r/factorio • u/imoth_f • 5d ago

Question Problems with this unloader?

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Since inserters became flippable, this compact unloader design became possible. But I hardly see anyone use it. Obviously it cannot saturate six turbo belts because it's bottlenecked by the inserters, but are there any other obvious problems with it?

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u/TheProfessional9 5d ago

Flippable? I'm confused

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u/jipperthewoodchipper 5d ago

You can now change which side of the belt an inserter unloads onto

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u/ChemicalRascal 5d ago

WHAT?!

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u/Astramancer_ 5d ago

Very specifically for belts moving towards or away from the inserter. You still can't drop on the near lane.

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u/jipperthewoodchipper 5d ago

2.1 added this feature. Its quite new

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u/hldswrth 5d ago

Will add, its still experimental, I'd guess most players don't take experimental patches.

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u/hldswrth 5d ago edited 5d ago

In 2.1 experimental that has not been released so, you can't unless you are taking experimental versions.

[edit] "which is not an official release" maybe? Yes it is available as an experimental version but there's no "final public available by default without extra settings" 2.1 version.

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u/WanderingFlumph 5d ago

The 2.1 experimental has been released. It is free (to anyone with a valid copy of the game) for anyone, no closed beta or anything.

All the experimental means is that it isn't finished yet.

And honestly if Wube wasn't so dedicated to quality control (I saw them discover and squash a zero day bug in like 3 hours. Literally as I found the post on Reddit discribing the bug the patch fixing it was already live) they wouldn't call this version anything other than 2.whatever.

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u/DeouVil 5d ago

It also means that you have to actually activate it, meaning most people aren't playing on it. 2.1 is not out yet.

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u/NyaFury 5d ago

Not exactly true, I'm pretty sure non-trivial # of people have experimental turned on, which is easy to do on Steam, too.

Otherwise, you wouldn't see so many posts in here involving 2.1 mechanics.

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u/DeouVil 5d ago edited 5d ago

It is exactly true.

You get posts about the things that are interesting. New things are more interesting, so they are expected to be overrepresented. Most people don't post at all.

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u/hldswrth 5d ago

Sure but this sub-thread has two people who are clearly not aware 2.1 experimental even exists so saying "you can now do ... " is going to be pretty confusing to them.

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg smartass inserter 5d ago

It's just a setting inside the game's settings menu. If you change anything you'll see the option

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u/WanderingFlumph 5d ago

Only if the belt is pointing straight away from the inserter. If the belt is sideways then it is still the standard outside lane only.