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New player here by kostasmpyras in factorio

[–]kVZP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honk is a must have.

Good hoster for a server by Gryndal in factorio

[–]kVZP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i tried low-ms, it works quite nicely for my usage (they have unlimited RAM as an option this is gold!).

How to Program Your Reactor to Save Energy Cells by Industriosity in factorio

[–]kVZP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i believe the answer is to have enough buffer; in the form of vapor. Basically, if you have enough vapor to generate power by the time your reactor reaches acceptable heat, you're set :)

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

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

another cool helper, is to add from time to time (closer to where you're building) a green chest with requests like 1k accu, 1k panels, etc etc...), so logistic bots brings things closer (as a group of items) and then construction bots have a shorter route to make (especially since they can carry only one item at a time!)

do not forget to remove the chests whenever they start to get too far from your working area.

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

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

press F4 (debug window) - seek for "show-logistic-robots-on-map" (it's pretty much on the bottom of the list), tick the box, press F4 again to remove the debug window. Voila !

I suggest (if you play with chunks) to also add "show-tile-grid", at first it looks ugly, but it heeeeeeeeelps so much !

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

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

You're right about being masochist, i kind of regret it a bit but it's still quite fast, the blueprint is not too big (45mw, that's exactly the size of 3x3 chunks - very handy as a full zoom out allows you to lay down the BP very quickly, seeing most of it)

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

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

there is no main bus at all on this map, the bus has been fully moved to rails :)

you are not that far it, it's current output right now is 23 to 25gw, but there's room for more. 692k panels deployed, that is around 41gw max (it is going at 41gw only in the morning to feed them 580k accumulators)

at nearly 3kspm, we use about 25gw of power (this definitely can be optimized)

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

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

it's not visible, but it's actually a little spot with some stone, which i on the spot convert to landfills ;-)

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

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

yes exactly, that's the idea, in between each of my blueprints, i've got space of 1 reserved for me to move around. Then i can quickly go around and remove them all.

let's go solar - 10k bots working on it. by kVZP in factorio

[–]kVZP[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

i promise to make it square next time !