserter-to-splitter item throughput to 1.1 speeds
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2025 11:14 am
In 1.1 we could saturate a blue belt with 3 inserters if 1 of them was targeting a perpendicular splitter:
https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... ges_in_sa/
searching, I was able to find 3 that still work:
When the reduction in throughput was reported as a bug, Boskid explained that this was a result of a bugfix, and he stated the old throughput was not sufficiently "expected behavior" to be considered a bug and to post a suggestion thread if we want it reverted.
So here I am: It was expected behavior and this broke our designs. We were using it for train stations, and among other things. I don't like how we have fewer options that are a worse overall, and I would like to see inserter-to-splitter throughput restored to 1.1 speeds.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250614091 ... o_splitter
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... insertion/
https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... ges_in_sa/
This nerf particularly impacts high-throughput train unloading stations. These are designed to unload 4 blue belts per train wagon in a relatively UPS-efficient way:The old numbers had it at 18.9 (splitter) + 13.85 (belt) + 13.85 (belt) which sums to 46.6 I/s. Which was enough to have a fully saturated blue belt with 1 splitter. Now 16 (splitter) + 14.4 (belt) + 14.4 (belt) sums to 44.8 which is just short of that. ... The only way to break the 45 I/s throughout with non quality bulk inserter so far is to have the full throughput of two splitters 16 + 16 + 14.4 which is 46.4, still less than the amount with 1 splitter and 2 belts before.
- viewtopic.php?p=371800#p371800
- viewtopic.php?p=373945#p373945
- viewtopic.php?p=390314#p390314
- viewtopic.php?p=494801#p494801
- viewtopic.php?p=527224#p527224
- viewtopic.php?f=194&t=108788
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... n_tilable/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... per_wagon/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... ts_out_of/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... oading_4x/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... t/i5yhcq5/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... _24_train/ (fewest splitters)
searching, I was able to find 3 that still work:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... from_a_14/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... two_fully/ (fewest splitters)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... a/lt4x7kg/
When the reduction in throughput was reported as a bug, Boskid explained that this was a result of a bugfix, and he stated the old throughput was not sufficiently "expected behavior" to be considered a bug and to post a suggestion thread if we want it reverted.
So here I am: It was expected behavior and this broke our designs. We were using it for train stations, and among other things. I don't like how we have fewer options that are a worse overall, and I would like to see inserter-to-splitter throughput restored to 1.1 speeds.