A diode is setup in Factorio by using an arithmetic combinator set to "Each + 0 --> Each" or "Each * 1 --> Each" (Not sure which one, if either, is easier on UPS). Much like in electronics, this prevents any noise (e.g., from your station's contents) from coming back into the so...

You should be able to wire all of them to a single combinator. The problem would be that they would all be requesting the same items, and if you had significant resources available you would likely have multiple deliveries simultaneously, causing overstocking of items. Yes after thinking about it f...

Would it be possible to add a link to the mod portal in the quick links. Thanks

I'm building a high output modular base using various mods (schall machine scaling, larger stack size, many bot-boosting mods etc). Each 'module' produces a single item. So my green circuits module has copper wire and iron plate delivered by train to provider chests then bots transport from the stat...

Steam hasn't always been so compliant when customers ask for refunds, when they first got started there wasn't any customer service at all really as another poster has said. And these days its quite common for games to be buggy and obviously unfinished on release and missing tons of content which yo...

Therefore the damage should not be based on proximity to certain buildings but proximity to U235/nuclear fuel/uranium fuel cells. Uranium 235 is not appreciably radioactive. It has a 700MY half life and doesn't require containment to remove the radiation hazard. Wow I can't believe I never actually...

But what should really get you is the uranium being transported on open belts or in your pocket. This is along the lines of what I was thinking. I like the general idea of having to be careful of radiation damage to your character but it needs to be based on real life somewhat. Its not the reactors...

I only started playing at 0.17.3, I have about 500 hours in factorio so far.

I don't use the quickbar at all, gave it a go but couldn't get used to it. Opening inventory or using pipette tool every time works just fine for me.

I'm not talking specifically about the particular rail situation pictured in fff, this is a general opinion regarding these type of situations. Nothing the user can do should ever crash the game, all game crashes are bugs that must be fixed (depending on severity of course). However, having trains c...

As soon as you add another journey or other roboports to the same network, bots will dynamically switch between journeys/tasks as they are needed and also pause at different roboports to recharge along the way. It will be impossible to use a formula as there are a multitude of journeys and no way t...

I use a dedicated train (LCCCC) that carries nuclear fuel cells from main base to each outpost in turn. Logistic bots then deliver fuel to requester chests at every station.

Question; How can I find out how many robots are waiting for recharge? I would like to be able to check on this to determine if I need to place more robotports, but I cannot find a way to do it without coming across a robotport with a circle of robots. Many thanks in anticipation. My solution is si...

The number of bots required and their energy consumption depends heavily on the length of the journeys they take which makes things very chaotic if there are many different journeys the bots can travel. Simple example, logistic network containing 1 roboport, , N bots, 1 requester chest and 1 provide...

I think randomizing the resource icons is a great idea, but to be honest it still looks very repetitive to me. The reason is that one ore item is always represented by 4 ore chunks of almost equal size and then placed at the corners of a square. In the last picture it is most visible for copper and...

New ores look great, can't wait to use them. I'm using the "better ore icons" mod (which looks quite similar to the new icons?) at the moment but will switch to the new vanilla ones when they are implemented.

I have a similar experience. All map generation biter-related settings are at default however I'm using some biter mods: Rampant, Schall Endgame Evolution and Swarmageddon. I have increased the spawn rate using Rampant settings. My factory is at around 300-400 SPM and I've launched 300-400 rockets (...

Use logistics bots?

All my science packs are fed to passive provider chests.

Then I have a single requester chest (requests 3 stacks of each science pack) feeding three research labs via 3 stack inserters. I blueprint this setup and copy it a several dozen times. Works great.

I agree, people often underestimate or fail to notice the effect that good quality sound effects have on the atmosphere and general 'feel' of a game or movie. I already use the mod 'slighty better sounds' but it only modifies sound effects for weapons and turrets. I find the background music in fact...

I just use Passive Provider Chests and limiting the available slots to 1 to avoid overproducing items. Returned items go to my central storage area with filtered slots. It is not worth it to make it academic. ... And buffer chests should only be used exactly for what they were designed... buffering...

Just FYI, you can specify the used mod folder as a commandline argument to the game, for this I have multiple mod folders setup for different games I play. (One for Seablock, one for MultiPlayer, one for Creative, etc) each modfolder is completely separate from the others so you dont have to enable...