What I've done in some games is to have one general "bootstrap" building train, and then multiple trains for different construction types (e.g. outpost, smelting, etc) The bootstrap train is the train I use for setting up new outposts or plants. It contains a *lot* of rails, and some chests, inserte...

1. Placing a signal on only one side of the track makes it a 1-way track, but nothing clearly told me this; trains unable to enter are simply stopped with a mystifying "NO PATH" popping out of them: nothing ANYWHERE tells me "Hey, I can't enter this section (here let me highlight in-game for you th...

bobingabout wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:36 pm

Construct is the act of Constructing a Structure.

Makes sense

Local manufacture of shells might work if you are using fixed artillery emplacements to defend your base. Or you can use trains on a patrol route. But to move out and clear a new area the only approach that makes sense (with the current design and stack sizes) is a central shell manufacturing facil...

DaveMcW wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:58 pm

The best way to supply artillery turrets is to manufacture the shells locally.

the production time is a pain though...

is there any benefit of using static turrets? it would be nice if they had e.g. a range advantage..

Name the action a player performs when they add an entity to the world? Name the action a player performs when they remove an entity from the world? Name the action a player performs when they add a ghost entity to the world? Name the action a robot performs when they add an entity to the world? Na...

dog80 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 14, 2018 1:25 am

it looks confusing

not confusing enough . you can make the design more compact (=fewer beacons) if you squeeze the refineries together without space in between and go creative on the piping

for a similar setup without beacons: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=51253&p=302103&

I agree on the limited number of usecases, but I would guess it could be possible to force signals (edit: by circuit network of course) to green in order to allow trains in. AFAIK, you can only force a signal to be red. We cannot force a green, can we? no :( but it sure looks cool :) (edit: in theo...

mexmer wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 6:57 am

simple question, can we launch this in rocket?

we can't escape this planet, but at least we can escape him

April 1st already huh?

And have less signals on the top lanes than the bottom [so] trains going long distances switch to the upper lanes (because less signals makes that cheaper).

Cool, I didn't know that. Does that actually work (reliably)? Do you know the penalty for signals?

I love the designs posted above, but I'm with mrvn's earlier argument here. The goal of the OP was: - To identify the highest performing and reliable designs to unload and feed the smelters that deliver to a base's main bus. - To make such designs available to average players. The designs should be ...

Hi, i would like to use your stations. But there is an error message saying like: ....version error (H...) Any chance to get your stations? Do you maybe have them at https://factorioprints.com ??? Thanks for your interest! The post is 2.5 years and some versions ago, so the blueprints don't working...

Satisfactiory overshadowing Factorio? Gimme a break :) One of Satisfactory's weaknesses I haven't yet seen discussed: Factorio's landscape is serviceable, but no great beauty. It gets the job done by breaking up the background of the world a bit and changing some of the (more implicit) challenges f...

It is simply because there is no "height" in Factorio. It is a 100% 2D game and cliffs are just illusions. (Effectively walls.) If the game is 3D (because it uses 3D coordinate system, not 3D graphics) then it is way easier to do, since you can perform calculations in 3D space. did you actually rea...

yea it sounds like you WANT to sound like you know what you're talking about, but you really dont. but this would be an EASY change to the game WITHOUT adding map-wide height scores or anything like that. beacons add buffs to things, no reason a cliff cant add to range. or subtract. or whatever. In...

What about this: yellow belts don't need power, but higher level belts do? Pumps: adding a burner pump makes sense, pumps are one of the few entities without any upgrades. And steam engines were initially invented to pump out water :) So, initial play can be burner pump, yellow belts, burner inserte...

Feel free to request any more details! Hey there, I know this is an old thread but I'm curious - did you have many issues with belt throughput/inserter throughput? Looking at some of your screenshots, I'm surprised you get enough throughput on some of those basic or even fast transport belts with h...

What about maybe having blue belts between the tracks pushing bugs on the track and away from base? :idea: That would be fun (although the main problem I had was the train stopping after hitting a behemoth). I believe that a train with sufficient lenght (and nuclear fuel?) does not slow down after ...