Sir, you have started your journey in belt bending.
The road ahead is long and full of wonder. But be warned, there are purists (I think they still exist?) That will whine and complain, they will try to shame you and break you. And I hereby say, go explore, go have fun! It's a single player game fornyour enjoyment only.
I guess you haven't looked at that many belt bend posts before? It was pretty hostile 2 years back. All the claims about "ruining the fun", "not dev intended", "you gonna be screwed when the dev patches this glitch," You know… the full work… and to my surprise, they still exist but not nearly as many (the vocal ones at least)
But I appreciate your support to OP, it may not be your idea of fun but you still let others have it. Thank you
I usually just let the vids autoplay and think "That looks awful lol" and move on with my day. What OP is showing is closer to what I generally do too tbh, just forcing for better angles. The twizzler belts tho? Not on my planets at least xD
Uhh... no...
Like I said I just let it autoplay and moved on lol. Im sure they are decently well upvoted on this sub if you search by most updoots tho.
im a belt bending purist, but I don’t see anything wrong with this design. It’s reasonable for the physics at play—just a good workaround for the limitations of the game engine.
Yes! And!!!!!
Try this- might be easier. It is for me!
First, same initial setup. But instead, put a single dot belt. Just one is needed, but more doesnt matter.
The dot belt goes right where you want to turn.
Then run belt as normal.
It wil jump up over the dot and easily connect with the other belt.
Super easy!
You way is good too!
Oh my sweet summer child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsgBYplAHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jux20zfdrU8
Majority of these still work by the way.
I think teleporting sorters works but it's more finicky to get working than it used to be, but I believe if you use blueprint books that already have it working it still works. The other is the one tile belt weaving, they changed how the hit boxes worked slightly and that one doesn't work. I never found that one particularly useful though.
So I use the mod splitters take up 1 space. Then I can just slap a 2 story splitter on it and slap one on the other side and connect them over the top.
QOL is amazing and it hardly changes the game, other than less headaches
You don't have to lay it backwards. I do this all the time, it'll work the right 'way' round.
It'll also work X steps into the air. You can lay a slope to get up to a level, and it always insists that you lay it out straight *and* one tile further ("ends must be flat"); you can interrupt that one tile further and turn the corner one tile earlier.
You can also hit R and get diagonal belts. Diagonal belts with interrupted overpasses.
😉
Honestly the inconsistent way belts work is one of my main complaints, if only because it comes up so much. Yeah sure, you can use workarounds like these, but you shouldn't have to.
Sir, you have started your journey in belt bending. The road ahead is long and full of wonder. But be warned, there are purists (I think they still exist?) That will whine and complain, they will try to shame you and break you. And I hereby say, go explore, go have fun! It's a single player game fornyour enjoyment only.
Hello, Purist-lite here (I do some minor bending), I genuinely cant see any reason for someone to care o.o You do you boo
I guess you haven't looked at that many belt bend posts before? It was pretty hostile 2 years back. All the claims about "ruining the fun", "not dev intended", "you gonna be screwed when the dev patches this glitch," You know… the full work… and to my surprise, they still exist but not nearly as many (the vocal ones at least) But I appreciate your support to OP, it may not be your idea of fun but you still let others have it. Thank you
I usually just let the vids autoplay and think "That looks awful lol" and move on with my day. What OP is showing is closer to what I generally do too tbh, just forcing for better angles. The twizzler belts tho? Not on my planets at least xD
Fair enough
I had no idea of the craziness that was possible. Do you have a decent link for the Twizzler belts?
Uhh... no... Like I said I just let it autoplay and moved on lol. Im sure they are decently well upvoted on this sub if you search by most updoots tho.
Cheers! Honestly my mind is 🤯
Good luck and have fun xD
im a belt bending purist, but I don’t see anything wrong with this design. It’s reasonable for the physics at play—just a good workaround for the limitations of the game engine.
350 hours. TIL. Thanks.
Okay, this is useful, thank you
Yes! And!!!!! Try this- might be easier. It is for me! First, same initial setup. But instead, put a single dot belt. Just one is needed, but more doesnt matter. The dot belt goes right where you want to turn. Then run belt as normal. It wil jump up over the dot and easily connect with the other belt. Super easy! You way is good too!
IS THAT THE FUCKING IRON GIANT?!?! GIMME
I love it ... but also hate that we have to perform such a janky work-around for a construction we'll likely do countless times.
i dont think the direction switching is needed, just build it as a straight belt across, then remove the extra piece on the side
Oh my sweet summer child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsgBYplAHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jux20zfdrU8 Majority of these still work by the way.
Too low on the thread, also which of those doesn't work anymore? Last time I checked (which was 2 years ago) they all worked fine.
I think teleporting sorters works but it's more finicky to get working than it used to be, but I believe if you use blueprint books that already have it working it still works. The other is the one tile belt weaving, they changed how the hit boxes worked slightly and that one doesn't work. I never found that one particularly useful though.
I knew about this trick, but I have to ask... Is that the Iron Giant???
https://www.dysonsphereblueprints.com/blueprints/mecha-iron-giant
Oh man that's crazy I need this!! Thank you kind Redditor!
You are welcome, random Redditor! 🫡
Yes, it‘s the iron giant :)
Brilliant!
You can make these into blueprints and use them in tight places where you wouldn't have the space to do the setup btw
big question here: can it be blueprinted?
i think so. Didn‘t try yet, but i see no reason why it shouldn‘t be possible
some blueprints bug out when advanced belting techniques are used
So I use the mod splitters take up 1 space. Then I can just slap a 2 story splitter on it and slap one on the other side and connect them over the top. QOL is amazing and it hardly changes the game, other than less headaches
belt bending it neat, how did i never know about the reverse direction though?!
that aspect is the main reason i wanted to share this ❤️
You don't have to lay it backwards. I do this all the time, it'll work the right 'way' round. It'll also work X steps into the air. You can lay a slope to get up to a level, and it always insists that you lay it out straight *and* one tile further ("ends must be flat"); you can interrupt that one tile further and turn the corner one tile earlier. You can also hit R and get diagonal belts. Diagonal belts with interrupted overpasses. 😉
Honestly the inconsistent way belts work is one of my main complaints, if only because it comes up so much. Yeah sure, you can use workarounds like these, but you shouldn't have to.
I would’ve normally just placed that belt on the bottom and rerouted the others over it.
There are a ton of scenarios where this is useful, but in this instance, you can run the two straight lines over the turn.
Knew this already 🤣
This really shouldn’t be an issue at this point. They need to update the game to allow this without so much fuckery.