This is one Stack of the Buffer with the Foreman BP Manager
Foreman String
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Re: I love buffers
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:08 pm
by TuckJohn
I think that this belongs on the "show your creations" board.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:46 pm
by Arch666Angel
It is in "Show your creations" but also in "fan art", interesting since I actually posted it in "show your creations"
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:34 pm
by daniel34
Arch666Angel wrote:It is in "Show your creations" but also in "fan art", interesting since I actually posted it in "show your creations"
Ssilk moved it to the new "fan art" board but kept a link to it in the "Show your creations" board.
I would put this in the "Show your creations" board as it is actual game footage, but now you're present in both boards
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:58 pm
by ssilk
Oh.
I thought it is kind of art, cause after studying the layouts I thought to myself, this is pointless (*), so it must be art. Sorry for that....
(*) not directly pointless, but it is not very effective, it takes a lot of space, is complex, and the usage cases are questionable. Sorry for being honest, but I'm sure you can handle with it. To prove the opposite: I never would have made me the work to move the topic to the other forum, if I didn't like them. For me it is simply some kind of art.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:29 pm
by Arch666Angel
ssilk wrote:Oh.
I thought it is kind of art, cause after studying the layouts I thought to myself, this is pointless (*), so it must be art. Sorry for that....
(*) not directly pointless, but it is not very effective, it takes a lot of space, is complex, and the usage cases are questionable. Sorry for being honest, but I'm sure you can handle with it. To prove the opposite: I never would have made me the work to move the topic to the other forum, if I didn't like them. For me it is simply some kind of art.
It's overly complex and needlessly big for something 12 boxes, 24 inserters and a belt blancer could do But that wouldn't be pleasing to the eye and awesome
(plus where is the fun?)
Also it's interesting to tinker around with the ratios needed to fill up the belts to max compression and the flaws in the factorio engine.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:33 pm
by Arch666Angel
For example, why does this design have one sided "compression errors", although it is the same on the top and the bottom?
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:36 pm
by Arch666Angel
And another one, with the compressor on the side
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:41 am
by malcmiller
Damn son. Do the different buffers have any sort of different function? Why use one of them over the other. Also It seems like a 2x -> x buffer would be more useful then a x -> x buffer.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:50 am
by Arch666Angel
It's more or less just stile, I do use the one from the first post as an overflow buffer for my ores, cause i do Play with endless rescources in my current game and i want my drills to never stop mining, even if there is no demand from the factory.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 5:06 am
by malcmiller
This is what i use for my buffer in my main factory. Its not cool and complex like yours but it balances the lanes fairly well and it holds a buttload of storage.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:44 am
by ssilk
Not art.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:11 am
by Zeblote
Arch666Angel wrote:For example, why does this design have one sided "compression errors", although it is the same on the top and the bottom?
It's because of the awkward way splitters handle compressed belts with the same thing on both lanes, it'll be fixed in 0.13.
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:01 am
by Arch666Angel
Its only mirrored twice and fit together, but here is one with 16 lanes in and 8 out. Just for shits and giggles
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:10 am
by Arch666Angel
It's the mother of all buffers:
Re: I love buffers
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:12 am
by Arch666Angel
There was a defect in the mother buffer (missing belts, inverted inserters), so I made another one which is a tad smaller and stackable:
I think you're right - you love buffers 
But that wouldn't be pleasing to the eye and awesome 
