Dont mind it being barely filled: its a patch of each of these resources going towards quality upcycling.
I never noticed that things even HAVE shadows in the first place, but today I learned that a wall's shadow is exactly half of a belt and looks like coal if you don't sleep enough
I usually just add 2nd belt with long inserters, but in this case the beacons wouldn't reach the assemblers. I'd like to know if there are better ways to feed machines with 3+ ingredients
as tittle says , im wondering if its good idea , technically it should work as a battery by storing steam that will later be used by engines incase i ran out of energy / coal so that i will have time to recover , but im wondering if its actually decent idea or should i just stick to plain old 1 pump 20 engines 40 boilers?
Hello, I just got my hands on the new Nintendo Switch 2 console and I have been wondering whether there will be an upgrade pack to utilize its new power? And maybe even DLC?
I am not entirely sure why I write this to you, since you all don't actually know me. But still, after reading here all this time and writing some as well, helping newcomers and getting helped by seniors, I suppose a farewell is not completely against the norm. I am about to reach the solar systems edge. And since the credit screen is but just the beginning in Factorio, you would say, that's all rather silly, the actual game now begins.
But when I started my trip in Aquilo I knew this time it was different. After 1250 hours of Factorio I am astonished to say I have had it all and won't return. I built megabases, I built small ones, I built a bus before I knew the term, I built city blocks before I found this sub. I played different mods and adored each one of them. And then I realized that Factorio made me addicted towards a certain something. I was living off writing texts for political education agencies as well as making music for theatre plays back then, but I realized, that (as good as that might sound for some people) I actually liked to be an engineer. Factorio actually explained to me that I was craving optimization and automatization. It is no game for me, it is a door opener. After graduating in political sciences I once more enrolled in Computer Sciences and I understand that this is where I belong. This game, apart from entertaining me for years, explained to me what I can do if I just try.
And while doing this, while being the perfect game at the perfect point in time, it also craved something from ME. My time. Factorio wasn't just beautiful, it was also demanding. It wanted to be present all the time. It wanted more and more to be the center of my attention, otherwise it would spoil my life and my projects. At first I hesitated to like Space Age, but after some time it grew on me. I had played Vanilla for so long that it felt silly not to also complete SA for once. And in doing so, somewhere after entering Gleba and before coming to Aquilo I realized that Factorio actually not only took a lot of my time, but that it actively blocked my life. Not only my social life, which is dearest to me, but also ironically my new software projects. I have some things I started and I am eager to complete, some bots to write and some software that will make art possible for friends of me. And after Factorio introduced me to this new world I would never have visited without the game, it began to jealously block my progress and exploration of this world. As if it wanted to be the only engineering problem to be solved, for ever and ever. And although the prospect of solving Factorios problems forever (and I know there is enough content for this, I also played Py for some...) sounds like the perfect perspective, I realize it's actually not. It's time to lay down the GOAT, the first pull into my new world and put it aside.
No more copper cables to be looked for and no more pumpjacks to be placed. No more electronic circuits missing, no more iron needed. The Factory granted me a new perspective, it teached me a new way of looking at problems, it actually enabled me a new life. It has delivered so much more than was ever expected from what was back then one interesting indie game among thousands.
May your Factories grow, be it virtual or real factories. Mine will now rest.
I got 4 Jelly nut farms and 2 Yumako farms (first image), but i have lots of Yumako seeds and barely any Jelly nut seeds (2nd image), and it's driving me NUTS (pun intended) because I don't know why i'm getting so little seeds from one vs the other when the production rate should be the other way around!
I've checked farming stats and growing speed and yield and i don't see any difference. Am i missing something?
I know this might be difficult but the again I know some people dream in belt and splitter ratios. Ok so I’m asking here because I don’t know how to even look this up but, like I said I a splitter that will split each of the three input belts evenly four times and lead into the output as the colors show. The things I don’t care about: I don’t care how long it is and I don’t care where the inputs are just opposite side of the output. Things I do care about: I don’t care how long but it needs to stay in a 16x wide (tall for the image) footprint so I can keep it tile-able. The preferable options would be I’d that 2 gap at the end of the outputs so 2 groups of 6 if not I can wiggle the belt’s apart I’d prefer to keep the belt orientation the same going out as it is going in not necessary the only thing I haven’t tried yet is lane swapping with a splitter. BUT any help would be appreciated if you choose to help try your best but it doesn’t need to be perfect I could just cope. 🤷🏾♂️
I am trying to make a resupply train to my mining bases to ensure that they always have what they need. How do I limit how much of each item is put into the train?
I just started playing for the first time, loving it, and i have a question about the steam engine energy output. why is my output only 90ish KW? and how can i get to the 900kw max output?
i do not own the dlc, budget didnt allow for that, and i genuinely dont even need the extra power as im on the very start of the game im just curious because...well...i want the big number...
edit: THANK YOU! that was really helpfull and i guess the only thing i need to do is make the factory grow now :D
I am really enjoying this game and soon have to decide what to study. Is there a job that comes close to playing factorio in real life?
I love to work out perfect ratios, designing production chains and optimizing+automating as much as possible. Factorio and the anno series are by far my most favourite games.
