Would it not simply be easier to go with the original design but use Speed Modules to 'fiddle' the production rate of the Assemblers for PMs? I haven't done the math, but if you boosted the PM1 assemblers by a total of 25%, and equivalent for the PM2 assemblers , this should theoretically resolve th...

It's not guaranteed for every situation but, at least when your train network is fairly small, the easiest way I have found to deal with signals is to drop a chain signal on every track going INTO a split/merge and a rail signal on every rack going OUT of a split or merge. You also need to ensure th...

It was the former, lol. I planned for 4 belts each of iron and copper, then realised that I was going to need 8. And, stupidly, I had built on both sides of the bus. Plus, I am completely redesigning my smelting and moving over from a bot-based array (240 furnaces) to a belt-based 384-furnace array ...

Standard inserters have problems with fast belts. Upgrade to fast inserters :-) And bear in mind that it is quite normal to "outgrow" a base and need to tear it down and rebuild it bigger and better - I'm currently building my 3rd main bus in preparation for making rocket parts. There is n...

Cluster grenades are your friend (but not once the pin is pulled). Invented by Star$s to make instant coffee stirrers out of 3.14159 hectares of forest...

THe FARL mod is also your friend! Drive through a forest and turn it into lovely fuel so that your train can... drive through more forest!

Good job! I love condensed, neat little modules like this, and you have done a great design with neat output. Kudos

The concept is neat, your implementation looks excellent! I can only imagine how much thought and work went into the designs for the 'mini-factories' :-) Well done, that's a great idea and wonderful build. And I am totally gonna steal your module-building layout - much (much!) better than the one I ...

Splitted from General: "What is your first impression..." The mentioned guide is this link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=661582295 Factorio: Observations, Tips, Tricks, & Efficiency Guide to nearly everything in game -- resources, logistics, transport, combat...

Sounds like an admirable plan, sir! :-). While you wait to see if someone volunteers, however, there are many guides to Factorio out there, but one of the best that I have read is on Steam and written by KatherineOfSkye. It is clear, recent (and thus accurate for the latest version of the game), and...

Welcome, Cristonz! There may well be (although it's not me, I'm afraid - I'm still a newbie myself with only 650 hours played), but there are lots and lots of YouTube videos and tutorials, along with reams of Steam forum, Factorio forum and Reddit threads, and a wiki :-) By all means ask questions o...

The easiest rule of thumb to work with is CHAIN signals before any intersection, RAIL signals after. See if that works (it looks as though all of your signals are Rail Signals in the picture) Looking more closely, however, the problem appears to be in the lower picture, where a train is blocking the...

Um, couldn't you just mentally split the 24 lanes into 2 groups of 12, alternate which 'group' is being drawn from and then run a 12-belt balancer? As long as your draw on any given side doesn't exceed your 12-lane capacity (28.8k plates per second, IIRC), you should be fine?

If I have a Requester Chest set to want 100 iron ore, does that propagate across the logistics network as -100 in stock? I need to know so that I can set up some circuit functions, but it won't work if the network reads as zero (if there is none anywhere else). It certainly doesn't show as -100 when...

It has been tested somewhere, I am fairly sure, because I seem to remember that as being the source of the oft-quoted 1:14:10 ratio (offshore pump:boilers:steam engines). However, you would need to do a search for the post - I am otherwise occupied at the moment and don't have time to trawl...

rolfl wrote:It works for your own slots (your toolbelt),

I did not know this bit! Yay, no more swearing at the screen because my pipe-to-ground moved to my blue belt position in my toolbelt...

I love this setup, Nameless, and would just like to say thanks for sharing it. One possible 'upgrade' that I am considering, however, is switching it over to a base-4 system and introducing a yellow signal for when the outpost chests contain more than zero, but less than a full car-load of ore (ie e...

Just to clarify this: A beacon utilises its own power drain on the system, regardless of whether the item(s) is is boosting are active or not Each affected item additionally receives 50% of the effects of every module in each beacon that is affecting it. As an example, I have a row of furnaces, each...

I enjoy seeing posts like this. I am at much the same stage, where I have scaled up to (what should be) a 19200-plate-per-minute main bus, although this has not been stress tested to failure yet to determine true throughput, but I am currently trying to open up additional resource outposts so that I...

Or ask your logistics bots to fetch you 10 walls, and backtrack them to where the problematic storage/passive provider chest is, then remove it.

Yup, what grouchysmurf said . Build a 5:7:1 refinery setup (tiled as many times as required) and the gas will flow!