But most of all I would love to see a new transport mode which sits in between bots and belts: Codenamed: Robots on rails Basically, I envisage a monorail type system, with elevated tracks, where carts with boxes of items follow a set path direction. This could consist of several components - Track...

Im sorry when i miss something similar, but my idea is based on something, for what i do not know an other word for then "hitbox". As for an example: Trains have a hitbox, so they cant pass each other when they are on the same rail. Nothing new so far, but what if robots would get a hitbo...

I built a bot base once (some patches ago when they still used less power) and I didn't like it, I thought it was boring. I just like to spend hours optimizing belt setups so they are able to exactly saturate a belt, being tileable for wasting as few beacons as possible and being compact for good UP...

Well, at least under the right circumstances they are sorting better than ever but I have to admit that it is a lot less useful. Or even an annoyance if you are inputting repeating patterns and want to end up with the same ratio on both sides.

Hi, I want to split a belt that ist 75/98 full of copper plates to have the perfect input for a factory producing one belt of green circuits. Oddly I didn't want to use mechanical splitting so I went for circuit based splitting instead. Here is a screenshot showing the setup working for a ratio of 1...

During 0.15 I had a game with an UPS of 20 on my rather beefy computer, very belt heavy in anticipation of 0.16. Lots of biters. With the first experimental release I got back to 40 UPS, as expected. Added lots of artillery around the perimeter and fell back down to 25 UPS. Removed artillery, got b...

I suspect the belts are pretty long. Maybe this is related to viewtopic.php?f=23&t=53963 but now with 0.16 it is worse.

- Long trains: - In setups with unavoidable self intersections caused by the rail layout the train crashes Isn't building such rail layouts and then using long trains a case of shooting yourself in the foot? Yes, it is. But in a bigger layout you (or at least I) sometimes forget what I (or maybe so...

Hi, I'm playing Factorio on my laptop with Intel and Nvidia graphics. I have enabled Factorio to be run on my Nvidia graphics. Usually I have my laptop closed and use an external screen and everything works fine. However when I'm using the internal screen Factorio gets detected by the Nvidia driver ...

The bugfix introduced in 0.16.0 Train can't block its own path anymore. (19619) helps in some cases but makes others worse. I think it is the wrong fix for this issue. The 0.16.0 fix: - Short trains -Are working - Long trains: - In setups with unavoidable self intersections caused by the rail layout...

Do you maybe have one more chain signal before the blue signal? Because once a train is in a block of chain signals it is no longer allowed to change its path. So try adding a normal signal just before the blue chain signal. Maybe you can post your savegame. Edit: ideally about a minute before a tra...

I'm using /c game.player.print(game.player.selected.train.state) to see which entry from the list here it is (0 based) while hovering over a train. 6 is arrive_station and 7 is wait_station. The Lua API holds a lot of goodies once you know where to look :) I'm thinking of making a mod that would ch...

In the roundabout case the train stays on its path as desired if signal A is moved 2 tiles to the right and a chain signal is added in its old position. This shows an inconsistency in how reserved paths are handeled: - For a reservation to be possible the path into the block that begins with signal ...

Thanks for your explaination! You are right, the coal train just starts braking when it's on this intersection.

But how can you see the exact state of a train? I looked at the color of its "show-train-stop-point" indicator, but the names you use suggest you know another way.

I think having chain signals without additional normal signals at the entrance of the station is weird, because then the chain signals have no normal signals to refer to. On the screenshot of the map I can see some additional signals hidden behind the trains, maybe you can post a screenshot where th...

My experience with parts of the factory that are in a standstill for reasons that are complytely not my fault (bold lie) the UPS go up a lot. I have never tried if powering them down safes additional ups or not. At least the slight additional reduction in power consumption could maybe reduce burner-...

Mimos, aside from the chain signal, did you try the entire solution Zavian linked to? Yes, I did. At least if I didn't overlooked something. I made some screenshots, right before the train plans the worong path and right after it. Sadly it's pretty zoomed out and thus a little hard to see. You cann...

I know it's also the equivalent of asking if the computer is plugged in, but you are playing with the latest version right? Non-experimental builds shouldn't have the station pathfinding increase. I'm using 0.15.37 which is the newest stable version as of now. Starting with 0.15 the station penalty...

Rseding91 wrote:10 MS / 3.5 MS = you can do 3.5 MS 2.8 times (280% of the work that's done now could be done before it reaches the time spent before) or you calculate it as 3.5 MS / 10 MS = it takes only 35% as much time as it did before.

But isn't it 180% faster then? Or 280% as fast?

You say that your problem is that trains "path through" the sation instead of going around it. But i'm guessing your problem is actually trains blocking the whole track when a train attempts to path through the station in a situation where the station is already occupied. Yes, you are rig...