I think a lot of people forget that the players a) may not be as experienced b) may not have played much early game. It also must be hard working with a handful of other thought patterns...you're dumped in at the deep end and have to start running whilst juggling and all of it on the clock - it does...

Gah, how are we going to open locked doors, re-program robots and <CENSORED> without the Sonic Screwdrivers‽

In the not too distant future you will cringe at the thought of putting copper wire on a belt ;-) I love setting up a complex sub-Factorium to produce something, leaving it all powered down. Once I've checked it over, hit the power and woooosh, watch that baby fly. Most satisfying! Just wait till yo...

Yea .... this is embarrassing, seems like every 10 bugfixes create a new bug :) These things happen and all us gibbering wrecks of Factorio all-night players really want is to know that you're aware of the problem. Fixing it is an extra so we love you even more. Bugs come and go, but good customer ...

Belts for four science types? What is this concept? :-P

Dear Hydra Players,

We, the people, know who made the barrel. We saw its creation and witnessed attempts to hide it from view. When the moment ripens we will tell all. Until that time, live in fear.

Hugs and kisses,

Your Ever-Loyal Viewers.

Loved ep. 5, loving the series!

p.s. NO MUMMY, NOT ANOTHER GEARWHEEL SAMMICH, PLEASE!
p.p.s. THE GREEN SCIENCE ISN'T WORKING! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
p.p.p.s. YOU HAVE NO PLASTIC FOR ELECTRIC COOKERS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

*slaps self out of it

Khalysto wrote:... but I'd love to restart and do a playthrough where folks are providing feedback on build decisions, recommending actions / next steps, etc.
Thoughts?

Prepare to be buried by backseat players :-D

This is what I do when manually saving. Doesn't everyone?

Just in case a dev needs a save game, try this one and just walk to the right.

DaveMcW wrote:The pollution also tends to annoy the neighbors. But with 15 destroyer capsules per minute, soon you will have no neighbors.

I love this! :-D

A very tidy and useful creation. 9/10 "Goes boom".

Oh I agree you are! But you know what it's like watching someone do something you do. They always do the wrong thing :-P

It'll be really interesting to see the priorities change when defence becomes mandatory!

May I be the first to apologise. I am such a terrible back seat player. It must be tough with such a short space of time, being thrust into someone else's work and the early game which - let's face it - we don't play often. I know all of this. But I was still yelling at my monitor :-( I am so sorry....

I shall be waiting!

If another comes to mind I'll be spamming you folks with it again.

Thanks!

Look again - they don't :-)
Underground express belts require fast express belts and gears.

The Player: 30k stone. That'll do nicely! The drill to furnace to wall assembler, a most lonesome of outposts dotted around with no friends to be seen. Their only connection to the hive a single, rusting electricity pole. Delivering to a chest never to be collected by human hands. Then one day - a ...

The recipe for underground express belts does not require any lubricant. This strikes me as a bug as it is logical that express belting requires lubricant as an aspect of the technology tree, and underground belts shouldn't be an exception to this requirement.

This bug happens even if the Character Inventory Slots have the same "quantity requested" over time. I have my circuits set to 200, and haven't changed it for the whole game, yet I'm still delivered 200-203 items.