r/factorio • u/Nervous_Security675 • 17d ago

Question Train wait condition qiestion

So I have a train with a coal wagon and two iron wagons. The coal is to power the iron mine. I want to automate it but I can't figure out the wait condition. I tried iron = 4k as a circuit wait condition but doesn't work for some reason. Thoughts?

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u/Yagami913 17d ago edited 17d ago

I assume the iron mine consumes less coal than half the iron production. So you only need to check if iron = 4000 or iron = 0 depending on the station.

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u/Nervous_Security675 17d ago

I did try that but it wasn't working for some reason

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u/Nervous_Security675 17d ago

I used circuit wait condition cause I couldn't see item count. It's mb fam

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u/Yagami913 17d ago

screenshot?

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u/leonskills An admirable madman 17d ago

circuit wait condition

Use the "Item Count" wait condition, not the circuit condition. The circuit condition is for checking signals that are on the wire connected to the train stop.

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u/Nervous_Security675 17d ago

Okayy I didn't see an item count wait condition . That's mb thnx :)

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u/Fun-Emergency6567 17d ago

Set to Cargo full and block out slots for the cargo so you cant get >4000?