This. Is. Excellent.

My OCD just got put into a whole new level

If you're struggling getting enough heavy or light oil, you can always use a pump to rip x amount out of the system and store it for use in whatever you want. Not sure the suggestion works because petroleum gas is in such high demand with everything but light and heavy is only used in very few things.

And here is episode 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i1-wC_pNmY Not bad. Keep up the good work. Don't be afraid of continually revising your designs, thats how you build humongous bases! I'm having the same problem with the black border in my recordings. Check that your encoding and uploading set...

ssilk wrote:The weapons are mainly for defense

I agree, in the early game it should be all about hanging on and desperation. But the OP does have a point, even in the late game some of the weapons are underpowered for what they should be.

I was talking about how he's actually done the transition. The OP has used two corners as opposed to a splitter and one corner to move the resources to the inner line. I was wondering which was more efficient. Inefficiency early in a production chain can really mess with the output rate at the end.

I'm not quite sure what you meant with the coal belt going by the inserters Use the same coal belt to feed everything, rather than doubling up. I'm going to do a let's play as well. I think part of the fun is watching the player grow and get better over the course of the series. I think you'll be g...

Very nice, i like this alot. Very clean and straight forward. You know you've got a good design when a random can look at it and understand it in under 10 secs. I like how you've got an easily accessible iron/copper plate input. Later on the down the track you can just switch over your input (or add...

Great build Mal, its an absolute ingenious use. i suspect a little overkill, but thats what factorio is all about!