cross-posted from: https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602

Introducing a vertical circular bus - A giant O of belts and lifters fully connected allowing for input / output anywhere along the bus.

Pros :

• Modular, you can build anywhere on the vertical bus stack
• Limits spaghetti by providing a clear and easy to access API for all players.
• Very fast to reach all parts of the factory since everything is very concentrated into a cube of productivity.

Cons :

• Satisfactory netcode doesn't like SUPER dense areas, so it could become problematic for multiplayer.
• There is no priority mergers yet in Satisfactory, so if you want to prioritize a input to the bus you downgrade the belts/lifters feeding INTO the priority input, that way the belt will back up and the priority input will provide the bulk of the material.

Details/Photo Galleries:

• Vertical Bus Details https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602/5288896
• Demonstration of the Vertical Bus in a base: https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602/5288887
• Prototyping details https://hackertalks.com/post/4670602/5288866