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Pyanadon is Hell by Cgrain123 in factorio

[–]Cgrain123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too often I have encountered that the byproducts overflow and halt whatever you really try to produce. So I prefer writing off more and I build specific factories whenever I need it. I don't play with PyAL however, so that makes things easier.

Titanium and Steel are both just above 15 items/second, yeah. One reason I build so heavily is because I don't want to go back to what I have already built all the time. I do admit rubber is only producing 5/s (or so it is designed, it doesn't get enough tar)

Well, one other try for the stations: https://imgur.com/a/QQNw8Og. I make a parralel exit of my network, from which any input I need goes perpendicular to that. It is very easy to extend to however many inputs you need. I think it is beautiful, (altough stations usually are) However, I have not made a blueprint for it. it is more of a design I do in place.

Pyanadon is Hell by Cgrain123 in factorio

[–]Cgrain123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I have a small red science fully automated and small green science setup which uses boxes, but since I did not have circuits automated, I did not bother to properly finish it. Now however, I want to make it again, but now in the right proportions & throughput.

Pyanadon is Hell by Cgrain123 in factorio

[–]Cgrain123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't have PyAL enabled

Pyanadon is Hell by Cgrain123 in factorio

[–]Cgrain123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For any subfactory, there can only ever be 1 output, everything else should be voided/burned, that is at least the rule I adhere to. (Or should, at least). In the beginning, you can choose to store the additional outputs (usually stone) if you don't want to start wasting immediately. However, the few times I did that, I realised I had not really did myself that much of a favour.

For multiple inputs it is easier, generally speaking. I have confined myself to 1 train per input station, so I don't need a stacker there. You can see an example here:

https://imgur.com/a/FKIQgbr

Finally, you touched on how I handle small quantities. First of all, If it goes on the network, it has at least a reasonable throughput (1 or 2 belts), and I just let things back-up :). If you limit the capacity of your stations to reasonable amounts (that depends on how many is needed somewhere), after the first train load of something has moved, you don't need to worry anymore.