Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Personally, I haven't touched a Mac since the early 90's, and have no desire to do so ever again, but I'm happy for you.

The factory must grow.

Well, I do thank you for the update. It's always an interesting read.

Am I just a pervert, or do I see what look like titties in that bottom picture?

Wow, this thread has been hugely educational for me!

I tried implementing the fluid-handling advice in this thread last night, in a new game with Railworld settings, and I was just knocked out. I set up my new oil outpost with four tanks right next to the rails, so each fluid car was serviced by two pumps directly connected to a tank, and the filling ...

Is there a problem with loading and unloading trains from both sides at once?

Reading such articles always leaves me feeling like a monkey. A not-very-bright monkey, at that.

I love Factorio.

When the alarm goes off at 0700 on a work day and I only got 4 hours sleep, I hate Factorio.

Man oh man, if that's what pocarski calls basic, I'd sure hate to attempt anything he considered advanced.

I was lost by the third paragraph.

In that massive screenshot of the No Belts mod, why are the train wagons purple?

I have built some very long causeways over water for rails, and it doesn't really take that much landfill. I just adjust the size of my "brush" with the plus/minus keys on the keypad, and lay down a strip just wide enough for the rails. Curves and diagonals get sloppy, so I try to do thos...

I spent a while looking at this one, and I don't get it.
The wiki page for the Power Switch isn't exactly the most comprehensive https://wiki.factorio.com/Power_switch
But if you have nuclear power, why even bother?

I previously built something similar but the trains became a snarled up mess, largely due to the fact that I'm playing in a natural world with lots of water, and building a full grid would have required tremendous amounts of landfill to build tracks over water just to make sure the trains could get...

Missile Turrets?
Gun Turret wagons?
Missile Turret wagons!

Thank you very much for that useful information, NotRexButCaesar. It is sincerely appreciated. Another useful thing I learned about the Spidertron just now is that it will shoot by itself when I'm not in it. I was inspecting one of my border posts, and I had parked my Spidertron just inside the wall...

Spidertron making stepping stones
https://youtu.be/x6odXRvM-d8

Easiest way to find out is shoot one artillery shell at it, and be zoomed in (with map view) when the shell arrives. This is called "reconnaisance by fire". Whatever it is, if it's red, it's not your friend. Personally, I'm more intrigued by the fact that you have four vehicles parked at y...

Well, no, but I've only started a new game once

Found some mods that may be useful: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/BeastFinder https://mods.factorio.com/mod/WhereIsItMade Thank you very much! Beastfinder mod is super handy. I can't tell you how many times I have wound up running all over my base looking for that chest full of copper plates, or co...

Many mods state that a user can change the settings, but I haven't seen any explanation of HOW. Can someone please explain this to me? Do I need to open the zip file and edit the settings.lua file, changing the default, or is there an interface, or what? I have a good understanding of file manipulat...

Very nice work! I especially like the squares on your concrete. I have been using the pause function to see and measure. Yes, I know, there is an option to toggle a full-time grid, but I don't like it. About the layout of your labs. I see you are chaining them all. Katherine of Sky, in one of her vi...