Here is a standard radar outpost, with enough power and accumulators to run 24/7. Here is the "free energy" version, also with enough power and accumulators to run 24/7. Note that the northern electric pole must be placed and disconnected last.

Chewbit wrote:i`m using the same set-ups without any reason or need for trains (belts/pipes are too convenient)

Sorry, I misunderstood. You're trying to make things harder for yourself, I can't help with that.

in a normal set-up production stops if something is not producing. Would their be anyway around this 1. Research Fluid Handling and build tanks to store extra oil products, so production never stops. 2. Research Advanced Oil Processing and turn extra oil products into petroleum gas, so production n...

zerotheliger wrote:C++ isn't really hard if you already know java they are both object oriented its a easy transition.

C++ is not object oriented after you compile it.

I'm not going to comment on legal stuff like whether it is allowed...

But hacking the game's API is much harder for a game written in C++ than one written in Java.

Here is a save with 11 solar panels on 11 networks fully powering 4 radars.
The best network is producing 205kW from 1 solar panel!

Zerro wrote:Both chests are placed within the green or orange Roboport hues.

Green is only for new construction, all logistics must be in orange.

Also, if you hover over the radar, /c game.player.print(game.player.selected.energy) 2230.769 If you connect the substations, /c game.player.print(game.player.selected.energy) 2000 It gets even better with 3 networks and 3 solar panels. connected substations: 3000 disconnected substations: 3949.777

medium electric pole order = "a-b"
big electric pole order = "a-c"

So "a-b-a" or "a-b-z" will fit between the two.

The brackets are optional and ignored by the game.

I tried to delete an assembling machine recipe with the existing API, but it does not seem possible.

entity.recipe = nil
Cannot execute command. bad argument #-1 to '__newindex' (string expected, got nil)

entity.recipe = ""
Cannot execute command. Unknown recipe:

Re: Chapter 4: Entities

After you pick a prototype, you should look for a similar prototype in Factorio/data/base/prototypes/entity. Then use that as a reference for the fields you need to add.

Some quick scripting confirms it is 115 ticks. ore mined at tick 188 ore mined at tick 303 ore mined at tick 418 ore mined at tick 533 ore mined at tick 648 ore mined at tick 763 ore mined at tick 878 ore mined at tick 993 game.onevent(defines.events.ontick, function(event) local chest = game.finden...

Electric mining drills produce 1 ore each 1.905s.

Have you tried leaving only one direction empty?

Chests don't produce lag. Even if you have 100,000 of them.

Steam engine destroys gas.

If you care more about speed and production, keep your old setups and expand with new ones.

If you care more about having a modern, perfectly designed factory, you will be constantly rebulding.