Testing in 1.0.0, this behaviour did not exist back then. It would simply prioritize the poles that existed and leave the ghost unconnected. I wonder what changed 1.0 test.png Edit - Back to 1.1.81: By the looks of it it may even prioritize connections to ghosts over real poles :shock: ghost prio.png

That makes sense. I've just played the game for many years and never seen a build not work because of a ghost power pole, so I considered it to be a new behaviour. I have frankensteined many builds from partial stamps with and without construction robots for planning of builds, and never seen it not...

Hi, I just found a strange behaviour to power poles. I have always had the impression that power poles of all kinds will always connect in a way that makes them functional, but not always to every pole within reach. But I just experienced a substation wouldn't connect to another substation if there ...

I wonder if it could use a similar logic to either heat or fluids for item transport, such as only one type of item will fit on the line (no mixing). Then the items would be transported on a rail type of thing, instead of on a belt. Very futuristic and fast

The current uses are nukes, shells, projectiles, fuel cells. (did i miss any :P ) I think it fits in the role of research, both because it's cool, and a lot of real life physics research is based on atomic particles and/or radioactivity. It also sounds like something that will go fast, so maybe nucl...

Well yes, but I'm not reporting that issue, I'm referring to it. The one you link to states that the power drain cannot be stopped due to how armor grid works in it's current form, hence my suggestion to change it so the item (not the armor grid) in fact only uses power when the function is active. ...

TL;DR Belt Immunity equipment should only draw power when on or near belts, to function similarly to other armor equipments, and save everyone some headaches, players and devs alike. What? The Belt Immunity equipment requires a constant stream of power, which makes it a uniquely weird part of the m...

I try to mitigate the issue by allowing x trains worth of stuff before it shuts off, the train station would become active when buffer gets low. The threshold could be 4 full trains worth of junk, which of course would require you to build a buffer able to hold that material, then shut off the stati...

As the title says,when I quit Discord by rightclicking the tray icon and clicking "Quit Discord", Factorio spits out an error message, while still actually working until I click Yes/No on the error box (related to this perhaps? https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=69785&...

I think this comes back to the fact that belt immunity equipment has a constant usage of 100kW, which to me doesn't make much sense for the following reasons: - It's the only piece of wearable equipment that drains power all the time - 100kW is quite a lot of power for a relatively small gain (I con...

I don't think many cons on the research queue thing are relevant if it's an ADVANCED option you manually have to enable in a settings menu.

Done and done, right? Only con I see is that devs have to manage both instead of a single feature.

I like the idea of the blueprints in an 'explorer like' window. Essentially it would look similar to what it does now, just navigate better. With features such as: Navigation: - Easily make and navigate through folders - A saved blueprint will be on a local level (player) - Choose to export/share to...

The tutorial should explore basic concepts, one at a time. Perhaps in succession. Such as how to.. Generate materials (mining), then.. Move stuff around the map (via belts), then.. Set up smelting and basic automation, learn inserters, then.. Initiate research (objective: research one or a few basic...

I tried different variations with loops and found a setup that works. Look closely at the pump arrangement. The key is to not use a pump between the input/loop intersection and the storange tank like in your setup. Nice stuff! Did you wire the pumps at all or are they just doing their thing? Edit: ...

It seems so simple and impossible at the same time! I believe the intersection solution is perfect to solve any clutter of 0.0 fluids, but pumps draining to 0 and changing type is what breaks this one. And I can't figure it out :( I came to the same conclusion. It seems like it may be possible to g...

Interesting setups! I'll check them in detail when I have time! :D I made it this far after trying 4 other possible setups: liquids.jpg The only problem I have is keeping fluids inside the first pumps at the 'sorter intersection'. Else I believe it works perfectly, except the circulation part in the...

I think the main problem is that units of fluid under 1, like 0,1 or 0.9 is not registered in the circuit network. Too small to pump around, too small to do anything with. It's just stuck. The coming fluid update should open possibilities. Then it can be sorted straight out of a fluid tank I think :)

Hey guys. I don't know if it has any practical use in all your super factories, since I quickly get lost in the delicate details of the game :p But it seems I found a way to sort liquids. First experiment was a success, I ran 3 liquids through the same pipe that didn't clog up even once. The liquids...

I let my trains automatically decide a station with available ore. I don't have any visual confirmation of depletion at this point, but it would be fairly easy I suppose. Picture of setup: post2.png The method is simply like this: - All iron ore stations named the same (in my case, 'Iron On'). Coppe...

Shift click (ghost placement) should go through trees and rocks as blueprints with shift do. I actually like the current ghost planning for rails etc. That way, I can see if I can build a rail without modifying terrain (trees, water, and so on). That's because I'm lazy! Though I can definitely see ...