Again Thanks for all the replays.

This simplifies things for mathing it out. Instead of ((90 HO / 5 sec) * Productivity) - 25 HO / 5 sec upkeep, they made it (90 HO / 5 sec - 25 HO / 5 sec upkeep) * Productivity.

It is helpful to have this method of counting because it is also how the ...

Thanks for the replay. I'll take due note - And hope that someone will make a note on the official wiki of this concept of "catalyst" - it is confusing/

I respectfully disagree.

1. The introduction of a concept like a "catalyst" just makes factorio unnecessary complicated. Be it Kovarex or Coal ...

Hi guys,

I read the first couple of search results - as asked in the intro post prior to posting here now - , but nothing as to what i describe here
and forgive me if i didn't post in the correct Forum - essentially because i am not sure if it is a bug or not.

Please Help me understand the ...

Thanks again for all the answers!

However, the concept of "refueling station" is also imo a "bad" design as it creates an unecessary bottleneck/ additionnal non-redundant potential failure point. It's "better" (imo) to have one or several "refueling train" used to distribute the fuel, at least in ...

Thanks guys! thanks for the help to add Code and explain why it was disabled


But i tried what you suggested but the inserter still doesnt take coal out of the locomotive,
maybe as i already worte: adding allow_burner_leech isnt afterall the solution to my problem

here is what i did:

1.edited ...

Hi guys,
New to this game and its great! So great that i feel the urge to write here about my frustration.

What on earth is fuel leeching?

I simply dont understand why an inserter can put fuel into a boiler and take it out, but that same stupid inserter can't do that with the locomotive

For an ...