November 8th, 2018
Using Iron Ingots to make Iron Plates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Dznt1OG-0&t=365
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All right, so now we need to get iron plates into the assembler.
So we need another constructor to do that, and they require iron ingots.
And you know, if we had a different resource node here, we could build two miners, two smelters, and just do it like that.
Or we can just do, let's see, where is it?
We can just split the conveyor belts.
So we've got ingots here.
We just do a split here.
then I can just snap that on here.
And just the thing I forgot to mention there, you can build the splitter anywhere you want and then attach to it later, but if you look directly at a conveyor belt, it snaps, as you can see there.
And then it just builds on top.
So cool, we've got ingots going out two different ways.
Fantastic.
We haven't set this one up to make plates yet, so I'll click on that, and now it's accepting the ingots and creating iron plates.
Okay, now we have to get this to there.
So we can't really go through the other belts.
We can go around, I guess.
And you'll also notice that conveyor belts cost actually just iron plates, but you'll see iron rods and cement in the middle of the screen there as a cost.
And the reason for that is this little pole thingy that you can see.
That's the reason, because you have to pay for that as well.
Conveyor belts must be connected to either buildings or conveyor poles.
So if I make that, it creates the pole and the conveyor belt in the same way that the power line and the power...
pole and the power lines worked before.
But of course, I can just build a pole myself if I like.
And the cool thing about poles is they can be different heights.
So I'll make one that high.
And when I go to connect the conveyor belt to it, the cost will update.
So it just shows that you only need plates.
The other thing about conveyor belts is they cost more however far you want to build them.
So you can see the number updating as I move closer and further away.
And they also have a max length.
So you can see over there, but you can't build there.
It's too long.
You have to do it in multiple steps.
So I'm going to build another conveyor pole there and finish the connection like that.
And now all of our iron plates are going to...
slowly make their way to the assembly.
And by the way, we all know that people move quicker on conveyor belts than metal does, okay?
This is something we can all agree on.