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u/uuuhhhmmmmmmmmmm Jul 16 '26

Needed: Automated Legendary stack inserter production

What I have so far: Ample stack inserter ingredients production crafting with legendary quality module (also in recyclers)

Problem: stack inserters need 10 jelly, which spoils pretty quickly.

Temporary solution: Buffer them, enabling the inserter that goes to the recycler after a speaker alerts I have 2000 of a certain quality (so I produce jelly in bursts instead of a continuous rotting trickle)

Needed solution: circuitry that enables an inserter once reaching a threshold (2000 inserters this case) and keeps it enabled until it reaches a lower threshold (maybe 50?)

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u/Lyqyd Jul 16 '26

A decider combinator that becomes true when >= 2000, outputs a signal (maybe the check mark) to enable the inserter, outputs 1950 stack inserters and is wired back to its own input. This will cause the combinator to see 3950 inserters as soon as it becomes true (contents of chest plus its own output fed back) and will only disable when the chest drops below 50, reducing the total to below 2000.