Why not merge the two provider chests in to one item and offer the old functionality via a checkbox setting on the chest interface? Then the more generic term "provider chest" can be used and concurrently it becomes apparent exactly what the chest does. As a bonus, that approach could supp...

No, that is just how you prefer to play. No, I'm speaking strictly in terms of how the game is currently configured. It is disadvantageous to risk your logistics and construction drones in a combat situation. Similarly, it is disadvantageous to risk most other player constructions, such as an inser...

This suggestion only applies to bots that are in a combat situation. It has been stated that, among alien behaviors, one is that an alien will switch its attention to bots, turrets, and players when they encounter any of these things. If your bots are not being attacked, it's likely because your bo...

Adamo wrote:So they die less and more drops get through when they're under attack.

My drones never get attacked. Why are your drones getting attacked?

Adamo wrote:They should understand combat drops.

Why?

Hey. Let me make sure I have this straight. You are a software engineer, but you say you do not understand this statement: We should make a definition for what is a combat drop, such as "is a request for weapons" and "has aliens in adjacent chunks" or "is near the player&qu...

It doesn't solve the problem, just create a work-around (e.g. crossing tracks in any other area would still be dangerous) It's true that this isn't a universal solution, but since posting it there have been a series of ideas suggested which, in concert, do solve all the situations to an adequate de...

You said that it is a good idea and you want it implemented, and it was my ragequit moment. It's hard to read "Suggestions" subforum, because many people posting here don't think too much about things they suggest. Many people are immediately hostile to completely reasonable suggestions b...

+1 sounds great!

I didn't vote because... a) I think the train should 'be able to' kill the player. It's a realism thing. It would be counterintuitive for some game mechanic to prevent your death. This is sort of like option 1, but my answer isn't really "I want more death". b) I want the ability to contro...

Wow, I thought this idea was a straightforward improvement. Instead people are coming up with some.. unexpected responses! My suggestion is based on how things work in the real world - we put lower speed limits near schools to give drivers more time to react if a kid runs on to the road; rail yards ...

If you don't offset the speed penalties, electronic circuits become a bottleneck and slow down your entire factory. Fair enough. But if you do it that way, shouldn't you include the productivity bonus in the speed reduction calculations? The effective slow down is less than 15%... ( 67.5 resources ...

Problem: A train at max speed doesn't give the player much time to step out of the way. It's pretty easy to get killed if you're walking through a station area and the train is not stopping there. Solution: Create a way to set a train speed limit for certain sections of track. It would probably be t...

First of all, brilliant work, DaveMcW. Why am I necro'ing this thread? In my most recent play around I decided I was using (or misusing) modules way differently to most people. In most screenshots and LPs people end up with huge, intense pollution overlays. That hasn't been the case for me and the r...

Clearly there's a bug (pathfinding a longer route that includes part of the shorter route). We should discount that as a bug (report it) and move on. [Pathing through blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 should not be considered a path worthy of evaluation if there is a path 1, 3, 4]. GewaltSam's original post was abo...

@ssilk: Hm.. not sure what tone accompanied your last post. Normally when you post links to previous threads like that it reads as if "this has been discussed and resolved before, don't waste your time". I don't think that's the case here. But maybe you were just including those links to h...

While I haven't built a rail network like that myself, I am not especially surprised by the outcome you describe. It's an interesting problem. Esentially, how could a train make an educated guess about how long the busy block will be busy for in order to decide whether to wait or procede imediately ...

I understand (and appreciate the tips) but building enormous fluid storage facilities is just irritating. I've struck a balance (somewhat with fluctuations) but like bobingabout mentioned we do need some sort of way to fine tune input/output of each fluid or at least a simplified way to "read&...

User_Name wrote:According to this calculator, corners steal 35% of your throughput.

I was thinking 10% per lane, but even if it's closer to 20% per lane it doesn't influence my position. The corner slowdown seems like something that should remain part of the game.

I'm not sure if the slowdown in corners is actually realistic. I should probably know since I minored in logistics (esp. intra-logistics / material handling), but I don't. :D It is realistic for any simple belt operating with two or more items in parallel and without item spacing, as is the case in...