Can anyone help me optimize this?

[tight cairn]

im currently on milestone 4 and i want to connect the conveyors on the 2nd layer to another space conveyor to make a different shape but i cant figure out how too, any help?

[worn osprey]

like this?

you dont need to place a cutter btw

[tight cairn]

no i dont think so

only the one at the top is leading to the other shape

[worn osprey]

wait do you want to make a whole blue shape?

[tight cairn]

i mean thats part of the shape

i think i found a solution tho

[tight cairn]

i unlocked the halve swapper after i made the setup so..

[worn osprey]

so you know how to do the thing your trying to do cuz i have no idea what do you want to make

[tight cairn]

ye i believe so

also while im at it assuming my stacker goes at 20/m is this 100% efficient?

[dusky moat]

what's the speed of your belts ?

[tight cairn]

60/m

[dusky moat]

then yeah that should be correct

[tight cairn]

so for my upgrades currently its 100% efficient?

[worn osprey]

thats a big gap with upgrades

[worn osprey]

yes

[tight cairn]

ive been spending my research on other things

aight ty

btw

should i focus on speedrunning milestones or research

[worn osprey]

what you want

[tight cairn]

wdym

ow wait

i have another problem

so my rotator is at 30/m and i need to place it before stacker but my stackers move at 20/m

so how do i make that completely efficient

[dusky moat]

you either use 2 rotators then join them into one belt and split it back into 3, or you use 3 rotators and put one before each stacker

[tight cairn]

can you show me an example of the 1st option

also if you put 30/m before 20/m wouldn't the speed of processing be screwed up

[tight cairn]

ok ty

would i start with rotators or stackers first

[dusky moat]

the rotators will just work slower than their max speed but there won't be any downsides

[tight cairn]

ok

[dusky moat]

depends on if you need both inputs to be rotated or only one

[tight cairn]

if one comes before the other does its efficiency get hindered?

[dusky moat]

the order won't affect the efficiency, but depending on your case it could change the resulting shape

[tight cairn]

if i didnt have 3 connectors how much would the shape production efficiency drop

[dusky moat]

only one of the groups of 4 extractors would produce shapes and the others would stop

[tight cairn]

if im trying to produce this shape how would i build it with 2 lines for red and 1 for blue

[dusky moat]

you will only be using one line of red as you will be limited by the blue anyway

[tight cairn]

so there is no way to make it so both red lines are used

[dusky moat]

technically you can use both lines but they will each be running at 50% throughput

[tight cairn]

ok