Mixing train length is fine is you plan for it. The distance between junctions (for waiting) and the spacing between signals on long stretches should take int account the longer train size.

Hook up a wire to the train stop and set it to "read train contents". To truly only play a sound only once instead of constantly it gets more complicated however. You need a edge detector/pulse generator for that to turn the constant signal into a pulse: 0eNrNWEuO2zgQvUrA5UBqiLT802KAvkN2QS...

I kill a hundred or so pursuing me, does it achieves anything? It will raise slightly evolution, but are losses a real loss to the base? Killing biters does not increase evolution. Time, absorbed pollution and killing spawners does Biter expansion can be fine tuned during map generation: https://wi...

you must not have any other storage chests containing the item. Oh damn, I forgot about that :/ Usually it's not an issue though. In practice I only have things in unfiltered chests that isn't handled in other ways. Unless you have random storage chests all over the place for no reason you can make...

Here is a lab calculator: https://codepen.io/Tickthokk/full/NBbKPZ/ You can input your number of science packs and select a research topic per time and packs needed. Then it will spit out the number of labs you need to consume those packs. It also works the other way around Make sure to disable modu...

In your production area use either buffer chests or filtered storage chests (available earlier without yellow science) as output. Then control the output inserter with a circuit wire connected to that chest. So for yellow belts for example set the inserter to only work when "yellow belt < 800&q...

Not possible afaik

This mod helps with distributing things more nicely:
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/321fredd ... stribution

I needed to add extra 3 pumps because the light out didn't reach the entire cracking setup only the first chem plant. Fluids can be a bit screwy sometimes, but it's not that bad. You usually only run into throughput issues on very large late game setups. Otherwise you only need pumps for flow contr...

There was actually a bug with the biter movement:

https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-283

They can also mine directly into furnaces. And coal miners can mean into each other. So you can chain them in a loop. Like here: https://www.yekbot.com/factorio-simple-early-game-builds-and-tips/ You can do what you're doing there and it's interesting, but most people add fuel and take out the produ...

The other input is for water later on when you unlock a better, but more complicated recipe. That's also when the other outputs get used. For now you don't need water, but it doesn't hurt to plan for the future. In general it's easier to transport the crude oil somewhere closer to your base and refi...

Click the center button on the top and you can connect an inserter to the local logistics network

Yeah you don't need much production just to launch a rocket if you just wait and let things produce over time. Where power production goes up drastically is when you use beacons and productivity modules everywhere.

Changing resource generation only works on newly generated chunks

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Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:59 pm

Just FYI mods like bobs logistics include these entities.

I know, but that also comes with lots of other stuff and depends on his basic library mod.

The whole needs to be taken to the logical conclusion. And that's also have extra buildings for the other roboport functions. Storage isn't necessary maybe, but there really shouldn't be a one-tile network extender

I haven't checked what he built exactly, but if you don't have two signals somewhere making a track two-way you get a "no path" error. Either in or out depending on which one is missing. The part about the chain signal is true. And he does use multiple trains per station. When I know that'...

Signals also indicate direction. At the beginning of the station rail piece where trains can go both ways place two signals exactly opposite each other. Then on the one-way track a signal on either side. EDIT: with multiple trains going to one station you need a chain signal before the merge/split s...

There is a day night cycle you know. That's pretty obvious with everything getting darker and lights turning on When you first get solar panels you can't entirely rely on them but they have priority over steam power. That means less pollution and less coal consumption. After you have set up oil proc...