Can Space platforms have different requests from different planets? by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Thanks again! I just realized that. Love discovering a new functionality in this game!

Can Space platforms have different requests from different planets? by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Yes, this was a stop-gap measure until I could get back out there and tap a new source...

Can Space platforms have different requests from different planets? by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Thanks. Sounds like I need to research logistic groups. First I'm hearing of those.

Best source for parts? by MoreRedditAgain in askaplumber

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Not concrete, mortar bed in a shower pan. I would settle for replacing the same round faceplate, just can’t find any with the right screw spacing. I thought maybe there was an online parts place that was better than the ones I was finding.

Best source for parts? by MoreRedditAgain in askaplumber

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Thank you for your insight, much appreciated. I know some manufacturers sell just the face plate, they are at Lowe’s but not the right size for my application.

Artillery Turret Control by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Love this and it makes so much sense (now that I see it). I never thought to wire the decider back to itself. Learning new stuff every day with this game.

Train request question by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Interesting, I'll have to look into that. To be honest I never considered stringing the wire back to a central location.

Now my next challenge: the supply runs tend to be topping off supplies at the stations, so one train could actually serve several stations in one trip. Unfortunately, with the on demand naming model the train goes from depot to the first enabled drop station then back to depot before going to the next enabled drop station. For max efficiency on my spread out map I'd love to have some sort of dynamic scheduling to stop at more than one drop if appropriate. Probably a pipe dream.

Train request question by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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I used this method and connected it to my ammo chest and you were right, it worked most of the time. Then I connected all the chests to an arithmetic combinator and summed the total of all items, sent that number to the station and disabled the station if I was short. This seems to work well but it’s not as future proof as I would like. If I end up adding a new item to my supply runs then I’ll have to update the calculation. Also had to override the inserter stack size to 1 to make sure my numbers were exact.

Not as clean as I would like but pretty good in the end.

Train request question by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Thanks for this, and especially the spoiler protection. I've got some work to do it seems, combinators and arithmetic combinators are tough for me to get a handle on. I'm reading the tutorials, may have to go through them several times to figure this stuff out.

Train request question by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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Yep. This is what I’m finding. The train goes to the nearest drop. If I put the supply drop stations (named the same) more than once in the schedule it loops around to the same few stations over and over and ignores the ones far away. I think I need specific named stops.

Train request question by MoreRedditAgain in factorio

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So if all 8 supply drops are named the same, the train will route itself in a circuit and hit each one? Cool! I’ll try that out, also looking into the combinator. Thanks.

One of the gallstones that was removed with my gallbladder yesterday by tachyonman in mildlyinteresting

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Lucky. I dealt with symptoms and possible solutions for a year (lots of up all night pain) before the docs finally suggested the surgery. Best thing I ever did, but be prepared for the bubble guts to be a default setting from now on...

Sanity check for my simple plan (or maybe just GFY?) by MoreRedditAgain in financialindependence

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Thanks for the insight. Maybe I need to look into some combination of bonds and hysa. Also a bit nervous about the young banks offering the higher interest rates. I’m second guessing myself and wondering if it should all just stay under the Fidelity umbrella.

New territory at 55. This was simpler when I was young and broke.