It not being 0.5 is because the circuit network operates on integers...but they could've made it round up instead of down. I don't know what the rationale for doing it this way was.
You're mistaken in saying that circuits round down. As an experiment, divide -7 by 3. Since the game truncates ...
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- Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:53 am
- Forum: Releases
- Topic: Version 0.18.32
- Replies: 36
- Views: 28950
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:35 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: An AI for Factorio?!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 19959
Re: An AI for Factorio?!
A full playerlike AI is of no use for factorio at all.
Agreed, this is my opinion, too, but I'm not sure if that is seen by all like so.
I definitely disagree. The functional use of an AI is exactly the same as the functional use of a 5,000 spm base or that working Tic-Tac-Toe game I saw over ...
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:07 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Friday Facts #351 - Beacon re-redesign & Simplified fluid mixing
- Replies: 199
- Views: 96567
Re: Friday Facts #351 - Beacon re-redesign & Simplified fluid mixing
https://cdn.factorio.com/assets/img/blog/fff-351-03-hole-design.png
Guys... That design looks like a butthole. I'm not using that as an impolite euphemism for "this looks bad". I'm being very literal.
https://cdn.factorio.com/assets/img/blog/fff-351-04-tower-design.png
And this one looks like a ...
Guys... That design looks like a butthole. I'm not using that as an impolite euphemism for "this looks bad". I'm being very literal.
https://cdn.factorio.com/assets/img/blog/fff-351-04-tower-design.png
And this one looks like a ...
- Tue May 26, 2020 8:03 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24256
Re: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
I have managed to look at these now and I can say that for a little bit, I was completely mystified. The absolute maximum number of heat exchangers I could feed from a water pump was 11.5 but here I'm seeing designs where everyone is stringing together 20 exchangers on a single water pipe.
At first ...
At first ...
- Fri May 22, 2020 2:22 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: 0.17 / 0.18 - What to put on the main bus?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12999
Re: 0.17 / 0.18 - What to put on the main bus?
Re bussing gears vs producing them locally -
I will say that gears are so easy to make on demand that with a purely bus based factory, busing gears is genuinely debatable. That being said, once you have started to integrate rail based systems the picture starts to change imho.
If/when you expand ...
I will say that gears are so easy to make on demand that with a purely bus based factory, busing gears is genuinely debatable. That being said, once you have started to integrate rail based systems the picture starts to change imho.
If/when you expand ...
- Fri May 22, 2020 2:01 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Cut trees directly in front of locomotive while in it?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2124
Re: Cut trees directly in front of locomotive while in it?
Won't throw nades because I like the trees, they eat my aerosols.
If you're talking about some mod recipie, use the long reach mod.
If you're talking about pollution absorption, there is no fundamental difference between a tree that you have cut down and a tree that you have blown up with a ...
If you're talking about some mod recipie, use the long reach mod.
If you're talking about pollution absorption, there is no fundamental difference between a tree that you have cut down and a tree that you have blown up with a ...
- Fri May 22, 2020 1:55 am
- Forum: Releases
- Topic: Version 0.18.26
- Replies: 45
- Views: 29996
Re: Version 0.18.26
Changes
Disallowed saving over autosave files or making saves that begin with '_autosave'.
Oh come on. I sometimes use autosaves to save something temporarily without any intent to keep it for longer. What about an option in the pause menu that performs an autosave immediately ...
- Thu May 21, 2020 1:20 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: 0.17 / 0.18 - What to put on the main bus?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12999
Re: 0.17 / 0.18 - What to put on the main bus?
@Hannu
My biter settings are ramped up some, yes, but that's not really the issue there.
I do have not even calculated how much time it takes to fill them but when I use all ammo and build new defense line and new production plant, it takes several hours and ammo boxes are filled for new expansion ...
My biter settings are ramped up some, yes, but that's not really the issue there.
I do have not even calculated how much time it takes to fill them but when I use all ammo and build new defense line and new production plant, it takes several hours and ammo boxes are filled for new expansion ...
- Tue May 19, 2020 9:34 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Cut trees directly in front of locomotive while in it?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2124
Re: Cut trees directly in front of locomotive while in it?
