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by Tertius
Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:29 pm
Forum: Railway Setups
Topic: The unloved junctions
Replies: 4
Views: 3966

Re: The unloved junctions

See my answer as a compliment to your thread. Of course it's a kind of fun thread, but since this forum is really dead serious about Factorio, I dared not to answer the same way. I bet everyone who tinkered with the map editor made silly structures. You developed beautiful ornaments with tracks, I f...
by Tertius
Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:19 am
Forum: Railway Setups
Topic: The unloved junctions
Replies: 4
Views: 3966

Re: The unloved junctions

Isn't this your missing 6-way junction? Screenshot 2021-11-21 031602.png 0eNqtmt1O20AQhV8F7bWDdvZ/8xy9q1AVwAJXwaAk0CKUd68hLSTpBJ8ZfEnAHyez83PWuy/mcvnYPqy6fmPmL6a7uu/XZv79xay7m36xfP1s8/zQmrnpNu2daUy/uHv9abXolmbbmK6/bn+bOW0vGtP2m27Ttbvn3354/tE/3l22q+EP3p+8elw9tdezN0BjHu7XwzP3/es/GjjVusY8m/mMbAkD/rpbtV...
by Tertius
Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:31 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Unreachable items
Replies: 24
Views: 7035

Re: Unreachable items

The limited reach is the simulation of a person manually doing some stuff. He doesn't have arms with infinite length. You're encouraged to automate things (that's what Factorio is mainly about), so you don't need your arms that often. If you progress with the game and do more research, you find ghos...
by Tertius
Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: [photos] Factorio in real life
Replies: 152
Views: 318242

Re: [photos] Factorio in real life

A few comments: It's called "Bagger", not "Badger". It's pronounced in German exactly like the English "bugger". It's the German word for excavator, so in English it would be called "Excavator 293". The naming convention "Bagger 293" is probably an o...
by Tertius
Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: Disable always on top?
Replies: 10
Views: 3114

Re: Disable always on top?

Under Windows, if you sometimes need to interact with other apps on the desktop and sometimes not, you can switch Factorio with ALT-ENTER between fullscreen and windowed without needing to change the ingame settings. Windowed doesn't hide the Windows task bar, so it doesn't appear as "always on...
by Tertius
Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: First time using circuit network: making a "master" power switch
Replies: 12
Views: 5556

Re: First time using circuit network: making a "master" power switch

Since you can toggle a switch remotely and you are used to that, you could use (non constant) combinators that require power behind such a switch, to add a signal to the green wire. A regular combinator doesn't stop output signals if power is lost. It just stops operating and outputs the last set o...
by Tertius
Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: Combinator Creations
Topic: Belt saturation detector/counter
Replies: 30
Views: 11580

Re: Belt saturation detector/counter

@disentius this is a nice balancer, also does lane in addition to belt balancing. I always overlooked this one and thought it was inferior because it seems bloated, but with this example I realized the lane exchange actually does something: mixed with the original lanes, it "computes" the ...
by Tertius
Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:31 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: First time using circuit network: making a "master" power switch
Replies: 12
Views: 5556

Re: First time using circuit network: making a "master" power switch

I understand you need to toggle some circuit signal remotely and need to use a power switch for toggling, because a power switch can be toggled remotely, while a constant combinator cannot. You need to translate the "I have power" state into a circuit signal. This is a possible solution wi...
by Tertius
Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:13 am
Forum: Minor issues
Topic: [1.1.42] Repaired wrong fluid system disconnect in wallpaper
Replies: 4
Views: 1882

Re: [1.1.42] Repaired wrong fluid system disconnect in wallpaper

ps. It might have to do with the clone tool of the map editor. I can reproduce a situation where water doesn't flow through a visually intact pipe like this: - create such a setup: Screenshot 2021-11-08 025730.png - copy the items and place them elsewhere (force, so the offshore pump is left out): S...
by Tertius
Sun Nov 07, 2021 7:49 pm
Forum: Minor issues
Topic: [1.1.42] Repaired wrong fluid system disconnect in wallpaper
Replies: 4
Views: 1882

