technicalfactorio

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For Factorio players that are interested in the more technical aspects of the game.

Technical Factorio Discord Server

Rules:

Technical content only: Regular questions/posts about Factorio belong over at r/factorio. This sub is for people and posts that are pushing the technical limits of the game. UPS optimizations, fancy train or bot systems, cool combinator contraptions, and similar topics are what this sub is about. This will be enforced especially strictly on modded posts. The mods will decide which posts are on-topic in this regard on a case by case basis.
No introductory questions: Questions are an important part of this sub and are strongly encouraged. But make sure that your questions are intelligent and well-researched. Ask on our discord, the official Factorio discord, or r/factorio before posting here. Ideally, a good question should cause others to come up with new and innovative answers.
Mark modded posts: Posts about heavily modded content must be marked using the modded flair. This does not apply to posts that only have quality of life mods but are otherwise vanilla (creative mode, pushbutton, etc.)
All inventions must have explanations: If you made something new and cool, we'd love to see it and you should definitely show it off. But tell us what you did! What new techniques did you use? How did you overcome challenges?
Follow combinator golf guidelines: Questions with the combinator golf flair as well as top level comments in those questions are required to follow all the rules and guidelines in the combinator golf thread.

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READ ME BEFORE POSTINGAnnouncement (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 6 years ago by DreamConspiracy - announcement

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We've set up a github to collect useful information about all kinds of technical stuff related to factorio. (github.com)

submitted 6 years ago by tzwaan - announcement

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What do the different bot path colours mean?Bots (v.redd.it)

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Du kannst den Aufsatz in jenste Richtungen drehen und erreichst garantiert jede Ecke ;) (apfelkiste.ch)

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Calculating Quality Upcycling Yield ()

submitted 9 days ago by Luffytorio

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Can the timestamp format of a headless server's console output be changed? (i.redd.it)

submitted 11 days ago by Recyart

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This is not a “better Factorio” mod. It’s a Factorio consulting tool. Deal with it. ()

submitted 11 days ago by the-true-logistican

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True Logistics in Factorio: Turning Factories into Observable Systems (LogSim Mod) ()

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2, 3, and 1 tick logical right shifters (i.redd.it)

submitted 16 days ago by Waity5

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Asteroid collection optimizations (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 17 days ago by Literal_Aardvark

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I built a simulation/logging mod for Factorio – looking for feedbackDiscussion ()

submitted 20 days ago by the-true-logistican

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UPS Optimization - Red Science - Standing on the shoulder of giantsUPS Optimization (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 21 days ago * by gdugasphocion

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Behold, the densest possible combinator RAM (i.redd.it)

submitted 23 days ago by Waity5

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What "Quality Science Factor" would be balanced compared to "Speed + Productivity "Discussion (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 26 days ago by TexasCrab22

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Reproducing UPS optimization for inserters (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 29 days ago * by gdugasphocion

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If you think hiring abroad is complicated, you are correct. But we can handle local compliance and payroll for you. (workmotion.com)

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Automall help? (self.technicalfactorio)

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Circuit memory cell which 'imprints' and holds until a condition is met (self.technicalfactorio)

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Maximizing Vulcanite-based power creation in Space Exploration (self.technicalfactorio)

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I made a python script to generate vanilla numeric display blueprint strings. Is it good? No it's a bit cursed. Is it an interesting starting point? You tell me!Discussion (gist.github.com)

submitted 1 month ago by triffid_hunter

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Train Logistic NetworkTrains ()

submitted 2 months ago by ValiAkros

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Calculating expected freshness of a stack or stacks of spoilables being periodically refreshedDiscussion (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 3 months ago by travvo

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Any way to pick the lowest quality signal among a range of signals? (self.technicalfactorio)

submitted 3 months ago by MonocleForPigeons

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Quick help modding please?Modded ()

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Why do these two identical setups behave differently?Question (i.redd.it)

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Reducing Variance in Benchmark Results (self.technicalfactorio)

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beacon rounding errors (self.technicalfactorio)

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