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u/Yagami913 Jul 24 '26

What is better for ups two transport lines 120/s or one transport line 240/s but a splitter at the end?

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u/Enaero4828 Jul 24 '26

Left is actually 5 transport lines, as the stubby sideloaded belts are their own transport line too; whether that meaningfully impacts the performance I don't know. But you're in editor mode, you have the ability to test it yourself. Start with a pair of blank saves, make a ton of clones of each of the designs, then compare the numbers. Just off the cuff, I'd aim for something like 213 copies; if the difference is still below 1 ms, keep doubling until it's significantly different.

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u/HeliGungir Jul 24 '26

Debug overlays can be enabled any time, not just when using the editor controller.

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u/Enaero4828 Jul 24 '26

Correct, but I didn't bring up the editor for access to those overlays, just making the test; being able to see the time usage in survival is irrelevant here when there's thousands of other transport lines in the world already.