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[Suggestion] Throughput Nodes #3

Open FreezyExp opened 8 years ago

FreezyExp commented 8 years ago

A node that takes input as well as output, just so that we can untangle some of the lines. Most likely to be used for Oil production lines.

It would be extra awesome if we can use these as virtual nodes as well (Main bus) to untangle iron / copper plate lines.

adding a numerical network for each separate line should be enough.

This way you can measure iron plate requirements for multiple sites, group them together to local bus or apply a single main bus, with the joy of neat straight lines to untangle the mess.

FreezyExp commented 8 years ago

As a bonus this would also allow for smaller setups separate from the main recipe (allowing for a bit of empty space) while still maintaining the calculations for the numbers needed.

You can simply auto-complete an oil setup or create smelting sites in your flowchart, get the numbers on the side of your main focus.