As a quick fix just do a mod that increase all Lightning Collector buffer to 2.5 GJ that would not affect much normal one anyway.


I thought about doing a mod. But maintaining mods can become pretty exhausting. I'm not a very consistent factorio player, there are times where i play a lot and ...

I think that i would probably set the normal ones capacity to 400MJ, and the legendary ones to 2500MJ. That would exactly have the constant storage ~ range^2 relation that i suggested.

It also fits well because 400MJ is exactly the amount of energy that normal collectors get from each lightning ...

quality doesn't increase their internal buffer or it does but not enough ?


It doesn't increase it at all


That indeed is a problem but call it a "scam" is too much.


Yes i agree. It was based on the then-hypothesis that legendary lightning collectors cost way more but are worse than normal ...

You replaced how many normal collectors with how many legendary ones?

I don't know the original normal collector count anymore, so i need to estimate. I think that i replaced 407 normal collectors with 51 legendary ones.

However i can tell you the exact amount of normal accumulators i replaced ...

I don't think this is ever the case at all.

What shall i say?
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The increase at about 28 happened when i replaced my normal with legendary accumulators. The decrease at about 15 happened when i replaced my normal collectors with legendary collectors.


If there's charge in any ...

TL;DR
Rebalance quality Lightning Collector attribute scaling


What?
The critical attributes whose quality value scalings need to be rebalanced are:

Range
Energy Capacity


I don't want to make a definitive commitment about the amount. That's something that can be discussed, but is ...

Sometimes it's more worth it to put quality modules into the building rather than productivity modules.
I created another graph, this time a 3D graph, to determine when that's the case.
Can be found here:
https://www.desmos.com/3d/ulryaowhw4

I'm very much against utilitarianism. To quote Richard Feynman:
"Physics is like intercourse: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it"
He didn't say intercourse, but you know what he meant xD

It's not a niche thing. It took a lot of work to come up with the correct ...

What is "Smart Upcycling"?

"Smart Upcycling" describes the following process:

You take a recipe that can be crafted with productivity. Ideally it's a recipe that can reach 300% productivity (maximum possible, with a couple exceptions). You then craft the recipe with as much productivity as ...

I finally got to play some factorio today, even though it's way too late for me to be awake xD I wish i had more time for myself

That's really interesting, because artificial and overgrowth soil can only be crafted on Gleba. You have to import biter eggs to Gleba to fertlize your farms with that ...

I'm sorry if my comment offended you and I apologize. I was just surprised how there was such a thorough research about a thing I never even noticed, and I was curious what's it about.


That's what i tried to say, you didn't offend me and i don't want to be perceived as being defensive. Just ...

Stupid question: why is this relevant and worth researching?

As far as I understand, this recipe is meant for just for a few crafts (20-30?) for cold starting a stopped factory, so any kind of boost or efficiency isn't relevant. Afterwards the vastly more efficient "nutrients from bioflux" and ...

Depending on what exactly you want to discuss about them, that could fit in balancing, ideas & suggestions, or gameplay help. If it doesn't fit in any of those, then yeah, general discussion would be the best place. Ultimately, if it's interesting the right people will find it :).

There is also a ...

Hello there :)

Is there a dedicated Subforum for discussing Game Mechanics? The best i could find is "General Discussion", maybe that's my bad because that seems not very specific and Game Mechanics Topics could easily get lost.
If there really is no such Subforum, then i would kindly like to ...

Hello fellow factorio engineers :D

This topic is about the "Nutrient from Spoilage" recipe which turns spoilage into 50% spoiled Nutrients.
This recipe can either be crafted in an assembling machine or in a biochamber.
The caveat is that the biochamber has an innate productivity boost, but it also ...

I fully agree with the problem, but a hidden bar for each recipe does sound like a hell. My solution would be to add a "Read productivity bar progress" option and/or a checkbox for switching the recipe only if productivity bar progress is lower than productivity bonus given per craft. Ideally, it ...

If it feels punishing to use your brain, use it some more and set the switching to happen only when enough cycles has be produced to gain the extra product. Should be possible with some more circuit magic. I don't know exacly how mind you, but I sure it's possible.


"
Solving no Task will ...

Also i've had an additional thought here. What about introducing an alternative cost for automatically switching recipes? Like an electricity cost.


Oooh like when a roboport needs to recharge after a black out? That would make for some interesting builds!
I think you can leave the suggestion ...

If it feels punishing to use your brain, use it some more and set the switching to happen only when enough cycles has be produced to gain the extra product. Should be possible with some more circuit magic. I don't know exacly how mind you, but I sure it's possible.


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Solving no Task will grant ...

I am also unsure what you are referring to with `binary tree approach`.

I mean the approach to check every possible layout.
I call it the "binary tree" approach because that's what it builds. For every possible beacon to place, the final result either has this beacon placed or it doesn't. So it ...