Why are people against inserters being more reliable and precise? And more computationally efficient?

And for all the complaints about bots being overpowered, you'd think more people would like the possibility of making them mechanically balanced.

This is EXACTLY the mod I've been looking forever! This looks really cool, I'm looking forward to it!

Did the fluid flow update mentioned in FF a while back ever get implemented? Last I saw it was delayed but incoming, but I never saw an update where the new system was added.

And idea for a stupid mod: Since science takes the form of a colored liquid in a flask, why not have crude science appear as oil wells do? Pumping the raw science up and refining it into the finished version, then bottling it and using it, would be interesting. It would break the game in large part,...

If logistics bots had to path on the ground, they'd be perfect. buildings would need to be set up with accessibility in mind, traffic would be a problem, but a solvable one, roads and paths would be cool-looking elements of factory design.

Yeah! Good luck!

Belts start out yellow, upgrade to red, and then to blue. Assemblers start out gray, then upgrade to blue, and finally yellow. Inserters start gray for burner, but the most basic electric ones are yellow. Then they get complicated but eventually upgrade to red, blue, and then diversify. Furnaces are...

It is rather noisy. I would prefer a design that looks simpler and more clearly industrial.

That's not available for the release version.

I'm using Alien Biomes, and as a result there's no trees within walking distance of my starting position. It'd be nice if I could use piled stone, iron, or anything else to build small power poles.

All of a sudden I'm very annoyed that we can't jump off the tops of cliffs.

Alternatively, make it so that any one bot can only move one item. You could even have a way to reconfigure them with wires, but in order to fully botomate your base, you'd need to have a complicated programming core in addition to all the bots.

Maybe it's because I'm fairly new to the game, but I'm ok with whatever changes bots need. I currently use them to compliment my factory, rather than to replace belts, by using them for low-frequency misc items and using belts for four or five or six main production items.

Understandable. Mods is mods. Still, this is such a cool addition. It's nice to have a reason for building airstrips.

One option: Make logistics bots only travel along pre-defined roads or paths on the ground. Then they become a separate logistics network, but still provide small-quantity but widespread support. That's how I use bots, anyway. Belts for iron, copper, steel, gears, circuits and some of the other basi...

So before I write up an actual bug report, I thought I'd ask if this is a known issue and/or intended feature. I'm trying to set up a short rail line (~100 tiles) directly connecting my coal mine to my power plant. I want the train to shuttle back and forth instead of turning around, but it's only c...

I'd like to have some idea what it changes before I install it....

Stone is really, really rare by default. Even when I set it to very big, very frequent, it's still tiny resource patches dwarfed by medium copper deposits, or even by uranium patches.

Suppose I wanted to build an entirely self-powered Iron Plate mill. I have a coal deposit and an iron deposit right next to each other, what's a good design for an efficient plant running entirely off burner-based equipment?

I think FARL needs to have a rail in the blueprint to accept it, which precludes using the car effectively.

Also, come to think of it Fully Automated Road Paver fits better, and FARP is more entertaining.