I use sushi belts all over the place.. but normally I'm not so strict about counting items. I don't sample every segment of the belt, but usually just 10 or so belts near (or just after) the inserters, and set the rule to only add if there's less than one of a given item. It doesn't let me specify e...

... 2. Factorio hates roundabouts because of path recalculation bugs. Is that a fact? I tend to stick with roundabouts by virtue of a "why not?" mentallity, unless I specifically want to deny the trains the option, but I've never noticed/encountered any particular bugs. But this is a defi...

I agree, T-Intersections are deadlock safe, as are roundabouts with no signals.. however, they only allow a single train to be inside them at a time, which becomes a big bottleneck. I've found that a well signaled roundabout can be used by multiple trains at once to increase performance, as long as ...

I guess I'm sort of strange, I enjoy managing all those barrels.. and I'm using bobs & angels mods so there are a lot more fluids, plus gasses to manage, and I'm doing them in similar ways. Essentially I have one central sushi belt ring (the carousel, as I refer to it) offering empty barrels to ...

As much as I enjoyed collecting the artifacts, I can see why many found it tedious. One good thing is that since the game is so moddable, it shouldn't be hard to just include a mod that re-enables those artifacts, so everyone can tweak the game to their preferences.