Throw grenades.
- Tue May 19, 2020 9:32 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24256
Re: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
Well, he said he'd have a video about it but making and editing video takes some time. Hopefully just taking longer than he expected because he's busy with stuff.
- Sun May 17, 2020 9:42 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: [0.18.21] Groundcover occasionally makes resources hard to see
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3087
Re: [0.18.21] Groundcover occasionally makes resources hard to see
Is there something on the map that at least can narrow down an area to search in?
On the map, oil appears as purple dots. When you mouse over them, it will say "Crude oil combined yield XXXXXX%"
Screenshots -
factorio map oil a.png
factorio map oil b.png
As for making sure you get ...
- Sat May 16, 2020 11:08 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: 0.17 / 0.18 - What to put on the main bus?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12999
Re: 0.17 / 0.18 - What to put on the main bus?
The long and short of it is that you should consider busing if the resource -
1 - Is used in multiple places
2 - Is more compact or at least equally compact in it's assembled form than it is in it's more raw form.
3 - Is complicated enough to produce that it's just much easier to have a dedicated ...
1 - Is used in multiple places
2 - Is more compact or at least equally compact in it's assembled form than it is in it's more raw form.
3 - Is complicated enough to produce that it's just much easier to have a dedicated ...
- Sat May 16, 2020 5:02 am
- Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
- Topic: Mod idea: Caketorio. Like Factorio but recipes are food recipes.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3920
Re: Mod idea: Caketorio. Like Factorio but recipes are food recipes.
You got my vote but only if you can bake cupcakes.
You probably don't want to belt those. 1 Dough and 1 frosting makes a dozen cupcakes.
The Industry-Standard Solution is to...
I was thinking that the industry standard solution was to go "Om Nom Nom" and eat them all but I see my ...
- Fri May 15, 2020 6:33 pm
- Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
- Topic: Mod idea: Caketorio. Like Factorio but recipes are food recipes.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3920
Re: Mod idea: Caketorio. Like Factorio but recipes are food recipes.
You probably don't want to belt those. 1 Dough and 1 frosting makes a dozen cupcakes.
- Fri May 01, 2020 1:11 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24256
Re: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
Here's what I came up with -
reactor challenge 960 3.png
reactor challenge 960 OA.png
Blueprint -
https://pastebin.com/fuVbq9sL
Instructions -
Designed for Game Version 18.21
Required Mods and how they are used.
Creative Mod - Supplies the Train, Supplies Initial Power, Consumes all ...
reactor challenge 960 3.png
reactor challenge 960 OA.png
Blueprint -
https://pastebin.com/fuVbq9sL
Instructions -
Designed for Game Version 18.21
Required Mods and how they are used.
Creative Mod - Supplies the Train, Supplies Initial Power, Consumes all ...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24256
Re: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
Since it was pulled, I'm curious what the flaw was. Not having space for poles or something like that?coppercoil wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:01 pmWell, I saw that BP. It won't work because it has a flaw. I know it because I had made the same mistake![]()
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:23 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: New Player - Trying to wrap my head around things
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7899
Re: New Player - Trying to wrap my head around things
Gratz man. I wouldn't say that 50 hours + whatever time was saved by your first try is a bad first rocket. Now get to work on that spoon run
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- Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:17 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: [0.18.21] Groundcover occasionally makes resources hard to see
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3087
Re: [0.18.21] Groundcover occasionally makes resources hard to see
I haven't verified this myself but apparently the best way to find your oil goes like this - You want to take your shotgun and shoot at some food and up through the ground comes a bubblin crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24256
Re: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
I discovered today that there is also a mod solution as well. Combining Inland Pumps with Waterfill lets you just plonk down blueprints with offshore pumps without having to fiddle with it.
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:37 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
- Replies: 59
- Views: 24256
Re: Quarantaine Challenge! The Highest Output 7 tile high Nuclear Reactor design wins FAME, HONOR and $10!
"then i read you can place an offshore pump, and landfill around it." --> That is exactly NOT what I said, but what I want to prevent!
(This makes it difficult to actually put down the blueprint, especially if you landfill around the pumps and build other stuff where the water supporting the pump ...