Turns out there's a lot more wrong with my approach of course. Since 12 high isn't a multiple of 32 it wasn't going to work to begin with :/

I've been attempting to make my own simple blueprints for a basic rail network. No city grids yet, just for early-game. One of these blueprints is a stackable station, which I cannot get to properly align.

The following two are screenshots of the main station blueprint, and the stackable unit that ...

I have played a couple more hours and changed my mind. The new cliff generation is way better than before, and it makes biter defence easier since there are now few small choke points. I feel cliff explosives will really only be necessary if you want to start mega-basing on Nauvis.

Can you check if the issues also occur for a version pre 2.0? Since version 2.0 + DLC I have quite bad performance on Linux with frequent drops <30 FPS where I would never hit below UPS (which limits the FPS) before the update. It also noticably slows down the rest of my system to the point where it ...

It's a game design choice to incentivize getting your butt out of Nauvis.

Sure, but I still need to:

Build a proper starter/intermediate base
Set up miners at outposts and run trains in between
Build an exterior wall with automatic ammo supply
Automate a bunch of stuff so I can manage the ...