The radars are taking so long to scan the map that you are better off just making a car and riding around to search for resources. The scan can be sped up by at least 5x at this point. Maybe we can even have some research to scan for resources through the fog of war with radars like in satisfactory.

Never knew that you could change game speed, nor had any desire to, nor have I ever changed game settings. I dunno why you have problems, this game has tools to resolve every situation. Getting overrun by biters? Place some turrets surrounded by a wall in the exact spot where they are attacking and ...

Remove coal. Make wood bricks cook straight to coke. Rename coke to charcoal. This would have several follow on effects, requiring new oil synthesis recipes, and removing coal washing as a source of sulfur. Would need a new source of starting sulfur, I'm thinking of adding a hydrogen sulfide from ...

On this new computer with normal graphics quality Factorio takes 9.84 seconds to reach the main menu. I think that's pretty good for a game these days
Actually it's not good. Seems like you are loading all of the assets before showing main menu, while only a small minority of those assets are ...

Also don't forget to test how it looks if offshore pumps are inserted into that thin water shore.

I don't like handcrafting science packs especially since building a proper green science facility is so easy.
https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=202&t=48852
just 18 assembling machines and 12 labs. This build has 2 rows of filter inserters in the middle, but you can use 1 row of normal ...

Why 1.4 packs per second?

I didn't know you could take things out of a science lab.

Have you tested how long a chain of labs you can make before it uses up all items on the way? With and without speed modules and research speedup?

Personally I now just have my science labs in a single row with 2 belts above and 2 below ...

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There is no longer any need for other energy options since we already have nuclear. It's just to good.

So I was under impression that electric furnaces are more efficient than steel furnaces and that's why you need to switch to them, but after running the numbers it seems that they have the same speed, the same energy consumption, and if you add pollution of electric furnaces + pollution of boilers ...

Actually tanks not filling up with big energy consumption makes sense, and I fail to see how adding pumps helps there. Let's say that nuclear reaction starts when tanks are at 50%, and one reaction fills them by 80%. 50% + 80% = 130%, so they should be more then filled, right? Well, no, because if ...

Actually tanks not filling up with big energy consumption makes sense, and I fail to see how adding pumps helps there. Let's say that nuclear reaction starts when tanks are at 50%, and one reaction fills them by 80%. 50% + 80% = 130%, so they should be more then filled, right? Well, no, because if ...

Do your tanks fill up to the top without pumps?
Yes they do, so long as you draw much less power then reactors are producing, but they don't stay full all the time, they go back and forth between being full and half, as the fuel cycle goes.
I know those pressure issues when steam storage goes low ...

That one doesn't include a fuel throttling system, but mine does.
Why would you need that many combinators just for a fuel management system? :P
To account for everything that can go wrong.(Also space that is filled by combinators was wasted anyway)
It checks for 3 conditions before inserting ...

I like that design. Any chance for a blueprint string?
Yep, sorry I forgot to do it back then.

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So, after this change I rearranged my 4x4 nuclear design to use as little heat pipes as possible, gotta go with the times.

Though I got no idea how I would replace them as they get detonated in such remote places.

With roboports, no?

Reactor design has enough complexity as it is, with the need to carefully manage fuel rod input, transfer heat, supply sufficient water, and distribute steam.
None of that is complex.
manage fuel rod input
Approx 10 combinators.
transfer heat
Spam down heat pipes.
supply sufficient water ...

We can't barrel up steam anymore. Is this a bug or intended?