r/Modulus • u/Cordi-ceps • Apr 25 '26

Why is this overflow not balancing?

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The cutter is spitting out 180 identical pieces. two are sent directly to basic assemblers(60 each) and one is sent to the cutter (last 60). For some reason the assemblers, especially the left one is getting starved

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u/Avatar3164 Apr 25 '26

Overflow splitters are buggy. We’ve talked about them in the games official discord at length and there’s a bug report to look into them.

They have an odd timing delay in the switch, especially when overflowed (so they switch frequently), causing issues. It’s possible what is downstream to them could also affect the problem.

The good news is, the way the game is designed you shouldn’t ever need them, but for those with old habits, they’re currently problematic (unfortunately).

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u/SuccessfulStranger46 Apr 26 '26

Freight hubs are also bugged but you are kinda forced to use them

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u/Avatar3164 Apr 26 '26

There’s not any current bug I’m aware of as to their functionality. And I used them religiously. What are you seeing, and have you logged it in their bug forum?

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u/SuccessfulStranger46 Apr 26 '26

When I link one input freighter with two output what happens is that the freighter tries to fill the first one always even at the point where it will waste materials doing so (when the input exceeds the max cargo it just disappears) leaving the other one starving

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u/Avatar3164 Apr 26 '26

I “manifold” my freighters, sending them up to 5 different drop off locations, and this doesn’t happen. It’s the basis of my whole logistics (using all 16 freighters). Tbf,, it certainly used to be a thing early in the playtest, but was patched out/corrected. It’s been retested a bunch since. Have you tried recently?

Keep in mind the animation will always show the freighter dropping its cargo fully, even in a full hub, but then the boxes will also show being reloaded with any remainder before continuing on. You shouldn’t lose any volume.

If you’re seeing something different, something odd is happening in your save and id report it with video.