So the problem is "When I manually drive trains, I might not realize that there's a train parked in front of me with enough time to stop." you want a solution that provides more time to stop. I can sympathize with this... but to be real blunt manually driving trains is dangerous, no matte...

The second half of your suggestion has already been suggested in the following thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51387 Rail car/locomotive scanners

Related thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4721 Underground layer for pipes and belts

What you are basically asking for are conditional train orders. This has already been discussed in numerous threads, for example this one: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64362 Dynamic train schedule EDIT: Meanwhile, the threads have been merged. Therefore, my link above now poin...

In the following thread, it has been suggested that it should be possible for a train station to read the contents of a locomotive: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=70294 Train station can also read locomotive contents when 'Read train contents' is turned on In that thread, I also...

That requires way to many circuits and crossing wires to be practicable. You only have red and green wires so you would end up with 5-20 power poles parallel to your track to hang all the wires. Would result in a total mess. A solution to this problem would be wireless circuit network connections, ...

I agree that priority handling of trains should be improved. However, I believe it would be more important to be able to handle train priority using the circuit network. It is already possible for the circuit network to give priority to a train by forcing a signal to red. However, currently, the cir...

smileynator wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2019 7:35 am

Where can we hire you? I need more colleagues that work on my mental level. you are clearly in the right mindset.

You cannot hire them, they hire you! (if you are good)

Aderon wrote: ↑

Tue May 28, 2019 1:44 pm

Doesn't holding shift cause a ghost to be placed?

Ah, yes, I believe you are right. How about the CTRL modifier key? Or is that also reserved for something else?

I am not sure if I would want this, because, if I am not interested in the maximum length, then I would probably find it distracting.

Maybe it would be best if it would only display the length when holding the SHIFT button?

Thank you very much for this FFF. I found it really interesting to read about Rseding's experiences in bug fixing.

Ferrous and cupric powder sorting give 6 ores out for every 4 powder put in, letting you get 50% more ore from the powder. Notably, higher tiers of ferrous/cupric ore processing do not offer this same benefit, leading me to suspect that it's a bug. Is it? I believe you are correct. That is why I ha...

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viewtopic.php?f=6&t=58685 Signs

The problem is IDs are designed to refer to a specific car composition, so you can't just keep it the same. If you merge 2 trains, for example, currently it deletes the old IDs and assigns a completely new one. If you have persistent user-defined ones, how is the system supposed to decide which one...

I don't think user-defined IDs would work very well since they get changed every time cars are attached or detached. If the constant combinator which defines the ID is attached to a locomotive (as suggested in one of the linked threads), then changing the composition of the train will not necessari...

I think that what you propose is not flexible enough. In my opinion, the following thread offers a more flexible solution to your problem: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64362 Dynamic train schedule Also, this suggestion is interesting: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?...

I agree that the current Train IDs are a pain to work with. However, instead of improving the search interface for searching for a specific Train ID, I think it would be more important if the player were able to define his own Train IDs, so that the Train IDs are organized in some way. That would ma...

I believe I have found two bugs in Angel's Mods: First bug: The research "Basic Chemistry 3" unlocks 3 new recipes. The first one seems ok, but the second and third one seem to have buggy names: Unknown key: "recipe-name.dirt-water-separation-2" Unknown key: "recipe-name.wat...

zOldBulldog wrote: ↑

Sat May 04, 2019 4:46 pm

If it can't be done as "flowing through", the concept is still valid. Attach a meter to a network and get signals with global values for the network.

Yes, reading global values from the power network as a whole could be implemented quite easily.

OP's suggestion has already been suggested in the following threads: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=61350 Alien Detector https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=60736 Entity Sensors i.e. detecting bugs before an attack https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&am...