[15.30] Main belt does not fill perfectly without gaps

[Diddi]

This text may contain mistakes. I am not a native Speaker.

This animated picture is a screen capture with an issue that I found: The main belt does not fill perfectly without gaps.

There is a vertical main transport belt in the middle, which is filled by two horizontal side belts. The side transport belts are filled by inserters. Sometimes there are gaps in the main transport belt. The side belt on the right side fills these gaps perfectly. The other side belt on the left side does not fill these gaps perfectly without the ‘trick’ on the top left corner.

It seems that the main transport belt can only filled perfectly without gaps when the upper side from the side belt is filled. I made a blueprint, rotated it and placed it in every direction (north, South, east and west). The problem was still there. I have not tried this with every items, but it seems to be the same with the other items.

I found often a gap in my main belt and did not know why. I think this was the problem with these little gaps in my main belt which I found sometimes.
This is not a huge issue, but I think here are more perfectionists like me who like symmetrical, clean and minimalistic builds without such ‘tricks’. This ‘trick’ does not look nice but would solve the problem and fills the belt without gaps.

[Optera]

You can't fully compress with side loading.
Full compression can only be achieved by merging 2 belts with splitters or have inserters put items on underground exits.

[Diddi]

Thanks for this information Optera. I will use Underground belts in the future!

[Loewchen]

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