Oxyben Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi everyone, first post and first play-through here and I'm loving it so far ! I'm hitting a little problem with my oxygen distribution system. I've recently switched to electrolyzer generation and so far had a single pipe which connected my oxygen generation building to two gas vents inside the base. Now that this works right I've decided to add a branch to that pipe to feed the exosuit docks around the base (and get rid of my old power hungry pump-filter system). I was assuming that once the exosuit line is full the full flow would go through the vent line but that's not how it works : The T-Junction works in a way that half of the time it will feed one line and the other half the other line. If one of the output lines is full then the input flow is stopped which means my oxygen generation is effectively cut in half. While this is not the way you'd expect it to work in the real world well, this is not the real world so, is there a common and simple ONI-way to work around that issue, because right now anything I can think of involves overly complex and costly solutions. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophlette Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Yes there is a simple way to do what you want. Just slap a gas bridge at jour junction. And split your pipes at the output of the bridge. It should give you a full throughput no matter the situation and split in half when both pipes wants O2. I encountered the same situation a while ago and manage to make it work with gas bridges ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigjw Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 If you place a flow control valve directly on the pipe that you want to split the flow from and set the flow rate to say 5k, then the gas will split between the two pipes at a more regular rate, leaving the same number of packets, b ut of lesser size. I use this for my O2 distribution around my base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLance Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 A bridge, valve or liquid/gas shut off which connects directly onto the split will give both pipes identical priority instead of a 1, 2 priority. It is great for splitting packets without the stuttering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxyben Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Wow, that was quick ! Thanks to all of you. I went for the gas bridge which instantly solved my issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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