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Don't know if this is a bug or working as intended, just haven't seen this behavior before.

I have a few assembling mashines creating Landfill. Several blue inserters to feed stone ore, and several blue to fill several chests.

My previous seen behavior is that with 3 inserters putting in chests, they will each take turns on who put the Landfill in a chest.
But now i have 2 inserters that stand still and only the 3rd will work. Right next to these 3 inserters is another identical setup, where the 3 inserters each take their turn to work (the chests are not limited at all) - I find it strange

Thanks for the report however that's working correctly. There's no logic that makes inserters take turns. Which ever inserter is updated first is the one that will grab the items first.

I have definitely seen setups in my own games where inserters take turns, though. Is there some arcane underlying logic that decides whether you get turn taking or a single inserter monopolizing it all?

Patashu wrote:I have definitely seen setups in my own games where inserters take turns, though. Is there some arcane underlying logic that decides whether you get turn taking or a single inserter monopolizing it all?

Might be based on chunk boundaries since the game has an order to the way it updates.

London_ wrote:Might be based on chunk boundaries since the game has an order to the way it updates.

I think you've got the right reason for what I'm experiencing

if you want them loaded evenly. *numbers show with nixie tube mod.

"even loading" doesn't mean anything. They'll all end up full eventually.

If multiple inserters are required for full throughput, you will lose speed if a chest fills up too early.

This would be less of an issue if stack inserters worked as expected.

DaveMcW wrote:If multiple inserters are required for full throughput, you will lose speed if a chest fills up too early.

This would be less of an issue if stack inserters worked as expected.

Off-topic; but, how is that not expected? Inserters don't know what to insert until they have a request to insert something, so they can't just grab things willy-nilly.