Timer circuits can be built with the circuit system provided in game

I saw that. Or rather, I saw this one https://wiki.factorio.com/File:Timer.png . Something about it seemed off. It seems too quick, it's clearly not outputting seconds and I would hate to build my circuit clock wrong and the ...

It is even more likely, since it's only 27 crafting cycles with the built in 50% productivity.

"Products finished" includes productivity extras

I'd rephrase it to "unlikely, but quite possible"


That productivity bonus is already included in Muche's calculation. ;)

But yeah, that's ...

- quality boiler, nuclear reactor, and turbines are not more efficient. Just consumes more with same ratio (Always better to just build more )


That's the whole point, no?
Quality production machines (assemblers, plants, chambers...) and ALSO ENERGY production units like solar ...

Can anyone tell me if these demolishers are resistant to the stun effects of the Tesla turrets?


I just went to test for you. They do take damage from tesla guns, but if there is any stun/slowdown effect, i wasnt able to see it. Its definitly not useful to kill them.


They isn't any stun ...

I'm wondering about my science output. I produce at least 75 science packs per minute of each type on Nauvis, plus a little bit more for those from the other planets. So for any research I should be able to at most consume 75 per minute on the long run.

I have lots of biolabs, each equipped with ...

Another alternative: you could do it with some circuitry as long as you don't load one item into several carriages.

Read out the content of the train and substract that from a constant value you defined as a target value. Use the result as both the stack size and the activation condition of the ...

No, they were an essential part of e.g. rails.

That sounds like you're building a monolith and just try to run as many parallel instances of it as possible. Which doesn't work if you have shared ressource like the importing station.

As a software architect myself I don't like using monoliths but like to split up the whole software as well my ...

Well, it seems the picture is missing...

Well, it depends... is it very early in the game where you really struggle with all kind of ressources? Here you should be frugal.

In the middle phase of the game you can afford some slack - don't bother with small power poles, for example, to simplify your inventory and logistics. Just build one ...

My only annoyance is that I have two islands close enough that I can connect them with a single logistic network (barely) but it makes a U shape and bots die outside the lightning protection.

So it would be nice to be able to (research) oil pylons for the lightning rods only.

But I get what the ...

I also use barrelled sulfuric acid to deliver it to Fulgora. There I only need it to build higher quality blue circuits from split up high quality red and green circuits. So for that little sulfuric acid needed I don't really bother with setting up a whole production chain there.

So the role of ...

For me it depends.

If I have an existing ore smelting included in my main base, I won't bother to replace it. I already have the coal supply as fuel, and the time to redesign everything to get basically the same result is not worth it.

If I somehow build something new, I'd rather go for electrical ...

Ah, thanks - the bane of copying something in preparation and forgetting it.

I wondered - what happens if eggs spoil in space? Will a new critter hatch and cause havoc? Or will it try to take the first breath, just to find out that there's nothing to breathe? Has anyone tried to send eggs to space platforms yet?

I mean it sounds really cruel to let a biter hatch, just to ...

Someone mentioned the funny theory that the engineer is actually some crazy super soldier sent away to crash land in the middle of nowhere to save humanity. We're talking about someone who can carry insane loads without being hindered, fires a submachine gun with crazy precision and somehow manages ...

My train system on Nauvis consists of general purpose trains which will drive to any loading station if they are empty and chose a target station based on their content. I have stations for iron ore, iron plates, copper ore, stone, coal, rocket fuel and uranium.

In case the trains are fully loaded ...

Even if you have now 800 bug reports the quality of the release is not that of your typical AAA game out there. It's a lot better than that. I assume you put a few quality modules in your software factory? :D

And I agree, automated testing will reduce bugs a lot and prevent problems. We use it for ...

Ah, you're right. I misremembered that.

I tried to use such an inventory filter in an asteroid collector to prevent the clogging of it with asteroids of one type, but it didn't work. I guess I'll need to keep on throwing the surplus asteroids out.

In Pre-Space Age, you could filter inventory spots e.g. in train wagons or chests for specific items by simply middle clicking on it.

This doesn't work anymore. Is this feature gone completely, or did I just miss it in the configuration? I don't see anything fitting in the keybindings at least...