If spawning and creating the surface takes quite a few operations, do you have the option of making the operation less "instant"?

For example, can you spawn a portal in a cosmetic "constructing" phase, then later a few ticks later (maybe 15) change its sprite to indicate to the user that it is ...

Average distance any item is transported in its lifetime.


This is a great one. It might be difficult to implement since the "life" of an item is difficult to define when it enters a stack. Maybe a way to implement this would be to measure the paths between the assemblers in a supply chain.

I am all about the data (and visualizing that data!) This is a great start.
While not directly related to efficiency, metrics on pollution would be a very useful addition to this suite of metrics.


This is a neat one. My initial impression is that it's difficult to expand on the existing ...

This is an idea thread for a mod project. It's open to thoughts or contributions from everyone.

The basic premise is that most people have only a few ways to "measure" their factory's operations. Usually it's SPM or rockets or some other item production rate. If you like building megabases, then ...

dog80 wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 6:33 am just a sidenote: then we also need a way to cancel all recipes with 1 action, instead of this mindless hundret times clicking to cancel all these single orders

This would also be a very easy mod to make. Please feel free to try it out! If you need any assistance, just ask in this thread.

Hello and congrats on your first mod project.

The API has methods for accessing the crafting queue. (TBH I have not used these myself though.)

Take a look at:
LuaControl

LuaControl.get_craftable_count
LuaControl.begin_crafting
LuaControl.cancel_crafting
LuaControl.crafting_queue_size ...

TL;DR
Construction bots should be in progressive tiers rather than as a single "blueprint everything" tier that radically alters gameplay upon achievement.

Why ?
Today, most players follow a fairly common practice in any playthrough: they rush a "bootstrap" base that gets them to robotics ...

I'd be very interested in seeing how my new Bullet Trains mod would work on your map.

BulletTrains (link)

It basically addresses some of the problems that you talked about in your post. I also find the default trains to be a bit too clunky.

The trains still wait, obviously, but the wait is ...

Makes trains into faster "bullet" trains. My first mod!

BulletTrains_0.1.0

Useful for debugging complex train networks. "Memoryless" operation: no lasting effects to saves when mod is enabled/disabled.

Makes three simple changes to locomotive and wagon prototypes:

* Trains move at roughly 8x ...

There is a neat (and fairly intuitive) solution to this problem that uses a small number of combinators.

I don't want to give it away entirely since I think part of the joy of this game is in using your own spatial reasoning to solve these logistical problems. However, I will say that you can solve ...

Whereabouts do I set the "train station" to send its cargo contents to the circuit network?

I have a "train stop" entity which has an option to send its contents to the train . But I assume that this is for sending information to the train to use in scheduling constraints, and not receiving ...