You have the model right, and I have tried to launch it after restarting my computer. It runs fine and doesn't crash anymore. I wonder what happens while the computer's booted to just start crashing like that?

So, minus the OP stuff in Bob's, the main reasons why they shouldn't be integrated is that they are too difficult and complicated for beginner/inexperienced players and are so massive they would be difficult to implement, and therefore it would be easier on everybody if this wasn't put into the base ...

Good point.

Merged with island spawn topic --daniel34

The chances of this happening are probably astronomical, but still, this shouldn't happen.

When I try to run Factorio with Bob's Mods the game crashes in about 3 minutes, regardless of what I do. It didn't use to do this and I don't know what happened in the last week to make it crash. It's crashed about three times since I have launched it and it crashes before I have a chance to disable ...

How does an electronic circuit flow directionally on an iron plate with some copper wire strewn across its surface?? Iron is a conductive metal!
How does an advanced circuit work with two 'electronic circuits' and some plastic? Is the plastic supposed to insulate the circuits from each other? Is it ...

I think that Bob's and Angel's mods add so much realism, logistics, and industry to the game that their concepts should be incorporated into the Factorio base game. Angel's mods improve smelting and ore refining so dramatically and make them so much more realistic, and then Bob's Mods add industry ...