#The distributors on the conveyor belt are not working correctly

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ember vessel
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A distributor on the conveyor belt should split a resource from one input to 2 outputs. However, this does not work correctly. Normally, the resource should always be split alternately between the outputs. But it does not. Sometimes 4 pieces of the resource go to the first input, then 1 piece of the resource to the second output and then again 2 pieces of the resource to the first output.
To illustrate this better:

It would be perfect like this: 1 input = 2 output A - B - A - B - A - B - A - B
At the moment it looks like this: 1 input = 2 output A - A - A - B - A - B - B - B - A - A - A - A etc

ember vessel
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I have now taken a screenshot of a current problem area.

The conveyor belt entrance is on the left-hand side. Output ( A ) is configured for steel and titanium.
Output ( B ) is configured for ALL resources, which includes steel and titanium.
None of the two outputs is prioritized ( activated star )

If I am now thinking correctly and as it should hopefully be, a titanium should go to ( A ) and then a titanium to ( B ), then this is repeated. The same with steel. Both resources should be evenly distributed to the outputs ( A ) and ( B ), as no output is blocked for steel or titanium and no output is prioritized!

Unfortunately, it is currently the case that output ( A ) receives ALL the titanium and steel and output ( B ) receives none of it.

Please give me feedback on this problem and whether it is actually a bug and whether you can fix it quickly. Thank you!

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silver fossil
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peopled figured it out eventually (in the chat, later that evening)
Analysis so far:
if you have A-B-A-C-A-B-A-C-A-B-A-C on your incoming belt, and the setup as described (resource A is allowed into both outputs)
then you stil end up with all A on one output because the distributor alternates through allowed resources.

In: A-B-A-C-A-B-A-C-A-B-A-C
O1: A---A---A---A---A---A--
O2: --B---C---B---C---B---C
and that really looks like a dysfunction, but isn't.

ember vessel
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But why do the devs do it this way?
Why don't they treat the incoming resources per individual resource in the distributors?
This alternating output of resources only makes it artificially complicated?

Aber wieso machen die Devs das so?
Wieso behandelt man in den Verteilern die ankommenden Ressourcen nicht pro einzelne Ressource?
Diese abwechselnde Ausgeben der Ressourcen macht das ganz doch nur künstlich kompliziert?!

hexed prawn
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.. because if they do so - will be needed to store the last direction for every resource type maybe?

lucid lark
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Just work around it with another distributor merging into the main belt after, setup a small line with starred steel and split it after

ember vessel
brittle owl
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I'm having an issue similar where i have a bus of random stuff splitting off ice only but for some reason now after 93.26 i have nanotubes getting stuck at the split. only thing is the nanotubes are a recent addition to the bus so i'm not sure what's going on.

night sail
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I agree dividers don't work as expected. See this image, with a slower and faster belt connected. The faster belt don't get as much Regolith as expected.

Expected is that the faster belt gets more. Now it waits for the slower belt to get one item, before the faster belt gets one.

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cedar hull
silver fossil
night sail
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Also, other way around. When a slower belt is connected, gaps starts to appear on the faster belts.
Is also not what i expect.

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silver fossil
# night sail Also, other way around. When a slower belt is connected, gaps starts to appear o...

Hey Marijn! the pictures are really nice and explanatory. but take a look at the first message posted in this thread by OP jebo80. It is a different topic.
Please create a new Post in #1240216695688269896 so that the issue with differently leveld conveyors going into distributors can be worked on. I have the feeling it will just sink under the radar if you piggyback on the distributor sorting issue. Thank you ❤️

night sail