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by alaeth
Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Surviving While Idle
Replies: 7
Views: 3834

Re: Surviving While Idle

Think: Tower Defense games... A solid wall is less effective than a wall of interlocking "L" shapes... This abuses the pathing, and rather than chew through your walls, the biters and spitters path through them. Have your damage units (I use a flame turret paired with 2 laser turrets) at l...
by alaeth
Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:19 pm
Forum: Combinator Creations
Topic: Balanced buffer
Replies: 25
Views: 41789

Re: Balanced buffer

I don't understand why everyone uses a "divide by chests" logic (two combinators per side) when all you need is multiply by -1... i use 1 arithmetic combinator per pickup stop. the divide by negative number of chests is to get the -average of all the chests. the inserters are wired with a...
by alaeth
Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:44 pm
Forum: Combinator Creations
Topic: Balanced buffer
Replies: 25
Views: 41789

Re: Balanced buffer

I don't understand why everyone uses a "divide by chests" logic (two combinators per side) when all you need is multiply by -1... I'm not at home but I'll try to describe. The last inserter on the input belt is left un-wired. It's the "control" signal. In a perfect system, it get...
by alaeth
Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:05 pm
Forum: Mechanical Throughput Magic (circuit-free)
Topic: Smelting where you mine
Replies: 26
Views: 64374

Re: Smelting where you mine

You can push this narrower/denser by moving the power to the output belt position (with an underground belt)... I like this layout for my new base, I'm on a huge peninsula, but space is starting to become a problem. I have metric tons of coal, so I haven't been using electric furnaces for my smelting.
by alaeth
Fri May 06, 2016 3:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #137 - The release scarecrow
Replies: 197
Views: 71914

Re: Friday Facts #137 - The release scarecrow

devilwarriors wrote:
albatrosv13 wrote:Burner inserter: "Welcome, brothers, to forgotten graveyard a player almost never uses"
They always been in that graveyard for me.. nobody got time to feed inserter coal :P
Burners feed themselves coal (if available)... great for boilers or remote gun turrets.
by alaeth
Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:28 am
Forum: Mods
Topic: [MOD 0.15] SmartTrains 2.0.5
Replies: 608
Views: 301291

Re: [MOD 0.12.27+] SmartTrains 0.3.81

In the current release "full" ignores the goto rule. Ahh, that helps immensely! I shall re-jigger my depot stations to use a "goto 4" rule once it detects full. If I understand correctly, if there is no signal condition, the train simply follows the normal route once the timer e...
by alaeth
Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:56 am
Forum: Mods
Topic: [MOD 0.15] SmartTrains 2.0.5
Replies: 608
Views: 301291

Re: [MOD 0.12.27+] SmartTrains 0.3.81

Fixed value in the Line definition:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =673690293
by alaeth
Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:56 pm
Forum: Mods
Topic: [MOD 0.15] SmartTrains 2.0.5
Replies: 608
Views: 301291

Re: [MOD 0.12.27+] SmartTrains 0.3.81

Struggling with how to accomplish a couple things: I've been using a simple threshold rule for copper and iron for quite some time, but as I expand my supply locations, I am in need of a more complex layout. First Problem - multi-supply depots: I want to have a list of supply depots with one unloade...

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