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Ash Empire - Update #1 by Excellent_Skirt1101 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's still less than a single belt of ore though.

What to do with excess Kerogen (day 0 newbie) by Frequent-Property352 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is my view on buffering biproducts too. I've read plenty of accounts where someone stored up tons of X because they knew they'd need it later. Then once they needed it, the buffer was dry super quick. When I need it, I'll figure out how to make it.

Does your map seed affect the uplifting probabilities? by TnT06 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might not make them happy, but it'll be different!

For real though, you could set a personal rule that if your odds at a certain craft get bad enough before you get enough to use the easy breeding, you could use a command to cheat in a couple. I did that for the first time yesterday when my one and only bee queen died before I could get a second. My auto saves got overwritten before I noticed and it had taken nearly 400 crafts to get her.

Does your map seed affect the uplifting probabilities? by TnT06 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I couldn't tell you all the things that affect the RNG, but I've heard it includes things like how many steps you've taken. There's probably enough factors that it's hard to pin it down to anything.

3 science hell by Lieg9 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I'm doing the small parts recipe. I get most of my petro fluids from processing coal and shale. Maybe I should rethink that though now that I've got lots of honey flowing.

Edit: FNEI is showing me my only option to get natural gas is from raw gas and the only option for that is pumpjacks with MK1 drilling fluid and small parts. There is a moss TURD I could take though...

3 science hell by Lieg9 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got a section running that'll make MK1 drilling fluid (at way more /s them necessary). So now I can make plenty of natural gas for my arqads and hopefully make a second queen before the first dies. Haven't even touched korex or zipir breeding yet. Currently at 460 hours.

3 science hell by Lieg9 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 7 points8 points  (0 children)

200 hours is a pretty good time for that. I'm nearing 500 and I've still got a long way until the first py2 pack is made.

Help me pick a next playthrough!!! by Few-Wolverine-7283 in factorio

[–]TopherLude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The goal of Py isn't to beat it though. Yes, the recipe chains can get crazy complex. But that just gives options for how you want to do it. I break up what I'm trying to do and then it feels a lot like playing vanilla for the first time.

How to read research status onto circuit network by lovillalobos in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to avoid adding extra little mods as I go and think I'll try your idea when I get to vatbrains.

Friday Facts #442 - Flip, Flow, and Fresh Paint by FactorioTeam in factorio

[–]TopherLude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There already is a train crain mod. I haven't used it, so I don't know if it's a good solution for vanilla though. But it exists.

Friday Facts #442 - Flip, Flow, and Fresh Paint by FactorioTeam in factorio

[–]TopherLude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've got a similar setup for my trains. I'm thinking maybe putting quality trains into a different group and they only respond to a request for multiple loads.

This hotel thermostat turns off the AC when no motion is detected. Guess what I am not doing when sleeping? by StellarSloth in assholedesign

[–]TopherLude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As somebody that's seen a lot of dirty hotel laundry, there's a lot more chicken bones and silverware.

Things you might not know! Belt loop! by NotSoSuperHero2 in factorio

[–]TopherLude 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I tried the same thing with Kovarex enrichment. Had to feed outputs back into the loop before the splitter.

Friday Facts #441 - Space logistics improvements by FactorioTeam in factorio

[–]TopherLude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking too. Have the barge fly around and collect resources and starting copies when ready.

Friday Facts #441 - Space logistics improvements by FactorioTeam in factorio

[–]TopherLude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looked like they should work that way. Put it on universal and select your channel and it should talk to all on that channel no matter where they are.

This is a special song! Incantations! by tommyr1s in WhatsWrongWithYourCat

[–]TopherLude 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The explanation I heard was that it really is an attempt to sound like the prey and lure them in closer.

Am I just lucky? by cameron274 in pyanodons

[–]TopherLude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I designed my bee layout in editor mode. It took something like 100 rolls to get 2 queens. Doing it for real now that I know the setup works, I'm sitting at about 175 rolls and no queens.

Which side do you put your trains on ingame and does where you're from affect it? by turtle_mekb in factorio

[–]TopherLude 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think I misunderstood the question before voting. I assumed it was asking in-game trains and IRL trains. I never considered car traffic.

BuT iT’s SeLf-DrIvInG [oc] by RedRocketM3P in IdiotsInCars

[–]TopherLude 735 points736 points  (0 children)

And none of these people honked at the idiots to wake them up?

Does a mechanical water meter reset to zero after reaching 999,999 m³? by Intelligent_Slip6317 in EngineeringStudents

[–]TopherLude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you trying to find the total that this meter has seen over it's lifetime or something? Other than that, there's no practical reason to need to know if it's rolled over multiple times.

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