I have been experimenting with new builds in 0.16, specifically what sort of builds consume the lowest cpu cycles per item and I have noticed some strange things with the new belt optimisations that I have not seen mentioned anywhere else. The first thing I noticed is that belts don't get merged int...

Nexela wrote:

BenSeidel wrote: With the exception of assemblies (I don't know why the logic is different for them)

The logic is different because they can be created by hand.

Huh... That would be it. Thanks

yeah, Factorio does some strange things with user settings. You will also find any display configuration and key bindings are global. I can understand why the standalone zip install has this behaviour, but the installed versions (MSI/Steam versions) are a real pain in the neck. You can fix it yourse...

As Caine said, they are smelted and not crafted. With the exception of assemblies (I don't know why the logic is different for them), if you hold your cursor over the item you want to craft it will display the buildings that can craft it. That means that you can see if it's smelted using a furnace o...

It's an anti-fraud mechanism.
Most sites implement these sorts of measures as the "discount" software sites get stolen credit cards and make bulk purchases that they then on-sell, effectively laundering the stolen cash.

Anyway, that's the reason. Not sure about a solution.

It's not an issue with the mechanics but with your expectation of the mechanics. Bot density follows the squared-cubed law. When you increase the size of a build (in the horizontal to begin with for simplicity) you not only increase the distance the bots have to fly but also the number of goods outp...

I've always found that setting up fluid wagons to be more annoying than a barreled setup as the pumps need 3 tiles (2 for the pump and 1 for the connection) so you can't put the rail directly next to each other. Couple that with the limited throughput of a pipe (it's very limiting) it makes a bot-ba...

Yeah, this has been discussed multiple times. Each time the additional resources required to construct the barrels is the justification for the additional storage/transport capacity <insert link to previous discussion here> (personally I disagree though, but that is more a fundamental issue with the...

So you long do you have to play for 600 mining productivity to pay off the resources and time spent on that research? Each mining level increases by 2% base mining productivity (it's not exponential but linear). So you need to produce 50x the cost before you get a return on the investment. As the c...

Zavian wrote:So we need to somehow convince Kovarex.

Download & Play with the mod. Mods that have high download & usage rates generally make their way into the base game.

Also for players that don't have a good internet connection Don't create systems to the lowest common denominator. If you apply this mentality to the graphics options then we would only have low-quality graphics. If some of your users are able to do something, but some aren't ADD AN OPTION. Instead...

IMO: It's more to do with the nature of the "easy". More iron -> 1 or 2 less mines need to be created. Less biters -> Because the late game spitters out-range turrets you will end up having to run around yourself killing & fixing the breaches (this is a massive time sink). Less biters ...

It’s one of the typical examples of the square tiles vs. 45deg perspective. This is something that has been bothering me for a while. If the perspective is supposed to be 45deg, then that implies that the northern bank of the ballast has slope at greater than 45deg (extremely steep btw), as you are...

In vanilla I never play with item groups enabled.
Please re-enable this option!!

Speedrunning players - There are very good alternatives to underground-compression. For example switching to 12 furnaces instead of 18 and doing a balancer-reducer afterwards. Being to lazy to adapt to removing "bugs" - as the throwing on undergrounds was - is not an argument. The side lo...

It would also help if you could upload the save file exhibiting the issue.

I for one am enjoying the "bug". It's broken just about EVERY design I use! So for these experimental releases where we aren't able to sideload or compress belts "easily" we get to design NEW things!!! Edit: This does not mean that I want it to say around, it's just gives us some...

Hi,
This behaviour has stopped in 0.16.

Thanks.

Hi, Remember that there are three competing issues for the "optimal" solution: Casual/New players - The mechanic must be simple and understandable. Megabase players - The mechanic must run as fast as possible Speedrunning players - The mechanic must be as small & "simple" as ...

V453000 wrote:fuck I wanted to do that

Amen to that... in every conceivable scenario.