ONIfreak Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 So. I jist encounter a really silly issue. I'm trying to connect few pipes together to have one output and things which kind of annoying me is lack of capability to setup direction on every pipe. Like small arrow the same way as sinks. This might solve some really unusual gas/liquid movement which for some reason after some playing with just crashing the game Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Its there. Use bridges. They wont only act as a bridge, to cross pipes, but also als "flow only this way" tool. Liquid or Gas can only flow from input to output, never reverse. And you can also use them for priority transports. Everything coming from an output of the bridge, will be delayed, if the pipe connected to is already used. Nice for example, if you have hydrogen from your oxygen plant, that needs priorty transport to prevent the oxy-plant clogging up, and from an external geysir comes hydrogen too, but is only needed, if there is room for it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1139251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOXU Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Depending on the signal, a bridge or connection point where input and output are interchanged is needed. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1139400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONIfreak Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 9 hours ago, SharraShimada said: Its there. Use bridges. They wont only act as a bridge, to cross pipes, but also als "flow only this way" tool. Liquid or Gas can only flow from input to output, never reverse. And you can also use them for priority transports. Everything coming from an output of the bridge, will be delayed, if the pipe connected to is already used. Nice for example, if you have hydrogen from your oxygen plant, that needs priorty transport to prevent the oxy-plant clogging up, and from an external geysir comes hydrogen too, but is only needed, if there is room for If you have 3 input pipes and 1 output pipe it will get mess. If you use bridges in between bridges there will be always 1 pocket of water bouncing around. Also when system assign direction to pipe and after you will use it for other direction liquid or gas will be bouncing forward and back on single line. Bridges are good for basic setup and priority but if you want to build some conplex connection even with standard gas/liquid logic sooner or later you will find that there are certain connections which should work but simply content of pipe is going crazy. Try this. Build 5 spom every with hydrogen pump. Set hydro reservoir before every power plant. Send rest of hydrogen to one pipe and send it somewhere else. In theory is nice clean design. When you build it you will notice that hydrogen from every spom will fill every reservoir going sometimes wrong direction. Some gas will just stop. Some will be bouncing between two tiles back and forward. And now try to rebuild pipes with the same design but put pipes in different places reusing ( not deconstructing ) some pipes. Most likely it will go crazy and after 2min if pc calculation your computer will crash. It happened to me 5 times. I ended up changing design. And i try use bridges, priorities, 2nd stage reservoirs etc. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1139424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesktopMan Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I do wish they had one block liquid and gas pipe directional valves. They would simplify some designs that don't actually require bridges. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1139525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Man Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 1/3/2019 at 1:26 PM, ONIfreak said: So. I jist encounter a really silly issue. I'm trying to connect few pipes together to have one output and things which kind of annoying me is lack of capability to setup direction on every pipe. Like small arrow the same way as sinks. This might solve some really unusual gas/liquid movement which for some reason after some playing with just crashing the game Just want to bump this idea and extend it a bit. I would also like "one-way valve" pipes to be available in insulated and radiant varieties, for completeness. The mechanism would be that the "valve" is directly connected to the output, so there can be 1-3 inputs, but every output packet must go on the side with the arrow. This would allow for more compact designs where the full features of a bridge are not needed (or desired!), as well as give us directionality forcing in insulated systems. From a programming perspective, I would think these pipes would be an awesome optimization on the piping simulator, as they reduce the number of pathways. I would even be ok with these pipes requiring a token bit of refined metal to implement the valve. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1142401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Lawnmower Man said: I would also like "one-way valve" pipes to be available in insulated and radiant varieties, for completeness. The valves and bridges don`t actually interact with the liquids that pass through them so it wouldn`t make a difference if they were insulated or radiant. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1142425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Man Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 51 minutes ago, Sasza22 said: The valves and bridges don`t actually interact with the liquids that pass through them so it wouldn`t make a difference if they were insulated or radiant. Unfortunately, the bridge itself is a thermal pipe for the environment on both sides of the bridge. Put a bridge between a hot and cold room, and you'll see what I mean. The "valve pipe" would ideally be a normal section of pipe with capacity, only a restricted output. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/101409-set-direction-on-pipes/#findComment-1142433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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