The problem I'm having: when using a planning tool like factoriolab, I always have to subtract the intermediaries I don't care about. Well, at least subtraction is easy. Figuring out how much iron needs to go into the red and blue assembly line, respectively, is a bit more work. It's getting tediou...

As you can see i've got 4 unloading stations. They are all named the same I also have 13 waiting stations, all named the same. ... How can i make my trains wait and not drive a useless lap? Trains skip stops in their schedule if all stops of that name are (or become) disabled. A simple solution is ...

See https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=28946 Use a decider combinator with an Anything output. I somehow missed that thread/change; thanks for pointing it out. Along with one combinator to select a signal, you need another two, as described by ElderAxe in the thread: When we use t...

It is implemented other way. lets asume signal of iron then filter inserter use option "set filter" and use option "set stack" as a signal for stack Then inserter is loading at full spead, iff possible but load exact amount in the end. No overshoot. The use case is presenting mu...

2N design - you need a massive lake which is very hard to find on the default maps, or you need mods to dig up terrain - you will need tons of landfill - you create one large fluid system in one processor thread - wide design with lots of gaps means the power efficiency per tile is lower - due to n...

What is the number of rail blocks needed for a 1-4 train to reach its top speed with the different types of fuel? I am wondering this so that I can give the trains sufficient room to accelerate after they leave pickup / dropoff locations. Acceleration reduces with speed, and higher speed means you ...

I haven't checked what he built exactly, but if you don't have two signals somewhere making a track two-way you get a "no path" error. Either in or out depending on which one is missing. The paired signals nearest each of the stops in your screenshot are not needed (it's the same situatio...

Signals also indicate direction. At the beginning of the station rail piece where trains can go both ways place two signals exactly opposite each other. Then a the one-way track a signal on either side. Signals on the bidirectional track sections aren't needed in wadson's case, because they are at ...

Sorry about the screenshots not sure what happened there. I have hopefully uploaded the save file. Thank you for your response. Excuse the file name this was when my railway was actually working haha. First of all, near "poorprogramming", the junction is broken. Looking from the south, th...

Can't see any screenshots. Uploading a save might also be helpful.

Do descriptions not transfer in blueprint strings? They do; sorry, I didn't look. The problem with replacing Stone with Each is that when there is nothing in the chests, the combinator outputs nothing instead of the 14k it should. Yes, that's true. Another way around it would be to set the top-righ...

If this isn't the proper part of the forum, then where is? Combinator Creations was where gGeorg was suggesting. But here also seems fine, to me at least. A description/explanation of what the blueprint you posted does (or is intended to do) would make it easier for people to offer help/advice: the...

The current system makes optimizing complex fluid distribution networks (or even some relatively simple ones) basically impossible , since the behavior is so inconsistent and unpredictable. Show me one of these "impossible" to optimize fluid distribution networks and I will show you what'...

The depot can accommodate up to 36 stops (for really huge ore patches), and pasting in a separate train stop wouldn't put in the circuit connections. But, I'm guessing there is no mod that will let you specify what should go in placeholder spots. So, I will go on having a separate blueprint for eac...

:: If item count less / more for each wagon "Any wagon" and "All wagons" variants of item/fluid count and full/empty might have some uses, but for bulk transport, you want to balance unloading in order to maximise the amount transported per train journey and have no need of such...

1) What is the logic for calling construction bots to work? I think construction robots nearest the ghosts are assigned first. But while there are ghosts that haven't had a robot assigned, items in the logistic network to build them, and available construction robots, more robots will keep being as...

But as experienced player (working with keyboard only), I either know how many times I need to undo, or not. And for that case I’m willing to use my mouse to see, what will be changed. ... The problem with Factorio is, that this could lead to a point where I destruct an important outpost and that w...

Maybe, when I hover over the buttons, that the tiles that will be changed are marked with some color. And if not on map I see arrows into the direction. This doesn't help after the fact or when using the keyboard. How about creating an alert for what was undone, if it is not currently visible, comp...

For filtered storage chests I can only filter what item _can_ be stored in it. This doesn't prevent the item from being stored in another storage chest that has no filter. Buffer chests would activly draw their item from any other storage chest on the map. This would mean the material could never b...

That does work with the temporary blueprint method above. It is just modules that are the exception. Wait, what exactly is the exception again? Either way you're placing down entities then setting them up (or finding existing ones) before ctrl+C or BPing. Your method also suggests modules are repla...