Automated Construction/Blueprints are a quite deep into the robotics tree. I agree on their usefulness during mid to late planning, but this is not available as soon as you enter a new world.
you're absolutly correct

just been playing my lategame factory for so long now (100+ hours) that I simply ...

as long as you do not have bots ready you can use ghostbuilding for planing

it's just a hunch but it maybe this way because of the positoning of the assemblers and inserters to eachother
I observed that insterters that are placed in the middle of an assembler are slightly faster because the distance is slightly shorter
I use a similar design that is just slightly different ...

I ran into similar problems first few times I played sandbox mode
I overcame the problem with an ancient technology, pen and paper to draw layouts and think ahead
if you are not quiet sure about decent spacing use a simple rule, use 10% more tiles than you think you might need

right now I use pen and paper but this sounds good

Nova wrote:You can create Roboports (4x4) in an assembler (3x3) and then store 5 per field in a chest (1x1, up to 48 fields as far as I know).

this makes my point even more evident

like the idea sllyfly

Neotix wrote:Looks pretty but is not efficient.

it's a game, one is not forced to be the most efficent
no offense

I like the idea, this would make small amounts of resources more attractive

thanks for the nice discourse
To avoid tl;dr I segmented my post chronologically referring to the order of the posts of you guys.

answering ssilk
I see your point ssilk, a train with five or more cars definitly looks nicer and more realistic and I agree to your point about loading/unloading so I'd ...

Night_Ange1 wrote: I was wondering what junctions people like.

I just answered this point

The topic speaks for itself, so no abstract needed.
There has been a similar thread before but that one was not well formulated.

I would like to present you some numbers and then speak of my suggestion because I think it makes more sense this way

advanced chest requires 1 tile, provides 48 slots ...

the circle can be smaller, even the smallest possible circle is capable of handling all eight directions

Nova wrote:A game without a need to learn the rules is always better than a game with this need - at least if everything else is equal.

couldn't disagree more
a game that doesn't require learning the rules and using a pen and some paper isn't worth playing, it's trivial and by that simply not entertaining

+1

Hello guys,
first I wanna say that this game is awesome, it sucked me right into it and I play as often as I can
I only been hooked on a game that much when FallOut 3 was released

nevertheless I do have some suggestions and maybe you'll like some of them
I did not check wether there are posts that ...

+1

that's obviously better, didn't think of that
started playing this game two weeks ago so I don't know all of the items and their respectiv pros and cons
but I will definitly consider that pump thing

@Nova
It is a way of saving up resources that you otherwise would need to invest in accumulators.
As those have an max output of 300 kW, which means that you might need a lot more accumulators to run lasser turrets then you'd need for only running the factory on solar.
When your low on resources ...

Hello guys,

here I have a conclusion to the question how to tell the energy network which source to take energy from.
After setting up my solar panels I noticed that at night my steam engines delivered the energy needed to keep my base running.
I searched for some option which might have given me ...

Hey guys,

my first post in this forum, although I've been playing factorio for quite a while now.
First of all I want to thank you Daniel.
You really made me laugh so hard, I almost peed my pants.
But I did not laugh at your base bulding style and skills, but about your trait of being a tremedously ...