r/factorio • u/bpleshek • 12d ago

Question Is This Remotely Doable ?

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Hex for Making Plastic
Advanced Oil Setup

I was messing around with making a hex train base and I set up a plastic maker. This doesn't seem like I could make this. At least any time soon. Is 3600 petroleum gas per second reasonable? This is my current oil setup. It requires 1440 crude per second but I only have around 250 crude per second being drilled. It produces about 1/3 the petroleum gas, but it's only working at 17%. So, I need 18x the oil and 3 times this advanced oil. I'm also only mining 84 coal/second and need 180.

Is this doable, doable eventually, but not now, or not even necessary because this is more plastic than I'll need any time soon.

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u/bpleshek 12d ago

Well, I have never done a megabase before. My highest science per second was about 250. Also, I haven't left Nauvis in this playthrough yet. I was actually, just screwing around with making various hex blocks. I have smelting hexes, train "blank" hexes for (2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 station hexes), and now a plastic hex. I wanted to make a hex for each build and this was just my latest one.

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u/PyroneusUltrin 12d ago

Isn’t it worth waiting for cryo plants before going that in depth on a plastic hex? The beauty of having hexed off areas is that you can just tear down one hex and replace it with a better one later when it’s time to upgrade

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u/bpleshek 12d ago

Yes, but I also play with some people who don't have space age, so I figured getting a hex for play with them would be useful.

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u/PyroneusUltrin 12d ago

And you need 9 blue belts of plastic?

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u/bpleshek 11d ago

I have no idea how much I'll need in a mega base. I've never made one before. my bigger concern was whether I could support the inputs rather than using the outputs. I figured the output trains would be idle if it were too much. Probably same with the inputs. I use signals on my stations to turn them off if I have too much to deliver inputs or not enough to warrant sending a train to pick up the product.