This may happen at a later stage in the game up to which a bus is a very good tool to reduce clutter.īut robots have their own difficulties and require a lot more resources and knowledge of the game.įor very large amounts of items railways may be a better alternative that can not only carry large amounts of ore but also the intermediate and end-products. Some players eventually phase out the main bus entirely in favor of robots. When logistic robots are available one might start moving some items by robots instead of using the bus. Having smaller groups of only one or two is also not a bad thing. Grouping differing items together can cause problems when splitting them off, hence only groupings of two differing items is recommended. Same with the production that is to the side of the bus, leave space between the builds for later expansion or belts that go between, at least three, six to ten is fitting.
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It is advisable to leave space between the groups of belts of one item for underground belt to surface and for other things to cross the bus.Ī recommended number is two free spaces for every group of four belts, although leaving more space can be useful too. Players sometimes choose to only build on one side of the bus until they can estimate that they won't need more belts on the bus. The width of the bus can become a problem if it is very wide. These items are often just put into chests for personal use rather than on a bus. Having all possible items on a bus results in a huge wide bus with a lot of belt-buffer for expensive items and standing belts of output-items that won't get used in another process.
Several belts of iron plates, usually a multiple of four as that is the length one underground belt can pass under.Here are some things people have put on their bus in the past: Some items are a good candidate to be built "on-site" meaning not carried by the bus but rather made where they are needed.Ī good example of this are copper cables as they consume more space on a belt than in the form of copper plates. What items one puts on a bus is a personal preference. The orientation of and how wide the players monitor is also plays a role in this decision.Ī corner is not unheard of but very unusual and is often only necessary when a lake appears that is not planned for. The direction of a bus, being horizontal or vertical depends on personal preference and how one likes to work on the production that splits off it, which can almost always be expanded for greater use later on. This can be done to reserve room for later expansion, blueprint-ghosts are a good usage for that as they don't allow the belt to be filled with non-usable items. This is especially deceiving when the item isn't moving and all belts have filled up as these belts can't carry the amount they lead one to believe they can. When one doesn't have enough production to saturate a belt (or splits it into more) then this can be called a "fake"-bus as it can not be saturated. Whether one uses a bus is often decided before starting a map or when first building an array of furnaces.Ī bus often starts at the smelting of iron, copper and steel, and then over time and distance gains more and more different items. This is also a downside as there are more belts used and therefore more room for belt-buffer and everything is less compact. This is a good measure to combat "spaghetti factories" as it forces someone to plan a structured layout and move everything to use items from the bus. The concept of a Main Bus is to put the most used and useful ingredients in a central spot to use for assembling machines. The main bus in use with several different items and some production
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