I think I have found a solution that still makes it possible to build different things in the assembler with just one combinator. The items in the assembler and inserter can be read out and added to the items from the chest. This means that the held items are not considered missing when they are in ...

I created another design that is exactly 96x96 and fits perfectly into the 32x32 chunk grid.
I used a cubic outer frame and a knot in the core where the tracks switch sides like a diverging diamond.

RHD variant
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Here some flat Y-junctions for the new rail geometry:
(While testing with the rail tester, I added curves to the top ends)

RHD variant
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Here some flat T-junctions for the new rail geometry fitting into a 32x32 chunk:

RHD variant
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LHD variant of a flat intersection fitting into a 32x32 chunk

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Here is a 3-way intersection which is compact (72x40) but requires 5 ramps. It's like half of the 4-way Cube intersection with some space optimizations.

LHD variant
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Bocian2 has published some of his ideas for elevated rail interchanges in this Reddit post .
I created blueprints for some of his Celtic Knot designs.

Celtic Knot (Variant A)

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Am I correct in understanding new fluid system?

1. Pipe segment has unlimited flowrate between its pieces/parts.

2. Pipe segment is a solid «web of pipes» in a 250×250 square. These 6 «pipe webs»: l, L, F, E, H, T — are 6 pipe segments, if they're not larger than 250×250 each.

3. Storage tanks ...

Why are there at least three pipe pumps sequentially between storage tanks?

Shouldn't the offshore pump pushing Lava provide all of the 'pressurization,' due to #416 changes, necessary for the fluid to reach Lava Fluid consumers?

Does the pipe pump no longer have a maximum flow rate?


It was ...

Uxi wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2024 11:42 am Has the max pumping rate of the Offshore Pump been increased from 1200 to like ~3000?
Otherwise I don't understand how the 4 pumps can supply enough water for that 2x4 Nuclear build.

Maybe it's a pump with highest quality as they have 150% additional throughput: 1200 (100%) + 1800 (150 %) = 3000.

One inherited problem involving non-deterministic recipes like those is that one of the outlets can become bottlenecked if consumption is not balanced. For example, solid fuel is the second most common material on average. Lightning rods absorb energy during the night into accumulators, Ice ...

Ignoring specific solutions for the moment, what do we want this table to look like? As an example take the following table which is nicely balanced, each solution is strong in one metric, weak in another and average in the remaining.
https://forums.factorio.com/download/file.php?id=33215
Now we ...

New tier of belt which would be able to stack items.
If only the stack belt is allowed to have stacks, then whenever items move to a single tile of a normal belt, all of the items would un-stack, which woulbe be quite annoying. ...
When items move from a tier 3 belt to a tier 1 belt this would be ...

hitzu wrote:Make chests 2x2. Not only this would increase the role of belts in the train stations, but also would make the perfect requester+provier+assembler setup not so perfect.

Because a chest can store more items than a train car, why not make a chest 6x1 or 3x2 like a train car.

[...]So we need an new recipe like "Bot upgrade process".
...and also a reliable method to grab all the low level bots from the network...
Yes, thats right. I think we could simply add a bot requester chest/tower with a filter condition for this tasks.
And with a definable number or connection to ...

Personally I'd like more complex bots, ...
Ich have an idea for more bot complexity .
If we look at the modules, then we see that manufacturing a Tier2 Module requires 4x Tier1 modules and a Tier3 module requires 5x Tier2 modules.
The same for belts. Red belts need yellow belts and blue belts need ...

I think that there is only one Way to get both factions satisfied: Make it an Option play robotfree Games.
"Robotfree" is only an option for very few people, because there are a lot of belt players like me, who wants to use robots, but only for repair or some occasional services. So the option ...

Someone out there has to have a few screenshots of a belts-only factory ...
Here my wait free belt based rocket production. Delivery at top, rocket launcher at bottom (belts are yellow). Its not completely bot free, because I use them for repair, but not for production.
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But then you don't get any further performance patches. And the mega base builders want to have such performance patches.

And whats with players that don't like solar power, artillery or other stuff. Should there not be also an option then to deactive this things too?
I think the game menu should not provide such options, that can be decided during the game by simply not using this things.