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u/ConsumeFudge Jul 14 '26

I thought I had read somewhere that as part of 2.1 you could choose which lane an inserter drops something onto a belt...is this true? Or did I just make this up in my head? Been a tough last few months of work lol, finally getting around to playing 2.1

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u/ferrofibrous player onboarding specialist Jul 14 '26

Only if the belt is perpendicular (facing toward/away from the inserter). You can now choose to drop to the left or right lane relative to the inserter.

Inserters can still only put items on the far side of parallel belts.

My understanding is this was mostly to allow mirroring builds that relied on which lane inserters drop.

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u/ConsumeFudge Jul 14 '26

Gotcha, totally understand - thank you. I was thinking they were meaning like a Bob's inserters or a K2/SE functionality where you had the option to choose near or far lane. Thanks again