P.S. For an even simpler readout, you could even combine the Max Output Capacity (Production) bar with the Consumption bar into just one bar, where the total length of the bar shows the Max Output Capacity, while the bar fills up to show the percentage that is currently being consumed. That's what ...

In my opinion the gates shouldn't stop trains from passing. So if the gates are open the train will still pass this rail section. It shouldn't be a completely secure crossing but it should warn a player in advance that there is a train coming. I see. That could work too. I personally would not find...

If the expansion is outside your pollution cloud and doesn't make any pollution itself, then there will be almost no attacks unless some biter nests are very near. For a mining expansion you cannot avoid having some pollution, but if you put 3x efficiency I module in each electric miner, the polluti...

This is a great idea. And of course while the gates are open no train enters this section.

You'd slow the train network down if you often ran around near the gates uselessly, but it'd be worth it.

Oxyd wrote:I also fixed the related issue with your deconstruction planner and blueprint being cancelled when the autosave dialog shows up whilst you're still dragging.

Awesome! This was annoying me a little.

bobucles wrote:Edit: Is there a way to force a blueprint if something is blocking it?

Not sure if this is what you mean, but you can shift-click and it will place all the buildings in the blueprint that are not blocked. It was added in patch 0.11 I think, that was declared stable a few months ago.

Why do you have so many beacons next to your furnaces, isn't it more cost efficient to have more furnaces MeduSalem? Well, with 6 beacons per furnace, you get +270% speed. With 1 beacon, you get +20% speed. 3.7/1.2 = 3.08. So each furnace has three times as much throughput. That's why fewer beacons...

Exclusion zones might be almost as expensive to pathfind as always staying inside the roboport area. Though one straightforward method for bot ai comes to mind. Check if the goal is in range with current energy level and speed upgrades. This is hopefully trivially fast. If not, go through ALL the ro...

Random idea. An artillery piece that launches destroyer capsules. You'd need a way to coordinate firing several of them at the same time, because too few will just get destroyed. They could fly around randomly around the area they were launched to, to let all the nearby spitters take a shot. And als...