From what I see you currently have different design rules and systems throughout your factory and are just about to think about how you layout your factory in a coherent way. So think about how you want to layout the main bus, if you want any at all, that is. Well, I had a preliminary idea of what ...

Cottages!!! Sorry, I couldn't resist :). On a more serious note: I like how easy roundabouts are to set up, and with chain signals (and especially the fact the curves don't slow down a train as in RL) they seem pretty efficient, and they are easy to upgrade to 4-way junctions if you start out with ...

I absolutely detest the way DF handlers z levels. Outside or in caves with multiple z levels it is simply impossible to see where your army / the enemy is, since you can only see a single z level at a time. There are some modes that show lower z levels as well, but that is a hack at best and doesn't...

+1, I think this belongs in the vanilla game. You can see whether assemblers and especially chemical plants are working, but it is really hard to tell without zooming in. If a specific indicator light is added, maybe it should be added to the info layer that shows the recipe? You can either add a ga...

Let me share some of my screenshots. I'm still quite early game (only just got roboports), but it might be nice for discussion. I like the 13 width rule, as it is very compact and gives nice design challenges while allowing for simply modules to not take too much room. I allow mixing production modu...

I read through the pages of this discussion, but I might well have missed something so sorry if I'm repeating things. I think that: 1) Trains should kill 2) Players should be able to mitigate the risk of getting killed 3) These options should tie into existing structures where possible. My suggestio...

For inspiration, here is a picture of a derailed train hitting a store that was located just at the end of the line: http://www.mp-produktie.nl/Images%20Ongevallen/2010-07-25%20Ongeval%20SLijptrein%20Stavoren%20(1).jpg (The train came from the left, failed to stop at the end of the track, and crashe...

Nice idea, very cool to really modularize the design like this. I understand the thinking on the steel, it is a pain that each furnace stocks 100 plates, and you often need like 9 furnaces (1 steel / sec) to run something on full production, so that would be an enormous amount of steel furnaces taki...

I also found the default game to be too easy, not giving real reason to use outposts and not having any combat challenge. My previous game used the RSO (and FARL), which I think really adds something to the game. I'm currently playing with natural evolution (and supreme warfare), and I got creamed t...

Inspired by some of the other threads, I wanted to venture into self-contained production units. An ideal production unit, in my eyes: - Uses only raw materials (iron/copper/coal and fluids/gas) - Uses belts only for the input and output, ie where feasible intermediate products are directly fed into...

I think cargo wagons should be kept as is, it would be a lot of hassle to send trains back to the plant for rearranging them.

Disassembling locomotives on picking them up would be strange as nothing behaves that way, but I agree that otherwise it could be quite tedious...

What about making spawners upgrade, e.g. a tier one spawner turns into a tier 2 spawner and so on. You could even make it that they only ever upgrade, so new spawners are tier 1 and existing spawners upgrade to tier 2-3-4. The core of a base (nest?) would then be tier 4 spawners, radiating outward t...

It bothers me that you can carry a complete train or tank in your pocket and just pop it out when you need it. Also, the little train icon when dropping a locomotive on the ground is strange compared to the size of the actual thing. (and the idea of a train wagon full of locomotives or a car trunk f...

Sorry for posting a dupe. I checked the "frequent suggestions" post and did a forum search for trash, and neither gave a (quick) result...

I guess it was too obvious

I thought it would be interesting (and logistically challenging) to add a "trash" category of items, i.e. items that are produced by workshops that you don't want but need to get rid of to allow the work to continue. For example: - smelting could produce "tailings". waste rock, t...

First time I finished the game, second serious factory. Gallery: http://imgur.com/a/msejo (main base), http://imgur.com/a/Le0kX (outpost and blueprints), http://imgur.com/JnZLfkz (oil outpost) [(how) can you add images to an existing album in imgur?] Main mods: RSO, ScienceCostTweaker, FARL, Foreman...

The tile is called stone-path, not -brick. Though the game really shouldn't crash like that, you should report a bug about that. Cool, thanks. I figured it was my own fault by meddling with the internals, but I'll submit a report. Thanks again! @Smarty Thanks :). I'll post some screenies when I fin...

Thanks again for helping. Placing the concrete worked perfectly. Interestingly, after removing some concrete that I didn't want, it removed the nearby water as well. I also wanted to place some stone bricks, but I get segfaults when I try either script.on_event(0, function(event) if event.tick % 10 ...

Cool! I haven't played with lua yet, so this is a nice starter.

I'll sacrifice a chest of prime solar panels to placate Ford (or Armok )

Thanks!

I've been going OCD on paving my base, paving everything with concrete and using brick paving to mark roads. I think the result is quite pretty: http://i.imgur.com/jpDjLyR.png However, it really bothers me that I can't do anything with the waterfronts, as there are quite a couple of lakes in my base...