After playing 0.17 a bit more and thinking about it some, I believe it would make sense, and would be reasonable to revert the action of shift right clicking an item in your inventory to the first open and unreserved quickbar slot. Currently there is no other functionality for that action and I can ...

Drag and drop items onto the quickbar.

...This really wasn't much of an issue in previous versions as I recall being able to shift click (or some combination of keys and clicks) to easily send items into my quickbar...
Good point, I had forgotten about that since I didn't use that capability often. But yeah, the interaction between ...

cybersteel8 wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:05 am GAFAM is an acronym for the five most popular U.S. tech stocks: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.

Huh, didn't know that one. Knew FANG -- Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google

Well, there was never a hot key to do it before, so it is not surprising there isn't one now. It is just that before the quickbar slots were also inventory slots, and now they aren't. It would seem what you really want is for the quickbar to automatically set any item you pickup into the first ...

ROFL. I'm guessing it isn't supposed to take two hours. Although it makes it tempting to give it a try...

avaspell wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:22 am - I can't seem to find a way to add an item to my quickbar filter through my inventory.

You mean other than taking an item in your inventory and clicking it onto the quickbar?

1) you can't select a blueprint in a blueprint book anymore (new game without any blueprint research if that makes a difference). You used to be able to shift and scroll to select the active blueprint in a book. Now you can't.
If accurate, that will be quite annoying -- shift scrolling through a ...

Man, it was weird to start a game and not immediately make a pick...

The other thing which has not been mentioned is -- are the refineries running? ie.. is the problem a shortage of oil supply?

FatMcK wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:53 pm Titanium smelting?

In the pictures of the blueprint libraries are several blueprints called "Titanium smelting". Could this be a hint for a new resource for 1.17?

I assume it is just from a game with Bob's...

But again, those belt turns are identical on both sides of the rail -- so why would there be such a noticeable difference?

Hmm, I can't visualize why that means the right side would load faster. Aren't items being provided in the same fashion to the preferred location on both sides of the rail? And shouldn't the smart loader clamp down on these issues?

This is totally a matter of curiosity, not a problem.

I know you can get uneven loading from inserters due to things like arm swing time next to curved belt and other variables. Could someone explain to me what the factor is in the setup below. Both sides of the station are using a smart loader ...

The radar produces power...?

I remember someone managed to wire up a solution to this where a walking path had gates which would not open unless the train traffic had been stopped. I looked around some to try to find it but was unsuccessful.

On my current "big" base, the turret damage bonus is +240%, the ammo is +320%, + 150% shooting speed -- laser damage is +720%, speed is +220%.

astroshak wrote: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:55 pm For the hassle, turrets are stronger than laser turrets.

They are? Personally, I never touched normal turrets once I had laser turret production...

Mr. Tact wrote: Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:59 pm 7.2m Iron Ore an hour for 1,000 SPM sounds a bit light, I'm burning through 4.0 m Iron Ore an hour already.

Going back and looking at my base, I have been working to expand my solar farm recently, so that might account for the difference...

My main base is currently at about 450-500 SPM and I only use beacons here and there. I have them on the

oil production (at both the main base and at the plastic production outpost)
furnaces at my plate and green circuit production outposts
blue circuit production (at both the main base and at the ...