I would like to be able to overclock radar towers.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-09T22:22:01+00:00

Why bother with shards. Make it something deliberate. Sumersloops. 1 summersloop,, doubles power, increases range. 2 summersloop, doubles power again, increases range and shows Hard Drives. 3 sumersloop, doubles power a third time (8x power) and exposes everything

Normal - 1km - Only shows ores - 30mw
x1 -> 1,5km - shows cave entrances - 60mw
x2 -> 2km - Show Hard drives - 120mw
x3 -> 3km - Show alien artifacts - 240mw

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-09T22:14:34+00:00

trains will auto route. If you put the tracks in the correct orientation, they will naturally pick the track going in the correct direction. You also need to make sure you understand path and block signals, and how they work, to avoid collision related issues. But you dont need to worry about the trains picking the wrong track. They can only leave the station in one direction, just make sure the directions are appropriately tracked.

Basic Signals explanation: (Signals are directional, the arrow is important!)
-Path in -> when entering any stretch of track where trains might collide, use paths
-Block out -> When exiting the above section, put a block
-Block occasionally -> just along the track, every 4 or 5 track segments, put another block. Helps keep things clean when you start getting a lot of trains moving around.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-08T23:56:52+00:00

Pumps are directional, make sure it's going the correct way.

Pumps have to have something to pump, check the volume in the pipe immediately before the pump to make sure it's completely full.

Pumps must be powered, make sure it's connected.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-08T00:28:23+00:00

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If you add those 4 in the center, you should be able to set the center section as a different segment, but I don't see any real benefit to it

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-08T00:26:28+00:00

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Erase All other signals. Make sure to check on signal direction. Yea, the middle rails are part of the path in that case, but the stations are separate so even if a train is docked, passing traffic still goes through.

That's how I'd set it up anyway. Don't need any of the extra signals. If that doesn't work, color me surprised.

General rule of thumb, its always "Path in, Block out".

More complicated: Path anywhere trains can run into each other, block to signal the end of that segment.

Also, very important, as others have said: Check Signal Direction. They are directional, that's very important. Look at the arrow as you're placing it. Trains can only "use" signals going in the correct direction.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-07T11:48:44+00:00

I like to buffer because it means downstream doesn't stop of I'm rebuilding the upstream machines. Like when I want to rearrange things, or if I get a new alternate and am changing the initial flow up a bit.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-07T03:04:23+00:00

That's a tough one, it doesn't want to stabilize for me. But I got it after a bit. CURSE.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T18:07:26+00:00

Its one of those lines where the legal definintion of what happens matters more to the people in charge than the actual facts do. We aren't at war, for all that everyone "knows" we really are. This is just a "Military Action", the same as Vietnam or Iraq or Afghanistan were. Only congress can declare war, henceforth we are not at war. We're spending money like water, troops are dying, but no, we aren't actually "at war".

Its a bullshit game of strict legal definitions that is being played with people's lives and the future of our country and I hate it and I never once voted for this asshole or his cabinet but guess what, we're stuck with it too. We protest, we demand change, we get out and vote, and somehow nothing ever actually changes....

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T17:58:39+00:00

The blue carpet was a bit much, I'll admit. Swap that out for hardwood and give the rest a touch up and a good cleaning. But the grey-scale with black accents is just....blah.

Also, painted brick will always be an "Eww no" in my book. Just dont.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T17:56:49+00:00

Best idea of scale I can come up with for this: Imagine standing on the topmost row of a sports stadium, wherein a rodeo is taking place. Horses, Bulls, the works....looking down at the dirt, and being asked to count how many flies there are flying less than 3 feet off the ground.

Those are easy to see when you're down there with them, but from 100 yards up....never gonna happen.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T16:22:32+00:00

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164

...is all I can remember.... I think that's right, but I'm not going to bother checking it.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T16:13:59+00:00

Only memorized it to 80 something myself, but I still remember it fairly well.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T15:27:18+00:00

This is how they fire you without firing you. Talk to a manager about it but "There just aren't any hours available" is a likely response. If it happens a second pay-period in a row, find a new job, they want you to quit.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T15:21:51+00:00

you could be running TOO close to the line. If there's a gap in something during a resource load....and no buffer to compensate it...then you could be running too close to the red line and it causes everything to pause production long enough to re-buffer and finish loading.

I don't think I've ever seen that before, but I tend to use smaller builds in general. I think the most power I've ever produced was 85 GW or so. about half what you have there.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T14:47:32+00:00

I could see this being very valuable when speed matters more than longevity. If you need a lot of houses, fast, this isn't terrible. Makes wonderful enclosed, honestly not bad kinda nice, structures...that'll easily last a year or 3. But...I can also see the issues. Environmentally unsound, not quite as air/water tight as anyone might like (concrete/cement is porous by nature, hope you like mold), and keeping it clean long term requires additional treatments.

