Miniloader

by therax

Compact and UPS-friendly 1x1 loaders. Works with train cargo wagons, circuits, filters, and modded belts from Bob's, Krastorio, FactorioExtended Plus, Space Exploration, and Ultimate Belts.

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7 months ago
0.15 - 1.1
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g UPS Question

5 years ago

Hi,
i have a huge base and start to replace alle inserters with miniloaders.
But i loosing more an more ups, so i search for the reason and deactive the mod. After reload all loaders are killed and my UPS are going normal.

With Mod i have 29 UPS, without 53.

Example Station with Mod
https://share-your-photo.com/70a6eb753a

Example without
https://share-your-photo.com/e65dd51f1f

Any idea for the reason?

5 years ago

Every mini loader is composed of at least 2 hidden inserters. They are going to be slower if you replace inserters 1:1 with miniloaders. They are much more UPS efficient than loaders based on scripting (e.g. Loader Redux), but there is nothing for free.

5 years ago

From looking at your screen shot you are using 36 miniloaders per wagon, but only getting out 1 belt of throughput. You might consider trying Bulk Rail Loader for this use case, which would substantially cut down on entity count to provide buffering and balancing.

5 years ago

ok, i understand. My fault. :)
Thank you very much for your explaination.
I need to re-design my station, and now i knew how:)

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