Not sure when i would need a chain signal as compared to the regular as what i st up worked with either. The rule of thumb is to put chain signals down before any place where two separate tracks meet (where trains can collide with each other) however I also put chain signals down immediately after,...

LMAO -that's what I get for posting with my iPad *sigh*. Lemme try again...

Ok, I am now officially uber-frustrated! I have spent somewhere in the region of 20 hours over the last week _just_ trying to get this to work on 3 different maps. I have ripped apart my entire network several times, and the same thing keeps (not) happening: the Depot doesn't release a train (or giv...

I think he means "central" buffers?

We need a new verb in the English language to describe exactly that feeling/situation:

You've been Factorio'd

If you take a look at this thread: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8377&p=146142#p146142 you may find some useful ideas. There is a set of 3 modules for belts, undergrounds and splitters which can be stacked next to each other (similar inputs) and which may help you to come u...

Try this train tutorial on Googledocs (originally posted by Grays42 on Reddit): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pDj-ccWjUrwG_9_fDzLUosFZx_luGUet5XZwt7uUyzM/mobilepresent?slide=id.p It's a clear, illustrated set of slides on how to set up a rail network and why it should be done that way. Cha...

Honestly, the easiest and most comprehensible solution is to run one (separate) pipeline of water from one offshore pump to one array of 14 boilers. That way, you won't run into any issues as long as you don't have any cross-connections - it may be possible to feed two rows of boilers from one pipe,...

Also good numbers to keep in mind (from other threads, not personal testing):

Offshore pump will provide 60 water/second
Small pump will move 30 units/second

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I love Factorio. But, I have to say, I also love the fact that my fellow players are the biggest bunch of techno-nerd, (meta)physics geek, OCD geniuses that I have ever come across. You guys rock, and I love you all

The commonly-used blueprint for a solar power 'farm' (the one with the Roboport in the middle) has 180 solar panels, 151 accumulators and 16 substations IIRC. The nice, neat, OCD-friendly result of laying down the solar panels and accumulators together is that i) the ratio is always correct, ii) the...

Thank you for your kind words, Katherine This is entertaining me although, the more I look at that last piece, the more I am thinking that it was originally a 20-line stanza and not 15. I need to go back to the original song and check, I think, as it is bugging me now...

You have run into the Tar Baby of Factorio - trying to build a smart, workable steel furnace :-) The best solution so far is XKnight's (https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=193&t=31766), but the general conclusion appears to be that, in the current version of the game, it is functionally ...

Easiest way (for me) is F12 in game, then you should see your "Steam screenshot uploader" when you close the game or tab out to desktop. Upload to your Steam cloud, find the link (under the Activity tab) and paste it into a post. I hope that made sense, but I'm at work & can't really d...

Hm. That's very odd. Might be worth posting in the Technical Help forum with a screenshot? Someone may have a solution but, I am sorry to say, it is not I

Hang on a minute... m/s*s = meters per second squared = acceleration. In which case, you could measure it in g "Yeah, this module's gonna take 6g to finish. I may pass out while it's compiling..." "That's ok, the new rail tanker sprite is gonna take 1000g to complete. It's just a blac...

Lol, welcome to the world of Factorio

Here's a good link to get you started on designing refinery layouts, btw:

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... inery_for/

Good luck!

Are you quite sure that you are building & using destroyers? They are the dark purple ones made from 4 (8? I forget) of the lighter purple ones which are, in turn, made from the green ones. When you activate one, it should spawn a cloud of 5 bots which zip around shooting anything in range with ...

Yup, even Blueprint String will negate achievements being credited on Steam. You still get the award within the game itself, but it will not show on your Steam account unless you are playing pure vanilla.

Okay, let's try this on for size: A better Factorio player has never Upon this planet been To nobody second I'm certainly reckoned The best you've ever seen It is my very humane endeavour To make, to some extent, Each challenging issue A wired-up tissue Of circuits without incident My object all sub...