Mutineer Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 If you look at the picture, it seems all Oxygen going into one direction and all Co2 to another direction. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
beowulf2010 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Coincidence. In this specific case, packets will alternate directions. So if all 5 had gone the same way you would have seen O2-CO2-O2-CO2-O2. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/#findComment-1251079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutineer Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 look on accumulated packets on the Oxygen side, there is no single CO2 packet. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/#findComment-1251127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Mutineer said: look on accumulated packets on the Oxygen side, there is no single CO2 packet. Judging from your screenshot, the first packet was CO², because it is d tiles away. The second packet was O², its 3 tiles away. And then again, with 1 tile gap, the same. So it really could be the normal behavior of splitting paths. 1 left, 1 right, repeat. In this case its just coincidence its seperating the gases, because only 2 gases may be present. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/#findComment-1251249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONIfreak Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Like before posts. In additon - your pump take 4 tiles so if you pump is surrounded with 2 tiles of co2 and 2 tiles of o2 it will take : o2,co2,o2,co2 etc. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/#findComment-1251266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutineer Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Yes, we establish that packets go O2 Co2 O2 Co2 O2 Co2, Yes, we establish that packets split the same way all the time when started by automation. Oxygen - right, CO2 left. There are not a single CO2 packet accumulated on right and not a single O2 packet was on left. The system did run for some time when I noticed the behavior. I expected random distribution of them left and right. Intent to sent half CO2 right to feed ferns and half left to store. It seems that this behavior could be used to filter Oxygen from CO2. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/#findComment-1251270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weyred Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 It's really not a reliable method for sorting. It will only work as long as the pump picks up exactly two different elements and always in the exact same order. You would have to keep the balance of gases around the pump to prevent it from getting two packets of the same element consecutively. A stray packet of polluted oxygen would also ruin things. Either side filling up would ruin it, too. There are better and more reliable sorting methods, if that's what you're looking for. What you're observing is just coincidence, not a mechanical certainty. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/111069-strange-behavior-of-gas-pump/#findComment-1251281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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