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Is it possible with circuit network to balance chests BETWEEN them?



Warehouse A : 100 woods
Warehouse B : 0 wood
Warehouse C : 0 wood
Warehouse D : 0 wood

I want the inserters (between each warehouse) to auto-balance woods in warehouse B, C and D, then stop.
So at the end we have ~25 woods in each (no necessary to be EXACTLY 25).

Is it possible?

Arithmetic combinator
Input: Red wire from all warehouses
Output: Red wire to all inserters
Formula: Each / -4 -> Each

Inserter
Input: Red wire from arithmetic combinator, green wire from warehouse
Condition: Wood < -4

If you end up with the last piece of wood cycling around, change the inserter condition to something more negative.

ALLELUIA! Thanks mate it work very nicely!

DaveMcW wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:45 pm If you end up with the last piece of wood cycling around, change the inserter condition to something more negative.

As a new player, can you tell me why "negative" here? I'm hoping this helps me understand why a design controlling an inserter based on crate content didn't work out for me.

Negative numbers represent demand (in this case, the average of 4 warehouses). Positive numbers represent supply (in this case, 1 warehouse).

Having a negative target means you accept supply being a bit less than demand.