Information from the wiki could mean the train will repath at the latest after waiting for 30 seconds. Not sure exactly how to read "multiple of 5s" and "multiple of 30s" in this context. I don't know what the "If the trains has waited for a multiple of 30 seconds ..."...

Wiki says they should repath every 5 seconds which makes it weird for that specific train to be stuck there.

What I think happens: The next train arrives at the chain signal BEFORE the train entering the stacker has fully entered the respective slot. So the train trying to enter the stacker sees the chain signal as RED. The train DOES NOT repath because all paths are equally blocked. Fix: Make sure that th...

does circuit network can actually combines item? can it also process it to another items, lets say copper plate to copper cable? without the automation machine? because according to the videos I've watched he talked about input and output, and in example say copper plate, multiply by 2, set the out...

Serenity wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:10 pm

Only if you need more lubricant or solid/rocket fuel.

If neither lubricant nor solid/rocket fuel are needed then the solution is very simple: Use Basic Oil Processing.

More checks = More CPU usage. Inserters need to be dumb in order to keep performance.

There are circuit setups which can load a train with exact count of items. They are just not easy to design.

my petroleum gas output is at 97 to 100 out of a 100 my light oil output is at 10 out of a 100 and my heavy oil output is at 2.5 out of a 100. So you are almost full of petroleum gas. Do you have storage tanks for petroleum gas? Are they full? Keep in mind that if ANY of the three outputs becomes c...

Unfortunately, you compare things that are hardly comparable. chunk aligned grid train network are appealing to the eye and OCD friendly, but are known to be bad UPSwise. Also the belt based base doesn't include power generation : power is provided by an electric interface (while the other base is ...

I can not see imgur for some reason (i tried Firefox and Edge, same results). But if I understand your description correctly that does not seem very realistic test, if you use source and sink chests and loaders. I would like to compare realistic systems from input stuff in chest to output in chest....

Which consumes more CPU time? Bots use significantly more CPU than belts, but splitters are even worse than bots: https://imgur.com/a/1yKeQSM I placed 1152 parallel blue belts transporting green circuits from one box into another. That was the only thing on the map. The UPS was ~260. Then I made th...

I still strongly suspect that your design was pipe bottlenecked somewhere. I've also played a lot with nuclear designs (the main reason I studied the fluid system in detail) and actively tried pushing the fluid flows to the limit. Whenever I had some flow problems I eventually tracked it down to the...

Copy&paste functionality can be used from map view:



That trick allows applying any settings/recipes/etc that can be applied via blueprints. It allows even adding circuit wires that did not exist before (cannot remove them though).

I've always thought it was funny that we could give ourselves 12 charging slots in our personal roboports (by mounting 3 in our modular armor) which is a 16th of the space a normal factory large beast-sized roboport with only has 4 charging ports with no ability to expand. I suspect roboports were ...

starlinvf wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:55 pm

Ahh. So Dwarf Fortress Hard mode.

It's an interesting challenge. "Just build more" stops being the solution to all problems.

starlinvf wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:14 pm

What were the conditions?

All power had to come from wood.

Bots absolutely excel at short bursts of high throughput. But when bots need to be constantly moving the need to recharge really starts to limit them. A straight "road" of roboports and a bus of four blue transport belts take the same space and can support similar throughput (assuming the ...

When you account for a whole production line, the savings of the module combo are cumulative. Theres two factors that result in 3 types of savings....of which I won't do the math because not so good with the maths ..... so heres a link to a table someone else did. Just to clarify: I created a scrip...

Yeah, it can be inconvenient. But it's also fair to point there are ways around the problem. Sometimes you just gotta work with what you are given.

I would like to see these setups you guys are making that need to fit power switches under such tight layout constraints.

mrvn wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:26 pm

Energy cost is irelevant

I was doing some runs in which the energy cost was very relevant.

Consider this construct. Here, a steam power source is only desired if the accumulator charge is low. This is common to save fuel resources and depend on solar when you can and accomplished by using a power switch. The BP saves the sate of connection to the power switch, but bridges across it when ...