Can I suggest the 'wood to landfill' mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/wood-to-landfill
Saves a lot of mucking about.

Well you can turn of your personal bots.
Otherwise maybe use a blueprint they can't build yet - like use level 3 assemblers, blue belts etc and use an up(down)grade planner when you want them to build?

Personally I find TinyStart ideal for this without being op - and it's configurable up to 2 Mk2 roboports.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/TinyStart

Hi Guys, I've been slow coming to this debate because I love Factorio but wanted to think about what I enjoy least in playing, or which bores me, and how I'd like Factorio2 to be different. Tl;dr Exploration & Evaluation - The greener offspring of Factorio meets Subnautica / No Mans' Sky. This i...

Mod to get rid of cutscene and allow, e.g, Tiny Start to work: "No Freeplay Cutscene"
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/NoFreeplayCutscene

I like the idea of putting defenses on the path where the biters go... which means paying attention and being able to identify the paths used by the biters... Ah ha! Data! I <3 data! Show me the data! :lol: Wouldn't it be cool to have a mod that traced all the biter tracks through your base? A map ...

I've been meaning to say for a long time: The Factorio forums are (almost) always really pleasant place to be, both devs and players are interested, polite and helpful. I know we're small (atm) but it still stands out. I have to brace myself before reading, let alone posting, on MC, Elite or KSP for...

I'd like to recommend video gamer Tuplex for a press pass but your pedantic form won't let me as I don't have an e-mail for him :( As good as Tuplex is, his channel is Factorio oriented. I believe they are looking for channels that can bring potential new players. Ah thanks, I hadn't really appreci...

I'd like to recommend video gamer Tuplex for a press pass but your pedantic form won't let me as I don't have an e-mail for him

I really like the transformer idea to impose the sort of discipline / 'realism' I had in mind. I can understand why the idea of over-power events causing damage would not be widely popular ;) Since we don't have transformers yet and I can't work out any vanilla circuit network way of monitoring and ...

Thanks for the interest and replies guys (and sorry to OP for hijacking a bit). 'Oxygen Not Included' (currently being youtubed by veteran Factorio player Tuplex while he waits for 1.0) has a simplified and very much smaller implementation of limitations. https://oxygennotincluded.gamepedia.com/Guid...

I think you're conflating transmission networks with distribution networks.

See, for example wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrica ... nglish.svg

TL/DR; There are lots of mods that play with power generation (most overpowered), but I'm hoping that Factorio 1.1 might update the power distribution system. [Selectively copied from General forum since the idea is apparently not 'fun'] It seems silly to me to have GW of power going down a single t...

Obviously not a popular suggestion here, and in danger of getting too far from OP. Will shut up now and look at suggestions thread.

There are lots of mods that play with power generation (most overpowered), but I'm hoping that Factorio 1.1 might update the power distribution system . Never gonna happen. Electrical system is heavily ups-optimized. And such a change would turn every factory currently in existance into garbage, fo...

There are lots of mods that play with power generation (most overpowered), but I'm hoping that Factorio 1.1 might update the power distribution system . It seems silly to me to have GW of power going down a single thin copper string on a wood pole. If the power lines had a range of max throughputs ...

I guess I just like the idea of having to plan and upgrade a proper power grid in the transition from startup - mid - end - megabase. The trade-off between robust/redundant grids and their logic vs brittle but cheap appeals to me. Maybe as a compromise the poles could take steady damage if their wir...

There are lots of mods that play with power generation (most overpowered), but I'm hoping that Factorio 1.1 might update the power distribution system . It seems silly to me to have GW of power going down a single thin copper string on a wood pole. If the power lines had a range of max throughputs i...

I suggest you try out 2 mods; TinyStart and Mining Drones. The first is especially helpful at the very beginning if you have lots of trees and rock and helps out until you research bots for yourself. The 2nd is really useful early game as it deals well with ores that are v close or intermingled and ...

I tend to watch vids for inspiration (eg Tuplex) and then experiment. Just to add that, for those starting out who wish to learn by trying, the 'Bottleneck' QOL mod is a great help; its functionality should long have been part of core game.