Optimised beacon update times which helps especially when the power is not full and it fluctuates. So is this what's causing my beacons to consume all of the power even when there are no modules in them? They always used to be stationary and not consume power when there were no modules. Now my base...

Yes. It is not usually necessary to do that with my build, but he has to do that because mods. Hadn't noticed you'd updated your design again. I think I'm using 2.1 but it could be any of 2.x. In fact, I think I'd just got everything full set up the way I like it when you released the first solar p...

If you are unable to isolate the solar generators from the factory network, you're never going to be able to create a backup power supply that only feeds the nuclear generators. But with a plant that large I suspect you have a bit of a megacomplex going. I suggest using a chemical backup plant in t...

Simplest solution: A small group of solar collectors to restore power (or a 1.8MW single boiler duals steam engine chemical power plant, but you'll need to keep a fuel supply stocked for longer blackouts), a small group of batteries, and a S/R latch that disconnects the nuclear powerplant from the ...

Hi all, I've got a large nuclear power station on one network, a small accumulator bank on one network and I've got the rest of my base, including a huge accumulator bank, on another network. I'm trying to get the power station to always store some backup power in the small accu. bank so that it can...

Rseding91 wrote:Beacons were changed to always run in 0.15.14.

Then perhaps changing your wording in the changelog would be suitable. It simply says "optimised beacons". Not "made beacons always run so as to use less resources".

Before 0.15.14, beacons would consume power only if they had modules installed. As of 0.15.15 (probably happened in 0.15.14 but was at work when both versions were released so just went straight to 0.15.15), my empty beacons are now consuming power. Their animation is also running all of the time, a...

Optimised beacon update times which helps especially when the power is not full and it fluctuates. So is this what's causing my beacons to consume all of the power even when there are no modules in them? They always used to be stationary and not consume power when there were no modules. Now my base...

Optimised beacon update times which helps especially when the power is not full and it fluctuates. So is this what's causing my beacons to consume all of the power even when there are no modules in them? They always used to be stationary and not consume power when there were no modules. Now my base...

The CRC time is spent saving electric network info last-value from each electric network that exists in the game. Because you're using a mod that makes a ton of isolated electric networks that means it spends a ton of time going over all the different networks. Looking at it as well, Factorissimo a...

Now that's weird. I did try disabling all mods except Factorissimo and the mod that added the faster belts when I messed with your old save, and the CRC went down from 10ms to ~0.5 ms, so I thought Factorissimo couldn't be causing all those CRC checks. Interesting. The faster belts is just Bob's Lo...

I have info to add: My friend and I were working on the server to sort out the factory buildings and transition them to chests, however, ended up deciding that we would just build a large layout furnace setup in the open world. Since 0.15.13 just came out, I updated several mods and decided that Fac...

Is there a video tutorial of exactly how to use this mod that shows off all features? I've searched Youtube but can only find people display vanilla train stops with "smart" circuitry. Also, is there any real use to this mod other than dynamically refueling? I use electricly powered locos...

Is there a video tutorial of exactly how to use this mod that shows off all features? I've searched Youtube but can only find people display vanilla train stops with "smart" circuitry. Also, is there any real use to this mod other than dynamically refueling? I use electricly powered locos,...

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Had any luck figuring this out?

u sure v2 is working? added fuel, robots waited then on nothing inserts. Switch that combinator that outputs A at "1" to "on", then break it. And make sure you've got logistics bots in that network. New design looks good, Distelzombie. I'll update my setup now. EDIT: Mophydeen, ...

I wasnt joking when I said it is impossible. It took me nine! tries to build one that works as good as before 0.15.11 It is very complicated now. Well I'm using two of your "old" style setups for now. Two separate banks of 8 reactors. I'm not happy that I can't use reactors as I want to -...

Heat pipes seem to consume an awfull lot of heat to heat up. They have an awfully high capacitance. The pro side is that you can use heat pipes as heat capacitors and only occasionally turn on your reactor to get them reheated. The con side is that turning on the reactor takes a long time to heat u...

-snip- Additionaly there is a loader re-write in the works that is slightly better, but loaders where never designed to work with trains so lots of loaders and lots of trains is still a bad combination. Sounds useful. Is there a better loaders mod around (that I can hack green and purple versions i...

It is impossible. Look at this! https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=47556&p=275659#p275562 https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=47556&p=275659#p275659 Damn it! I'm really NOT impressed with the vanilla implementation of nuclear. It sounded really good - an...