I can’t remember which video that was, but I did find it at some point… no idea how. Although it was for prioritizing outputs rather than inputs.
So, an extender has one main side, one secondary side, and other sides are neutral. And there are three rules:
- If it’s pushed into main side - it gets pushed out of the secondary side.
- If it’s pushed into secondary side - it gets pushed out of the main side.
- If it’s pushed into neutral side - it gets pushed out of the main side.
And Bear found a very interesting trick - if an extender directs liquid into a pipe, but that pipe can’t pass that liquid further, the liquid “splooshes” back into the extender.
So, if the liquid goes into extender’s neutral side, it gets out of the main side, and then “sploshes” back into that main side, and gets out of the secondary side!
And there might be a way to use this trick for prioritizing inputs rather than outputs. Suppose we have source A and source B, and A should be prioritized.
What if we connect A to neutral side, B to the main side, and output to the secondary side? That way, source A will be pushed into source B, and always try to fill its pipe from the extender’s side.