Vortex Gaming

· This factory is designed to produce all producible and packable items in the game in the smallest and most efficient way.
· Each item is produced and packaged individually.
· The video was played on a Steam Deck, which may result in poor frame rates and resolution.

· All ores enter the top of the factory, with ores coming from the mine floor transported via a conveyor system.
· Three main conveyor belts transport the ores, after which the process of sorting copper and gold begins.

· Copper and gold are separated by vertical sorters and then move to their respective crushers.
· Gold nuggets should be preserved without crushing.
· Gold is smelted in a large furnace to produce 4 gold ingots and 1 gear.
· Gears immediately move to the packaging machine, while ingots are split into two parts via a vertical sorter.
· One part goes to the bar and plate making machine, and the other goes to the ingot packaging machine.
· Tip: When processing large quantities of ingots, smart splitters can miss items, so it's good to have an alternative system to compensate for this.

· Copper ore is crushed, and like gold nuggets, copper nuggets are preserved without crushing.
· Ores are precisely distributed to two furnaces at a 50/50 ratio using smart splitters.
· Tip: For a true 50/50 split, it's crucial to use smart splitters. Regular splitters can send more ore to one side.
· Smelted copper ingots undergo a polishing process, after which some go to the packaging machine and some to the pipe making machine.
· Tip: You don't need to feed ingots horizontally into the pipe making machine; they will work if dropped directly onto the roll.

· Iron, coal, and gem ores are sorted via a dual-split vertical sorter.
· Coal undergoes washing and shaking to separate remaining ores and gems.
· Gems are polished and then move to the packaging machine, with already processed gems joining directly from the vertical sorter.
· Safety Feature: To prevent items from falling off the splitter, a conveyor belt is installed to return stray items back to the furnace.
· Coal is split into two furnaces and used for steel production.

· Iron ore processing is similar to copper, splitting into two furnaces.
· Iron and steel furnaces are built on the same conveyor belt, allowing the system to cope if the steel furnace isn't working properly.
· Iron and steel ingots are sent via a vertical sorter, with some going to the ingot packaging machine and some to the steel pipe production machine.
· Iron ingots are similarly split, with some going to the packaging machine and some to the pipe machine.

· Other parts of the factory focus on producing gears, ingots, bars, screw bars, and plates.
· The process of producing and polishing iron and steel in the furnace is similar.
· Sorters separate gears and send them to the packaging machine, while the remaining ingots go to machines that make bars, screw bars, and plates.
· Tip: When producing bars and screw bars, you can use splitters to feed ingots, and the screw bar machine directly absorbs ingots.
· Produced bars and screw bars move to their respective packaging machines.

· The bar machine can sometimes jam, causing ingots to pile up.
· Safety Feature: Piled-up ingots fall onto the conveyor belt at the back and move to the plate machine, and after some time, the bar machine unjams itself and resumes operation.

· This factory produces a variety of products, including gold plates, gold bars, copper bars, screw bars, and copper plates.
· Important: Gold screw bars and gold pipes are intentionally designed not to be produced in-game as they are 'broken'.
· Gems are processed in an integrated packaging line due to their rarity.

Category	Produced Items	Non-Produced Items
Gold	Gold Plate Gold Bar Gold Gear Gold Ingot	Gold Screw Bar Gold Pipe
Copper	Copper Bar Copper Plate Copper Pipe Copper Gear Copper Ingot	-
Iron/Steel	Iron Bar Iron Plate Iron Pipe Iron Gear Iron Ingot Steel Pipe Steel Ingot	-
Other	Gems (Integrated Packaging)	-