Conveyor Belt
Conveyor Belt
Conveyor belts transport shapes across platforms.
Conveyor belts are placed by dragging while holding the 'Confirm Placement' hotkey (default 'Left Click'). While dragging to place belts, Anchors are used to lock the belt pieces without placing them. Anchors can be added and removed by pressing the 'Place Anchor' hotkey (default 'C').
Splitter and Merger
Splitters and mergers are created by dragging from a pre-existing belt, by dragging a belt next to building inputs/outputs, or by placing buildings with their input/output facing an adjacent belt. Belts can split from 1 input to 1, 2, or 3 outputs, and 1, 2, or 3 inputs to 1 output. There cannot be 2 inputs and 2 outputs.
Conveyor Lift
Conveyor lifts transport shapes between floors. While placing a belt, press the 'Move Floor Up' hotkey (default 'E') to go up a floor, or 'Move Floor Down' (default 'Q') to go down a floor. Conveyor Lifts have one input and one output.
Belt Launcher and Catcher
Belt Launchers and Catchers are used to transport shapes between Foundations and Space Belts as well as on Foundations.
Both the Launchers and Catchers can be dragged and dropped to place one or more sets in pairs. The direction of dragging does not affect their orientation. The distance between the two is limited to 1 to 4 tiles, and a hologram of where the launchers and catchers will be placed can be seen while dragging.
A launcher will try to connect to the furthest catcher in range. If there are multiple launchers trying to connect to a single catcher, the launcher furthest from the catcher will be chosen.
Overflow Splitter
The Overflow Splitter prioritizes outputting shapes to the straight ahead output, and will only output them to the side if it can't output shapes straight ahead.
The Overflow Splitter can be used in a situation where shapes are being split then merged back together to prevent belts from backing up, for example on the two belts between a Cutter and a Stacker. Note : as the Swapper is similar to two Cutters and two Stackers, you can also consider using it instead, if possible.