Exploiting enemy spawning

[EditorRUS]

Quote from wiki:

Sometimes a small group of biters will leave their base to create a new base. This group will search for a suitable spot that's about 3 chunks away from existing biter bases and 3 chunks away from any of your buildings. Once they have found a suitable spot the group of biters die and form a new base.

Does it means I can destroy alien bases around, build some conveyers belts every 6 chunks away to cover up huge area of map and never expect them to spawn their base around my factory?

[ssilk]

I think they made it not so easy. Use the debug mode to see, where the biters can settle:
https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... Debug_mode
--> how_enemy_expansion_candidate_chunks (see map)

[EditorRUS]

I think they made it not so easy. Use the debug mode to see, where the biters can settle:

Bad/Good news:



The exploit is possible. This must be remade.

[ssilk]

Hm. Looks like so...

[DerivePi]

I think a good solution would be to tie the biter spawn limitation to their evolution level. With a higher evolution level, the spawn limitation should be reduced and allow new hives closer to developed areas and to each other.

[pyrolytic_tungsten]

I'll admit that on some games I would place a single wall at the site of a destroyed nest so I didn't need to be concerned about them coming back. Yeah, it seems slightly cheaty. Spawn limitation changing with evolution might be a good idea.

[n9103]

This is a double edged sword however, as newly spawned bases tend to be extremely easy to kill, meaning that many fewer alien artifacts.