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by Quax
Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Full tank gives 24000 as output signal
Replies: 7
Views: 2229

Re: Full tank gives 24000 as output signal

Ok .. it's because I built a fill level display, where the last (green) light should be active when the tank is full. SO I wil set it to 24.500 ..

THx
by Quax
Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:34 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Full tank gives 24000 as output signal
Replies: 7
Views: 2229

Full tank gives 24000 as output signal

Hello there, I just created a system to evenly fill my tanks using combinators. Now I have stumbled across somthing interesting, that I cannot explain: When I connect a full tank to the circuit, the signal reads 24.000 instead of 25.000, see picture. As you can see, this has nothing to do with inter...
by Quax
Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:48 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Are production ratios changed by modules and why?
Replies: 8
Views: 2762

Re: Are production ratios changed by modules and why?

Thanks for the huge amount of in-detail explanation :-) I guess the nost important issue is that I missed the fact that the input values are not altered by modules. I was assuming that the same happens at higher process speed, but that obviously is wrong for productivity mdules :-)
by Quax
Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Are production ratios changed by modules and why?
Replies: 8
Views: 2762

Are production ratios changed by modules and why?

I'm currently trying to set up an efficient lubricant / light oil / petroleum production using beacons and speed / productivity modules. I always read that the basic production ratios (in that case the ratio refinery:heavy oil cracking:light oil cracking) are no longer valid when using modules. But ...
by Quax
Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:55 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Confused over ore-to-plates ratio
Replies: 7
Views: 8202

Re: Confused over ore-to-plates ratio

I'm using the electric furnace in order to avoid the coal supply. And I'm using express belts, so tht is not the problem. I already activated the "show-transport-lines" in the debug settings. When activated, there are white and blue lines shown atop the belts, but I haven't found a informa...
by Quax
Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:10 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Confused over ore-to-plates ratio
Replies: 7
Views: 8202

Confused over ore-to-plates ratio

I am uterly confused about the input-to-output ration for producing (copper or iron) plates. I'm using the "Factorio Caclulator" by Kirk McDonald which tells me that 2700 ore will result in 2700 plates per minute using 72 electric furnaces. However, when setting this up using expressbelts,...
by Quax
Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:31 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Error "Couldn't set permissions to 777: Operation not permitted" on game start and update
Replies: 6
Views: 2138

Re: Error "Couldn't set permissions to 777: Operation not permitted" on game start and update

Well, the regular Ubuntu update, but I doubt this changes the permissions for my NAS share ... question is how should I set the permissions on this share to allow for Factorio to set the neccessary permissions runtime?
by Quax
Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Error "Couldn't set permissions to 777: Operation not permitted" on game start and update
Replies: 6
Views: 2138

Re: Error "Couldn't set permissions to 777: Operation not permitted" on game start and update

I'll follow these hints, however I don't understand where the problem comes from, as I didn't change anything on my settings regarding NAS, ... and Factorio has been running fine for several years now.
by Quax
Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:14 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Error "Couldn't set permissions to 777: Operation not permitted" on game start and update
Replies: 6
Views: 2138

Error "Couldn't set permissions to 777: Operation not permitted" on game start and update

Im running Factorio 1.17.36 in Ubuntu 20.04. Out of the sudden, I receive an error message when starting the game: "Error while running reload_script: filesystem error: copy_file "<my_game-dir>/factorio/data/base/scenarios/freeplay/image.png" to ".../factorio/temp/currently-playi...
by Quax
Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:05 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Annoying lag after installing on Ubuntu 20.04
Replies: 1
Views: 789

Annoying lag after installing on Ubuntu 20.04

On Ubuntu 18.04 I have been running the experimental Factorio version without any problems. After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 (fresh install) and changing the graphic card (from a Nvidia 1080 to a Nvidia GTX 1660 Super), I'm experiencing significant lags. My FPS is at around 6 .. 7 on average, with pe...
by Quax
Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Confused of support/demand ratio for steel plate production
Replies: 7
Views: 2501

Re: Confused of support/demand ratio for steel plate production

Ok, I think I really miscounted my furncaes. With 2x24 along a red belt it's now working. Thanks for the debug inf :-) And geeee! I really buildt ALL my 4x4 balancers wrong all the time, as I was missing this one splitter. Just oversaw that all teh time :-)
by Quax
Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:08 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Confused of support/demand ratio for steel plate production
Replies: 7
Views: 2501

Confused of support/demand ratio for steel plate production

I'm currently utterly confused of what I'm doing wrong in terms of setting up a continous supply for my steel plate production. According to the Kirc McDonalds "Factorio Calculator", I can feed 48 electric furnaces producing steel with a full red belt of iron ore. However, this does not wo...
by Quax
Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:03 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Requester chest set request
Replies: 1
Views: 853

Re: Requester chest set request

You can use an arithmetuc combinator that sends a certain signal to the chest. In the network setup box of the chest, select the "read request" (or similar, not in front of factorio atm). I've done so to end my coal-feeding of my trains and switch to solid fule: I replaced the steel chest ...
by Quax
Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:21 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Stuck at lubricant production
Replies: 13
Views: 5745

Re: Stuck at lubricant production

Hmmm.. for me this feels like running through a maze and never reaching the exit. All I want to do is thave more robots. So I need to produce plastic to get rid of the petroleum gas. Now I have to either build warehouse after warehouse to stockpile plastic, or build advanced circuits. Which in turn ...
by Quax
Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Stuck at lubricant production
Replies: 13
Views: 5745

Stuck at lubricant production

I'm really stuck at provideing lubricant, currently especially for my flying robot frame factory. I basically now how to produce lubricant, but I'm alwas reaching a kind of dead end because I cannot make use of the surplus products (light pil and petroleum gas). I started to produce solid fuel from ...
by Quax
Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:32 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: shortcut to pause game
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Re: shortcut to pause game

Ah, I see .. beeing single-player .. ;-)
by Quax
Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:19 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: shortcut to pause game
Replies: 6
Views: 1882

Re: shortcut to pause game

Well, using the ESC key works that way, doesn't it?
by Quax
Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:48 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Coal Liquefication - how does it work?
Replies: 8
Views: 2533

Re: Coal Liquefication - how does it work?

Great, it's working now. I added a storage tank to store the heavy oil, and seprated the refineries and the chemical plants by pumps. These pumps are now enabled only if the storage tank contains more then 500 heavy oil. 500 because I'm running 10 refineries, where each needs 25 oil for a start. So ...
by Quax
Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:05 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Coal Liquefication - how does it work?
Replies: 8
Views: 2533

Coal Liquefication - how does it work?

Hi folks, I now tried to circumvent my oil shortage by switching to coal liquefication, but I'm not sure I understand how it works: I thought that after adding a minor quantity of heavy oil from an external source, that the process would need no more heavy oil to be inserted, given that the process ...

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