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Space platform - using one Crusher only

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 2:02 am
by MBas
Hello.

Here is probably my best space platform setup so far. I use it for traveling between planets to deliver science packs as quickly as possible. One of the best features is the mineral-crushing system. My ship operates with only one crusher that can switch between 6 recipes (basic and advanced asteroid processing) based on the following rules:
  • The crusher’s recipe is chosen based on the most needed final product.
  • The selected recipe remains active until Q units of the product are completed. You can adjust this constant in the constant combinator (see image below). This queue prevents production bars from resetting when recipes are swapped. For example, if your asteroid mining productivity bonus is +80%, it’s recommended to set Q to 9 (meaning after 9 products are completed, the productivity and main bars will synchronize within 5 cycles).
  • If any base material drops to zero in storage, and the crusher resists recipe changes to maintain the queue for productivity, the queue is then overridden, and the recipe is switched immediately.
  • In the constant combinator (see image below), some materials are set to -10K. You can add sulfur or copper ore to -10K as well, which will include advanced carbonic or metallic asteroid processing.
The ship itself optimizes storage as much as possible. This means:
  • The asteroid collector and surrounding belt store chunks in a balanced way.
  • The space platform hub keeps around 5 chunks per asteroid type.
  • Asteroid collectors maintain a maximum of 15 chunks per asteroid type in their inventories.
  • The circular belt never jams, with each chunk limited to a quantity of 50.
There is also one laser tower targeting only small asteroids (to conserve ammunition). No trashing material into space. Becouse it is not needed.

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Re: Space platform - using one Crusher only

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:19 am
by markw
Hi Mbas, wow, I am bedazzled! I'm still very much a beginner, so I don't understand all the control mechanism you have in there. Your description was a good overall intro, but the actual mechanisms you are using to achieve your purpose, I still don't understand all that.

For instance, where are the circuits and how do they achieve say 1) limiting the 3 asteroids on the belt to 50 each? 2) the crusher recipe switcher 3) the Q interrupt for switching recipe if crusher is stuck on a recipe 4) managing/limiting the cargo storage to 5 of each of the essential materials. I guess when I say "where are the circuits" that is obvious to you, but I'm not sure what is controlling what.

The different networks can be arduously read out, but did you start with some kind of a plan or "bread board" or what? Do you have a logical diagram of the final deal, or did you just do it out of your head?

Did you notice the bottom most electric furnace is fed by an inserter that is not connected to anything?

It was really cool to copy in your blueprint, run over it all, placing the buildings by pipette. I had a couple of missed bits, and when I finally found a missing bit of belt on a curve, the whole thing fired up. That was very cool. What an amazingly creative design! Isn't Factorio great?,
Cheers,
--Mark