Satisfactory Tips 4: Load Balancers

when l played mindustry I used single line manifolds a lot

Maybe combining the two would work:
Have a two-layer load balancer, with the second layer being manifolds

Oh... So thats called a manifold.

I have been using that system to feed ammo on turrets in mindustry for ages. Its defitnely better when the consumption is off for a little bit.

Mindustry has "underflow gates" which push materials out the side(s) unless the sides are full, only allowing materials forward when the sides are full.

guys look at this. all this wasted space. u already have splitters lined up already close to constructors. just make it in 1 line. so its an overflow system. takes not even this amount of space. can be configured in any shape u want. this is so useless.

Ngl I prefer Lets Game It Out's methods

I use smart splitters in a manifold, straight is on the item and overflow on the machine side so the end fills up first

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I wonder if a Vertical Load Balancer is a thing?

чушь всё про скорость. Ты пока будешь бегать за другим ресурсом и тянуть новые ленты, эта штука уже заполнит всё, что только можно и остановиться. На самом деле вам не нужно столько машин, вы тратите время на оптимизации и порядок, а собрать нужно всего лишь лифт и всё

In factorio you can use circuits to calculate the average of the entire setup and then activate the insertion only if the storage is less or equal than the average. Meaning you'll distribute everything evenly. If you manually add more to the first storage, it will not insert anymore until all the others have the same amount. Pretty neat.

In the second case, keep the 12 constructors offline and fill the ingots all in filled up to 100. Now turn the electricity on for all at once. This should give all the belts enough time to be saturated with no ramping up issues.

Couldn't you manually prime the manifold

Just started the game

I just had an engineergasm

You can also do a center manifold into two rows, or split into multiple manifolds with a balancer.

second method help with coal power. turn off all machinery tho so they top off and start them all up once theyre full

best tip: hook the machines to powerlines ASAP/when you place them down…. if it took your 1 hour to build the whole factory, thats 1 hour of resources smelted and overloaded for the next step.

I just pre-load all the machines and get the conveyor full before starting it.
Since i like to do errands and expand inventory as fast as i can, pre-loading machines is a no brainer.

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I wish I could militarize a manifold into one machine and use it for other builds. I don’t like satisfactory because there is so much building from scratch

You can also mix them to split off into multiple manifolds

Tis super noob did a manifold for coal power plant, I just hand mined some stacks of coal and then filled the plants hmn, hardly worth it for other stuff, but i think for power stuff its okay as ya do the work only once.

I haven't played, but I imagine a hybrid LB/Manifold setup. Feed 2 ends of the manifold with the 2 way LB. When the manifold overflows, redirect excess back to the 2 way LB.

I'll just choose patience and go with the latter. I have plenty of things to do while I wait.

25 high loop of conveyors....carrying all the basic stuff...one area feeding it all ....other side taking and building higher end to put on another loop

I've found that without even meaning to, all my builds tend towards manifold systems. Seems to be my default.

I LOVE load balancing but they are definitely the reason I always burn out in the latter half of the midgame. I should try just turning my brain off for a little bit and just using manifolds and maybe ill actually finish the game before starting up a new factory again, haha

I like building a second line of Assemblers on top of the first so they all fill quicker and use less space.

Can't wait for 1.1 when it all changes and you have to start again.

P.S Advanced Logistics Mod is perfect for this.

I love this.

To skip the spin up time in the earlier stages of the game where you may only have 10 or so producers. You can pre craft enough ingots to overflow them then manually place them in each

Factorio has similar techniques as inspiration.
It took me a little while to find what they were called, but they call them belt balancers.

manifolds ruin my outputs. last machine never runs.

Compromise: Have a single load balancer feed into two manifolds.

I do the manifold because i'm too lazy to do a load balancer.

I use manifold method, but usually have a stockpile of resources, as I start with putting a storage bin right by a node instead of immediately using it, So when I build that resource, I have a lot ready and can manually fill each machine with the needed resource.

I'm currently rebuilding my factory to have towers over my resource nodes with a smelting floor above them. Think I'll try to combine manifold with load balancing. Perhaps have multiple inputs into the line. I like the notion of using verticality to achieve a smaller footprint and still optimize productivity.

I basically used only manifold, but I will split a belt into like 2 or 3 manifolds just to help with spin up time

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Best way to do manafold is just to preload them. I stopped worrying about load balancing because there's really no point

You can make Single Line Manifold a little better by using fast belts on the line but the slowest belts to the machines :)

over flow is way better

Very nice short

I love it when older folks find enjoyment in these types of games. And they eventually make the most realistic builds.

Factorio better

Satisfactory teaching network engineering

I love seeing this.
Warms my heart to see older people play games like satisfactory and factorio.

is this a problem that further machines get items slower? You still utilize all the items

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I prefer a mix of manifold and balance. Example: 3 machines need 270 (tier 3 belt). So the main line is faster, and you need an intelligent splitter, with the priority to those 3 machines, the main line fast enough for every part that will go through.
Finaly use one splitter fpr those 3 machines, perfect balanced.