Better solution : make fast moving train audible from longer distance (optionally: only if player is close to rails)
Here are some problems with this solution:

It doesn't work for deaf people.
Who cares
[*]It doesn't indicate which line, or which direction the train is coming from.
Who ...

Not sure why you singled me out, but okay.

You said that it is a good idea and you want it implemented, and it was my ragequit moment.
It's hard to read "Suggestions" subforum, because many people posting here don't think too much about things they suggest.

Yes, pause icon in the Alt view shift ...

Problem : It is hard to tell if train is coming
Solution you propose : add another in-game item to slow down trains in certain area
It doesn't solve the problem, just create a work-around (e.g. crossing tracks in any other area would still be dangerous)

If you want trains to move slowly, just add ...

The top-end robot speed isn't insanely fast yet, and the robots (particularly construction robots) can take a while to travel across a large base. So why not add a few more robot speed upgrades?

Because you want to brute-force bad layout to work fast by using research button.
We have DyTech for ...

This is a good idea, although I think its usefulness is limited. Either way, I'd like to see it implemented.

+1

Would you like to guess which ones of 50 assemblers on the screen are not working because they don't have enough materials, and which ones are turned off?
Because there is no way to ...

I like the current behavior.
Early game, the train is deadly, but you don't have many of them.
Late game, train crashes into you and you walk away because of power armor.

LordFedora wrote:I believe that he is referring to the 6 slots, although he appears to have not read the OP, as the problem is stack size not slot number

Yes, sorry about that

...or you could download 0.11.6, where it has been fixed

would people find it useful if the boilers are so inefficient?
Electric boiler should have ~100% efficiency, like it's real-life counterpart.
Losses occur in the steam engine.

Conventional solar/accu farm:
-expensive
-occupy a lot of space

Solar+electric Boiler+steam engine
-less efficient ...

Rahjital wrote: Would anyone really use it if it was a net loss, though?

1 liquid tank with 100C˚water is equal to 42 accumulators.

it's still a bit tricky to drive the car that near to the inserters.
Nah, car is fine, but driving TANK into refueling station without squishing a pair of inserters - that's what I call tricky.
Although [ Long inserter | Wall | Tank ] alleviate this problem.

Back to the topic - it is bad design ...

Great video. Everything is spot on.
A lot of seasoned players mess up terms and have trouble distinguishing throughput and speed in they let's plays.

BTW here is the test facility for benchmarking relative throughput (save attached to the first post)
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php ...

+1 to electric boiler and end-game variation of a steam engine with more watt/tile.

If you are on the Mac, you can press Cmd+Ctrl+Alt+8 to invert colors.

Links to screenshots are broken.

Wow, this is the coolest thing I've seen so far.
It should be included in the screenshots on the official website.

Lee_newsum wrote:to make 1 Rocket defense

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Petroleum Gas 	3710
Coal	          1370
Iron Plate	    3755
Copper plate 	 6428

What are these numbers?

Imagine belt that is missing one piece in the middle.
Inserters fill it with items until it's full.
It will look like this:

>xxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>>>>>

On the left you have maximum compression, on the right you have empty track. Items are laying as close to each other as they can. They can't be any ...

You did not test nor for throughput, nor for compression, just for speed.

According to numbers from the wiki , this buffer can support 3 RDH factory, but, according to this calculator , it is 1 RDH, which seems more feasible to me.

On the other hand, copper usage numbers from Cordylus indicate that it is 3 RDH indeed (if Cordylus is right about his factory performance)