Heres how I do it: supply = Smart inserter placing items into an active provider, with a logistics condition to limit production to however many I want in storage. Storage = plain old storage chest, items will be brought here as they are produced requester = only items available are in storage so th...

Honestly, I probably would have argued against it but if I were to nitpick the splitter has a few details which aren't as easy to replicate... http://i.imgur.com/JNNFTUC.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/JEuGgpB.gif My first gut reaction when I see ideas like yours or mods like the russian logistics mod (l...

Funicular now theres a word you don't hear everyday Thanks for that ssilk I'm always amazed at your linking prowess!

I knew similar ideas had been proposed in the past but I just feel like it can't be said enough until it actually makes its way into the game

tldr: this idea brings nothing new to factorio and thus will probably never make it into the game. While you have taken time to lay your argument for a lane swapper down clearly game balance is not the reason that none of these belt or inserter ideas get accepted. The reason most of these things hav...

I agree, small things like this can really make a huge difference

tldr: Roboports should be split up into four structures: recharging stations, garage (for storage), Construction antennae for construction coverage, and Logistics antennae for logistics coverage. This would open possibilities for interesting designs. Roboport's functions Recharge bots Store unused b...

I haven't yet come to an opinion on the subject but as far as identifying what the chest does at a glance it could be done with overlays. If you switch it to storage, chest becomes yellow, switch it to requester and it turns blue . just like the car changes to the player's color when you get in. Now...

Imagine this + hoppers to fill trains

When I started playing I would lay my stone furnaces without any space between them with the fuel running between two rows and I'd lay my yellow inserters and then try to place the red ones like we place electric poles by holding the button down ...was kinda disappointed they fast replaced the yello...

#2 is something I've been trying to achieve by playing around with RSO mod, but unfortunately there seems to be a limit to the size of resource patches. Edit: Jan. 16, 2015 I've been looking deeper into this ...The algorithm used in factorio's stock map generator is "perlin noise". One of ...

Do you play at same resolution as your desktop, I used to have something similar happen to me and I noticed it stopped when both of them are set to the same thing.

An item that measures pollution levels in the spot where it is placed like this mod https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=7661&view=unread#unread but make it part of the smart circuit. I could see using it to scale back production when pollution pass a certain level, or soun...

Smaller chests and some kind of truck (flat bed with a crane) to move them without having to empty them and pick them up. Replace train wagons with flatbed cars that a crane (giant inserter) can load or unload with chests. I can keep running with this idea pack items into chest and make recipes that...

I often find that I want the "opposite" view when planning a factory, as well - something that lets me see what's built out of (for example) batteries. That helps me plan what needs to end up near the battery production facility. I think I might use something like that more than the origi...

I have to confess the idea of trains with removable containers has begun to obsess me and only because I think it would look great.

I haven't really been able to get my thoughts into words yet but I am definitely with imajor. Build 1 rocket defense = yawn Build 1 rocket defense per unit of time (hours, minutes, or :twisted: seconds) for a sstained amount of time ...now thats a challenge. I use rocket defense only as a quick way ...

WHat about something like:

Wood chest: 5 slots/tile
iron chest: 10 slots/tile
steel chest(and variants): 15 slots/tile

possibly with more sizes of chests

car: 20 slots
train: 25 slots

Keep player inventory the same

Unless I've misunderstood ssilk, the idea is to have the factory build itself without player intervention. The mechanism for building the blueprint would be the same ie: Construction bots. The difference is that the factory places the blue print not the player.

Well thought out idea ....I could just see a factory gain a life of its own with something like this

Thanx