I was able to improve the storage.

By improving the corner-utilization, adding splitters for more storage and by using inserters to store additional items, I was able to squeeze in more than 100 additional items from 81354 to 81458.
The time to fill/empty the belt got reduced from 40-45 minutes to ...

This is really cool.

When you were designing this, why did you go with -2 as the magic number for your combinators? Did -1 not work because it caused some technical issue with the circuits, or did you choose -2 for some more abstract reason?


This has technical reasons.

-2 is the magic number ...

Usually when power gets low, it is too late to do something about it. So I created a system that warns me in advance about upcoming power shortages (the factory always grows, so the power consumption does also)
Blueprint: https://factorioprints.com/view/-OCT5nAnTZ8YcrUlTysQ

The idea is to measure ...

Thanks, currently I use it for global available item statistics and a simplistic LTN-like train-pull-system (single train for a group of products on a single channel). In my previous modded Space Exploration play-through I used this multiplexer to trigger item requests (with priorities) from other ...

I know, it has been done before, but this is my take on a signal multiplexer over Green wire.

It allows to send multiple independent signals in different channels over a single green wire by multiplexing.

The blueprint book contains all components to set up a multiplexer: https://factorioprints ...

The fill and empty speed depend on the distance to the first red belt from the start and from the end. Since these two distances are different, the times are different.
If I find a way to fill these 2x2 squares with additional belt storage, I will. :D Currently they are already packed with 5 or 6 ...

This is my attempt at a belt storage for space platforms.

Storage capacity: 81458 items
Area: 52x52 tiles
Density: 30.1 items per tile (=3.76 straight belts per tile)
Time to fill/empty the belt: 33-36 minutes (legendary inserters: 32 minutes)

BeltStorage.jpg

Blueprint: https://factorioprints ...

With the recent changes, you already introduced limits on the max input/output rate based on fullness ratio of the respective pipe segments.

Instead of extents with a size of 250x250, have you thought about adjusting the max input/output rate based on the size of a pipe segment in the following way ...

Regarding "Chart" vs "Map", even Factorio calls it "Map":
mapm.jpg
So the newly introduced description "Show in chart" seems inconsistent.

Regarding inserter speed:
Previously, when the factory is not 100% powered, inserters get slower and were no longer able to pick up moving items from a slow ...

When I started this Angels-Bob playthrough I had as rough idea: starter base 1 Science per second, main base: 10 Science per second, Endgame: 100 Science per second (~ 6000 SPM). Well, it ended differently.

After going through the starter phase, and building my main base, I wanted to design a robot ...

Thank you for resolving this problem so quickly.

In an Angel & Bob-modded game I created a pipe connection between two chemical plants with the expectation that the pipe transports the fluid from the output port of the first chemical plant into the input port of the second chemical plant. However the fluid disappears and does not even appear in ...

In certain configurations a combination of express splittrs can have reduced throughput. I verified that I can replicate this issue without mods.

As shown in the screenshot the throughput of the four belts is not 100%.
A measurement results in a throughput of about 150 items per second while I ...