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by Green Cat
Tue Sep 09, 2025 6:25 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: New building: Train depo for automating
Replies: 2
Views: 161

New building: Train depo for automating

... work on their own.

Automation. Everything via circuits and logistic signals. Because this is exactly the ideea, to automate.

One of the new ... fit it. Plus we can use it as a "buffer" in case trains can't find the path (ideea is to not block the rail). You want to send 1 single item from one ...
by Sir_AL
Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:49 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Both trains have no path even though im using rail signals
Replies: 2
Views: 490

Re: Both trains have no path even though im using rail signals

... 1 less then that count. There are ways around this limit using waiting stations and/or interrupts though.

To check if there is an issue with the path place a train on the track and get in it. Then open the map and hold CTRL over the track. This should show a highlighted path if the train can get ...
by Jap2.0
Fri Aug 08, 2025 5:32 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Both trains have no path even though im using rail signals
Replies: 2
Views: 490

Re: Both trains have no path even though im using rail signals

If you click on either of the locomotives, you'll notice that the next stop is highlighted red, and if you hover over it it says "no stops with this name exist". It looks like either you renamed a train stop, or you moved/replaced it (resulting in a new randomly-generated name).
by ArguedBinkie
Thu Aug 07, 2025 2:55 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Both trains have no path even though im using rail signals
Replies: 2
Views: 490

Both trains have no path even though im using rail signals

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by kingkj52
Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:12 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [2.0.60] Crashing on Startup
Replies: 4
Views: 998

Re: [2.0.60] Crashing on Startup

... beginning of the line indicate a comment. Comment lines are ignored.
[path]
read-data=__PATH__system-read-data__
write-data=__PATH__system-write ... braking-distance=never

; Options: always, debug, never
; show-train-signals=never

; Options: always, debug, never
; show-train-repathing=never ...
by JacksonStarbringer
Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:46 am
Forum: Not a bug
Topic: [2.0.55] Incorrect Train Icon Showing (No Path instead of Waiting for Destination (Zzz))
Replies: 2
Views: 328

[2.0.55] Incorrect Train Icon Showing (No Path instead of Waiting for Destination (Zzz))

... displays and gives out the global (universal?) symbol signifying the "No Path" error. As soon as the destination station opens up, the train loses the ... shows closest station only, but there are other stations in the network that give the same problem, as indicated by the multiple No Path signals)
by mmmPI
Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:05 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Why no faster trains?
Replies: 11
Views: 2013

Re: Why no faster trains?


I don't think trains need to find the optimal path every frame.
At the very least I've seen trains take some questionable routes in a large train ... they will have to "share" and will eventually spread out evenly if the signals are also somewhat spread out evenly. You can even calculate which is ...
by McDougla
Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:59 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Wired Parking lot and train pathing
Replies: 5
Views: 681

Re: Wired Parking lot and train pathing

... main line, if ANY train leaves the stacker, the train waiting will re-path and pick one of the open spots. I'm not sure what is causing this. I'll ... be really lucky and haven't had it happen yet.

You are right about the signals, I will definitely optimize that area...

Thanks for the response, I ...
by Tertius
Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:37 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Wired Parking lot and train pathing
Replies: 5
Views: 681

Re: Wired Parking lot and train pathing

... material. I also investigated how to micro manage (circuit-control) signals for traffic control at input and output to maximize input and output.

My observations (or better: "don't do's") were:

Your problem can only be solved if the train is able to fully proceed to the lane it is pathing to ...
by McDougla
Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:49 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Wired Parking lot and train pathing
Replies: 5
Views: 681

Wired Parking lot and train pathing

... and when a train is in the block that reads the chain signal, the repath happens.
I was reading the wiki that they recently changed some things ... each with 4 slots(0-3).
if the first slot(0) is NOT full
send the signals of each line(0.A-L) to the entrance signal
if it is full, don't pass ...
by coffee-factorio
Fri Jun 20, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Why no faster trains?
Replies: 11
Views: 2013

Re: Why no faster trains?



