I was having this "issue" as well, with my thinking being that the setting didn't persist between loading/saving, but I couldn't replicate it. I never knew that "Alt" would turn these on and off in map view! :o And I can't see anywhere in the settings that suggests Alt does this,...

Yes, the action is related to the train you're currently driving. It has nothing to do with the train you have under the cursor. If you are driving no vehicle at all it does depend on the train you have under your cursor. The game doesn't seem to be able to tell the difference whether you are curre...

What did you do? Got close to a train that needed to be disconnected and tried to disconnect it. (Also tried to connect trains that weren't connected.) What happened? It didn't disconnect. Got a message: "Cannot disconnect rolling stock: not in rolling stock". Got out of Spidey, disconnect...

(suggestion for the developers) make a tier 2 tank. i personally would like there to be two cannon ammo slots so that i can switch back and forth. and if you want to take it all the way with a tier 3 tank, put an automatic gun along with the main gun that you are using. I think this is called Spide...

(Very) Nice idea, but how would it be supposed to handle the case where a new roboport joined together 2 existing named networks? And then what would happen when that same roboport was removed? I have a number of isolated networks for my artillery outposts, and knowing which network I was looking at...

You will find that you need less and less time the more often you try the same thing. Like in real life. Use blue prints (your own) and copy/paste. Spend time optimzing your designs and not reinventing the wheel. There is one time killer that is totally underestimated. Walking. Learn from the best ...

While you may be within rights if you are doing this project for your private enjoyment, but check the mod license carefully about how, what and where you can reuse code and assets, especially if you intend to republish to the mod portal. This mod has a pretty restricted license, AFAIK.

Posting your Factorio log might help with diagnosis.

OK, thanks.

If you go for 8 wagons, the acceleration will be noticeably slower with only 1 engine. You can add an additional engine (or 2) to significantly improve the acceleration. If you put them on the front, you'll need to completely redesign your train stops, as the train components are 7 tiles and will th...

Similar to https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=91871&p=523175&hilit=modded+equipment+grids#p523175 The large equipment grid of the Spidertron MK3 (for example) requires a left-to-right scrollbar, even though it should be able to scale to the screen size. 2021-03-19 20_30_27-...

OK, may not strictly meet the requirements of this subforum, but I wanted to share my recent early game rocket fuel build. It's fairly compact, perfect ratio (solid to rocket) and I've not seen anything else in this vein. Hope someone enjoys it. Compact-ish Rocket Fuel.png 0eNq1nd1uG0cWhN+F12Qw/d/tV...

It might help to enable the map feature that shows the machine recipe. And I think megabase is usually considered 1000 science per minute for 10 hours. But I'm sure that's open to interpretation!

You’re right, that could work in more than 85% of cases. And it seems to be simple to implement it as mod first. I agree that it would be OK for about 85% of cases. There are times when one wishes to filter a splitter with something like fish or decon planner to prevent anything going down one side...

Nice idea.

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Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:50 pm

Is there a way to get the rocket launch counter back?

There's a mod for that...

Being able to apply the splitter filter by lane would be another approach to solve the "only give me half the belt" problem. Not saying it's a good one...

And make sure you haven't disabled personal logistics (tick box at top of inventory screen.)

... man, it must suck if you need to cross the tracks when one of those behemoths passes. If that train is movin, anything that remotely touches it keels over, with that inertia. Where are those trains loaded? What kind of mines are they getting their ore from? Spidertron. :D "Train routing. I...

That's a very cool guess and I didn't think to look for it, but I did now and they're all pathable. edit: That said, perhaps the pathing engine can't figure out a path that requires switching to the reverse engine. Double-ended trains will only switch direction at stations, not at signals, not midw...