Introducing a vertical circular bus - A giant O of belts and lifters fully connected allowing for input / output anywhere along the bus.
Pros :
- Modular, you can build anywhere on the vertical bus stack
- Limits spaghetti by providing a clear and easy to access API for all players.
- Very fast to reach all parts of the factory since everything is very concentrated into a cube of productivity.
Cons :
- Satisfactory netcode doesn’t like SUPER dense areas, so it could become problematic for multiplayer.
- There is no priority mergers yet in Satisfactory, so if you want to prioritize a input to the bus you downgrade the belts/lifters feeding INTO the priority input, that way the belt will back up and the priority input will provide the bulk of the material.
Details/Photo Galleries:
- Vertical Bus Details https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602/5288896
- Demonstration of the Vertical Bus in a base: https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602/5288887
- Prototyping details https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602/5288866
It is a thing of beauty. Thanks for the description and pictures. Any chance you can share the blueprints?
Sure:
https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/blueprints/index/details/id/7136/name/Mini-Yeet-0.6
https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/blueprints/index/details/id/7137/name/Vertical-Bus-Mall-and-Depot
https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/blueprints/index/details/id/7138/name/Vertical-Bus-Top-To-Bottom-Access-x3
https://satisfactory-calculator.com/en/blueprints/index/details/id/7139/name/Vertical-Bus-Bottom-To-Top-Access-x3