Why would you want the train to wait more than 200 seconds?

The next hair raising episode of "Let's Train the Newbie" is encoding as we speak.

Things are going well in the world of NewAlphaGenesisOrigins until our hero discovers just how close his hostile neighbors really are! Will his pollution rile the already constipated biters? Can he research defenses ...

Fraps is by nature a very fat recording device. You just have to live with it.

If this is all new to you, you might need to spend some time doing some research sorting out how you are actually going to do the playthrough. Unless you have a quick and effective way that you understand well (and can ...

Why would you do this?

That was so goddamned hilarious!

My discovery was realizing the Train Stop controls the train approach direction based on which side of the track you place it on. As you're placing it, the arrows that appear will tell you the train's approach vector. From there, it will ...

Hey Folks,

Running into technology challenges getting my Let's Play off the ground. Can anyone recommend settings for FRAPS to keep my recordings under 48 Gigs in size? Yeah... 48 gigs! They're output in AVI format. Right now they're at 60 FPS @ 1080p so I'm going to cut that down to 50 FPS @ 720p ...

ask, "If anyone has a better way of doing this, please post a comment and let me know." Then you can fix it in the next episode and your audience will be more likely to tune in for the next episode.

Yeah that's part of what I want to accomplish. I think I'll gear the 'theme' of these Let's Play's ...

Good suggestions and that's enough support for me to get started.

In the spirit if your suggestion, perhaps I'll start each episode with a quick summary or declaration of what I want to accomplish in that episode (or collection of episodes if it's a time intensive task). Part of the reason why I ...

!!Greetings Programs!!

So I've played two games so far after purchasing Factorio (16hrs into second playthrough now) and I'm super interested in doing a couple of Let's Plays. I haven't started researching alien techs yet so I'm still kinda new to all of the late game content, but I'd love to ...

That's a good point. Perhaps it would be better suited for the first two levels to be accessible early / mid game (relatively speaking) and the third unlocked mid / late game. You can use the third tier to continuously harass biter camps in future expansion areas until you're ready to deal with them ...

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Concept: Add a late-game technology tree named Xenobiology
Prerequisite: Distractor Capsule, Alien Tech, Alien Science Pack
Purpose:

- Level 1 Xenobiology
Enables 'Subversion capsule': When thrown, creates cloud [similar to poison cloud] that deals damage over time to ...

In the code, I don't know.

In the game? Nope.

Use faster inserters + logistics robots and you won't have a problem.

!!Greetings Factorians!!

Before posting this I reviewed the following thread: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=961&hilit=Rotate#p7224

That thread proposes several complex ideas on handling rotation.

Proposal: Shift / Control [or configurable key] + R to rotate counter ...

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I propose trees either:

1. Degrade over time and disappear if damaged
2. Regenerate to a full health bar and health bar disappears if damaged

Why? Because of this:

http://puu.sh/apJw5/6d8455520c.jpg

Now I'm not a hardcore perfectionist like some of the Factorians I've ...

Can you take a screenshot of your UI and both with the mouse hovered over the armor and with it not? I'd like to see what you're seeing.

It's not that bad. The problem I assume you're having (and this is covered in the posts referenced earlier) is you're trying to go head on vs. an extremely well defended biter base. Don't do that.

1. Go to the south West and destroy the biter outpost there. Hit and run tactics while in the car work ...

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Before I report this as a bug in version 0.10.0, I figured I would check here first.

Issue: Shotgun has changed from buck shot / spread shot in 0.9.8 to slug / single shot in 0.10.0.

Notes: This severely diminishes the efficacy of the shotgun when clearing forest, managing ...

I kind of did limit it. I have the panels going to a box with all but the first two slots closed off.

Do you folks typically find it necessary to wall in your entire base or is it sufficient to create 'Turret Bunkers' in key locations?

Thanks for the replies folks.

**Edit** Big thanks to Xterminator for the killer tutorial video. It makes me want to start a new game from scratch :-). I don't have room to create a furnace assembly like that now. :-(

And FishSandwich, total facepalm. I looked at the screenshot after your ...

An optimization riddle here.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YjzY_HJGiow/U8kB9y4tSYI/AAAAAAAAKuQ/wTh78r7y6C8/w323-h389-no/Screen+Shot+2014-07-18+at+3.28.42+AM.png

I want to merge the circuits, steel plates and copper plates into two belt lines so I can automate solar panel production. Any ...

Thanks. Your responses have been helpful. I also found some information about reducing slow down in turns buy adding a faster belt.