Pre-1.0 I had aluminum factories that took the waste water from aluminum scrap and fed it back to the alumina solution refineries. However, in my new 1.0 world I can’t seem to get it to flow correctly.

I’ve tried several solutions, including:

  • putting the waste water lower in the junction than the fresh water
  • adding a valve to the waste water to prevent backflow
  • adding a valve to the waste water to only supply the amount not provided by the fresh water

The only think I have not done yet is decrease the water extractor rates, mostly because I don’t recall having to do that before when I used a valve.

Any tips? Anyone else had success in 1.0

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    51·
    13 hours ago

    To be honest, I usually dedicate some refineries to using waste water - the Satisfactory fluid mechanics are too janky and all the fluid logic gates you might see creators discuss are based on specifics of how fluid calculations are done which could be changed without warning (especially for things like putting a hump in a line - that relies on the engine not doing some specific optimizations).

    Having waste go into refineries that get priority on bauxite means you’ll need to pay a few minutes to build a buffer initially and then your output should be consistent as long as the refinery capacity and bauxite flow are sufficient.