Right now it's one double headed train, each item has one loading station where it loads and the rest are station where it unloads. So as you can guess items near the end of the line are always out of items.
#How would you fix this distribution system?
drowsy prism
covert kernel
As I mentioned yesterday, "Your best solution likely is to make more chips, have a more robust loading station, and more trains". But that likely requires building with more space in mind somewhere else.
tacit solstice
Right now it's one double headed train, each item has one loading station where ...
a bus will always have this sort of limitation
the total flux of copper through the whole base < max flux of copper through the belts of the bus
1 green circuit is 1.5 copper and 1 iron.
so if you make 2 belts of greens, and you start with 4 belts of copper, 4 of iron, then your steady state flux after that point is actually 2 belts of greens, 2 belts of iron, and 1 belt of copper
drowsy prism
As I mentioned yesterday, "Your best solution likely is to make more chips, have...
What does a robust loading station look like?
Like six inserters instead of four?
covert kernel
I think when I said that before, I was accidentally looking at your unloading stations. But yes, if you want to move product fast and get your train out of the way, loading/unloading more quickly is better. And that normally means more stack inserters going from chest to wagon or vice versa.
warm bloom
You can do dedicated builds (without a bus) for some critical stuff(with dedicated unloading/resource belts), and you will have full control over resource flow
drowsy prism
I think when I said that before, I was accidentally looking at your *unloading* ...
I mean, would you use trains for this anyway?
covert kernel
I just spent a whole month on a city-block base where each block is a single chunk each supplied by a single multi-resource train with extremely specific train schedules. So yes, I might. But depending on how your base is set up as a whole, trains may or may not be the best way for you to move green chips around, unless you were to consider an overhaul of your layout.
drowsy prism
yeah it's too cramped I feel, like there's barely any space between stations
Do people ever put cars on belts to move them around and fill those cars with items?
pliant ore
Do people ever put cars on belts to move them around and fill those cars with it...
Kind of => https://mods.factorio.com/mod/logicarts3
covert kernel
Kind of => https://mods.factorio.com/mod/logicarts3
Is this easier to set up than AAI Vehicles? I gave up trying to use that one
pliant ore
Is this easier to set up than AAI Vehicles? I gave up trying to use that one
AAI was a bit overwhelming for me as well. Logicarts is quite simple.
Just filter the chests for items you want and place a load or unload station in front of that chest.