againey thank you for the nice sum up. Graphically I agree it poses a challenge. The reality is the real world you would have a corner more like train tracks in Factorio (Sweeping) and not a 90% belt but nobody here wants that. I feel there should be no difference between the throughput of a curved ...

In reference to the youtube videos you linked: In Factorio the belts move a lot faster, so the effect would be a lot more noticeable. The only thing wrong with this is that the items themselves have no speed and are stationary on a belt . You could draw a horizontal line at any point on that belt a...

Pic: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0vpLA_AoPDfRkVvbUdrRDNFSHc Sorry for the wait! What game version do you have? This looks like 0.11 since belt corners work properly in 0.12. I'd recommend updating to latest one. The game is updated but started awhile agoo and the belt was palceed in 0.12.30 ...

Bad terminology gets ya every time.

I decided to dig in a bit deeper and it sounds as if maybe we are both right a little. Ill explain. What I am referring to as compression is really about speed loss for the outer turn of an item on belt. Bad terminology maybe on my part but my point stands. In this videp https://youtu.be/_pTsp2Bs-HQ...

Pic: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0vpLA_AoPDfRkVvbUdrRDNFSHc Sorry for the wait! What game version do you have? This looks like 0.11 since belt corners work properly in 0.12. I'd recommend updating to latest one. The game is updated but started awhile agoo and the belt was palceed in 0.12.30 ...

*EDIT* See my next posts for clarification between the .11 and .12 belts and what I'm suggesting. At that time, every time you had a belt, you had to make the turns be the upper tier of belts to keep compression - and throughput. THIS is the current mechanic. I am not sure exactly what you are sayi...

I've been giving some thought to this recently and I feel I am at odds with the mechanics of the game. Now before you turn on the flames...Hear me out. Current Mechanic Factorio treats belt speed as a function of how far an item travels. Items travel at a constant speed depending on the belt type th...

Nice stuff there. I've been thinking of adding Bot Mining. It seems low volume really and could be single networks at each ore location or tied to the primary network. I like to do that anywhere by chaining bot stations anyway. I have mixed emotions about copper cable though. I feel like its so much...

Somewhere around 1000 bots and about full bot science upgrades I decided to test the effectiveness of a no belts base. An alternate save of my base, some more bots being built, more power to the grid, and poof. Who needs belts? Not this guy! First up was the furnaces. I killed the old inline furnace...