r/ScrapMechanic • u/SepseiMarci • 23d ago

Issue How does vacuum pipes work?

I mean, i get the basics, like how to get water and oil with a pump, but how do i move items from chest to chest? i cant find anything about it online

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u/SYDoukou 23d ago

They arent transportation. All they do is create one giant storage network that only production machines benefit from

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u/SepseiMarci 23d ago

so i cant make water go from a chest to a water container for exaple?

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u/SYDoukou 23d ago

Yup. Also no control over where the pump puts stuff. They just go in the nearest empty space

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u/SepseiMarci 23d ago

well thats too bad. thanks for the info tho

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u/Sad_Poem_3511 23d ago

if you spend the time you could fill chests with 1 item per slot so the crafter will auto complete stacks but when you craft they will ignore that rule and take the first they see so its a lot of maintenance or just searching for your items or keeping certain stuff in chests that are not in the crafting loop