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[werty892]

You guys and your fancy train shenanigans. I just use robots everywhere its useful once I get them, and eventually make a train.

Psh, you and your robots. Real pros use continent spanning conveyor belts.

[Girlinhat]

I don't see the point of robots.  You get belts and engineering, why just ignore it and just send things flying?  Seems like almost cheating.

[Aklyon]

I don't see the point of robots.  You get belts and engineering, why just ignore it and just send things flying?  Seems like almost cheating.

Because my factory is a mess, damnit. Robots, go slowly and easily distribute things between logistics chests instead while I try to make it look nicer.

Also because construction robots with a placed blueprint are the best thing for expansion other than trains.

[n9103]

Are there any guides or wikis that describe things like how many smelters one coal mine can supply?
I never get any proportions right and have a massive buildup of resources EVERY SINGLE TIME and i can take watching an endless conveyor belf of coal/ore only so many times before i try rebuilding the system... and ending in an even worse state than before.

http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5576

While this is true, the rate at which furnaces use coal isn't given.  Though I suppose you could trawl the source code a bit.  There's modding options, after all.

Now that you mention it though, I might have to look into crafting speed given on different things and seeing if I can't streamline stuff!

Coal is 8MJ of energy, and furnaces run at 180kW. That's about 45 seconds per coal per furnace. (A little less, so get slightly more production than that if you're going to time it down to the second.)

[werty892]

So, can anyone throw up a server?

[Girlinhat]

I can try and host, but I don't have any sort of dedicated server or anything.  I think people would also need to use hamachi/evolve/etc to make a fake LAN to connect.

[Aklyon]

Last I checked factorio settings gives you a port to forward (or just let you type in a port), so it wouldn't require virtual LAN to do.

I could also try to host, but also don't have a dedicated server or whatever.

[Girlinhat]

Thing is I don't really have access to my router settings and whatnot that are needed to do ports and such.  Basically the only way I can ever get people to connect to me on any game is by virtual LAN.

[forsaken1111]

Is there a dedicated server option in this game?

[n9103]

No. It's on the to-do list for possible future work, but the way they have multiplayer working (lockstep synchronization) means that it's much easier to do P2P.

[Sensei]

Hey guys- anyone want to play on a server? We've been playing together in the Teamspeak!

[McDonald]

That was asked a long time ago, but you can set up a dedicated server. Just host a server on a computer that you can run 24/7, and remove player character via a command. Presto, dedicated server.

[n9103]

Or, wait another few weeks for a proper server (according to a few dev posts in forum). (mostly an official implementation of your idea, not a true dedicated server)

Main problem with the sandbox method is if you want to use mods, a lot of them don't like having a non-addressable character. You'd be limited to mods that don't change the player, or the few that have specifically been patched to deal with sandbox.
Most of the larger mods have been so patched though, so if you're not looking to jump off the bandwagon, then it should be acceptable.

[The13thRonin]

I wish the dev would go back to adding new stuff like new ores to dig up extra...

The MP doesn't interest me in the slightest...

[n9103]

Pretty sure there are no intentions of adding new ores.

You should play with one of several mods that add ores if that's what you're looking for.