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by ColonelSandersLite
Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:53 am
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.18.32
Replies: 36
Views: 28950

Re: Version 0.18.32

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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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.
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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.

RinDiddy wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 12:14 am 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.
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...
by ColonelSandersLite
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!

coppercoil wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:01 pm
nicefaturan wrote: Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:27 pm EDIT: [Deleted]
Well, I saw that BP. It won't work because it has a flaw. I know it because I had made the same mistake :mrgreen:
Since it was pulled, I'm curious what the flaw was. Not having space for poles or something like that?
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ;).
by ColonelSandersLite
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.
by ColonelSandersLite
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.
by ColonelSandersLite
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 ...

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