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 ==Summary==
-The fractionator takes any conveyor input and output in its side connections, and will transform 1% of the [[hydrogen]] going through itself into [[Deuterium]] going out of its front connection.
+The '''Fractionator''' is a unique facility with 3 [[Conveyor Belts|conveyor belt]] ports. The input requires [[Hydrogen]], and one of the outputs will return that Hydrogen. However, 1% of the Hydrogen that is processed will instead be transformed into [[Deuterium]] and returned by the second output.
-In the UI, the left-hand Hydrogen symbol show the input buffer, and the right-hand symbols are the output buffers.
-If a fractionator is being fed by [[Cargo stacking|stacked]] items, it does not unstack output hydrogen. Items get converted individually rather than full stack at once, therefore in case part of the stack gets converted, the hydrogen will be output in stack minus converted items.
+Each port of the Fractionator has its own purpose, but they are not labeled in-game. To figure out which port is which, orient the Fractionator such that the middle port is facing Icarus. The middle port is the Deuterium output, the left port is the Hydrogen input, and the right port is the Hydrogen output.
+If a Fractionator receives [[Cargo stacking|stacked]] Hydrogen as input, the output Hydrogen is stacked in the same way. Hydrogen is converted individually rather than per stack, so any Hydrogen that is converted into Deuterium is simply removed from the Hydrogen stack.
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 ==Player Tips & Tricks==
-* The Fractionator recipe is unique in the fact that it is based on percentage of materials moving through the Fractionator. This means the Fractionator necessarily needs one input of Hydrogen, and one output of Hydrogen, and another output of Deuterium. It also means that conversion speed is directly proportional to belt speed (1% of belt speed) and saturation rate of the input & output for Hydrogen. Stacked items on the conveyor belt will increase production too.
+* The Fractionator is unique in that the amount of Deuterium produced is a ''percentage'' of the Hydrogen input. This means that the rate of Deuterium conversion is directly proportional to the conveyor belt's speed (1% of belt speed), how saturated the Hydrogen input and outputs are, and how high the Hydrogen input is stacked.
-** <code>Belt Speed * 0.01 * Saturation Percentage * Stack Size = Deuterium Production Speed</code>
+**<code>Belt Speed * 0.01 * Saturation Percentage * Stack Size = Deuterium Production Speed</code>
 ** Production rates for a single Fractionator with fully saturated input belt:
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