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by Nosferatu
Sun Jul 21, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Inserters: Why are filters getting baked in, but stacks are separated?
Replies: 25
Views: 931

Re: Inserters: Why are filters getting baked in, but stacks are separated?

Also: They have committed to a release date.
Now is not the time to look for ideas in the suggestions board.
They are probably working through their ToDo list and won't change anything else unless they notice something big.

Ideas will be revisited - later
by Nosferatu
Wed Jun 26, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Is this 8 belt balancer efficient?
Replies: 9
Views: 823

Re: Is this 8 belt balancer efficient?

That's overkill. That mine doesn't need input balancing and it doesn't need unlimited throughput on 8 redbelts First use splitters to reduce to 4 belts. After that place a 4 to 4 belt balancer. Splitt the output to 8 again. After that you can use yellow belts. I also suggest to set the input on the ...
by Nosferatu
Thu May 30, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Energy Production
Topic: Autobreaker for preventing brownouts and controlling backup power
Replies: 22
Views: 5654

Re: Autobreaker for preventing brownouts and controlling backup power

Yes. My base is 60% solar and 40% nuclear. I don't have brownouts often. But when I have them it's at the end of the night and solar will pull me out of any brownout spiral. Belts still work full speed during brownouts. Inserters are slower but their pulses will still work during deep brownouts. Onl...
by Nosferatu
Wed May 29, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Energy Production
Topic: Autobreaker for preventing brownouts and controlling backup power
Replies: 22
Views: 5654

Re: Autobreaker for preventing brownouts and controlling backup power

Once you reach "deep brown out" combinators will no longer update correctly.
So timers will slow done. Other circuits might miss inputs.

Committing just enough batteries to prevent deep brown outs can prolong battery life. Hopefully long enough until the night is over.
by Nosferatu
Tue May 28, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Energy Production
Topic: Autobreaker for preventing brownouts and controlling backup power
Replies: 22
Views: 5654

Re: Autobreaker for preventing brownouts and controlling backup power

A while ago I also made an emergency battery. It's detector has a different aim. It searches for deep brownouts. What might be interesting for you: It has 16 independent battery's and it tries to only commit them one by one depending how deep the brownout is. https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.ph...
by Nosferatu
Sun May 19, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Logistic Train Network
Topic: multiple trains pathing to same depot resulting in deadlock
Replies: 1
Views: 258

Re: multiple trains pathing to same depot resulting in deadlock

diddler15 wrote:
Sun May 19, 2024 3:57 pm
train limit is on.
Which one? Ltn train limit doesn't work for depots. you have to use the vanilla one
by Nosferatu
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Why are those signals red?
Replies: 3
Views: 613

Re: Why are those signals red?

We cannot debug this without seeing more of the map.
Please add a screenshot of your map view with the whole train setup.
Also is the issue in your other thread solved. is that the same train network?
by Nosferatu
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How do YOU use mining drills?
Replies: 96
Views: 10241

Re: How do YOU use mining drills?

Earlier in this thread I said I also space out my miners.
That was inaccurate.
My blueprint has the center miners more dense because of ore density...
by Nosferatu
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:45 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How do YOU use mining drills?
Replies: 96
Views: 10241

Re: How do YOU use mining drills?

I explicitly tested the case (in map editor) where I created a very sparse resource field that soon got defragmented into many distinct resource fields during mining. However, as long as the one miner stayed in place and I didn't change anything with its configuration, it reported for the original ...
by Nosferatu
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How do YOU use mining drills?
Replies: 96
Views: 10241

Re: How do YOU use mining drills?

How do I do it? Spaced out - Slow mining - slow loading - I don't care how many mines I need as long as they are easy to build and easy I to remove. That's why there is only a single rail line to the grid and no power connection - see attached screenshot And of course over engineered as much as I ca...
by Nosferatu
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: Logistic Train Network
Topic: LTN - locked slot not working?
Replies: 3
Views: 554

Re: LTN - locked slot not working?

It's hard to debug the setup with only one picture but I think I spotted something else: Your inserters are controlled by the green wire witch connects them directly to the LTN constant combinator. According to the manual the signal output there is: Constant Combinator: (signal output) train composi...
by Nosferatu
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Logistic Train Network
Topic: LTN - locked slot not working?
Replies: 3
Views: 554

Re: LTN - locked slot not working?

My guess:
LTN thinks it can use both wagons.
You locked 3 slots per wagon so it thinks it can load 74 slots of processing units.
by Nosferatu
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #399 - Trash to Treasure
Replies: 292
Views: 50441

Re: Friday Facts #399 - Trash to Treasure

Lots of rails and sorter spaghetti. Sounds like my planet :P
by Nosferatu
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: Outdated/Not implemented
Topic: Cliffs as natural rail elevators
Replies: 10
Views: 1059

Re: Cliffs as natural rail elevators

Only thing that I can think of:
If you try to place a ramp over a cliff - without hitting the shift key - then it allows it - but only if you place it in the "correct" position.
by Nosferatu
Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:34 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: how do I set the traffic lights so that this train passes?
Replies: 4
Views: 719

Re: how do I set the traffic lights so that this train passes?

When you fix what was said above the train should no longer enter the crossing it can't leave.

But the next sector is not free yet.
The problem is not this crossing but the V crossing ahead.
You haven't placed any signals there yet correct?
by Nosferatu
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [1.1.101] GPU Performance issues
Replies: 28
Views: 1916

Re: [1.1.101] GPU Performance issues

When looking at that remember the most important thing from the wiki Since Factorio aims for 60 ticks per second, the game has 16.667ms to calculate each tick. If it takes longer than this, then your UPS will drop below 60. Even on the "quieter" black screenshot you have update time 15ms. ...
by Nosferatu
Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Is there a way to stop trains from choosing new stations mid-journey?
Replies: 12
Views: 1109

Re: Is there a way to stop trains from choosing new stations mid-journey?

Repaths that happen as part of normal train operation A train fails a revalidation. The train stop a train is heading to is renamed or destroyed. The train is preparing to stop at a signal (chain or regular) that changes so that the train can now continue. The train is braking for a signal (chain o...
by Nosferatu
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Is there a way to stop trains from choosing new stations mid-journey?
Replies: 12
Views: 1109

Re: Is there a way to stop trains from choosing new stations mid-journey?

https://wiki.factorio.com/Railway/Train_path_finding#Repaths_that_happen_as_part_of_normal_train_operation Basically. Whenever a train hits traffic it tries to repath. Suggestions: Try to eliminate turnarounds and roundabouts in your train system. They give your trains many opertunites for strange b...
by Nosferatu
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [1.1.101][linux] Game doesn't start any more
Replies: 4
Views: 945

Re: [1.1.101][linux] Game doesn't start any more

Did you install steam through snap?

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