Connector Pipe / Automation Pipe

Connector Pipe is the older transport component used to link building outputs and inputs. A splitter is relevant when one output should serve multiple destinations; a merger is relevant when several sources should feed a common destination. Those are different connection problems. The 1.0 announcement explicitly replaces the Automator with Automation Pipes, which can pull from storage. It does not say that every older connector is the same item under a new name. For a stalled extractor route, identify its destination first: sending ore to storage and sending ingredients to an auto-crafting Furnace need different destination settings. Resource filters introduced in 1.0 can reject an item even when the physical pipe route looks complete.

Acquisition and published details

The item and progression fields below are historical 0.8 wiki data; changes explicitly described in the 1.0 release notes are identified separately.

Obtaining it: Craft at the build menu after unlocking automation.

Main use: Link outputs to inputs; combine with Pipe Splitters and Mergers. Carries both items and water.

category: Automation. recipe was not published, so the cell stays empty. milestone: 9 (0.8); automation starts at Milestone 4 in 1.0. power: None. input: No. output: No. effect: Carries crafting resources and water between construct inputs and outputs. version change: 1.0: Automators replaced by Automation Pipes that pull directly from storage; Connector Pipes remain the transport piece.