Well, so load varies for one thing. Depending on the sectors I have running my smelters might be going at it full tilt or not. The other thing is-- fresh outposts, the trains come often and quick. But then they slow down, or maybe run out before I notice... and setting up a new outpost takes a littl...

This isn't a very large buffer... it just keeps the trains moving. It's a non issue when the base is large enough to have dedicated smelting blocks with their own networks, I'm just looking for a better way to manage the in-between bit... But that's the point: keep the trains moving, keep resources ...

https://puu.sh/qlhdf/8266816baf.jpg So this is the setup I'm using. When it's on its own logistics network, it works really well and I love it to death. Buuut... If I hook it up to my main logistic network, it just gets weird. The active provider chests will send ore to storage far across my base (...

Bot based train stations are superior in almost every way except cost. It's less of an advantage on the loading end, since you don't often need extreme throughput (exception: huge ore deposits), so belts are often sufficient. But in both cases, they are simpler to setup up (no need to worry about b...

The problem with mods is they disable achievements... But anyways, I've taken to just turning the biter base settings on map gen way, way down. I still get thousands of artifacts to do what I want with... but it does away with the 'can't spit without hitting 50 biter bases and 50 more sending reinfo...

...but this isn't a call for a nerf. I do think, however, each method of power generation should be viable with drawbacks to each. Instead of the end game "Use solar, unless you're going for that all steam achievement". There's been suggestions for tiered equipment, which could do it (or s...

Instead of only crude, allow all fluids (or at least oil products) to be put in barrels.

Just wanted to note, these don't seem to produce islands with .13.10's new map gen. Although the .13.10 map is still pretty interesting...

Hi all, I'm trying to automate my steam engines so they kick in if accumulator charge falls below a certain level (specifically 10%). This actually wasn't too hard, but kind of an annoyance I'm having is they flicker off and on a lot when my network's charge gets low. Right now the way I'm doing it ...

tl;dr: Tank designed to facilitate late-game exploration and establishment of outposts. Background: The tank isn't too hard to get to and produce; earlier in the game, it's pretty good. Really good, even. But it doesn't hold up so well later in the game, when magazine after magazine of upgraded pier...

Is this being fixed..?