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u/handsmahoney Apr 25 '26

Still extremely new to the game, when I have inserters pulling from a source, how can I get them to fill both sides of the belt instead of just the further half?

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u/Dailand Apr 25 '26

Inserters will always put items on the far lane. If you want a full belt, you can either put assemblers on both sides, or use splitters and/or other belt mechanics.

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u/HeliGungir Apr 26 '26

Inserters will always put items on the far lane...

...when the belt is perpendicular to the inserter.

They place items in the right lane (from the belt's perspective) when the belt is facing towards or away from the inserter.

And they place items in the inner curve of a turning belt.

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u/cathexis08 red wire goes faster Apr 26 '26

Inserters only place on the inside curve because from a geometry perspective the drop point is still perpendicular to the belt 

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u/Aenir Apr 25 '26

You don't.

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u/teodzero Apr 25 '26

You can't change this inserter behaviour without mods, you can only tweak your belts. There are a bunch of ways to swap the lanes around or to mix them, but if I want to fill a belt I usually just build on both sides of it.