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[0.18.9] In some situations, inserters prefer to take from the far side of a belt

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:30 pm
by triffid_hunter
In some situations, inserters prefer to take from the far side of a belt.

This causes my mines to drain unevenly, and I'd prefer to not lane-balance all the belts as a fix when this behaviour seems like a (minor) bug.
Inserter #3 taking from far side of belt, when near side is compressed
Inserter #3 taking from far side of belt, when near side is compressed
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Blue inserters 1,2,4,5,6 all prefer the near side of the belt, but inserter 3 prefers the far side - meaning the top lane drains faster than the bottom one in this example.

I guess it's because that corner belt does something weird to the inserter trigger logic?

Re: [0.18.9] In some situations, inserters prefer to take from the far side of a belt

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:22 am
by disentius
I think that is explained here:
https://wiki.factorio.com/Inserters