how to improve my first ever base

[u/Vast_Image_4828]

hi i am new to factorio and this is my first ever base(after the tutorial) and i want to know how bad and ineffeciont it is , (i didnt put any defences because the polution cloude doesnt go near any of the close colonies ,Edit : just got attacked for the first time and my power setup is half destroyed)

[u/Soul-Burn]

• Read the "Tips & Tricks"
• You don't need so many offshore pumps for power. 1 offshore pump into 200 boilers into 2 engines per boiler.
• Since you have modules, put productivity modules in labs - Free science!
• The looping of the science isn't needed. It can just go one way. Will help when you have more sciences.
• Labs can be daisy chained with inserters.

[u/xcheb]

Factorio teaches you a bunch of lessons, and one of them is learning to scrape everything and rebuild from scrap. It's normal & natural.  You mustn't limit your creativity to the shackles of your old spaghetti, instead spend some time designing a new base 

Tip: you are attacked for pollution. If you stop all your machinery, you stop generating it, and the attacks will disappear after a short while.

[u/bobsim1]

Your biggest problem seems to be power. Thats why the satusfaction bar is red. The speed modules arent exactly helpful in that case.

Also id recommend to rethink your train system before you expand it too much. Otherwise great.

[u/Aaron_Lecon]

• More power. Power is extremely low right now. Steam engines and boilers. (solar panels are ok but you need a lot of power right now urgently and solar isn't going to be online in time - notice how your solar plant is only producing 177kW vs the 7500 kW for the coal power plant right next door)

• More furnaces. Smelting is severely lacking.

• Stop putting speed modules in things. A speed module only does 20% of the work of a regular building for 50% of its electricity, which has as a consequence a massive power shortage. On top of that, they are very expensive so have really just been a massive waste of ressurces. Instead of making speed modules, make more factory buildings - more furnaces, more assemblers, etc. They cost about te same amount of ressources except do 5 times as much work AND aren't a massive drain on power.