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by NineNine
Mon Apr 28, 2025 7:25 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: How to get copper on space platform?
Replies: 4
Views: 1084

Re: How to get copper on space platform?

You English is very good!

You can obviously ship either copper or bullets directly to the platform, which most people have to do until they get to research that allows them to do this: https://wiki.factorio.com/Metallic_asteroid_chunk#Alternative_recipes

[A tip] But, if you haven't reached that ...
by NineNine
Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:27 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: To suck or blow? How to clean the inside of your Factorio rig?
Replies: 14
Views: 3389

Re: To suck or blow? How to clean the inside of your Factorio rig?

I used to maintain PC's in pet stores. They were regular PC's, so they didn't have fancy "gaming computer" cases. As a result, these computers would get filled with very thick layers of dust and pet hair. Sometimes it was so thick that I could peel off large pieces of dust and hair with my fingers ...
by NineNine
Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:30 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: To suck or blow? How to clean the inside of your Factorio rig?
Replies: 14
Views: 3389

To suck or blow? How to clean the inside of your Factorio rig?

I inadvertently started a debate in another thread about vacuuming vs blowing the insides of our computers clean... So, what do you prefer? Sucking or blowing, and why?
by NineNine
Sun Apr 27, 2025 2:47 am
Forum: Off topic
Topic: To suck or blow? How to clean the inside of your Factorio rig?
Replies: 14
Views: 3389

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?



Thanks for the link, but that's not a primary source. I have yet to find a reliable source that what you're saying is true. Why wouldn't the plastic nozzle of an air blowing thing not produce the same amount of static electricity? I do have a basic knowledge of physics, and I can't figure out ...
by NineNine
Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:58 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: To suck or blow? How to clean the inside of your Factorio rig?
Replies: 14
Views: 3389

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?



I haven't seen this problem happen since I swapped out my graphics card 9 days ago. I'm going to chalk this particular problem up to hardware. Thanks for the help!

Very glad to hear!

And for the record, I will still argue that a vacuum is better... You have the same amount of static ...
by NineNine
Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:01 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?
Replies: 15
Views: 1559

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?

I haven't seen this problem happen since I swapped out my graphics card 9 days ago. I'm going to chalk this particular problem up to hardware. Thanks for the help!

And for the record, I will still argue that a vacuum is better... You have the same amount of static electricity as blown air, but ...
by NineNine
Sat Apr 26, 2025 1:57 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: I went back to 1.1
Replies: 26
Views: 4072

Re: I went back to 1.1

I have to say, that I don't know of a single other commercial game that lets people keep and play all previous versions of the game. That's so awesome.
by NineNine
Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:07 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Foundry logic for railgun shells
Replies: 15
Views: 1788

Re: Foundry logic for railgun shells



Too much how? I could fit 4 of these on my larger platforms!
Also, standard rockets work for early end game, but later on, you definitely want red if you're going to get anywhere near the shattered planet. You don't need the extra explosive force of the yellow rockets, because you have updated ...
by NineNine
Wed Apr 23, 2025 7:54 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Foundry logic for railgun shells
Replies: 15
Views: 1788

Re: Foundry logic for railgun shells




...It's so depressing, if I compare this mess with the beautiful 4 foundry layout where you just connect some output with some input, no storage tanks, no trash handling, just input ingredients and output products.


04-22-2025, 20-58-52.png
350 MW. Fusion power recommended.



That's a ...
by NineNine
Wed Apr 23, 2025 5:02 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Foundry logic for railgun shells
Replies: 15
Views: 1788

Re: Foundry logic for railgun shells


...It's so depressing, if I compare this mess with the beautiful 4 foundry layout where you just connect some output with some input, no storage tanks, no trash handling, just input ingredients and output products.


04-22-2025, 20-58-52.png
350 MW. Fusion power recommended.



That's a nice ...
by NineNine
Sat Apr 19, 2025 6:57 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Train delivery to defensive lines
Replies: 9
Views: 1502

Re: Train delivery to defensive lines



And the blueprint might as well be in Chinesse ASCII xD When I said I had absolutely no understanding of logic circuit I really meant that

For guides/tutorials about the circuit network, see the wiki:
https://wiki.factorio.com/Circuit_network

and:
https://wiki.factorio.com/Tutorial:Circuit ...
by NineNine
Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:52 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?
Replies: 15
Views: 1559

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?

I've been running this software + hardware combo for a few years without any problems, so I would be surprised if there was a software issue, especially after finding those errors that seem to point to a hardware problem. Luckily, I had an extra video card laying around (Radeon RX 6600), so I ...
by NineNine
Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:45 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?
Replies: 15
Views: 1559

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?


Never seen those errors before! It looks like a GPU driver issue/crash; whether this is due to a Hardware issue is something you would need to determine. It does not look like a PCIE disconnect/reconnect - you would probably experience a total system power-reset - so I don’t think re-seating the ...
by NineNine
Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:41 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?
Replies: 15
Views: 1559

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?


5.15 kernel doesn't sound like most recent Linux Mint. Please show result of the following command:

inxi -Fm

Install inxi package if it throws error.


There's an active 5.15.x kernel track and a 6.8.x kernel track, and I use the more conservative one. The 5.15.x kernel is supported through ...
by NineNine
Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:40 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?
Replies: 15
Views: 1559

Re: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?

Thanks for the suggestion! I found this in /var/log/syslog. My guess is that I need to get a new graphics card (or at least re-seat my existing one). I have to wonder if my biggest platform made it melt a little bit...?

Apr 16 16:41:04 Moby kernel: [33151.327338] [drm:amdgpu_dm_commit_planes ...
by NineNine
Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:34 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 2.0.45
Replies: 227
Views: 66313

Re: Version 2.0.45

I'd just like to add that since these "achievements" are both arbitrary and imaginary, I'm happy to send out "achievements" to anybody requesting them. Just tell me which one you'd like, and I'll send you the little image. You can frame it and put it on your wall and tell all of your visitors how ...
by NineNine
Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:18 am
Forum: This Forum
Topic: Not automatically subscribed to new topics?
Replies: 4
Views: 904

Re: Not automatically subscribed to new topics?

It looks like this setting does exactly what I wanted: it automatically subscribes the user when they post a new topic. Thanks for the help!

(The board software should be more consistent with its language... "notify the user" = "subscribe")
by NineNine
Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:13 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?
Replies: 15
Views: 1559

How to diagnose desktop crash (Mint)?

A few times now, when I'm looking at something in the game where there's a lot going on (biggest platform on its way to shattered planet), my entire OS has completely crashed. It looks like my desktop (Cinnamon) dies, because I get a login box (but I can't actually log in). There are no Factorio ...
by NineNine
Mon Apr 07, 2025 9:35 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Is the recycler honest?
Replies: 6
Views: 927

Re: Is the recycler honest?

I'm (very) late game, and in trying to create Legendary versions of almost everything, I'm running into instances where a single chest (all 48 slots) feeding an assembler of some kind does sometimes run out of one kind of material if it's being fed by a recycler. Even in that case, I'm relatively ...
by NineNine
Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:58 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Severe lack of explanations in game!
Replies: 21
Views: 2928

Re: Severe lack of explanations in game!

The base game has good documentation. The (excellent) demo walks you through all of the basic mechanics of the game, and then there is in-game help for the rest of it.

There's not a ton of explicit in-game instructions for SA, but SA is an add-on that can only be played if you already own the base ...

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