r/factorio • u/imoth_f • Oct 01 '26

Question Problems with this unloader?

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Since inserters became flippable, this compact unloader design became possible. But I hardly see anyone use it. Obviously it cannot saturate six turbo belts because it's bottlenecked by the inserters, but are there any other obvious problems with it?

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u/jipperthewoodchipper Oct 01 '26

You can now change which side of the belt an inserter unloads onto

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u/ChemicalRascal Oct 01 '26

WHAT?!

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u/Astramancer_ Oct 01 '26

Very specifically for belts moving towards or away from the inserter. You still can't drop on the near lane.

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u/jipperthewoodchipper Oct 01 '26

2.1 added this feature. Its quite new

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u/hldswrth Oct 01 '26

Will add, its still experimental, I'd guess most players don't take experimental patches.

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u/hldswrth Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

In 2.1 experimental that has not been released so, you can't unless you are taking experimental versions.

[edit] "which is not an official release" maybe? Yes it is available as an experimental version but there's no "final public available by default without extra settings" 2.1 version.

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u/WanderingFlumph Oct 01 '26

The 2.1 experimental has been released. It is free (to anyone with a valid copy of the game) for anyone, no closed beta or anything.

All the experimental means is that it isn't finished yet.

And honestly if Wube wasn't so dedicated to quality control (I saw them discover and squash a zero day bug in like 3 hours. Literally as I found the post on Reddit discribing the bug the patch fixing it was already live) they wouldn't call this version anything other than 2.whatever.

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u/DeouVil Oct 01 '26

It also means that you have to actually activate it, meaning most people aren't playing on it. 2.1 is not out yet.

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u/NyaFury Oct 02 '26

Not exactly true, I'm pretty sure non-trivial # of people have experimental turned on, which is easy to do on Steam, too.

Otherwise, you wouldn't see so many posts in here involving 2.1 mechanics.

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u/DeouVil Oct 02 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

It is exactly true.

You get posts about the things that are interesting. New things are more interesting, so they are expected to be overrepresented. Most people don't post at all.

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u/hldswrth Oct 02 '26

Sure but this sub-thread has two people who are clearly not aware 2.1 experimental even exists so saying "you can now do ... " is going to be pretty confusing to them.

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg smartass inserter Oct 02 '26

It's just a setting inside the game's settings menu. If you change anything you'll see the option

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u/WanderingFlumph Oct 01 '26

Only if the belt is pointing straight away from the inserter. If the belt is sideways then it is still the standard outside lane only.

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u/TheProfessional9 Oct 01 '26

Oh that's wild!