!!! i finaly managed to fit a 4shape-3pin pinmaker on a 1x1

[meager nimbus]

Blueprint Infos :

Version : 1137 / Unknown, Blueprint type : Platform, Blueprint cost : 2,328, Platform unit cost : 1
Building count : 390, Building size : 14x16x3, Building tiles : 488
Platform count : 1, Platform size : 1x1x1, Platform tiles : 1
Icons : Platforms, <empty>, <empty>, {RuRuRuRu}

[brazen slate]

Nice work 👍

However notes :

• Pin Maker for QUAD only
• Insane Mode (5 Layers) can be used but will have Non pin shapes on start, need a filter, but will end up in full speed Pin Shapes after a short period
• 4 layer modes will directly have Pin shapes, but like all non crystal Pin makers it will be full speed after a short period

Setup: Each 4 Pin makers need 4 full boosted Miners that are configured to output the shapes on 3 layers per miner (see picture), what gives you 12 belts of Pin Shapes

[sage crater]

i made it actualy in a way that it doesnt matter if you input at layer 1,2,3, or all of them at once

in this area are mergers to deal with this

[formal temple]

... it doesn't look like it's doing anything that would make it fail to work in Hex? What am I missing?

[brazen slate]

Rotations

Output on hex

or there is someting missing by a few makers

[formal temple]

Oh, I see (it took that long for my hex save to load so I could look)

[brazen slate]

*i always test all if need, else i can not make a test result for all game modes 😄 *

[sage crater]

ive heard that hexplayers often use 1:2 or paint pinmaker in hex for simplicity

[brazen slate]

Yes that is correct

[formal temple]

I have a pin miner and a 1x2 4:3 pin maker that work both in quad and hex. But I was hoping for a 1x1. 🙂

[sage crater]

i dont have a hex save file to test if could modify it for hex

[formal temple]

I'm taking a crack at it now. 🙂

[upbeat phoenix]

looks interesting... I also made a 1x1 4:3 pin maker a while back, never thought about uploading it here, tho

[upbeat phoenix]

here is mine, if you want to see if it works on hex:

[meager nimbus]

Blueprint Infos :

Version : 1137 / Unknown, Blueprint type : Platform, Blueprint cost : 1,661, Platform unit cost : 1
Building count : 301, Building size : 16x12x3, Building tiles : 403
Platform count : 1, Platform size : 1x1x1, Platform tiles : 1
Icons : Platforms, <empty>, <empty>, {RuRuRuRu}

[sage crater]

lol this perfect fit in the center looks fun

[upbeat phoenix]

I just remembered: that one does not have jam prevention

well... kinda

it is intended for equal draw on the outputs, and if one output jams, it will operate at 75% on the remaining outputs

so it wont suffer from path-length issues, but will suffer if you have a consistent uneven draw on its outputs

[sage crater]

i dont see what would cause a jam on your design is it because the reader and the filter are further apart then 1 tile?

[upbeat phoenix]

because one of the four modules does not merge its outputs, that one module will stop working if any of the outputs back up

[sage crater]

aah ok interesting

[upbeat phoenix]

so it will not fully jam, but will run at reduced capacity

I originally made it for Aski to use in a layer-maker, so it was designed on the condition that the draw on the outputs would be even

[lyric patio]

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