Can someone make a mod to fix contraptions jam ups?

[Jones813]

I'd be happy to do it myself but something like this is beyond me. The best I can do is simple mods like changing armor values etc. The jam ups I'm referring to happen when items, particularly components with flat bottoms like wood or aluminum are dropped onto belts by container units, particularly the vertical belt elevators. What happens is far too often the item with a flat bottom will be dropped a little too far back onto the belt so the belt can't get a hold on the item and it just sits on the line and items keep stacking up on top of it and it jams up. Here's a screenshot I took to show exactly what I mean because I know I'm probably not explaining it very clearly. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=839149703

 

I've watched these run for a while and based on my observations I'm sure that all that needs to be done to fix it is the item drop point needs to be moved farther forward a little and it should solve the problem.

[Jones813]

In case anyone is curious, through some testing I confirmed my idea that causing the items to drop a little farther forward would solve the problem. With console commands I was able to position a flat board at an angle inside the output opening which caused the items to slide down the board and forward a bit before hitting the belt and that fixed it, no more sitting in one spot stacking on top of each other.

[djcoffi]

I'd like to add to this request that the Artillery Smoke Grenades get a fix too. They seem to spazz out when they enter the sorters I use, spinning around at the entrance of the sorter instead of disappearing inside of it. Because of this they knock themselves or sometimes other items off the conveyor belt. And since I sort all my junk from the Sanctuary workshop and Sanctuary gets a resupply of smoke grenades automatically I keep having to clean up the mess they make. And while this might sound weird, I think they sometimes get duplicated by the sorters too.

For me it would be good enough to stop the vacuum hopper from pulling artillery smoke grenades (or grenades in general) out of containers. I don't really understand what is going wrong enough to suggest a proper fix though.