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Not a double post: I present my hosed up early science build to be judged, just enough to get me the tech I need to start building my mega bus. 
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I mean I'm utterly allergic to all these hand fed chests but other than that..
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Feb 9, 2023 03:15
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K8.0 posted:Factorio has had cloud blueprints since 0.17. Either you haven't played in forever or you're doing something wrong. Glad you got it fixed, but figure out what's wrong so you don't lose them again. Is this a steam thing or is it built into the game itself?
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Feb 9, 2023 08:47
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yoloer420 posted:Is this a steam thing or is it built into the game itself? Steam, most likely.
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Feb 9, 2023 09:07
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The wall before actualy getting to Space in Space Exploration feels a little tall, probably because I decided to redo my entire base with TRAINS after I launched my first satellite. Also has anyone found any better solution for core mining backflow than giant warehouse? Just using the delivery cannon to shoot excess into a body of water? Can you do that?
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Feb 9, 2023 15:40
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Gahmah posted:Also has anyone found any better solution for core mining backflow than giant warehouse? Just using the delivery cannon to shoot excess into a body of water? Can you do that?
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Feb 9, 2023 17:16
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Found a small oil field between some Biter colonies. Cleared out the smallish one to set this baby up. Was trying to get to Electric Furnaces asap to reduce pollution, didn't realize how many blue flasks I'd need. What happens if I die? I almost did trying to kill the range attack worms. 
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Feb 9, 2023 19:30
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You just respawn in your base with an empty inventory. It's not a huge deal.
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Feb 9, 2023 19:32
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Grand Fromage posted:You just respawn in your base with an empty inventory. It's not a huge deal. What happens to the inventory, dropped where you died? Arrath posted:Also the gear factory thing is, like, the most elementally pure "oh my sweet summer child" moment. I have upgraded now  
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Feb 9, 2023 19:34
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goodness posted:What happens to the inventory, dropped where you died? I think it all just vanishes.
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Feb 9, 2023 19:36
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No, the body stays there (e: for 15 minutes) and you can loot it to get your items back
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Feb 9, 2023 19:37
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Bhodi posted:There isn't any use saving it. It doesn't stack to poo poo and on the base world it's not even that useful - immediately shove it into the crusher/sorter and let it back up if needed. I mean more balancing the outputs besides, BUILD MORE CIRCUITS
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Feb 9, 2023 19:39
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Gahmah posted:I mean more balancing the outputs besides, BUILD MORE CIRCUITS You don't need to balance it, you just need to make sure all the resources from core mining get used first with some input priority splitters.
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Feb 9, 2023 19:44
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goodness posted:I have upgraded now God I just love this so much.
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Feb 9, 2023 19:45
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Tamba posted:No, the body stays there and you can loot it to get your items back O poo poo, good to know. I haven't died since the tutorials so couldn't remember.
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Feb 9, 2023 20:00
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Grand Fromage posted:O poo poo, good to know. I haven't died since the tutorials so couldn't remember. Showoff.
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Feb 9, 2023 20:05
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KillHour posted:Showoff. I'm not good I just turned the bugs way down for my first game.
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Feb 9, 2023 20:10
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Look at mister never-gets-hit-by-a-train!
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Bread Enthusiast posted:Look at mister never-gets-hit-by-a-train! I haven't built any trains yet. 
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Feb 9, 2023 20:19
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You can also click the "you died" message in the chat/console to ping the map where your corpse is, handy if it's in the middle of a pile of biter corpses or in a bunch of bushes. There's a 10 minute timer that starts as soon as you die (although the game is paused in singleplayer while the dialog is up) and the worst thing is losing an endgame inventory because your corpse was too far for a train to reach before it despawned. e: It's less of a terrible thing now that spidertrons give you a reason to mass produce power armor modules, no more hoovering up 500 blue chips to replace your reactors.
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goodness posted:I have upgraded now One day he'll figure out refilling the plate supply and be unstoppable!
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Feb 9, 2023 20:46
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Gahmah posted:I mean more balancing the outputs besides, BUILD MORE CIRCUITS
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Feb 9, 2023 21:07
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Haven't touched overhaul mods in the past, still looking for something as comparatively crunchy as Captain of Industry but I think I'm ready to jump on something, anything Factorio at this point. Maybe someone want to sell me on AngleBobs vs Industrial Revolution 3?
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Feb 9, 2023 21:58
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I'd actually recommend Nullius instead, because it's all about managing byproducts, which is probably the closest you can get to Captain of Industry
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zedprime posted:Haven't touched overhaul mods in the past, still looking for something as comparatively crunchy as Captain of Industry but I think I'm ready to jump on something, anything Factorio at this point. Industrial Revolution 3 is pretty fun. It mostly follows the vanilla Factorio progression, expanding the early game instead of the late game. there are more intermediate parts, byproducts, and fluids at each step. Access to construction bots comes much earlier (clockwork-powered ones before electricity), but access to logistic chests comes much later. So there are a lot more puzzles that emerge in these conditions, that you can solve with pipe/belt layout and combinator logic.
