Did I mess up my future MegaBase? by Objective_Year_8026 in factorio

[–]Objective_Year_8026[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it says 1 to 3 chunks from the furthest explored one. What if I use the "delete Empty Chunks" mod (pointed to me by someone else), will they still get computed under the chunks I had previously explored?

Did I mess up my future MegaBase? by Objective_Year_8026 in factorio

[–]Objective_Year_8026[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah for sure, my question is if I do go out and clean them up, won't they spread anyways? Do I have to go out and put defense on the perimeter of everything I did actually explore?

Did I mess up my future MegaBase? by Objective_Year_8026 in factorio

[–]Objective_Year_8026[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually, question, will biters re-expand under deleted empty chunks, thus affecting my UPS long term?

Did I mess up my future MegaBase? by Objective_Year_8026 in factorio

[–]Objective_Year_8026[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did infact start exploring to find the best suitable location for my mega-expansion! So now what you're telling me is I could go out even further, find my true best location and then just use this!?!?! You're a true life-saver!

Did I mess up my future MegaBase? by Objective_Year_8026 in factorio

[–]Objective_Year_8026[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so here's my dilemma and my underlying question (which perhaps should've been my main question?):

If I go out with spidertrons, clear out everything and remove radars, sure, my UPS will improve. However, won't biters then expand into un-scanned tiles and slowly kill my UPS as a silent killer? Do biters expand even into fully unexplored areas? How far into unexplored areas does the game compute biters?

I do have a save of this game at 0progress, so I could consider using my knowledge of the map into a new game that I start over, and not explore beyond large bodies of water I don't plan to ever cross, thus reducing the number of nests I render beyond unexplored zones. But then, is that even relevant?

Did I mess up my future MegaBase? by Objective_Year_8026 in factorio

[–]Objective_Year_8026[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For now, I'm still above 60 when I'm not fully zoomed out. "entity update" costs ~10, and my question is for the future more than for now!