I just dont like bots but thats just my personal prederence. As for belts you sir are correct.

Thats pretty much the layout i was using. And with pump its super efficient.

See URL: Two Basic Belts are cheaper than one Fast: Total cost of two Basic transport belt: 6 iron plates. Total cost of one Fast transport belt: 11.5 iron plates. And for express belts we are at 31.5! I But they are only 2.5 times faster then basic. "What" you would say. "They are 3...

Buffering like this works only up to a point where you have so many furnaces that they will flood your express belt to max. capacity.

Looks neat altought more so for late game.

Well in that state I often use just double belts ( https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Transport_belts/Optimizing#Double_Belts ) . They are so cheap and from view of thruput nothing can be compared with them. Well if I'm using express belts (blue ones) then it doesnt really help does i...

Yeah but the problem is that getting to that oil takes some time and starting games over and over is tidious

ssilk wrote:Well, I tell you what: I play mostly without any shoes.

(Neither on my feet, nor in game.)

Outstanding!

Actualy i like that logic. Further out = more dangerois enviroment.

But for editor; wouldnt it be better to make it that once you put player entity down it marks that spot as 0,0?

After 0.9: I still use a full productivity tier 3 setup for special cases, like alien science packs. Tier 1 Effectivity mods for most low-key productions. I tend to use a combo of all three mods on the high priority stuff, like advanced circuits late game. 1 Effectivity, 1-2 Speed, 1-2 Productivity...

I was using mostly speedmodules, but since .9 version i dont know yet what to use really.

Well to be perfectly honest I'm playing mostly without enemies because i just like constructing factory itself.

Just two dudes running around, would be enough for ton more fun. Imagine not to worry about fighting biters because your partner would do that... etc

Just have it in research somewhere. I like to have tighter factories so I have to defend smaller area and this would help, because you simple save space with one splitter being able to do different than 1:1. ps: I was also going around this with inserters taking some of the goods from belt directly ...

Well burner tech is something i replace ten minutes into a game so...

Happend to me with blue one (express) others seems to work nicely.

ssilk wrote:The chests for the copper wires are needed, because otherwise the inserters can't use their stack bonus. Or fill directly from assembly to assembly. Everything else is not needed.

AHA so inserters can use that stack bonus upgrade only when pulling from chest or assembly machine?

Well I guess enemy Richness sets how good enemies are gonna be. Higher you go, more big biters and worms are there.

PS: one tree, two TREES.

In my experience so far it seems that the number of boilers is about 1.3x more than number of steam engines to be able to keep water at 100° even when at 100% load.

And of course only two pumps for one pipe and max about 16 engines for one pipe.

1) I'm pretty positive that it's like you described.

As for 3) im actually wondering that myself. I've so far never gotten to the stage i would need that same as for whole "flying" robots things.