Hi, is there a way to make an alarm sound if a box gets full. Thanks

Hi, could someone please help me with trains. Just need some info so I can put it in practice for other trains. I’m a bit confused with it all. I’ve tried finding out exactly what I need to do but can’t get the answers. So basically, I want to bring a full red belt of iron ore back to my base. I’ve ...

Also another question which I’ve tried working out but can’t. How many green circuit assemblers do I need to fill a yellow belt? Thanks A yellow belt has a throughput of 15 items per second: https://wiki.factorio.com/Transport_belt So one lane has 7.5 items/second throughput The recipe creates 1 gr...

Also another question which I’ve tried working out but can’t. How many green circuit assemblers do I need to fill a yellow belt? Thanks All the needed information is in the tooltips, let's find out: - the recipe says it takes 0.5 seconds, meaning 2 crafts per second with crafting speed 1 - multiply...

I don't think it's really a problem. Yes, they store a large amount of plates and this can give a false impression of the activity in your factory, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter. Knowing how many plates are buffered on your belts isn't very useful in practice either. As far as...

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Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:31 pm

Mouse over the first furnace, hold down Ctrl+Click, and run down the line. That will quickly empty all the furnaces to give an accurate measurement.

Thanks that’s good to know

Hi, a beginner to this game and really enjoying it. Got a question about the stone furnaces. I’ve got a 48 stone furnace set up and I’ve just done green and red science, so obviously all my plate furnaces are starting to back up and fill the 100 buffer limit. Is there a way to stop this buffer? The ...