Ananace@lemmy.ananace.dev to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agoFactorio Friday Facts #381 - Space Platformsfactorio.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: automation_games@feddit.degames@sh.itjust.workshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partypcgaming@lemmy.worldPCGaming@kbin.socialgames@lemmy.world
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minus-squarePlayer2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThe actual best way to deal with surplus is to store it all, just in case.
minus-squareAnanace@lemmy.ananace.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYep, but if you run out of storage space then The Factorio Way™ has always been to use some kind of destruction method - from handgunning a wooden box to using a mod to vaporize it into the ether.
minus-squareserraturlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhen the expension release we can load that stuff on a rocket and yeet it out in space instead of shooting that box
minus-squarePhroon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYou can’t build chests in space, so there’s very limited buffering or surplus options. I think the biggest change with space is that it appears that the asteroids are an infinite resource.
minus-squareAmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe factory may need those resources to grow at some point. Best to stash em away just in case.
The actual best way to deal with surplus is to store it all, just in case.
Yep, but if you run out of storage space then The Factorio Way™ has always been to use some kind of destruction method - from handgunning a wooden box to using a mod to vaporize it into the ether.
When the expension release we can load that stuff on a rocket and yeet it out in space instead of shooting that box
You can’t build chests in space, so there’s very limited buffering or surplus options.
I think the biggest change with space is that it appears that the asteroids are an infinite resource.
The factory may need those resources to grow at some point. Best to stash em away just in case.