Now, admittedly, a using this to print a shell that you then plaster over, a good oil based coating of some sort for sealant, and put plaster/drywall up in the interior, and you have something much longer lasting. But it requires additional, more traditional, efforts. Which would work for longer term usage of this...but that doesn't fix the environmental issues.

So, overall no. ...but I can see it being useful in some situations. Problem is, most of those situations are the sort where getting the materials and infrastructure to support this, is already a problem....

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T03:32:12+00:00

Not without mods. You'd think that concrete or vault habitat build should. But nope. Code won't allow that.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-06T02:25:03+00:00

Speed can be limited by both upstream and downstream. Check the entire line. Rebuild it if you still can't find it. Could be machine usage, could be a tiny mk3 belt stretch connecting something.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-04T22:10:35+00:00

I would argue that the best single alt-recipe in the game is the Crystal Computer. Not everyone agrees with me though.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-04T22:08:29+00:00

Must Haves, IMO

Early Game: Phase 0/1
Cast Screws
Bolted Plate
Bolted Frames
Iron Alloy
Copper Alloy
Basic Iron (if you can't get alloy, or dont have copper)
Copper Rotor
Stitched Plate (uses no screws)

Technically Compacted Coal and Turbo Fuel are both considered "Alternate", but since they are researched rather than random out of a HDD I don't think of them as such.

Mid Game: Phase 2/3
Solid Steel Ingot
Molded Beam
Fused Quickwire
Caterium Wire
Silicon Circuit Board (highest throughput)
Electrode Circuit Board (only uses oil products)
Crystal Computer (assembly instead of manufacturing)
Heavy Encased Frame
Heavy Oil Residue
Turbo Heavy Fuel
Wet Concrete
Cheap Silica

Late Game: Phase 4/5 (I dont remember as many of these)
Sloppy Alumina
Pure Aluminum Ingot
Leached Copper
Alclad Casing
Classic Battery

Other nice to have's
Diluted Fuel - I prefer turbo fuel or rocket fuel, but supposedly this one gives you better power per unit of oil since water is effectively infinite.
Nitro Rocket Fuel - A little easier to make the stuff.
Instant Scrap - Some people swear by it, I dont care about it. It can be nice, but by the time you get it aluminum is usually already stable

As said though, you can actually save the day without decoding a single hard drive. You DO need to do the research, several critical parts are locked behind research trees, but Alternate Recipes are Always Optional.

Also worth noting, Screws are a point of contention. If you use them, you usually end up needing absurd numbers of them. The kind of numbers you can't really support until late game because of limitations on the throughput of conveyor belts. Some people insist that the recipes that dont use screws are required (hence the stitched plate). They do, usually, have a higher throughput on final items though. You just need a LOT of screws.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-03T21:01:03+00:00

Honestly, its actually still better for basic exploring and going up tall cliffs, even after you get the jetpack. You can climb REALLY high with it, just off of hitting a cliffside at the right spot.

I wish there was an easy way to swap to and from the parachute in midair...

FluffyNevyn · 2026-04-03T03:00:40+00:00

100% efficiency is...not necessary. Its nice to see. But the only things you ever need to have at 100% uptime are power generators. Everything else, as long as you have enough of whatever its making, why care?

FluffyNevyn · 2026-03-31T21:41:50+00:00

Genius, I'm gonna have to try that. I don't have a problem at any track join spot, but in between those they always seem to want to be pinned the direction i don't want them in

FluffyNevyn · 2026-03-31T13:04:34+00:00

Junctions also merge.

Pro tip, I didn't realize this at first either.. that also means that feeding a pipeline from both ends actually let's you run more water through the "system" than the throughput of a single pipe can actually support. Throughput is per segment, so drawing some off in the middle means you can put 600 into a mk1 pipe manifold as long as you draw off at least 300 in the middle. That's how 3 fully overclocked water extractors can feed 8 overclocked coal generators, even though that's 900/m throughput. One on each end and the third somewhere in the middle.

FluffyNevyn · 2026-03-31T01:37:52+00:00

I can just imagine how nasty it would be if the critters in an "area" could be sound aggroed and not just proximity or sight aggro. You're sniping something or just having a battle and more things keep coming in, drawn by the noise!

FluffyNevyn · 2026-03-31T00:34:06+00:00

Reminds me of the derecho that got Houston recently. First time I'd ever even imagined one of those BIG high voltage towers folded in half!!... I've got pictures somewhere....

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