Re: [1.1.42] Repaired wrong fluid system disconnect in wallpaper

It does happen with vanilla, and is not connected with a mod. I don't have a mod installed, and it happens for me. However, it's not really an issue if this is only connected with one of the wallpapers. But what makes me wonder is that the message is shown after I loaded my savegame. Not while I was...
by Tertius
Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:20 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Caching for multiplayer map download
Replies: 41
Views: 11064

Re: Caching for multiplayer map download

How about incremental saves? If it's possible for the engine to mark a chunk as "modified" if there is a change in it, and the game saves the state of chunks independently, it might be possible to collect only changed chunks into a save. The first save contains contains everything. Subsequ...
by Tertius
Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Wiki Talk
Topic: Created a new article on my sandbox
Replies: 5
Views: 30010

Re: Created a new article on my sandbox

As far as I see it, don't ask but just go ahead and add it as article with a name you find appropriate. Make sure you also create links to the new article where they belong to, so people will find your information. Since you describe a general aspect of the game, I suggest you add the link as additi...
by Tertius
Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Maximum multiple calculation
Replies: 13
Views: 5400

Re: Maximum multiple calculation

... Replace that division by a loop that does subtraktion, and count the number of loop iterations. ... Would that mean, in the worst case of ingredient amount = 1 and 2.1 billion items in chest, that algo would loop 2.1 billion times? Yes. Hmm. A chest usually contains much less items, a few thous...
by Tertius
Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:06 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Maximum multiple calculation
Replies: 13
Views: 5400

Re: Least multiple calculation

Just to be 100% clear: I want the max amount of E, I can make, which is the minimum amongst the results of the divisions (quotients) for each ingredient item type. In other words ... the maximum is the minimum among the "maximums". (' updated the op.) To be honest, I don't really tried to...
by Tertius
Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:35 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Maximum multiple calculation
Replies: 13
Views: 5400

Re: Maximum multiple calculation

Your challenge is a division, then calculate the maximum of the signals from the result. You cannot do a division of n/m signals with one combinator, the same with calculating a maximum of n signals. It's extremely elaborate to build these operations. Replace that division by a loop that does subtra...
by Tertius
Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: Combinator Creations
Topic: Belt saturation detector/counter
Replies: 30
Views: 11580

Re: Belt saturation detector/counter

The solution is simple: don't require fully compressed belts. I actually developed the above examples for train unloading. Not specific for furnaces, but for everything. However, my main issue with unloading stations are uneven unload between belt lanes, not saturation. One lanes stalls, the other ...
by Tertius
Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:38 pm
Forum: Wiki Talk
Topic: Energy weapons damage (research)
Replies: 5
Views: 2656

Re: Energy weapons damage (research)

You found an error in the wiki. The wiki is not perfect. The reference is the game. If there is a mismatch between game data and wiki data, the game data is correct. The best thing would be to request an account for the wiki and correct such errors yourself. Fast and direct. That's the essence of a ...
by Tertius
Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 am
Forum: Combinator Creations
Topic: Belt saturation detector/counter
Replies: 30
Views: 11580

Re: Belt saturation detector/counter

--> I DON'T UNDERSTAND, why is there a pause in the second case (middle circuit)? just missing a belt of the same color? Logically, belt length should not affect it. What can't I see? This is an interesting thing. Perhaps a bug, but I didn't report it, because I'm quite certain such behavior was al...
by Tertius
Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: Combinator Creations
Topic: Belt saturation detector/counter
Replies: 30
Views: 11580

Re: Belt saturation detector/counter

A "Saturation detector" would detect if a belt is not full (i.e. has gaps) which means that the source cannot fill a complete belt (assuming that the sink wants to consume a full belt). If you just want to see if a belt is saturated or not, you can use a simple line of lamps: out.gif 0eNr...
by Tertius
Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:33 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Add large arithmetic/decider combinator
Replies: 6
Views: 1520

Re: Add large arithmetic/decider combinator

Thought about this, and it boils down to the ability to have an "Each" wildcard as right operand of the arithmetic combinator that uses a second input. Each as right operand: Behavior: Values for the right operand are taken from a second pair (red+green) of input (not currently present). R...

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