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zedprime posted:Haven't touched overhaul mods in the past, still looking for something as comparatively crunchy as Captain of Industry but I think I'm ready to jump on something, anything Factorio at this point. IR is kind of the odd-man-out on the overhaul mods because it actually does more to the early game than to the late game. I haven't played since 2 but it wasn't really my cup of tea - it's definitely more crunchy but I found a lot of the intermediates they introduced to be more tedious than interesting. I don't think it's bad, but I do think it's not for me. Bob/Angels is... a beast. I think it's closer to CoI in terms of complexity, but CoI is more... integrated? There's a ton more poo poo in B&A in terms or raw products but I think the processes are less enmeshed than it was in CoI. I actually just took a couple week break from a B&A run to check out CoI. Pretty similar. Krastorio 2 is often recommended as a good introduction point to Factorio overhauls. It's not nearly as crunchy as CoI or B&A but it introduces some additional complexity along with some new toys to play with. If you're comfortable with CoI byproduct shuffling and bored of vanilla Factorio this probably isn't enough to close the gap, but I think it's worth mentioning in the conversation. I've only played about 5 hours of edit: Nullius lol (Nilaus is the youtuber) - it's got the crunch but it dives right in to piping hell which is one of my least favorite parts of Factorio. So many gasses to route around that I bounced off this one pretty hard. Also shoutout to Warptorio2. It doesn't add any of the crunch you're looking for but it does really juice the tower-defense aspect that is unique to Factorio in a way that I haven't found with any other mods. The time pressure of trying to maximize what you get out of your warps is great and the small amount of space you're forced to build in is very rad. MerrMan fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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I liked IR3 but mostly the early and mid game. most stuff later did not mesh as much with me with how the tech was laid out, but I think the crunch was still less involved craziness than what B&A gives. For CoI comparison I can echo that B&A is probably the closest. I can wholeheartedly endorse Krastorio2 as a great mod for anyone looking for more factorio after doing the base content, but it isn't very complex as it feels mostly just like a solid expansion pack without adding anything crazy. in some cases it is "easier" since there is so much QoL stuff given to you through tech but still a lot of fun with the toys and tech given.
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Tamba posted:No, the body stays there and you can loot it to get your items back In past Multiplayer games, the body only persists for about 15 real-world minutes. There's kind of a pressure to get out there and retrieve your equipment off your corpse before it vanishes!
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goodness posted:Found a small oil field between some Biter colonies. Cleared out the smallish one to set this baby up. This is amazing. I have never seen, let alone considered making, a direct pump-jack to refinery injection build before. Awesome to see the game again through the eyes of a first-time player. Edit: OMG... you are carrying the oil in barrels by hand back to your main base aren't you? 
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Feb 10, 2023 04:46
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This is about a million times more interesting than seeing someone's optimised 1 rocked per second megabase and I will be very sad if anybody tries to teach them the 'right' way to do things
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No hints!!! (unless asked for)
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The Locator posted:Edit: OMG Even better. They're carrying the petroleum gas. Breetai posted:This is about a million times more interesting than seeing someone's optimised 1 rocked per second megabase and I will be very sad if anybody tries to teach them the 'right' way to do things Agreed! You are fantastic and delightful! Keep it up.
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Breetai posted:This is about a million times more interesting than seeing someone's optimised 1 rocked per second megabase and I will be very sad if anybody tries to teach them the 'right' way to do things Your mistake is in thinking this isn't the right way to do things. To me, this looks like very UPS efficient setup. It's all those extra steps in between that drive up UPS costs with extra entities.
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The first factorio is always the best and should be cherished. I know I did the classic buffer chest of inserter into box and then inserter out onto a new belt 
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Andohz posted:The first factorio is always the best and should be cherished. I know I did the classic buffer chest of inserter into box and then inserter out onto a new belt my first base was a giant looping sushi belt that all smelters/assemblers would both pick up materials from and place finished goods on. eventually abandoned when the belt got completely full of gears/plates and there was nowhere for my assemblers to put down their finished green science beakers
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The Locator posted:
Yes  , all the way back to my main where I have setup my chemical plant now I did build a car last night and cleared out the huge forest so I can drive back and forth now goodness fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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Feb 10, 2023 18:21
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goodness posted:Yes Strong setup, the only note I have is that iron (and steel) boxes can store more than wood boxes.
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What are the best QoL mods for factorio these days?
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Voxx posted:I liked IR3 but mostly the early and mid game. most stuff later did not mesh as much with me with how the tech was laid out, but I think the crunch was still less involved craziness than what B&A gives. For CoI comparison I can echo that B&A is probably the closest. MerrMan posted:IR is kind of the odd-man-out on the overhaul mods because it actually does more to the early game than to the late game. I haven't played since 2 but it wasn't really my cup of tea - it's definitely more crunchy but I found a lot of the intermediates they introduced to be more tedious than interesting. I don't think it's bad, but I do think it's not for me. Tamba posted:I'd actually recommend Nullius instead, because it's all about managing byproducts, which is probably the closest you can get to Captain of Industry Phssthpok posted:Industrial Revolution 3 is pretty fun. It mostly follows the vanilla Factorio progression, expanding the early game instead of the late game. there are more intermediate parts, byproducts, and fluids at each step. Access to construction bots comes much earlier (clockwork-powered ones before electricity), but access to logistic chests comes much later. So there are a lot more puzzles that emerge in these conditions, that you can solve with pipe/belt layout and combinator logic. Very excited about all the bad habits I expect to shore up and how I'm going to gently caress all that up and do it bad anyway.
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Sylink posted:What are the best QoL mods for factorio these days? Long Reach, Squeak Through, and the one that starts you with a special personal roboport and a few construction bots.
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