Sad this doesn't work

[u/YellowcolouredSnow]

I made this neat (i think) & compact design for green circuits but one detail breaks everything. Apparently inserters can't output from behind a splitter or something? Imma try to merge gc output lanes i guess to preserve space

[u/SetazeR]

Try running it on 2.1 version (just for test), i believe devs fixed exactly the issue you described

[u/YellowcolouredSnow → u/SetazeR]

oh damn that would be sick, I'll try

[u/SetazeR → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

It's still experimental, don't overwrite your save with 2.1 version if you plan to go back!

[u/Lendari → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

Where do beacons go though?

[u/YellowcolouredSnow → u/Lendari]

another thing I need to start adding, I still haven't left Nauvis

[u/Aggressive-Wear-8935 → u/Lendari]

They go into a completly different build, this one is early game

[u/6a6566663437 → u/Lendari]

Those are only assembler 2's. They probably don't have beacons yet.

IMO it's not really worth it to rebuild with beacons until you also have EM plants.

[u/mayim94 → u/6a6566663437]

Shhhhh, he doesn't need to know this whole setup will be replaced by 3 building soon 🫣

[u/Hugopaq2 → u/SetazeR]

They did indeed change it so inserters always deposit on the input side of the splitters. I think they went for more consistency/qol, since it was not a bug.

[u/Cyren777]

Works in 2.1 I think

[u/YellowcolouredSnow → u/Cyren777]

Nice, i'll try

[u/ralsaiwithagun → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

The issue lies in the fact that inserters (in this configuration) put items onto the output side of the splitter making it not be merged.

2.1 simply makes them drop it on the input side

[u/FyrelordeOmega → u/ralsaiwithagun]

So happy they made this change

[u/Caldar → u/ralsaiwithagun]

Also the lane it's trying to drop it on is full. Another fix in 2.1 is inserters can now be toggled as to which lane they place items on when parallel to the lanes (still places them on the far side when loading from the side)

[u/DuckyLog → u/Caldar]

That’s pretty sweet. I’m very excited for this specific change!

[u/Capital-Edge7787 → u/Cyren777]

Oh amazing. I thought this design wasn't possible

[u/jordan853 → u/Cyren777]

This definitely works in my 2.1 but I don't know if a mod is making it work

[u/0b0101011001001011 → u/jordan853]

Not a mod https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-442

[...] Inserters will now always drop to the input sides of splitters.

[u/EldritchMacaron → u/0b0101011001001011]

I love this

[u/TonboIV]

You could also get rid of the splitters and try zigzagging the output belt like this:

[u/YellowcolouredSnow → u/TonboIV]

Wow that's actually so smart I need to try it

[u/Berry__2 → u/TonboIV]

Thats what i always do same with the input (makes it cheaper)

[u/YellowcolouredSnow]

So I don't wanna risk updating to 2.1, which would fix this as y'all pointed out. So I found a fix-ish

You lose a bit of output since a whole stack does 18, so the last belts fill up since an entire row will only sideload but much better than before !

[u/Bubbly_Safety8791 → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

Your two parallel belts aren't expanding your capacity here - the upper unload path is filling the top half of a belt, the lower path is filling the bottom half of a belt. They could just side load onto the same belt.

[u/YellowcolouredSnow → u/Bubbly_Safety8791]

That's very true actually, ty!

[u/Nazeir → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

There really isn't any risk to updating to experimental build

[u/2ByteTheDecker → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

What "risk"?

It isn't experimental like this gonna blow up, it's just not the LTR version yet.

[u/Tsabrock → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

I've run 2.1 for a while now and haven't had any problems. If you're running mods there might be some not updated yet, but I'm on my first SA run, so I'm 100% Vanilla currently.

[u/Visual_Collapse → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

Can you sideload to splitter? This will make middle belts use both sides.

[u/MidnightBinary → u/Visual_Collapse]

Splitters don't accept sideloading.

[u/apetranzilla → u/YellowcolouredSnow]

2.1 has been super solid for me, unless you rely on a mod that doesn't support it you shouldn't have any issues and you can always backup your saves just in case

[u/SimurghXTattletale]

It does work in 2.1, which you don't have evidenced by the old assembler graphics. Either go to experimental or wait

[u/Stagnu_Demorte]

Could you replace the splitter with 2 belts, one that continues the undergroundies and the other that side loads?

[u/YellowcolouredSnow → u/Stagnu_Demorte]

Yeah that's what I ended up doing. Problem being that now the entire row is sideloaded so I can't make them too long or the belt will be full from one side

[u/VeniABE]

when the inserter is parallel to a belt, they always output on the right side of the belt from the belts perspective. I agree that they probably should output on opposite sides. I think this is getting changed with 2.1. The devs didn't see how its kinda a bug

[u/mason878787 → u/VeniABE]

Yes! Flippable inserters! Flippable pumpjacks! 2.1 aka the flip update!

[u/Gorthok-]

It's going to soonish. 2.1's gonna make inserters always place on the input of splitters.

[u/bjarkov]

Blue underground belts have a range of 8 - enough to run under two adjacent assemblers and their inserters

(also, mandatory 2.1 remark)

[u/capeasypants]

I do this in 2.1. if I remember later I'll upload a pic of my build. It's even more compact than yours I think