i kind of solved the problem..
experimented (or: randomly connected pumps and boilers and steam engines) a little bit and suddenly it worked. but only with one specific connection (among 20 others that i made). removing this one connection and it all goes to hell again

i will try to upload the savegame or something like that. luckily you'r able to see in which direction the water flows in pipes. yes i know that a pump can handle 10 engines. why i placed 3 for every 20 engines? well because even with 3 pumps the last 2-4 engines dont have their full or even no perf...

we now know the the steam engines reduce the water flow ("consume" water). however i cant explain to myself why the exact same setups of 30 boiler + 20 engines + 3 pumps allways differ from each other in terms of water flow/energy production the only thing that changes between 5 or 6 rows ...

what was the key binding for console again?
i know i used it before but cant remember

cant disable "show mining drill arrows when detailed info is on" after unchecking it, and going into detailed info, it still shows the arrows and re-checks itself in the options. express splitter still need normal transport belts to craft? since fast splitter need fast belts shouldnt it be...

am i missing something or why does the express splitter still needs normal belts instead of express belts?

myratax WOOHOOO NICE

fan on yours
awesome that you made that interview and promoted it on youtube
factorio definitely needs more PR

loaded a savegame and after a while i was wondering why the electric demand satisfaction wasnt at 100%. a few values: 78 steam engines -> ~39kW; amount needed: 24kW production was at 24kW (bar was full) consumption was 24kW (bar at probably 70%) but EVERYTHING was working just fine so i went for a w...

can confirm this allthough its pretty random when the char is invisible.
seems to happen more if the car is facing in specific directions then in other

In the middle/late game, you wouldn't be still able to build the defense and end the game, but the ships would be already arriving, with no supplies and tools left. The goal would be to build supply rockets and send them to the orbit, so you would buy more time to prepare for the landing. Needed su...

ssilk definetly made a point.. im electrician and im always thinking: hmm 90w for a drill..thats not even a hand-sized electric motor. the stuff i work with is 5kW+++++..and these engines are much smaller than a beer barrel :) (but still produce a HELL of a lot tourque!..try to stop a 1kw engine wit...

awesome update! love all the new textures! terrain is now looking much much better. great job. but oh my god how many of these damn module does one need to have to produce?!^^ looked at the raw materials for a lvl 3 one..holy shit - THATS a lot of copper :) found a little unfortunate energy consumpt...

only "shift-clicking" it causes crash.
inserting it manually doenst

there are still problems with replays.
so if its not working - its probably not your fault.
may work sometimes, and somestimes it doesnt.

1 pump and 1,5 boilers per engine to a maximum of 10 engines (and therefore 15 boilers) per pump in a row.

what i build: 3 pumps 39 boilers 26 engines

totally random: clicking on different time settings on a random pole (tested with small and medium poles) sometimes causes the energy statistic to turn upside down like in the pic. below (no clear evidence wich time change i.e. 5s-10m or 1h-50h causes it.seems to be random) http://s14.postimg.org/qx...

confirmed fix with new savegame.

.5.1 savegame same error.

havnt praised the auto-updater yet....sorry

its so cool !!

when i load my sandbox savegame the "chest yes-no" "all tech yes-no" buttons pop up and if clicking yes (chest), the game crashes with the following error message obviously it doesnt find a non colliding position. however, these buttons shouldnt pop up in the first place http://w...

it would be nice if there was some kind of illumination in sandbox mode at night - except lamps.

when exploring new regions/ building in unlit areas..well..its just pitch dark and youre doomed to wait until the sun rises

I had other idea. What if mining drills that mined everything would just become rusty ruins of the miner instead. The player could mine the ruins for some almost useless resources, so he would usually leave those mining sites there, this would play nicely with the game atmosphere. i like it :D addi...