I've been going OCD on paving my base, paving everything with concrete and using brick paving to mark roads. I think the result is quite pretty: http://i.imgur.com/jpDjLyR.png However, it really bothers me that I can't do anything with the waterfronts, as there are quite a couple of lakes in my base...

I actually do it the other way around: I connect my refineries to a storage system, and have a pump that pumps into the cracking plants if the pressure in the tank > 250 (depending on how many tanks are connected). It is a simple red wire from the tank to the pump, with a condition "light/heavy...

I haven't used beacons and modules at all yet, so I was wondering what the consensus on using them is. This is what makes sense to me (more or less in order of priority): * High-end recipes such as science pack 3/4, advanced circuits should get productivity modules, since there they give most bang f...

Factorio 0.12.17 (Build 17307, linux64)

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I started a new game a couple days back, after reaching (but not completing) the end game a bit too easily on my first real play-through. I wanted to get more train action, and spice up the difficulty a little bit, so I added RSO (to have less nearby ore) and ScienceCostTweaker to add higher science...

I've been playing factorio for a couple weeks, and I'm trying to optimize some of my designs. I play with smart trains, RSO, and FARL to get some more rail action. I started by building basic roundabouts for my rails, with a signal going on and off the roundabout, but the whole roundabout as a singl...