Im going to back all this up with a pic, you simply can not do something like in this picture below with a side by said rail system. A side by side without proper intersections will have at best a lop sided weird looking loop for intersections to allow traffic to go in any direction, it looks ugly ...

I can't help it, but laying down tracks without space in between them just looks ugly. :lol:


I think it looks the best... and also another reason why side-by-side tracks are, objectively, the msot efficient:



What I notice the most, is that it actually feels like a train network. There was ...

What I also see a lot of in a lot of YouTube Let's Plays, is reusing track for dual purposes. For example, at the base you have 5 different types of stuff being unloaded at 5 different stations, but then for some reason they all connect into the same network of track and literally share the track ...

What's so hard about that?
http://i.imgur.com/KCTCZhp.jpg

So, I was bored of the way everyone was making their rail networks. Tired of the loops, tired of the simple twin track farl layout.

How about the Bez Rail Layout?

http://i.imgur.com/SXxTV8t.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SXxTV8t.jpg

Simple rules:

a) trains on the right hand side
b) track is spaced ...

Yeah, it's kind of a little bit too scarce, in that I haven't found any. Like,I tested it, and was able to walk past 3 large iron deposits, 2 copper, a double coal, and not see any. Which is worrying, you are thinking, what if there isn't any? I think there should be at least a small one in your ...

Hey, I've just got to say, running Factorio 64bit, RSO latest version, peacemod latest version. I have a bit of a problem. No alien ore is spawning on the map. None. Is this a bug? I turn off RSO, alien ore appears, turn it on, nothing, all gone. New start as well. I go into editor, and I can ...