What Am I doing Wrong? Sorting.
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Could be wrong but its reading the sorting machine as a valid inventory thats closer then brown barrel. Defining a colour only stops other colours going through, doesn't make a brown go through it. If u moved the sorting machine further to the left u should be good.
At least 2 spots, or 1 spot and add a restriction tube on right hand side of sorter if you want it compact
At least 2 spots, or 1 spot and add a restriction tube on right hand side of sorter if you want it compact
they are doing what they are supposed to: going to the nearest inventory... your brown line is two blocks too far. To solve this you could move the sorting machine either 2 blocks to the left and connect it with regular tubes or move it onr block left and put a restriction tube in front of it.
Another solution that works quite well is haveing a restriction tube (the one made with a tube +iron) right before the next sorter.
Or used the mode in the first sorter that colours thing that doesnt fit any of the option to some other colour that the next accepts
Or used the mode in the first sorter that colours thing that doesnt fit any of the option to some other colour that the next accepts
I would move the sorting machine one block away, and paint the pipe before it a "default item" colour, and configure the first sorting machine to paint unknown items the same colour. That way everything has a colour, and only one way it can all go. (The 2nd sorting machine will recolour your items according to the settings).
I had issues before with colours, eg magenta, pink and purple. I painted the tubes a different colour from the one I had selected, because I couldn't tell which I had actually selected. I think eventually I found a list of the order in which they appear, which helped tremendously. Haven't come across the same issue recently, but I do only have one sorting machine so far in my current world... and about a million managers.
If you're using barrels, you don't need colors at all- barrels will only accept one type of item, and tubes are smart enough to never put items into the wrong barrels. Just re-routing the tube from the first sorter into the right end of the barrels, placing a tube on top of each barrel, and leaving the second sorter at the right should solve all your problems. Or, as mentioned before, restriction tubes count as a tube that's about 5000 blocks long (I think), so you could move the second sorter one block back and place a restriction tube in front of it.
Thanks all. Sorted. I just moved the pipe that feeds the barrels down to the end. Eventually I will have barrels or chests all along that wall with a sorter every seven barrels or so. Will just have to remember to keep moving the feed tube to the end.
Thanks Again.
Thanks Again.
It's important to understand that item coloring in RP2 doesn't guide path-ing, it restricts path-ing. An uncolored object ignores all colors. A colored object cannot pass through any other color but its own, or uncolored things. Finally, objects try each possible destination in order from closest via the tube network to furthest.
Updated Sorting System now working well. Thanks again for the ideas/suggestions. Going to stick with the painted tubes just because it looks cool. 
I can see this Room getting bigger and bigger. First one was of course to sort anything that comes from a Quarry. So need to add one more set for the TC shards. Oh cobble/dirt and gravel are all heading to recyclers for scrap.
I can see this Room getting bigger and bigger. First one was of course to sort anything that comes from a Quarry. So need to add one more set for the TC shards. Oh cobble/dirt and gravel are all heading to recyclers for scrap.