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I'm a little bit addicted to this right now, and may have to try some alternate setups when I'm not at work. Right now, my go-to layouts are the train-level furnace/ore setup line, with some of the components swiped processed and reloaded as steel or wire, so the four main resources are all in one place. I'll also have to try and find some of my earlier setups. The first time I got to Blue Science was a convoluted maze of underground conveyors, loaders switching products between belts and back again just to have it on a certain side, and a general lack of foresight combined with having everything near to each other.
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# ¿ May 8, 2014 13:18 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 05:50 |
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Without logistics robots, you can use Smart Inserters to only take certain things, so a chest with three outputs and one input can work. I've been pondering a setup with 'branches' to different mini factories, which then branch off to final products. The tricky part is, without robots the only way to make the inserters stop is to have no more room. so you still have a big line of stuff.
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# ¿ May 8, 2014 15:34 |
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It has a 'peaceful mode' where the enemies still spawn, but never leave their camps to attack. Hunt them as needed.
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# ¿ May 8, 2014 19:30 |
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Aha, I found my huge mess! First factory to make blue science packs. Not pictured are the two off-screen chemical plants responsible for batteries, several fields of power generators, copper mine a few hundred belt-spaces away from the base and massive backlog hurriedly picked up so the gif would actually be animated.
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# ¿ May 8, 2014 20:17 |
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Ciaphas posted:I keep seeing GIFs like this of this game and that old cartoon "industry/factory/building something" music keeps playing in my head. It's sort of wonderful. If you mean our rival site's classic http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/ then we think alike. And there's a wiki, yes. http://www.factorioforums.com/wiki/ I recommend the 'dicking around' approach first though. You're only new once!
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# ¿ May 8, 2014 22:37 |
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The alien natives are attracted to pollution. So spreading out is also a good way to reduce attacks, and they generally go for the same places once they start.
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# ¿ May 9, 2014 07:08 |
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Also: Don't get off until they've stopped moving.
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# ¿ May 9, 2014 16:01 |
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There is, that's just where the demo ends. You can jump in to Chapter 2, which picks up where the demo chapter left off, so no need to re-do things either.
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# ¿ May 9, 2014 23:05 |
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There's a triangle-arrow displayed when you're placing the plans, but once it's down, that's it. Unless you pick it up again, anyway.
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# ¿ May 14, 2014 13:00 |
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That and de-constructed items. Storage chests are basically the 'Misc' option when a robot has to put something somewhere. If it's not being requested - Storage Chest. Right now, I'm pondering how feasible satellite-bases are outside of peaceful mode. Lay tracks and power poles from the main base to a good alternate starting location, carry a huge pile of belts etc. and don't worry about research, power or anything other than Advance Circuits. Then carry them back by the trainful. Maybe it'll be more effective in multiplayer, have players merging their factories.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2014 13:41 |
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Some sort of mega-warehouse? A 'chest' that takes up multiple spaces?
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2014 16:28 |
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2020 18:31 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 05:50 |
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Someone submit a similar mod that adds Oblivion gates.
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2020 21:34 |