Lossy corner maker

[glacial bane]

How is it that I'm using all the shape pieces and using the optimized speed of all the machines, and yet I'm going from 4 lines of a full shape, to 4 lines of a half full shape?

[cloud plover]

its because your doing it wrong

if 2 cutters output a full belt then you put it into 4 cutters not 2

oh and also

[glacial bane]

I have 4 cutters to a full belt

so I thought using 2 with both halves would be enough

[lofty bough]

combining 4 cutter outputs produces a full belt, so you still need 4 cutters to process that

[glacial bane]

So is this design lossy, or should I be using 8 belts to output here?

[cloud plover]

your doing it wrong thats all i will say

[glacial bane]

it's 4 to a belt I'm putting 1 belt into 4 and combining it back into 1. Should I be using 8 of them off one belt?

[cloud plover]

okay ill say this from one belt of {RRRR} in this situation you can make two belts of {R-R-}

[lofty bough]

you should be having 8 belts of output here as you're doubling the amount of output belts by halving the number of quadrants per shape

[glacial bane]

Was this the right fix or is it just going to be half efficient belts?

[cloud plover]

This is the right way

[lofty bough]

another way of thinking about it that might help you is to use the 'buildings per belt' stat not as buildings per belt but connections (input/output) per belt, so here you have 4 swapper outputs per belt so it's correct

[quasi jungle]

what shape are you trying to make?

[glacial bane]

{R-R-}