@Sedado: I had the same thought. The splitters on the edges could even be rotated which will give even more flexibility. but honestly, It's true that the current splitter allows for all kinds of constructions, with a little space and fantasy. So maybe, such a more flexible splitter would just take s...

My latest try on a compact red&green science factory. I think I could add at least one more assembly of each type, maybe two. And I should probably add a buffer storage for the science packs then.

I love how you do the battery production! This is really compact. both sulfuric acid extits are directly connected to the battery factories and even the small space between them is used. very nice! I really love these small production units. I never get these because I think I'll want everything to ...

It's a combined coal/solid diesel fuel driven steam locomotive with a built-in steam recycler, so it doesn't need to fill in water. ;) No, come on. It's a good thing that trains are available early. If you start with only a very small resource fields, you need to be able to bring in stuff from furth...

Hi guys I'm having trouble carrying around the oil by train. I have one receiving station at my factory and several provider stations at remote oil fields. There are several trains running to these oil fields. The problem I'm encountering is the following: The empty barrels have to get back to the p...

Good question. I was kind of disappointed when I realised that blueprints are not transfered from one game to another. There should be a blueprint-book where we can store them, so they are available in every world. And then, they should be stored in seperate files, so we can exchange them with other...

Make rocket production use light fuel and put them back into the blue sciencepack recipe. That way two types of oil are used for blue science. Heavy oil can then be used for lubricant and solid fuel. Batteries are needed in smaller quantities for accumulators and electric motors. Conversion recipes ...

I have a savegame that, if you load it, do nothing, save it under a different name and load that new savegame, the game will crash. If you put a higher filesize-limit for attachments in this forum or tell me an e-mail adress, I can send it to you. I have no idea what the cause is. I mean, the origin...

in my case, shift+building smart inserter didn't work at all. That means, the inserter didn't even get built. I simply set a filter for iron ore.

From what i gather, you need 3 techs. Oil Extraction (I think its called). This is useless by itself, but it will allow you to build oil Derricks. Liquid Logistics is also useless by itself, but gives you storage tanks (like a chest buffer) and super-duper-expensive steel barrels, and liquid pumps ...

For a start, a modular car, just like the modular armor, would be nice. You could insert stuff like: - Energy shields - Electricity generator (uses the car fuel) - Other generators used in armor - Laser defense - Machine gun - Rocket launcher - Speed module (makes the car faster) - Effectivity modul...

ah yeah, I tried that mode for a minute or so. It would be nicer if you could use your existing factory and prepare it for the challenge. So you don't have to build your factory under pressure, you just have to design it to be able to produce that output. It would be an excuse to expand your factory...

Hi! I know I can do that, but thanks for the hint! My point is, that conveyer belts should improve as the technology level rises, just as other means of transport do. I think they should still be a powerfull tool in the late game, because they are the most interesting one. I like it if there is more...

Most of the placeable items are bigger than the player character. However, the fact, that I am able to move these objects around easily, place them, remove them and place them somewhere else, ist one of the strong points of this game. Without the possibility to constantly redesign and optimize the f...

8. If you build storage chests, you get kind of a global pool of items, that can be dynamically distributed to where they are needed. That's great, but there should be a way to limit the storage and production of certain items. I don't want my storage to be filled with tons of speed modules that I ...

What about an interplanetary tradepost? You can build it and then, in combination with space rockets, you can send goods to your home planet to get money for it. There could be challenge missions, like: deliver 10000 cars in less than an hour. So you need to adapt your factory to be able to produce ...

Hi There After Playing for some time, I'd like to mention a few things that I have come across and that should be changed imho. 1. Transport belts are the most interesting feature of the game, but in mid-game they are made unattractive by the introduction of logistic robots. I think the logistic rob...

Hi there I experienced game crashes in both challenge campaigns (tight spot and belt madness) when I right-clicked an item on the map. On the belt madness map it was one of the chests. On the tight spot, it was a furnace. Im running the latest osx version. Here's the crash report for the furnace cas...