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xiutanke wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2026 8:27 am at the end of the day, Factorio players just love creating their own problems and then solving them.

And we love Factorio for giving us so many tools to do both of these things! <3

boskid wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2026 10:38 am the heating mechanics tips skip trigger require travel to aquilo

Thank you!

Oh you could have so much fun with this! Hmm perhaps the place for a mod?

So would it work to have an interrupt that says if I have cargo and if I am at the station to unload that cargo, then unload that cargo?

+1 Right next to the current 'drop to planet' button, lots of room for a 'travel to platform' button.

Just checked and my tank is working normally when I say drive remotely. Are you using mods?

A space platform is 'smart' enough not to export items to a planet where it is importing that item from that planet, even if the import is zero. What if landing pads and rocket silos on a surface got the same smarts? So if a landing pad is requesting an item, even if it is zero of that item, none of ...

I really like the idea of treating freshness like quality, allowing it to be filtered or selected anywhere you can filter or select items.

It may be for mods where fuel may have a by product, for example in Nullius a hydrogen fuel cell produces a water cartridge when it is used up.

TL;DR
The ability to use the circuit network to control the mode of operation, and for universal mode, the channel that a radar is using to send and receive information.


What?
Using the circuit network to control the radar channel to allow a single radar to scan multiple channels.

Why ...

Sweet! I had started looking at one radar channel per planet/platform, and concluded that would only work if you could use the circuit network to set the radar channel. Using bitmaps to identify the planet, and making all the platforms interchangeable... genius as usual! Thanks for sharing

+1

The only other thing I can think that might be related, I do have nuclear power researched so I do have heat pipes.

When I look at the tech tree, it says I have to research Gleba to unlock the heating tower, and I haven't done that yet
The only planet research I have done is Fulgora.

1. What did you do?
Finished first planetary research, for Fulgora. Clicked on tips and tricks Fulgora briefing.

2. What happened?
Subtopic for heating showed up, with Aquilo mechanics... it showed Aquilo with frozen buildings but did not mention Aquilo.

3. What did you expect to happen instead ...

TL;DR
An option in the set research queue to stop research (remove the tech from the queue) based on a given condition.


What?
Currently, if you set research, that research continues if you turn off setting the research via the lab, and it also continues if it is the last option in the list ...

Thank you Tertius for sharing another great combinator. I keep an eye out for your creations, they are the best inspiration for my own contraptions.
I guess it is time for a whole new combinator cookbook taking advantage of the new ELSE feature!

+1
To me it would be logical to clear a construction request immediately on being satisfied. I ask for 200 foundation, they arrive, done, removed from request queue. If I make another construction request, it is a new request, not an update to the old one.

I agree, it just seems more intuitive, the faster you go, the more damage you (should) take up to maximum damage.