Stand next to it and hit Enter. That's the same for every vehicle, also the train. Tanks are hella fun, but if you want to do some serious damage to alien colonies, you want to get the (max) power armor 2, load it up with shields and go to town with your flamethrower. Gotta love the smell of napalm ...

Tanks work the same as the car, meaning you can drive them, mount weapons on them, etc.
You can however not control multiple tanks. That would be more something for a real time strategy game.
If you want an entire tank division, you need to get your friends in a multiplayer game.

Good day Factoneers, Done with all the achievements? Here's another challenge for ya! Finish the game and launch your rocket without using any transporter belts, underground belts, or even splitters. That's right, you gotta do it all with your logistic bots! You get 40 to start with, a nice set of r...

(If I'm correct, Bagel's examples are that of a 'British traffic direction'. (...) Looking back at your images, it's immediately clear that those trains drive on the right side... I have no idea why I thought they were traveling left.. My brain must have worked the other way round that day. :oops:

Good luck PopBob!
Once your trains start doing what you want, they're a lot of fun to mess around with.

Ehhhh I'd avoid single tracks until you understand signalling because you definitely want to use chain signals for that... Also it's awful for throughput when used over long distances. (...) I agree that it's not for late game, however I think that many players, especially the newer ones and the ca...

Yes, I agree with Deadly Bagel and his examples are excellent, however he might have given the impression that you need double tracks, but this also works for a single track setup. Single tracks are just a lot less forgiving and flexible when working with multiple trains. Luckily a single track setu...

Stone is tricky to get right when generating a map. It needs a decent size to show up, and often the spread is ridiculous low. Usually I generate it with the same settings as other ores, or even higher when my other ores are at a low setting. Same thing goes for oil. Make sure you generate enough of...

kinnom wrote:What hotkey have you set for removing wires?

Hotkey for removing wires?
Aha!
Realm174 probably accidentally pressed that one while replacing the chest.

I have never used RSO, but can't you just edit the map and add those initial resources before staring the game?

Really? A single wagon can hold 10000 crude oil, and a small pump can only do 30/sec, or 0.18 wagons per minute. Yea, pumps seem to be the bottlenecks, that's why I don't use them in my oil pipes. At least, not for transport purposes. I just let the oil flow freely. The pipes seem large enough not ...

Hmm not sure which other way to do it.. I clicked on top of the provider chest with the steel chests. It replaced the chest, but did not put back the circuit wire. What other way should I have done it? That is absolutely the correct method. Honestly, I have no idea why it didn't work if you replace...

kinnom wrote:the vein in the top left looks promising

You're right! Actually, now that I've put my glasses on, I think I see several iron ore patches in that starting area. Small ones, but still.
Isn't there one directly to the bottom right of your base?
Use the belts Luke!

Yeap, what Aober93 said. Usually there's more iron ore in your starting area, so you seem to have had a bit of bad luck when generating this map. There has to be more iron close by. Grab some belts, some drills and some power lines and get your exploration on. 8-) btw, the Alt-button gives you a nic...

Very true. Getting enough oil to the base is what I'm currently stuck on.
So much so that I've stopped using trains and started piping it in.
That does require me to conquer and build walls around huge amounts of land, but the supply is more reliable than with trains.
Sofar.

I blame the Wiki. It's horrible explaining trains and even refers to another game if you want to find out what the signals do. Aober93 summed it up pretty good, but didn't specify what each signal does: The block signal only looks at the block ahead. If there's a train in that block, it will stay re...

One rocket per minute (...) significantly increased my design/planning skills in the game. Indeed! My old base with its tight setup is now basically just the production facility to make the huge base needed for the rocket challenge. I get what you said about storage, but I don't really agree. I thi...

It should have worked. A circuit wire does not break if you directly (fast) replace a chest.
That means you used the wrong method while thinking you did it right, and that means you will probably have the same problem next time.
Just sayin'....

Is the 1 Rocket Per Minute challenge described somewhere? I'm curious what the 'rules' are, especially when it comes to storage. Things tend to get a LOT easier when I let my fluids flow for a couple minutes before starting the launches.. I assume that storage, for any item or fluid, is a no-no for ...

No bots, no solar, no modules.... wow, you're in for a world of hurt my friend. :mrgreen: As it happens, I'm currently playing a map that has SO much resources, I decided to give the 1RPM a shot. I haven't got any numbers, but all I can say is that I had to triple or quadruple my usual setup to even...