so, with the blog 420 out now - we can see some new piping challenges with coolant in highly constrained spaces (powering a space platform means every tile is important)

how do you feel about that as a piping challenge in exchange for flow challenges?

after thinking about it more and reading through many of the suggestions in this channel, I'm mostly convinced that the handling shown in the FFF is the right call. Pipes have the challenge of somehow getting all the inputs and outputs connected (and fitting inserters), fixing the cracking ratios, a...

I thought about it some more and I had another thought. With the changes there still is a challenge that we can need to solve, it's how many pumps you need between fluid system segments to account for maximum throughputs between sections that need pressure control. Especially with the crazy fast bui...

I'm not sure I'm entirely in love with this solution, but it is clearly better than the previous state. The madness needed to be gone, period. but it seems like this almost completely trivializes everything about pipes, and I would actually like some logistical challenge about them. I have no idea w...