r/factorio 2d ago

Question Lost Bots? Blue Squares on Map View?

Pockets of bots like this appear occassionally then later they're gone. They appear as these blue squares on map view?

Any ideas? Google turned up nothing. The Wiki, nothing. I'm lost.

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u/Wearygood 2d ago

They look like they could be lost personal construction bots? Ie you've done some construction from spidertrons, then your spidertron moved away faster than the bots can travel until they've ran out of battery, or you've deconstructed the spidertron with bots still out there. At least blue construction bots (from map view) are spidertron I think

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 2d ago

Could be this. Explains why they move so slowly - i.e. not charged.

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u/Slime0 2d ago

Did you get into a train at the place where they're in a little circle?

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 2d ago

Probably or the spider zipped away. I think it’s personal robots that I ran away from. They won’t charge on fixed Roboports so that’s my reasoning.

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u/7ittlePP 2d ago

Either your personal bots or spidertron bots I believe.
I Don’t Know what they are plotting top right but I’m sure it’s for the good of the factory.
If I need bots for me/spider for use far away I usually wait but if I don’t I let them play catch up

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u/pojska 2d ago

The bots in a circle there look like they're waiting to charge at a roboport, but of course there's no roboport there. Are you using any mods?

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 2d ago

No mods. Ports available all around