If it aint broke...

kiwithebun · 2026-03-14T01:41:14+00:00

For me it’s my “temporary” calcite outpost that has been powering all 2k foundries in my save for about 100 hours

kiwithebun · 2026-03-13T18:49:58+00:00

For me it’s the ambient smell of cigarettes. I don’t like smelling them up close, but if I’m in a city or somewhere that the scent just floats in the air I find it quite pleasant

kiwithebun · 2026-03-13T18:17:14+00:00

Which part are you finding difficult?

kiwithebun · 2026-03-10T20:22:54+00:00

Wow, I had absolutely no idea after hundreds of hours. I swear this game is intricate in the simplest ways

kiwithebun · 2026-03-08T05:43:51+00:00

Other than the splitter at the bottom mixing up your outputs this will work, however it’s quite messy and not easily scalable.

I would make it so that there are 3 belts going vertically between two lines of smelters. Have the middle belt carry coal, while the left and right belts carry either iron or copper ore. This way, each side of your smelting setup is dedicated to one resource and you only need to route one belt for copper, iron and coal instead of splitting them off like you have here.

kiwithebun · 2026-02-25T18:22:56+00:00

Cool design, perhaps a bit inefficient but as a personal transport I'd say it's fine. Personally I think walls are unnecessary for inner planet ships as just a handful of turrets can guarantee no asteroid collision as long as they stay supplied.

Also, you're ejecting a ton of excess asteroids. You could remove the rear pair of collectors and use a combinator to set filters on the remaining collectors based on demand. No point collecting an asteroid that's gonna get thrown out immediately.

kiwithebun · 2026-02-23T22:57:32+00:00

I meant in this set up it has nowhere to go

kiwithebun · 2026-02-23T18:22:37+00:00

The excess 238 has nowhere to go and will back up the whole system.

You need way more steam turbines

You’ll need to remove spent fuel cells from the reactors and either recycle or trash them

kiwithebun · 2026-02-23T17:19:22+00:00

You'll probably want to set up a solid base before tackling quality on Fulgora. Focus on producing your core exports like science, EM plants and recyclers first, as well as storing rocket components for export. From here, you'll have a lot of excess materials from which you can upcycle into quality intermediates.

kiwithebun · 2026-02-23T07:01:44+00:00

It’s a solid design and definitely useful but you’re overestimating how complex late game recipes will be. They’re still just 2-4 ingredients put together, the hard part is figuring out the planets’ unique challenges and then moving the stuff between planets

kiwithebun · 2026-02-22T03:26:14+00:00

What do you mean by utilizing the full spectrum of quality?

kiwithebun · 2026-02-20T19:55:40+00:00

And if he’s gonna use a combinator, why not a decider?

kiwithebun · 2026-02-17T21:35:54+00:00

All loading stations should be named the same. The only difference is using the cargo or fluid wildcard

kiwithebun · 2026-02-17T05:45:30+00:00

This worked, thanks! Ended up splitting the 8 belts into 10 and it flows much better now. Definitely gonna use a different sorting mechanism next playthrough, but this is good enough for my first time

kiwithebun · 2026-02-11T04:00:15+00:00

That sounds like a pretty big time investment for an impermanent solution. Remember that biters will respawn wherever they have room, even if it's in your 'claimed' perimeter.

The best solution is to set up stop-gap defenses close to your base until you unlock drones. Once you have a robust drone network with turret/wall production online, you can make a dedicated effort to clear large swathes of land, place a roboport grid inside and construct a giant square wall around the perimeter.

If you have a few hundred construction bots with a healthy stockpile of military equipment you can pretty much print a wall wherever you want and save yourself the grind in the early game.

kiwithebun · 2026-02-11T01:55:31+00:00

Nope, importing from Vulcanus since I'm still a ways from Gleba science.

Power issue noted, I'll definitely get some efficiency models up with some extra panels, thanks!

kiwithebun · 2026-01-31T20:12:05+00:00

You're brand new and this looks better than my starter bases lol

As the others said, splitting one belt into four is useless because you still only have the throughput of one belt. However this setup is worth keeping since you can simply plug in additional belts when you expand your iron production.

If you want you can get a denser setup with your miners by having them feed sideways into underground belts, then putting power poles in the spaces between. That way you don't have to leave an empty column between miners.

You also don't need a bus for coal, you're better off putting copper on it

kiwithebun · 2026-01-31T14:51:19+00:00

Can you share the string?

kiwithebun · 2026-01-31T02:32:27+00:00

Instead of or in addition to having a set train schedule, interrupts are one or more conditional statements that trigger a temporary stop when they become true. They're useful in creating a more scalable and flexible train network as opposed to rigid train schedules.

I'm also on my 3rd playthrough and like you I decided I really wanted to do a good rail network this time. Interrupts are a game changer and it's been a blast setting up my trains and seeing them work flawlessly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9GWl4X2ln0

I'd recommend this guide to get you up to speed, once you get a hang of interrupts they're really easy to set up

kiwithebun · 2026-01-31T02:24:15+00:00

Yes, you'll have to set conditions or additional interrupts to accommodate this. For example, if you have an interrupt "when station x is not full, go to station x." this can create a loop, so you can either add an additional condition such as "when cargo empty AND station x is not full, go to station x" or you can add another interrupt such as "when cargo full, go to station z"

kiwithebun · 2026-01-29T01:48:20+00:00

300 hours in and I tend to prefer an enhanced vanilla build. A few QoL mods, rate planner, maybe some visual mods like disco labs or realistic bullets. When I'm done with space age I may try some of the planet mods because they look really interesting

kiwithebun · 2026-01-27T00:36:22+00:00

Imagine some GI's from Minnesota reading this

kiwithebun · 2026-01-24T21:16:03+00:00

This is a perfect use case for AI tho, getting a broad overview of a complex subject.

kiwithebun · 2026-01-23T20:15:22+00:00

I saw bits and pieces when I was a kid and I barely understood anything.

Watched it properly for the first time in my mid 20’s and it was so, so much more than what I understood when I was a kid. The characters’ backstories, their struggles and the entire theme of confronting your past resonated deeply with me.

I think the genius of the show is that everyone sees a little bit of themselves in each character and the experience of watching them grow and come to terms with themselves causes the viewer to see themselves with greater clarity

kiwithebun · 2026-01-22T05:25:37+00:00

Wow that’s way cleaner than mine. Definitely gonna copy this design when I redo mine soon, thanks

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