...Im also having trouble with my remote construction Spidertrons not dropping off excess wood, rock, (and even modules and etc that I dont even understand HOW or WHERE they picked up all the way out there). They are in range of a storage box but refuse to drop off the materials despite being progr...

Nice one. There are a few other options over at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=193&t=19825

Good points - I guess I play (relatively) unmodded that I couldn't see some of the more specific use cases.

How is this different from the upgrade planner (OK, requires robots), or "quick-replace" (laying the new belt directly over the top of the existing belt)?

I even recently accidentally sent 7 copper ore to space, as I was using an unfiltered chest to store satellites. "Expensive" mistake!

Something like this? I'm enjoying it.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SciencePackGalore

'Alt' mode already does this. IMO, we should instead be encouraging new players to enable 'Alt' mode.

Without giving too much away, have you considered using other entities rather than walls as a barrier? There are some items - admittedly with fewer hit points than walls - that are much cheaper to construct (time and materials) but can be nearly as effective, so long as the player can't squeeze betw...

I'm far from an expert at analysing those stats, but it looks to me like your electricity updates are larger than expected - are all those small networks independent? I believe separate electricity is bad for UPS. But the main culprit appears to be the "Render Preparation", which makes sen...

The splitter/long-handed combination is cool. I wouldn't have thought it would be fast enough to feed that copper wire machine on it's own though...

I was having this "issue" as well, with my thinking being that the setting didn't persist between loading/saving, but I couldn't replicate it. I never knew that "Alt" would turn these on and off in map view! :o And I can't see anywhere in the settings that suggests Alt does this,...

Yes, the action is related to the train you're currently driving. It has nothing to do with the train you have under the cursor. If you are driving no vehicle at all it does depend on the train you have under your cursor. The game doesn't seem to be able to tell the difference whether you are curre...

What did you do? Got close to a train that needed to be disconnected and tried to disconnect it. (Also tried to connect trains that weren't connected.) What happened? It didn't disconnect. Got a message: "Cannot disconnect rolling stock: not in rolling stock". Got out of Spidey, disconnect...

(suggestion for the developers) make a tier 2 tank. i personally would like there to be two cannon ammo slots so that i can switch back and forth. and if you want to take it all the way with a tier 3 tank, put an automatic gun along with the main gun that you are using. I think this is called Spide...

(Very) Nice idea, but how would it be supposed to handle the case where a new roboport joined together 2 existing named networks? And then what would happen when that same roboport was removed? I have a number of isolated networks for my artillery outposts, and knowing which network I was looking at...

You will find that you need less and less time the more often you try the same thing. Like in real life. Use blue prints (your own) and copy/paste. Spend time optimzing your designs and not reinventing the wheel. There is one time killer that is totally underestimated. Walking. Learn from the best ...

While you may be within rights if you are doing this project for your private enjoyment, but check the mod license carefully about how, what and where you can reuse code and assets, especially if you intend to republish to the mod portal. This mod has a pretty restricted license, AFAIK.

Posting your Factorio log might help with diagnosis.

OK, thanks.

If you go for 8 wagons, the acceleration will be noticeably slower with only 1 engine. You can add an additional engine (or 2) to significantly improve the acceleration. If you put them on the front, you'll need to completely redesign your train stops, as the train components are 7 tiles and will th...