It took me a long time to figure out that connecting a wire to a belt hooked it to the circuit network– Now I’m wondering if there is a way to control it from a value from the logistics network. I didn’t see a “Connect to logistics network” dialog after connecting a wire to a … Read more
Factorio has a large number of settings in the Map generator. And saved Presets. I’d like to save a preset of my own preferences and it’s a feature I do expect. I have searched the Steam folder for one of the preset names, but can’t find any. How can I store my own map generator … Read more
I know the aliens will always attack combat robots, but I was wondering if they would attack logistic and construction ones. Answer Yep! This is the biggest problem involving aliens in Seablock mod since the aliens are all immobile there. If you have your construction bots building land too close to an enemy base, they’ll … Read more
What Factorio mod or setting do I need to turn off to prevent this tooltip from displaying? I can’t figure out how I turned it on and it’s interfering with my game. I have many mods loaded and it takes many minutes to restart every time, so the process of figuring out which mod it … Read more
Despite my desktop having more memory and a faster CPU, Factorio runs much slower on it than it does on my MacBook Pro because of my motherboard’s memory limitations. Rather than drop $300 on an upgraded motherboard and memory and in true Factorio style I prefer to optimize my factory. Is there anything in particular … Read more
I’ve always used E to bring up the inventory in Factorio. However in the single player scenario Tight spot this key does nothing. I’ll start the game, buy some machines and supplies, start the game. I can’t do anything beyond that. I also tried moving stuff to my toolbar. But once the game starts, the … Read more
I have a train station that loads iron into a train for export, and imports coal from a different train. I have this problem where iron is being loaded into the coal train. Is there a way I can place a logistics filter on the wagon to stop iron from coming in? Answer You can … Read more
The melter has 30% downtimes, I expect to have 66% downtimes. What is the calculation base? The steel furnance has a crafting speed of 2 per second. The electric mining drill has a mining speed of 0.5 per second The copper plate has a production time of 3.2 seconds This means, the steel furnance can … Read more
I’d like to know if it is somehow possible to include Concrete in a blueprint. When I select an area with my blueprint, the ground is ignored. Do i need to hold a special key, or is it just not possible (yet)? Answer Yes, you need to concrete some empty piece of land (with no … Read more
I have a steam installation of Factorio 0.16 and an experimental version 0.17 in a folder somewhere else with a bunch of new saves to test the new features. I’d like to do the “Mass production 3” achievement on steam and if I get this right, this achievement is save-independant. Once the 0.17 gets stable … Read more
