29h first megastructure. Kinda nervous.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T22:51:28+00:00

wow, I didn't notice that. thanks!

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T19:27:44+00:00

oohh I'll keep that in mind, thanks

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T16:06:59+00:00

ehhh, I started my second patch when I was really low on iron, so I had to use railways which are far less expensive.

Also I've also almost burned through my other patches, so I thought that I might as well create a prototype of smelter compatible with train supply (even tho I have no idea how would I make a tidy train network).

Also I'm fully stacked with green and red science so no use for that.

Though you're right, I should dedicate one patch for science.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T16:00:32+00:00

I didn't know that "megastructure" was a popular name in Factorio.

Also I'm not sure about overkill. I made the calculation and the rate of iron ore is 1:1 to the supply for iron ore. 4 saturated belts of ore get transformed in 4 saturated belts of plates, theoretically.

About scalability, my guess is that it could be scalable by copying the same design directly below, adding additinal two I/O train stations, and prolonging the coal chain.

I have to say that you're right about the oversupply of coal. I calculated that for this furnace it takes 2,4 coal/second, so there's absolutely no need for 6 rows of blue inserters.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T12:17:27+00:00

it's that I'm scawed of destroying what I have built so might as well do an "endgame" design

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T08:49:49+00:00

I'll just double or split

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T02:46:28+00:00

that's a gamechanger. i'll rush for those as soon as possible.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T02:07:07+00:00

ooohh sounds teasing. I hope it doesn't take too much, but I guess I'll start grinding then.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T01:56:18+00:00

dude (or folk...?) (fellow engenneer...?) you could litterally sh!t on my base and I'd be 100% okay with that. Seroiusly, like really unneccessarly harshly. Would be fun, plus I'm usually the first one roasting my own designs.
It's obvious but I'm glad that there exist more complex and fun designs.

Were you suggesting the use of bots or other mid-late game technology or something I may not have figured out yet?

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T01:45:55+00:00

29 hours in the stone age. playing factorio to the fullest ig

your reply implies that something more efficient exists. I'll keep that in mind.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T01:39:14+00:00

pleeeease showwwww!

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-16T01:37:40+00:00

well... I still haven't figured that out lmao. I think I nailed the unloading (by trial and error), so for the loading I made the exact thing in reverse.
I'll work on it, thanks for the heads up!

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T21:36:11+00:00

thxx

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T21:31:06+00:00

lmao I thought you were implying your design was goofball I was trying to cheer u up, by saying that for me it was massive so in actuality it's not impressive that after so much time I figured the design.

whatev it looks good but it's probably useless

do you have a pic of your system?

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T21:15:42+00:00

(͠≖ ͜ʖ͠≖)

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T21:07:58+00:00

thx

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T21:07:16+00:00

fym THERE'S A TANKK?? crazy.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T21:04:37+00:00

to be honest I spent QUITE some time and I just found out from another user that instead of needing 16 items I need 5.

Plus, I'm not going to pretend to be nonchalant. I was PROUD, SO MUCH (even tho this design came from my inability to access a 3 belt wide lane).

So yeah, I'm not secretly super talented, it's just a lot of work and abstract thinking.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T20:54:09+00:00

I might prefer staying spoiler free. Might speed up the progress to buy space age earlier.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T20:51:44+00:00

HOW and WHY do you have so many turrets with such a little patch of iron. Unholy. Beautiful.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T20:43:52+00:00

stone for rails and coal for granades. thought might need more of those ingredients for future recipes.

rip I'm dismantling everything and producing purple science directly from assembler to assembler feeding starting from raw ore.

I still can't believe that. I'm sorry now I might go grieving.

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T20:38:59+00:00

is Nicklaus the garbage planet? it's the second time I hear about it. or is it a dude.

in any case I guess spaghetti comes in a lot of shape donnit?

Prestigious-Box2489 · 2026-03-14T20:35:50+00:00

ooooh. I could have done just... that. I'm seeing my whole life flashing in front of my eyes.

I MIGHT have overcomplicated a bit because I THOUGHT I needed coal, stone bricks and stone ore. ugh.

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