One issue is that pick offset has no practical effect when using space exploration DLC. No matter how I adjust it, the robotic arm will only prioritize picking up items from the near end of the conveyor belt. Meanwhile, the mods with the same function that I commonly use have all removed the feature of setting pick offset. May I ask if this feature has completely become obsolete in the latest version? Or rather, this is a bug in the game itself, as I noticed that when I used the Inserter Visualizer Lite to visualize the placement and picking positions of the robotic arm, the offset of the picking position displayed was clearly abnormal.

This is a game limitation, unfortunately, but you can use it to reduce a bit the angles and squeeze a bit more performance out of an inserter.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Smart_Inserters/discussion/652894282efecfd082078603

This may contain a bit more information.

This is a game limitation, unfortunately, but you can use it to reduce a bit the angles and squeeze a bit more performance out of an inserter.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Smart_Inserters/discussion/652894282efecfd082078603

This may contain a bit more information.

Actually, what I want to express is not the same as the above question. Three months ago (or before the release of SE DLC), I could still change the priority of picking the near or far end by changing the offset of the picking position. But when I played again this time, I couldn't change the pick priority anymore. At the same time, I found that without any mods, the default pick offset of the robotic arm was no longer in its normal position, but closer to the grid where the robotic arm was located. Therefore, I am more inclined to believe that this is a modification (or bug?) of the game itself. Unfortunately, I am not very good at using the quick screenshot function of this computer now. I will upload renderings in the future to improve my point of view.

They changed a bunch of stuff for inserters and belts in the 2.0 + space age but I did not check if some rules on pickup changed.