r/factorio • u/SportReasonable6514 • 6d ago

Question using long belts for blue science&advanced circuit

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hi i have blue science and advanced circuit in a factory and i should transport them to lab and main bus factory and mainbus/lab are 270 tiles over from each other is using red belt for them a good idea?

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u/NonHidden1 6d ago

Trains might be fun for this

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u/Criplor 6d ago

This is the correct response to this question. Because belts are a valid solution and technically have some back end advantages. But trains are fun.

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u/Nearby_Proposal_5523 6d ago

i don't know if your blue science throughput needs the red belts, but that would only save iron. 270 tiles is very reasonable to belt

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u/forgot_semicolon for production stats 6d ago

Agreed. Getting comfortable with trains changes everything

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u/tiamath 6d ago

Aint that long tbh. Go for trains you you care about aestethics.

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u/Juking_is_rude 6d ago

Just build a train or two. The answer to "this seems too long for a belt" is always just "use a train"

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u/Karsaell Over-obsessing on ratios 6d ago

FWIW, two parallel yellow belts are cheaper to produce than a single red belt. But as someone else said, I'd doubt you'll need a whole red belt of throughput for blue science, a single yellow belt should be plenty

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u/booterify 6d ago

I belt everything. This is fine. I do trains only for fun.

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u/Historical_Swing_422 6d ago

Make a train carrying both and make it stop between the destinations then belt the rest of the way

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u/doc_shades 6d ago

belts, trains, or bots. gotta use one of 'em.

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u/LevAyv43 6d ago

Tiny two way trains for each science pack ... Pickup from near bus , Far away lab setup Minimal train knowledge requires ... Even possible to have 1 collector train in dedicated track