I am trying to solve the issue with decoratively placed power poles with their own networks taking huge performance hit. My current solution is to create large power network that connects all the disconnected networks (no producer, no consumer) together, but that has other issues like having to ...

I am trying to optimize power networks (many disconnected power networks) by merging them all into single big network, because the stats are being (likely) collected regardless of whether the network has any producers or consumers.

This solved UPS issues of many networks but now I need to prevent ...

Nice job! I can't wait for what the final sprites will look like.

I hope the final mix of the soundtrack will leave out the alternating music in left and right channel at the beginning. That thing is so pronounced, it is awful.

What the undisclosed music at around 4:00 sounds like to me:
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I have a suggestion, you could have two sets of playlists for each planet.

The discovery playlist with one or two tracks that play when the player character lands on the planet to set the mood. But then have the regular ...

Factorio has a lot of hotkeys and not all hotkeys are useful in every situation. So I usually set up dual-use hotkeys. Especially when I know that the two actions will never happen simultaneously. For example connect rolling stock and jetpack. Another case is simple module inserter where you have to ...

This gave me an idea. It should be Like Dune II, you can't build large structures over sand or soft terrain.
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There are mods for this and it should stay as such, it ...

My general guideline is - Put chain signals everywhere for any single-track system. Then you can tinker with regular signals later to figure out how to use them.

So does Factoriopedia support uncommon cases like fuel byproducts? Is there support for scripted actions like performing a ritual that is not a part of recipe system, for example delivering specific items to selected chests to produce an item in a scenario? The Factoriopedia entry (or link) would ...

A full centrifuge might output up to 6 U-238. 2 for the current cycle and 4 from the following two cycles depending on inserter stack size.

I've nailed the deadlocking issue down to insufficient buffering of U-238 on the outer lane. The belt between the splitter and the merge might fill up and ...

The beautiful thing is that you can modify it whatever way you want. I didn't even attempt to optimize it yet. I just build it in my base, put in some U-235 and forget about it. I think each centrifuge will feed up to 4 centrifuges down the line, then the following ones will top up to 80. Haven't ...

So I came up with Kovarex setup that uses belt and inserter mechanics to achieve self-balancing.

Now deadlock-free!
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I have created a round robin dispatcher that I plan to use in my SE playthrough to split items off the bus and load them on the cargo rocket. It uses a mix of combinators and belts + inserters to implement the logic. As setting up signals for filters in constant combinator GUI is making my blood ...

Will the map generation include special checks to ensure that anything minable that spawns near lava is accessible by the new mining drills?

In current Factorio, if you get a small island with some ore on it that a drill won't fit on, you can just use some landfill to expand it enough to fit the ...

The pretty new graphics raise a question: will the new planets look nicer than Nauvis? Just because you have more experience and more time to develop? In many games, areas and buildings and features added by expansions are more detailed and more fleshed out than in the original game. I wish you ...

I see completely enclosed turret installation, complex terrain - flying enemies confirmed?

Logistic groups are nice. I was just looking for a mod which does exactly that.

Quality is tiny feature in the scope of the expansion.

I wonder how many players quit after learning that nuclear processing is yielding shiny rocks at random that are absolutely necessary for optional nuclear power.

On a more serious note. I cannot wait to see new designs utilizing new quality machines. I can even see that higher quality low tier ...