1)One of the "problem" with trains is that they require "pathfinding" which from what i understand is a "costly-one-time-request-that-need-to-finish ... a route technically the only thing it needs to be doing is looking for signals.

The issue is well known, getting it to run as well as it does in this ...
by WanderingEngineer
Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:12 am
Forum: Resolved Problems and Bugs
Topic: [Twinsen][2.0.47] Copy tool allows remote blueprint items to be transferred to inventory
Replies: 1
Views: 1656

[Twinsen][2.0.47] Copy tool allows remote blueprint items to be transferred to inventory

... Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe"
0.002 Config path: C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/Factorio/config/config.ini
0.002 Read ... processes available raw materials.
Chain the red and green signals between each Crusher, and add a green wire from each input inserter to ...
by Zomis
Wed May 14, 2025 10:42 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Allow pipette of any applicable LuaGuiElement
Replies: 4
Views: 490

Re: Allow pipette of any applicable LuaGuiElement

... of a hack , but it's a hack worth making in my opinion. When the sprite path begins with "item/", or "fluid/", etc. then you DO know which the ... utility mods are using sprite-buttons with items, fluids and/or virtual signals.

It's really easy to figure out based on the sprite path if it is ...
by FactorioBot
Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:44 am
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 2.0.46
Replies: 45
Views: 22201

Version 2.0.46

... visibility and looks of Fulgora cliffs.
Added graphics for frozen stone path.
Changed the north edge of all pipe graphics to include an arch to ... 127058)
Fixed that reading orbital requests would generate negative signals in some cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/121003)
Fixed that ...
by ShadowTheThird
Fri Apr 04, 2025 5:02 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Stopped trains effect on train stop selection
Replies: 3
Views: 450

Re: Stopped trains effect on train stop selection

... IIRC). Trains do not change which stop they are bound for when they repath along the way, and they do not take into account path penalties like stopped trains or red signals.

An easy way to create the behavior you want is to use a simple combinator to set the stop priority to 50 - number of trains ...
by robot256
Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:19 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Stopped trains effect on train stop selection
Replies: 3
Views: 450

Re: Stopped trains effect on train stop selection

... IIRC). Trains do not change which stop they are bound for when they repath along the way, and they do not take into account path penalties like stopped trains or red signals.

An easy way to create the behavior you want is to use a simple combinator to set the stop priority to 50 - number of trains ...
by alliephante
Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: Railway Setups
Topic: [Space age] Logistic train without mods, pure vanilla - One train group to rule them all
Replies: 18
Views: 33869

Re: [Space age] Logistic train without mods, pure vanilla - One train group to rule them all

... and gets passed the random signal, it very frequently will generate "No path" notifications. If it gets assigned a random item that has no open ... requests (radar in my case), then the selector is either not sending signals, or only ever sending signals that do have an outstanding request ...
by Hares
Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:49 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: [2.0.34+] Export all in-game alerts as virtual signals
Replies: 0
Views: 251

[2.0.34+] Export all in-game alerts as virtual signals

TL;DR
All in-game alerts should be exposed as virtual signals.

What?

Minimalistic approach: Export only signals currenrtly-existing as alerts ... storage (yellow chest)
Train out of fuel (red canister)
Train no path (orange question mark with arrows)
Collector path blocked (red claw ...
by mmmPI
Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:31 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Looking for advice on my city block setup
Replies: 1
Views: 3045

Re: Looking for advice on my city block setup

City blocks are ""best avoided"" because they complicate a lot the pathfinding for trains, which very often end up the limiting factor on (mega) base ... can deadlock and just from the picture it's difficult to be 100% sure with bridges that all chain signals are properly placed, but it seem like it ^^
by Amarula
Thu Dec 26, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: [Solved] Struggeling with train signals
Replies: 11
Views: 1526

Re: Struggeling with train signals

... If you prefer to continue with the challenge...

Trains can only pass signals on the right side of the track, so for a bi-directional track EVERY ... one way track which will cause trains going the opposite way to show No Path.

Without recreating your tracks, I think putting pairs of signals at the ...

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