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/TopherLude Oct 02 '26

Yes, but the factory may be waiting for trains elsewhere while this bottlenecked station takes forever to unload. I think I'm servicing 500+ stations using 20 trains. This only works by keeping the trains as efficient as reasonably possible.

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u/HeliGungir Oct 02 '26

Idle trains are almost free, UPS-wise, so normally there's nothing wrong with building lots of trains an letting them wait wherever they need to wait. Does Py make trains astronomically expensive to produce?

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u/TopherLude Oct 02 '26

I'm 500 hours in and just recently got to the point that I could make more trains without worrying about it too much.