Apologies for not including the version, I'll keep that in mind for any future posts.

I completely missed the tooltip! I did notice the greyed out 0 and thought that was part of the problem/bug.

It sounds like it's intended to prevent requests of multiple qualities which is surprising to me. Use ...

What did you do?
* I set a logistics request for Solar Panels > Normal

What happened?
* No objects were delivered to the chest

What did you expect to happen instead? It might be obvious to you, but do it anyway!
* I expected the Uncommon and Rare Solar Panels in a nearby Active Provider chest to ...

I've struggled so hard with ghosts over the years that I can't even explain how excited I am about these new changes. I can do with or without the shimmer effect if that's what some people are bothered by, but please.. do not change course on the tint and making ghosting more clear (like you plainly ...

It's a shame they wasted development time for such a "feature" but if it's really optional then all is good.


You have like 50 more FFFs before you should make that call. I expect this is foundational to a lot of the new stuff going into the expansion.

Do you choose between a slower space ...

Keep in mind those boxes are drawn on every possible path even when there are junctions within: they will be drawn on multiple paths.

In general there are 2 types of ideas for this: easy ones that only depend on current position (which is known, including number from beginning of the train) and ...

TL;DR
Color the last guide box showing train length when placing signals or stations.
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What ?
You can define "Train visualization length" which is helpful. However, the last marker should stand out from the rest to allow an at-a-glance visualization if ...

Thanks for this!

I don't know how people are supposed to manage large bases without a tracker tool like this. It's invaluable to catch and work through problems where cargo doesn't get fully unloaded and then has a domino effect of problems.

This excellent write-up https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=193&t=14556 and detailing my problem in the forum post got me thinking more clearly. I think I have it working as desired now although my questions about the counter remain.

The counters working allows me to do what I want, but I ...

I've started to dabble with the circuit network and combinators and am having trouble wrapping my head around a few things. After much searching online I found some examples to help get me to a starting point but I'm having trouble putting things together.

I have a series of Arithmetic and Decider ...