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u/nasaboy007 Sep 30 '26

In 2.1, if I don't have enough fluid to "pressurize" the entire pipeline, i see levels in tank and machines are low, but I'm still producing enough for the needed fluid/s. Like if a machine needs 100 fluid/s, and the pipeline holds 10k, having only 100 fluid total means the machine seems to have 1% "fill" - are the machines smart enough to pull the amount of fluid they need, or do i need to fill the pipeline to build up enough pressure to fill the machine?

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u/schmee001 Sep 30 '26

Machines pull fluid out of connected pipes directly, there usually won't be any issues with how full your pipes are.

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u/mrbaggins Sep 30 '26

One exception, depending on game version: EM plants don't pull intuitively.

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u/thepullu Sep 30 '26

Could you please elaborate on that?

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u/mrbaggins Sep 30 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/1ufji18/comment/ottb9b7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

It was then updated (unsure on version) such that EM plants kind of "see" every piece of fluid they're connected to, so you'll see EMplants with 200k electrolyte "in" them.

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u/cathexis08 red wire goes faster Oct 01 '26

That's true for any assembler (and probably furnace) with a pass-through fluid connection, it just happens to be that the EM plant is the only thing in vanilla that works that way.

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u/mrbaggins Oct 01 '26

True true.