The more I think about this, the more I think that if mixed quality inputs are allowed, then the assemblers must be able to make multiple quality ingredients at the same time, otherwise factories would bottleneck over time: Imagine a blue chip line, fed by mostly common green chips, but occasionally...

1/ productivity-quality exploit. During development there was an option for any quality recipe where a base rolled quality was lowest quality of provided ingredients. There was however exploit when using productivity modules: a machine could be fed normal quality ingredients that would "charge...

Yes please, using fake constant combinator variables is a pain

But if it would also have to consider the input qualities to determine an average quality then things get complex for every single item that is crafted. Every single time it would have to calculate a new probability depending on the combination of ingredient quality, further deluded by the quality ...

I just wanted to suggest something similar, glad I searched for it first. My motivation came when I saw that if I put quality modules into my copper cable production, it clogs up the Green Circuit production, because the GC assembler can't accept quality cables, and I need quality iron plates to use...

hansjoachim wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:47 pm Why have you placed chainsignals? You don't need any of them.

chain signals can make trains repath, that why we put chain signals at the entry of Stackers

I ran into the exact same issue when I was sending signals by hand, which turned off the transmitter stations for longer periods of time, but I am now turning off the transmitter station for a single tick only, and that seems to help a ton. Since both the transmitter and receiver stations are named ...

...the states where the trains is not in the station is limited to last only 3 ticks else you have to manually reset a train ( opening the gui) , or use a clock Ahhh, so thats why I had trouble with manually sending data at the start! I solved that part by a clock pulsing the receiver stations off ...

oh, I didnt know that

Why wouldnt it work with unconnected stations, though?

Uses trains parked at receiver stations to send data, it is not a system with trains going in a loop to send data, the trains never move. The concept is based on a reddit post I saw a few days ago. See reddit post for more info and a short demo vid: https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/c6dk3a/...

The problem to overcome I think would be to make sure trains that started slowing down for the intersection, but the circuit controlled light turned back green would not break the intersection due to that train arriving earlier than expected. Not sure I understand you correctly. The circuit network...

The problem to overcome I think would be to make sure trains that started slowing down for the intersection, but the circuit controlled light turned back green would not break the intersection due to that train arriving earlier than expected.

- How should I connect my huge train stations of my main base to this 4-way intersection? I think the safest way by far is to have one (or more) of the exits of an intersection be used for the train stops, allowing no through traffic. - How should I design the rail tracks between two of those 4-way...

The "I don't know what to call this - Mk. 1" This is somewhat of a roundabout while somewhat not. Trains can only go straight and right, but can turn around after the intersection, so a right turn can either be straight, then right or right, then straight. I have no idea if this will dead...

And oh boy, did those fixes pay off, both the MKII and the MKIII are among the top designs so far, great job! :) Yes! My life is complete :D The only thing I did was to lengthen a few of the output buffers that were a few pixels too short: too-short.png Crap. Noobie mistake. but I'm wondering, does...

I will not allow this kind of optimization as I feel that A) fixing train size is too limiting, and B) I'd have to redo all tests for the comparisons to be fair. Fair enough. Well, then, here are my "fixes" for that: The Mk II: https://pastebin.com/qFmsfJRW Same size, but has more than on...

So, I've done a bit of testing with the Pasta because I was dissatisfied with the 66 / 73 throughput values, and found that it can actually do up to 83 / 85. The problem is the exit of the intersection. With leaving a train's length after the exit, trains follow very far behind each other, limiting ...

Pasta :D I'm kinda surprised by the Braid's performance, in the controlled test it got backed up. And yes, the controlled test is not really representative of a "real-life" scenario. As for the buffer signalling, what governs where you put the extra signals? Oh, and I think the Braid shoul...

Allright, I've completed the automated setup, and run some tests on the Windcross version. Six tests to be precise, all the same (set 1), each averaged over the course of 5 minutes. My numbers: 57.6, 57.6, 60, 61.6, 58.8 and 56.6 There is a difference of 5 trains a minute between the highest and low...

Hmm, interesting... I did my testing manually, I got the train counters, add the results onto the power poles, start the spawners (via changing all 4 triggerers to automatic), wait till all input lanes are backed up (so I have trains that already have crossed the intersection but not yet counted whe...