I haven't checked what he built exactly, but if you don't have two signals somewhere making a track two-way you get a "no path" error. Either in or out depending on which one is missing. The part about the chain signal is true. And he does use multiple trains per station. When I know that'...

Signals also indicate direction. At the beginning of the station rail piece where trains can go both ways place two signals exactly opposite each other. Then on the one-way track a signal on either side. EDIT: with multiple trains going to one station you need a chain signal before the merge/split s...

There is a day night cycle you know. That's pretty obvious with everything getting darker and lights turning on When you first get solar panels you can't entirely rely on them but they have priority over steam power. That means less pollution and less coal consumption. After you have set up oil proc...

Laie wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:23 pm

I'm loath to plant more furnaces and string more coal belts to feed them

If you have the coal it's not a problem. Doesn't even more belts. Just upgrade to red belt and you can feed 67 boilers.

I tend to build 4 x 20 boilers for 144 MW eventually

Eh? Personal roboports have a limited range.

This isn't just needed for power production. The rounding is bad in general. For example things are listed as 1.8K / min rather than showing the exact amount. This is bad when testing if builds produce as much as they theoretically could. Even small things can make a noticeable difference there.

so I'm not sure why so many people think pushing the limits is the true end-game? Yeah it's a somewhat silly obsession that can distract from the game and from having fun. Performance is important, but people do a lot of premature optimization. They will tell you do not do this and that and worry a...

So it's possible to use nuclear fuel inefficiently With Kovarex enrichment it's really not an issue and you can just let reactors run all the time. A single centrifuge can run around 52 reactors while using a minuscule amount of uranium: https://kirkmcdonald.github.io/calc.html#data=1-0-0&cp=3&...

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/rocket-silo-stats
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SchallSatelliteController

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/MapView_NoBlackLines

I have no idea why that is a thing in the game. It doesn't serve any purpose and looks terrible

I remember that this caused strange stuff, like that the end of the belt should not be built under an inserter-input, but one tile before, because otherwise the two items on ground could never been picked up by inserters A while ago I watched a YT video where someone showed off his very first base....

Yeah, there are very few instances where a petroleum backup causes issues. Maybe if you need lots of lubricant for express belts, but aren't doing science. Otherwise just have one or two tanks for each product and then control pumps based on the content. Outside of mods there is really little reason...

There is a mod or two used by streamers to have brighter nights. I can't remember what it's called though

The car is pretty squishy, but has enough firepower against small bases. Otherwise what works very well is turret creep. Place down a few turrets and then put ammo into them. They deal with the biters rushing towards you. Then you move forward and place a second row of turrets and get in range of th...

The Shuttle Train mod does something similar: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ShuttleTrainRefresh

It doesn't search in the train's schedule since you don't need fixed schedules for it, but it brings up a search window when you enter a shuttle train

This mod is great for personal trains:

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ShuttleTrainRefresh

There is a setting for what to do at the destination, but it has lots of other functions too

As said the best is tank <-> pump. This is a good illustration of the difference: https://factoriocheatsheet.com/assets/images/fluid-transfer-rate-comparison.webm If you need to use pipes use underground pipes. Each underground section counts as a single pipe. Also makes walking around there easier

It's really the same as outpost supply trains in general. You don't constantly send trains around just in case an outpost might be out of repair packs or replacement walls. Instead you only do so when they are actually out of something.

JimBarracus wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:01 pm

Well, of course you need to limit the produced amount with wireless inserter logic.

Ok, that would work. It's still not really an intended use of them as that was explicitly one reason buffer chests were introduced for