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In some cases the production is stopped because the inserter took too many items and cannot place them in factory. For example the factory had 19 shields, the inserter grabs 5 more but can only place ONE, 4 are stuck in inserter forever and it cannot take other items.

Also in a game of automation i want to be able to automate Armor MK2 production - please increase processing units stack to 200 or add another slot to factory.

True, I did few fixes of this for 0.11.12.

Cool! How does the fix work?
Inserter doesnt pick more than it can place ?
Does it work from request chest to wagon with dedicated slots also? <-also can inserter not place items on rail before train arrives please?

Cloner wrote:Cool! How does the fix work?
Inserter doesnt pick more than it can place ?
Does it work from request chest to wagon with dedicated slots also? <-also can inserter not place items on rail before train arrives please?

No no, I just changed the stack sizes and some recipes slightly

Ok, I know an easy fix to initial problem.
-> Allow stack to exceed the max value if forced by inserter.

In my example it the inserter would force the exess shields and the factory would temporary have 24 shields. Then inserter would continue placing other items. Same for wagons with designated slots. This easy fix solves all overstack problems.

Can this be done ?

This would also solve these examples:

That last repair pack image says it all
And although the issue on the image is easilly solvable, there 20 slots on the wagon, so you can have 20 different items in it. And although the 20 chest, 20 inserters approach is understandable, I have to say it's a total overkill to use so much chests and inserters just to put a stack of say 6-7 items into a wagon.

yeah, I'm having this issue trying to build rocket defense. It keeps grabbing more than there's room for and gets stuck because the stack size is equal to the required recipe. Either inserters need to be smarter about filling to stack cap or all recipes should not require more then the stack cap minus the maximum stack bonus. I'm using 11.12

Cloner wrote: -> Allow stack to exceed the max value if forced by inserter.

This would fix the problem once and for all.

It says this is a resolved bug (sense it is in resolved bugs section), but I m on 11.13 and I still have this problem. Really quote annoying because I'm trying to automate tank production, but the inserter keeps getting stuck when it tries to put in the steel, because it picks up too much, and well yeah gets stuck like other explained.
Am I missing something? Or is this bug actually not fixed?

Xterminator wrote:It says this is a resolved bug (sense it is in resolved bugs section), but I m on 11.13 and I still have this problem. Really quote annoying because I'm trying to automate tank production, but the inserter keeps getting stuck when it tries to put in the steel, because it picks up too much, and well yeah gets stuck like other explained.
Am I missing something? Or is this bug actually not fixed?

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