I may have used the logistic chests incorrectly before unlocking the later chest types. I played for a few hours with my factory outputting items into Passive Provider Chests and all bot deconstruction going into a large quantity of Storage Chests without any sorting. Now that I have Buffer ...

If I understand your question appropriately, first assign Group A to a new train, then rename the train group for that train. Assigning an existing group and then renaming it has the effect of making a new copy of the original group. Any changes you make will only save to the group with the new name.

"Mouse Mode" is how the user Bigfoot (youtube) plays this game on PC. He has been playing with controller and mouse for years. Might be worth reaching out to if you want some insights in user experience for that control scheme.

This will be very useful for whenever I get around to starting my next Space Age run. I am trying to enjoy Vanilla before jumping into mods, but like Pin-Lui, a single playthrough for me takes a looooooooong time.

Is it possible to see more of my blueprint names in my blueprint books without having to mouse over everything?
I use three- or four-word names but only the first two words are visible when viewing the blueprint book.

I am glad Tertius gave you a much better answer than I did. I'm sorry mine wasn't so helpful! Hopefully I can be more helpful here.

The two inputs to the Decider Combinator must be different colors because they are different inputs to the combinator, but it does not matter which one is red and ...

I have not done this myself but I think I understand in principle how it could work.

Check out FF405 that talks about counting all items on a belt. You need a circuit connection to read belt contents with the "Hold (all belts)" option.
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-405

Then set an enable ...

That’s super helpful! Thanks!!

You’re right on what I’m getting hung up on. That was also good advice to only build a small number of machines at a time and not expand until I see the need to expand.

That’s really helpful. Thanks for the examples!

How do I interpret the beacons and speed module info on FactorioLab?

I went to take some engines off of the line making them for science so that I could use them for bots. Sadly I discovered most assembling machines were idle. I noticed that my factory is using more steel than I produce, and I don't have a nearby location I can use to make more. The one iron patch ...

Advanced oil refining is tricky because you'll end up with different amounts of light oil, heavy oil, and petroleum gas. Some of those things you'll need more of at some times, and other times you'll need more of something else. Once you figure out one trick to dealing with those different levels ...

I want to get to robots next. That helps me build easier. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing what I’m supposed to be done.

Up to blue science is really straight forward with minimum intermediary products to worry about, mostly just gears, pipes, copper wires, and circuits. Advanced oil ...

I struggle to figure out what I need to do next once I get chemical science completed. Early game makes sense to me even though I am very slow. Any advice to help me both play faster and not feel overwhelmed not knowing what to do next?

I also seem to hit a wall where I suddenly need a lot more of ...

I use a service train with repair packs, turrets, walls, etc needed to repair defensive outposts. Use combinators to specify the quantity of each item you want at each train stop so it only unloads what is needed.

Based on your map, you should also spend an hour driving around and killing all those ...

I haven't actually tested this yet, but with the new fluid mechanics, is it still faster to use trains for long distances? I'm wondering if this is still needed

I like trees and cliffs. I try not to destroy them unless there is no choice. My current map has a huge oil field covered by trees. I only cut down the trees needed to place power poles, pump jacks, and underground pipes to get the oil out.

I also like spaghetti factories. I have a main bus but the ...

This helped me. I'm not sure if the 2.0 updates invalidate any of the information here, but it could be a helpful start

viewtopic.php?t=23787

It's been 5 years since I last played Factorio, but I do have over 200 hours of play time. I remember a lot of how the game works but also have forgotten a lot. I remembered that trees and grass absorb pollution, for instance, and I always like generating forested grassland for that reason. (Plus I ...

Thanks, that is somewhat helpful, though still unclear how the numbers really affect the result. It'd be nice if there were a few more words with the tooltips to say "a higher number means ____" similar to the moisture and terrain type tooltips.