Worker robot speed 3 requires utility science but does not depend on utility science.

Here is a 6 belt to 4/2 belt splitter balancer. 6-4-2_belt_split.2.gif 0eNqtXdtuG8cS/BWDz5Kzc+uZ8UN+5CAwKJm2CVAkQVI5CQz/+1lKJxFt70rVVXwKHElV0z07s7PVtb3fFnebx9X+sN6eFh++LT6tjveH9f603m0XHxb27rR7l3+L7+5Wm9O7u+Vmub1fHX477jfr0+rwfnGzWN/vtsfFh/98WxzXX7bLzRnj9Pd+Nf7x+CsP429slw/nf63+2h9Wx+Pt6bDcHve7w+n2jLn4...

This is what I've been using for my science sushi belt. Can't remember where I saw it.

(These GIFs don't look as good as the real thing.)

Very creative! +1

I misspoke, I should have said the bottom lane not mixing is not a problem because the upper lane fills the output belt.

This design works as long as the input belts are compressed and the input and output are the same speed.

ssilk wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:09 am

But that mixes just one lane. Not both. You see that clearly on the last pic, where only the upper belt is mixed.

The bottom lane is not mixed because the upper lane fills the output belt before it has a chance to be consumed.

dabalciunas, I think you are making an invalid assumption about these lane balancers. Although they have a splinter on the input they should only have one belt as input not two. Take a look at the designs by disentius in this https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=202&t=74911 for some two b...

deepdriller wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:08 pm

Alternative suggestion: Offer HSV alongside, not instead of, RGB.

Options are always better than replacing.

I'm confused. I thought trains would reroute if their path was blocked. In the screen shot below my work train is blocking the normal path out of the refueling stations but there are four bypasses that have stations that they could use.

I routinely abuse this. I will make a Train Fuel train. This train has two stations on its schedule : Train Fuel Pickup (where it does just that) and a number of Train Fuel Drop Off stations. Those Train Fuel Drop Off stations are only turned on when the fuel I’m using falls below a certain amount ...

I just tried some (that is no all) of Py mods and had a problem as I couldn't make red science (Automation science packs) because I didn't have any coke. With a little research I found that Py Coal changes the recipe for red science to require coke but doesn't give you a recipe for coke until after ...

Koub wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:39 am

It is shown when you mouse over :

Underground belt

2020-06-20 10_38_48-Factorio 0.18.29.jpg

Look closely at the hood, it is shown.

This also discusses lane balances:
viewtopic.php?f=202&t=74911

impetus maximus wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:03 am

i just load them with gravel or wood first then not worry about it.

I couldn't find a single person who wouldn't prefer that the temporary train station would put train in manual mode once reached! Developers please change this! In my eyes as moderator I don’t see that there isn’t “a single person”. There are quite mixed opinions about this topic and many dozens of...

Question from a non-modern: Is it possible to store extra data in entities you create? Can you get the current tick?

There’s also this thread: viewtopic.php?p=452645#p452645

The last lane balancer is pretty good.

Can we work on making the alien / survival dynamic a little more... deep? Like, I'd like to see other forms of life on the planet. Birds? Mammals? What do the bugs eat? DO they eat? Maybe there's some kind of earthquake activity, or volcanos, or I don't know, acid storms. I guess I'm just sad that ...

ssilk wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:31 am

Technically the game needs to add an angle for all items.

The item angle could be tied to the belt direction, so no extra memory needed.

bleistift2 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:16 am

I never knew burner inserters could feed themselves That adds some real usefulness to them!

This why many backup steam power units incorporate them, they will startup on their one once fuel is restored.