My worry with this system is - what if the ratio at which resources are consumed doesn't match the ratio at which they're produced? Then the sushi belt backs up. You can't assume that "resources are always needed" unless you're 100% sure your ratios match up - which is gonna be a very tri...

I mean, build how you want, obviously, but a smelter area -- or other high-flow applications with minimal recipe complexity -- aren't the usual use-case for a sushi belt. They're best used for complex assembly. The labs are the prime example; another would be a mall, or yellow science assembly. Rec...

But I agree: there is no need to worry about items on belts backing up. That is just an easy self-regulating part of the factory: everything that is not needed will automatically shut down. Non need to use power switches or the like. The problem in my case is that resources come mixed on a single b...

Guess it's time for my first impression review. This game gets me. As a software developer, I sit all day in front of a monitor (actually 2) and spend my time trying to design and build systems that on top of getting the job done are also intuitive, reasonably optimized, easy to expand, and are plea...

I don't really understand the purpose of this design - as such it just locks a lot of ressources in an endless loop which won't be consumed until taken out manually. And sooner or later any buffer will fill up if nothing is taken out. That's because I closed the loop on the top for testing, and bec...

What you're doing with multiple different item types randomly strewn on belts is called "sushi belts" in the community, and a lot of thought has gone into them by many players. Some absolutely hate them and others love them. I'm a bit torn on it myself and prefer dedicating belts to a sin...

Hey guys! I've just started playing Factorio a few days ago, clocking only 7 or so hours in my first factory, and so far I'm having a blast figuring out the principles of factory design, and spending way too much time coming with solutions for all sorts of problems. One such problem was the problem ...