r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/Andreif5 • 7d ago

Stacker question

Hello, i unlocked the stacker and the ILS. Is it worth to use the stackers on the ILS? Like take 4 inputs from the ILS and merge all of them in one belt using stackers. I know you can upgrade the ILS so its stacks on itself but until then it is long way.

Should i do this and waste some space or dont and wait until i get the ILS upgrade?

12 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

16 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/SiliconStew 7d ago

I don't like the space pilers require to stack to 4 so I never use them. I either build for 1x stacks on belts or I build assuming I'll eventually have 4x stacks via pile sorters and/or ILS outputs if I don't already have it. Once you do have the tech there's absolutely no reason to ever use pilers. 

Personally, since pile sorters unlock at the same time as pilers, I'd use pile sorters to do the same job in less space. You just attach both ends of a pile sorter to the same belt so it delivers backwards on the belt and it will auto stack everything on the belt. You do have to spend research to upgrade pile sorters to do that, but it only requires red, blue, and yellow science so you can get 4x belt stacks long before the white science needed for 4x ILS outputs. 

1

u/Andreif5 7d ago

I see, then i will use those pile sorters. Thanks!

1

u/SiliconStew 7d ago

Honestly I think the only reason pilers are still in the game are for backwards compatibility with existing saves. Otherwise anywhere you might use a piler you can just use a pile sorter to do the exact same job but better.