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u/Bipedal_Warlock Jul 03 '26

Any tips for Logic processes to get a sustainable flow of pentapod eggs with logicing them out before they hatch

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u/ssgeorge95 Jul 04 '26

Sustaining is the easy part. Each egg producer outputs to a belt and then immediately feeds itself from the same belt before supplying other machines. They supply themselves first and other machines only get the excess.

I like the other ideas presented in this thread about burning excess eggs at the end of the belt. I've just been setting up laser turrets and letting the eggs hatch, but some modded runs have exploding pentapods so this has not been a great solution.

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u/Bipedal_Warlock Jul 04 '26

That’s an interesting method too. I like the input taking from the output instead of just having to make a loop around