OS (and version)?
Game version?
Does it happen every time?
Does it still happen if you use a web browser to download from mods.factorio.com?
If it happens every time, both in game and when using a web browser, then my first guess is a poor internet connection to wherever mods.factorio.com is hosted.

Back a couple of years ago there were multiple complaint from new players who jumped into random multiplayer servers to have a look around, and were bombarded with achievements, and felt they shouldn't get all these endgame achievements for just logging in. So the devs introduced the 50% rule. Maybe ...

Game version? Log file?
Also post the save, so the devs can see exactly what is wrong.

If this is about the circuit network not being able to switch on your backup generators when your factory has no power, then this would be not a bug. The circuit network need power to run. So if you want to use ...

I do get your points.

I also make frequent use of copy/paste because it preserves rotation/recipes etc, even when I'm building within reach.

But for placing individual signals, the preserve rotation bit isn't desirable, so there I just use normal ghost placement.

blazespinnaker wrote: Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:30 am Copied ghosts (which I was doing, via cut/paste) don't auto rotate when placed.

Personally I use shift click to place ghosts, rather than use the copy/paste tool to build things like signals, if they are outside my reach.

The two in the left look like they are rotated, ie not properly facing/connected to the rail line.

So which signal is blinking?

Hmmm, yeah, I'm starting to think this might be a bug. Just trying now in editor, it seems to work fairly flawlessly. Wheras in my world (started in 1.0.0), the lights are constantly blinking in very bizarre circumstances.

Like, for example, placing two signals on the same length of track, with ...

I'm just looking for rules / code that says "make signal blink" because it can't divide a block.


I can only think of 2 circumstances where signals blink.

The signal isn't properly connected to a rail line. Typically only happens when you deconstruct or move rails (or ghosts). If you remove ...

Have you thought about writing a bot to do that for you? Building a factory is basically just executing a very elaborate script of instructions, which would be both trivial to code and trivial for a machine to execute flawlessly.
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If you manage to do that (or find someone to do it) you could ...

If you want to be sure your train will fully refuel, just use faster inserters (and/or more inserters, and/or a fuel with a smaller stack size). eg 3 stack inserters grabbing from chests can fully refuel a locomotive with rocket fuel in just 1 swing.

I would have thought that the obvious fix was rendering the mining progress bar behind chat/tips & tricks. (Chat is semi-transparent, so in that case the progress bar will be visible anyway).

Also, you only need connect one tank to one pump to one fluid wagon. Using pipes will slow down the filling process. Multiple pumps are unnecessary as one pump will fill a tanker in 2 seconds.


ackshually according to https://wiki.factorio.com/Fluid_wagon 3 pumps is faster (it is also the max ...

Safest method is to place the rocket silo(s) last or have all the circuit materials close-by.


If you want safety, why use a complicated circuit? Just use a stack inserter to unload the silo into a chest, than wire the chest to the satellite inserter with a condition like, "space science flask ...

One cargo wagon holds 400 LDS. (LDS has a stack size of 10, and each cargo wagon holds 40 stacks).

I'm pretty sure that each option except for number 2 includes the output cargo wagon.

My personal philosophy these days for large scale LDS production is to find a suitable site near unused copper ...

https://wiki.factorio.com/Railway/Train_path_finding

In particular the following bit.

When the path includes a train stop that is not the destination -> Add a penalty of 2000.

Rseding91 wrote: Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:19 pm So Apple is the one who has to fix it.

I'm sure they will get around to fixing it right after they finish the migration to ARM.

So according to that screenshot, Factorio is running at 5888 x 3188. However that seems to be almost double the reported screen resolution of a new MACBook Pro (3072x1920). So it looks like OSX is rendering Factorio at double resolution, then downscaling it. I would expect that there should be some ...

Depending on the size of the base (and possibly also mods), 4GB ram might not be enough.

Some recipes can't be hand crafted. (eg engine units). That is probably a deliberate games design choice to force the player to automate some things. Even if you have a mod that removes the lubricant from the express underground and splitter recipes, that doesn't mean that they don't require an ...