Not possible afaik

This mod helps with distributing things more nicely:
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/321fredd ... stribution

I needed to add extra 3 pumps because the light out didn't reach the entire cracking setup only the first chem plant.

Fluids can be a bit screwy sometimes, but it's not that bad. You usually only run into throughput issues on very large late game setups. Otherwise you only need pumps for flow ...

There was actually a bug with the biter movement:

https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-283

They can also mine directly into furnaces. And coal miners can mean into each other. So you can chain them in a loop. Like here:
https://www.yekbot.com/factorio-simple-early-game-builds-and-tips/

You can do what you're doing there and it's interesting, but most people add fuel and take out the ...

The other input is for water later on when you unlock a better, but more complicated recipe. That's also when the other outputs get used. For now you don't need water, but it doesn't hurt to plan for the future.

In general it's easier to transport the crude oil somewhere closer to your base and ...

Click the center button on the top and you can connect an inserter to the local logistics network

Yeah you don't need much production just to launch a rocket if you just wait and let things produce over time. Where power production goes up drastically is when you use beacons and productivity modules everywhere.

Changing resource generation only works on newly generated chunks

ichVII wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:59 pm Just FYI mods like bobs logistics include these entities.

I know, but that also comes with lots of other stuff and depends on his basic library mod.

The whole needs to be taken to the logical conclusion. And that's also have extra buildings for the other roboport functions. Storage isn't necessary maybe, but there really shouldn't be a one-tile network extender

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's the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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&min ...