bug w/ aluminum calculations
somehow when I set three part limits from aluminum ingots (it can be beams, casings and sheets, so no specific item) - all calculation are gone, all zeros
1 screenshot - before I set part limit for casing
2nd screenshot - after I set part limit
as u can see it works well with two part limits but third one break it to zero
maybe I do smth wrong and js don’t get it
P.S. for example: caterium works fine with 3 part limits, so it’s just aluminum
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satisfactorymodeler
Aug 4, 2025
This is not a bug. There is a section in the discord FAQ that talks in detail about this. The answer is that because the loopback water from the Aluminum Scrap is greater than 50% of the water needed and the merger of water tries to take evenly, that means not all the loopback water is getting used, thus creating a backup that forces the Aluminum Scrap to stop causing a cascading effect of all dependent machines stopping. This is what would happen in game. The solution to this is to put a priority merger on the water, with the loopback being top priority and the extra water being low priority. This ensure you use the loopback water first. This is how it would behave in game, so in game you also need to make sure to set up your pipes in such a way that the loopback water is always taken first, or the amount of extra water supplied is exactly the amount needed.
Артем Ступаков
Aug 4, 2025
oh okay, tnx
Justin Faulk
Aug 26, 2025
This is also a problem with the Silca. Connecting either water or Silica from Alumina Solution Refinery causes all calculations to 0 out. Even if I connect the silca to the inputs for the Outpost Silca has no count.