Cool, thanks. That idea was sufficient cause to go ahead with a rebuild/reconfiguration of my oil production.

Here is a screenshot of my Petroleum gas storage with nine inputs and five outputs: ng in-out 2.jpg It works well enough. Although the volume in the tanks with outputs tend to be 7-8k less than the ones with inputs. It just strikes me that there must be a better way, but I'll be damned if I can figu...

Yeah, it does work that way. If you aren't seeing that behavior you might have separate zones.

LocknRol wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:36 pm

Got it! I ****ing got it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... ey_script/

Cool. Auto Hot Key has fixed a lot of things.

A quick Google found this:

https://github.com/mirkow/factoriomousecontrol

I make no claims to how well, or if it even works.

Actually, thinking about it some more, based on what you said... shouldn't the signals next to the green Ts I've inserted also be changed to regular instead of chain signals? "no chain signals for merging" ... So, basically -- the only time you want a chain signal is when you are crossing ...

Ah, okay. Cool. Thanks.

Okay, I just want to make sure I understand this. If you make the signal changes indicated by Loewchen, that makes the T slightly faster why? Fewer recalculations due to fewer chain signals?

Hmm, okay. Guess it is time to do some updates...

And as to whether this T or the circle has a higher throughput? No difference?

Hmm, it is a blueprint I've had a long time. But looking at it with a signal in my hand:


All the cross or merge points are separate blocks, isn't that what you want?

4. Twice, in about 250 hours of play, in a high traffic area (15+ trains using one intersection), I managed to deadlock trains in the circle - 4 trains using the circle, and none of them able to exit. I still don't understand why, changing one train to manual and driving it out of the circle cleare...

Loewchen wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:07 pm

There is no difference at all. There is no point in splitting this block because no possible train path could occupy only one of the now two blocks.

That's what I was thinking, but I couldn't manage to convince myself I was right. Thanks.

Is there going to be any noticeable difference in the throughput of these intersections?

Ah... although off point of the question I asked -- I managed to find a simpler more direct fix, at least for the short term. Since my green circuit area is being feed 16 blue belts of copper (and iron) I can simply duplicate my smelting area allowing it to feed the green circuit production directly...

Hi. I've been slowly working on expanding a base. It has reached a "medium" size. I have separate areas for copper, iron, green and red circuit production. My off-site copper smelting (there is also some smelting directly adjacent to the base) is currently producing 16 blue belts worth of ...

Ojelle wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:55 am

You guys forgot the Golden rule

"Everything takes longer then expected"

I thought the golden rule was, "More, Faster".

Derp. Sorry about that. Should have known better than to suggest (without testing) a setup I wasn't extremely familiar with. That's the thing about rail signalling, even when you've played for thousands of hours you can still mess it up...

Yeah, obviously the game is not being consistent there for some reason, try adding signals on both sides of the track or backtrack to the next signal which likely is only on a single side.

Something like this:

Well, trains can go both ways, you just need engines at either end facing opposite directions. Are you getting a "No Path" from the engine? If so, assuming no signaling, you have a break in the track somewhere. Otherwise either there is a break in the track or the signaling is busted. If y...