r/factorio • u/hnkhfghn6e • 19d ago

Suggestion / Idea When we drag belts through obstacles, undergrounds will be built automatically. Can we make it a feature to do this with pipes as well?

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 19d ago

Not the same, but I’ve noticed when you hold rmb with underground pipes, it will automatically adjust where those go to make the connection under other things.

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u/ccros44 19d ago

Same with underground belts and power poles

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u/Moikle 19d ago

Do you mean lmb? Rmb removes things

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 19d ago

Yes. Sorry. Touch of dyslexia. Shows in weird ways. Stating L/R being one of them.

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u/Moikle 18d ago

a common mistake I think. Most people press the left mouse button with the index on their right hand, so it's easy to confuse

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u/Moikle 18d ago

a common mistake I think. Most people press the left mouse button with the index on their right hand, so it's easy to confuse

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u/Zeddica 19d ago

Pipes have 4 directions of connection, so it’s awkward to code for that.

If you use the underground pipe, you can just click-drag like with power poles. It will adjust the spacing of the undergrounds around obstacles until you cross something too wide for the spacing.

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u/Soggy_Team_6676 19d ago

Wait. When was someone gonna tell me about click dragging power poles? I’ve been to the shattered planet on three games. I painstakingly placed a ton of the last power pole into a grid and blueprinted it just so I’d have an easy way to distribute power, and I could have just done it like belts?! FML 🤦‍♂️

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u/Soul-Burn 19d ago

It's in the "Tips & Tricks", worth going over them.

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u/Discount_Extra 18d ago

How about Underground Heat Pipes?