You can do this with 2 combinators. Take iron plates as an example. For a counter, create a decider and connect the output to the input. 1) Set it to output (input count of iron plates) when a random signal = 0 (in other words, always). 2) Create an arithmetic combinator that multiplies iron plates ...

I made a no overflow version with four combinators. Here's what I did: (All inserter are set to pulse what they pick up) 1) Red network connects every inserter that takes OFF the belt to an arithmetic combinator set to ammo * -1. 2) The output of this AC and the inserter that grabs from the supply a...

With inserters now being able to pulse items they pick up to the network, a meter chest should no longer be necessary. Basically you need to create a running count of the number of items on the belt. Supply inserter pulses add to this count, while inserters pulling from the belt detract from it. The...

I think what you want is a setup that does the following. 1) Reads current item count and stores in a memory cell. 2) After X seconds, reads item count again and compares to previous count. 3) If count is lower, sets a single bit memory cell to "1", turning on the light until the next comp...

I said it in the FF thread and I'll say it here. I really want to see loaders fill at 1/4 the max speed for a belt. This would require a fully loaded belt to be split twice for full throughput. Inserters are for pulling off the side, loaders for in-line. The footprint here would be similar to curren...

My suggestion is to simply not make the loaders operate so fast. Make them slighty faster than fast inserters. This means players will still need splitters to use them. They should also use less overall energy, and at a constant rate to make them energy-superior. This will look really cool, and be a...

I really like the concept here, but I definitely think it needs some tweaking. Namely: 1) Having a sensor for chests seems superfluous. I would much rather have wires directly connectable to the five "smart" chests as they are now. It is simpler to understand, requires less elements, and (...

I have three basic logic checks. 2.4k is "almost" full (2.5k is totally full.) I also use light oil as my exclusive source of fuel blocks, so I need to make sure that never runs dry. 1) If heavy oil and lube are both full, extra heavy oil gets cracked. 2) If light oil is full, extra gets c...

Here's what I use: Keeps my fluids looking like this:

Hey everyone, so I had this idea on a potential plot for Factorio, along with a small change in science that would go with said plot to replace melting down inserters and belts into magic green science-y goo. Here's the premise: The year is 4201 and human civilization is out expanding among the star...

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@keyboardhack: ah, had it, too. :) I was looking so :shock: ... the secret is to add pumps. With underground belts you should add it every 100 tiles. 5 small pumps in parallel will do the job. But all of that doesn't make it with my refinery: 60 refineries, 50 oil cracking chem plants,... I needed ...

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It doesn't work when the output is clogged - the train won't unload even though there's plenty of space. If by "the output is clogged" you mean the detector (smart chest) has something in it, this is intentional. It allows the storage chest to fill up (the iron chests in this case). The s...

Just tested this, and it works perfectly. Capture.PNG Managed to get the falling edge of the signal 0.5s after the last item was removed from the train. A full rotation of an inserter is actually 0.426 seconds i believe, so this is pretty literally as responsive as possible. Check out the save. Keit...

That's basically what I have now, only slower and bulkier. I was hoping to streamline it and/or make it faster. Yes, that's essentially what I want. An interesting twist, however, is that the "are chests being filled" part has to wait for signal A to be high (coming from a train detector)...

I saw the smart mining drill, but it doesn't do what you think it does: I want an output indicating when the number of items is increasing. And yes, this is part of a smart train station. (Actually, ideally what I want is a signal that changes as soon as possible after either the chest is full or t...