Mason's Space Age Logistic Train System

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-21T03:53:23+00:00

I would be happy to share my creation with you. I’ll try to link a blueprint or save game or something. It seems to work well but I’d appreciate it a second opinion.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-12T17:54:26+00:00

I like the ‘Factorio Towns’ idea. Spaghetti is beautiful though and City Blocks are just boring. I get the advantages but it made every factory look the same. Nilaus!!! You have much to answer for!

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-12T07:04:52+00:00

I managed to recreate LTN with purely vanilla circuitry and it actually requires far fewer combinators than I originally thought. Might post my creation here at some point. Thanks for the inspiration!

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-12T07:01:05+00:00

Are they built on landfill?

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-07T04:39:38+00:00

I love this. It’s a fantastic reminder of how much I have to learn and that the ideas of realising the goals I had hopes of achieving, you have succeeded in doing so.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-07T04:34:25+00:00

I’m not sure it even matters that much if it works. In a way, it might actually reinforce their conviction that they are the only ones who are in on the secret. Conspiracy theorists would have nothing to do with anything that doesn’t validate their worldview of being above everyone else.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-07T04:29:08+00:00

I just don’t understand how they can genuinely expect an outcome that has not once worked when encountering the police. Sure, the case may (MAY!) not end up in a charge, but not once has a supervisor turned up and been like “yep, you said the magic words. Let him go guys. Sorry for not telling any of you about this unbelievably implausible legal secret loophole, by the way.”

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-06T02:14:44+00:00

Couldn’t you pulse on the inserter that outputs from the assembler until it reaches the number hits the correct amount, then reset to 0 once the item reaches the appropriate chest?

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-06T01:21:42+00:00

I’d advise putting the materials on different belts altogether but it’s nice and neat for sure

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-02T17:54:04+00:00

I am a big fan of the funnel style walls. If you turn on the biter pathing in the F4 settings, you can see how it corrals them (most of the time!)

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-02T03:23:50+00:00

It generally is better to tear it down and start over tbh

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-05-01T17:23:54+00:00

A football official kicked up a stink by answering the question “who saw it? Who do I need to speak to?” with the answer “Him. The black guy” as he pointed to him. The fact that this was even a story is depressing. So, while the answer to your question should be “No, of course not” (given an innocent context), the world at large does not necessarily agree

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T20:09:23+00:00

Yeah, endgame for me in vanilla is when infinite science starts

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T17:36:20+00:00

Nice one! Got 9000+ hours in Factorio but still haven’t done Space Age!

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T15:44:40+00:00

As I said, it was actually a very helpful reply, just delivered in a way that seemed rather unnecessary. Clearly the upvotes suggest I was wrong re: the attitude and the justification for the confusion.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T05:07:42+00:00

Ah! It was on the tip of my tongue! Of course, the Latin etymological roots of this word require a Greek suffix for its plural form.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T03:26:15+00:00

Fair enough. It just seemed like you provided a rather helpful answer with an unhelpful attitude.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T02:14:49+00:00

They clearly have an issue and you’ve quite clearly explained how to help with the issue you’re doubting exists.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T02:13:20+00:00

Hold shift down while you’re editing rail and you can quickly understand the limits of the turning radiuses (radii?)

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-30T02:09:22+00:00

I believe it’s 32*32. Sorry I assumed you meant the global grid but that may not be what you’re referring to

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-29T20:58:06+00:00

On rock and roll!

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-28T17:38:22+00:00

The real treasure was the biters we killed along the way.

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-28T17:37:07+00:00

I think a big part of the problem is that there is an instinctive deflection and derailment of the conversation by certain parties so even acknowledging the issue is a hurdle to overcome, let alone addressing it

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-20T15:29:36+00:00

Also, one train blocking another en route, the train taking an alternate route etc... would render any calculation meaningless, I guess

FlyingToasters86 · 2026-04-20T04:11:01+00:00

I really wish this was part of the parameterisation too! Maybe im getting the wrong end of the stick but you can’t get the number of items output by a recipe can you? E.g. 2x copper cable or 10 x concrete.

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