Optimising Pipe Usage | Tekkit 2

Pipe Connections

All ProjectRed pipes will connect to each other. This means it is important to be deliberate about how your pipes are laid out, as unintended connections can cause items to loop endlessly through your network rather than reaching their destination.

Connections to otherbetween pipes can be obscuredblocked using multipart blocks such as covers, which sit on the face of a pipe and prevent it from connecting to adjacent pipes. This is the most effective way to prevent looping in a ProjectRed pipe network.   The images to the right show the difference between a poorly designed setup where pipes loop unintentionally, and a well-designed setup using covers to control exactly which pipes connect to each other.

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Logistic Pipes

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Autocrafting and Requester Setup

One of the most powerful features of Logistic Pipes is the ability to automate crafting through a request-based system. A requester pipe can be configured to request specific items, which are then crafted on demand by connected autocrafting setups. This linkallows willfor takehighly youefficient tofactories thewhere wikiitems toare furtheronly exploreproduced eachwhen part.needed, rather than constantly running.

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Default Route and Void Chest

It is greatlystrongly advisedrecommended to always haveset a default route setpointing to a void chest toin avoidany itemLogistic spillage,Pipes network. Without a default route, items that cannot reach their intended destination will spill out into the world, which can cause lag and clutter. A void chest set as illustratedthe below.default route acts as a safety net, silently deleting any items that have nowhere else to go.

LogisticsLogistic Pipes offer endlessa opportunitieshuge amount of flexibility for automating and routing items throughout your factory. Take the time to automatelearn their systems, and routeyou itemswill find them one of the most valuable tools in yourTekkit factory or system, so make something creative with them and enjoy the freedom they offer.2.