Ok. I wasnt sure exactly how to word this topic.
http://i.imgur.com/1ulxkXE.jpg
That is what I have in essence. Ive updated it a bit to include the advanced logistics pipes and use adv. insertion pipes rather then the normal ones so it doesnt spit out items.
The problem is, Im using AE to craft items on my 2 grinder slots. My original problem was that AE doesnt use more than one crafting thingy, so if I wanted say.. 1k iron dust, it'd only use 1 grinder rather than 2, which prompted this set up. But now I have a new problem, using the above set up, AE supplies the items slowly at times, so I'll still end up with 1 grinder getting 1 item at a time, rather than both.
That was fixed with roundrobin pips. Those switch where they output. But now that leads to a problem. I had to scrap the above picture because I dont know exactly how to use a roundrobin pipe and yet also have the excess from both outputs go into a loop until it can be completely emptied.
http://i.imgur.com/DNDQJkt.jpg
Thats what I went to while trying to think of what to do. The only problem I have with this is that I dont know how I could route everything so excess doesnt head back up the pipes. You can see by the arrows I want items to go down. But when they exit it creates a problem because theyre going in opposite directions. Not a problem at all until they start heading back up the pipes they came down and then doing weird loops. I did try iron pipes up top but its the same deal, all it does is just have items hit it, see they cant go up cause iron pipes are put to only output down and then another weird nonsensical loop happens again.
So if anyone has any idea what I can do with this, Id appreciate any ideas. Im still new to pipes so this is driving me crazy.
Edit:
Incase people dont understand what I want.
I want one pipe that delivers items into a round robit pipe that outputs into two machines. I want the excess from those machines to loop the excess items without the items eventually going back up the way they came from and making some weird up down and all around loop.
The problem with my second setup is there is no way to keep items from heading back up the pipes that feed them. So as you can see, the pipe on the left will loop to the pipe on the right and then head back up that pipe to the roundrobin pipe. Which just looks terrible and loops weirdly. I have no idea how to make insertion pipes only accept items from either side but not send them back up aswell. Im doubting it can be done in this set up either cause there are two machines rather than one..
http://i.imgur.com/30RgtwZ.jpg
Essentially this. The white line is what currently happens. If it doesnt stop at the first pipe, it goes to the second, if the second is full then it loops up. Which is what I dont want. Flip it for the right side since both sides get fed evenly.
What I want is the yellow line. Again flip it to mirror the other side. But I want it to enter the second loop without heading back up the original pipes.
http://i.imgur.com/1ulxkXE.jpg
That is what I have in essence. Ive updated it a bit to include the advanced logistics pipes and use adv. insertion pipes rather then the normal ones so it doesnt spit out items.
The problem is, Im using AE to craft items on my 2 grinder slots. My original problem was that AE doesnt use more than one crafting thingy, so if I wanted say.. 1k iron dust, it'd only use 1 grinder rather than 2, which prompted this set up. But now I have a new problem, using the above set up, AE supplies the items slowly at times, so I'll still end up with 1 grinder getting 1 item at a time, rather than both.
That was fixed with roundrobin pips. Those switch where they output. But now that leads to a problem. I had to scrap the above picture because I dont know exactly how to use a roundrobin pipe and yet also have the excess from both outputs go into a loop until it can be completely emptied.
http://i.imgur.com/DNDQJkt.jpg
Thats what I went to while trying to think of what to do. The only problem I have with this is that I dont know how I could route everything so excess doesnt head back up the pipes. You can see by the arrows I want items to go down. But when they exit it creates a problem because theyre going in opposite directions. Not a problem at all until they start heading back up the pipes they came down and then doing weird loops. I did try iron pipes up top but its the same deal, all it does is just have items hit it, see they cant go up cause iron pipes are put to only output down and then another weird nonsensical loop happens again.
So if anyone has any idea what I can do with this, Id appreciate any ideas. Im still new to pipes so this is driving me crazy.
Edit:
Incase people dont understand what I want.
I want one pipe that delivers items into a round robit pipe that outputs into two machines. I want the excess from those machines to loop the excess items without the items eventually going back up the way they came from and making some weird up down and all around loop.
The problem with my second setup is there is no way to keep items from heading back up the pipes that feed them. So as you can see, the pipe on the left will loop to the pipe on the right and then head back up that pipe to the roundrobin pipe. Which just looks terrible and loops weirdly. I have no idea how to make insertion pipes only accept items from either side but not send them back up aswell. Im doubting it can be done in this set up either cause there are two machines rather than one..
http://i.imgur.com/30RgtwZ.jpg
Essentially this. The white line is what currently happens. If it doesnt stop at the first pipe, it goes to the second, if the second is full then it loops up. Which is what I dont want. Flip it for the right side since both sides get fed evenly.
What I want is the yellow line. Again flip it to mirror the other side. But I want it to enter the second loop without heading back up the original pipes.