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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 1:58 pm
by Amarula
Addition of purple science...

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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:48 am
by wobbycarly
Amarula wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 1:58 pm
Addition of purple science...
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Typical... out of red circuits - again!

Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:17 pm
by Amarula
wobbycarly wrote: Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:48 am
Typical... out of red circuits - again!
And while you can't see it in the picture, also out of copper, iron, cables, green circuits, steel, gears...
Hence the warning about being totally impractical

Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:41 pm
by mergele
I am looking forward to seeing this launching a rocket with satellite.
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:18 pm
by Amarula
I am finding it interesting watching the bus grow in map view as well as zoomed in to see the pretty colours. Can you tell what the factories are making just from looking at the input lines? The oil refinery jumps out at me when you start looking at the pipelines...
Oh and you can see I got tired of waiting for copper and iron and added in a few more furnaces to speed things up...

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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:43 pm
by Kinson25
You need to do a video when you are done.
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:44 pm
by Amarula
I understand there is a way of combining shots to make a gif, not really enough pieces for a video...
Added yellow science...

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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:22 pm
by coppercoil
Amarula wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:26 am
Along with belts of nuclear reactors, centrifuges, research labs and all the other items that don't make it into science packs
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:58 pm
by Amarula
Sweet!
Also how did I not know about F4 show recipe in map??

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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:45 pm
by Amarula
Got back to the rainbow the last few days, added materials for rocket parts and the rocket silo...

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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:14 pm
by Illiou
So you basically finished the game simply by building an oversized bus? That makes the game seem almost ridiculously simple now.

Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:28 am
by JimBarracus
I'm curious how long it will take to launch a rocket if you only add the basic materials.
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 5:08 am
by theolderbeholder
There go a hundred iron plates into a space science pack, they come in batches of thousand, so a hundred thousand plates to be produced, two seconds per plate -> 55 hours.
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:42 pm
by Amarula
I did 'cheat' a little: once I had the first satellite, I told the splitters to prioritize materials for the rocket parts over materials for the satellites... likewise satellites and rocket part materials for the rocket silo over filling the bus. My plan is that once I have launched the first satellite, I will add the research lab to use all those lovely science packs...
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:43 pm
by Amarula
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:01 pm
by Amarula
Houston launch is a go repeat launch is a go!

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Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:33 pm
by Illiou
Neat, how many hours on this save?

Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:15 pm
by Koub
Should I not move this to "Show your creations" ?
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:51 pm
by Amarula
Illiou wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:33 pm
Neat, how many hours on this save?
856:16:59
6,062 satellites launched.
Re: Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat, or how not to make a main bus
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:54 pm
by Amarula
Koub wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:15 pm
Should I not move this to "Show your creations" ?
I searched and wasn't sure of the best place; if you have a better home for it, please move it where it belongs... and thank you for all you do here.