The pipe then tries to equalize with the next connected segment, and so on, and so on, until the network evens out. Production nodes (like refineries) do the same thing, except its adding instead of removing units from the pipe. When a machine takes fluids out of the pipe, it sucks out however much it needs out of the pipe its connected to. each pipe's fluid amount is still an integer, and becomes important for the next part. All "connected pipes" carrying the same fluid are considered to be part of the same fluid network. Pipes have a capacity of 100 fluid units each (same way a Belt segment can hold 8 items), which flows outward until its equalized % wise across a fluid network. If you consider Pipes as a Belt for fluids: I'll try to make this as layman's as possible. The actual behavior is a bit hard to explain unless you understand things like circuit topology, signal flow, and the difference between Energy and a Quantity rather then Energy as a Force. What does it mean to empty the pipe? connect the last boiler to the ground using pipe?įluids in factorio operate more like Belts then "realistic" fluid dynamics. The worst thing you can do is run long lines of above-ground pipes next to each other making a huge grid of pipes. The best way to overcome this is to use fully-stretched out underground pipes whenever you can, and also use (regular) pumps to empty them as quickly as possible. Pipes kill throughput, so often pumps can't go at full capacity because the pipe they are directly connected to is full, because it hasn't emptied its contents into the next pipe down the line.
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