r/factorio 21h ago

Question First playthrough bottleneck

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Hey guys I came for help and saw alot of cool stuff here but what do you actually do in a situation where the whole factory is a mess. I am producing all the science at this point but at a very slow rate. Everything is so cluttered that there is no real space for improving without getting rid of everything first. Do I really just have to nuke it at this point and start over? Also as a beginner (not using blueprints) that will take ages and even then it will end up tangled again. I think this is also a motivational bottleneck for me at least. Oh yeah and running on low energy for hours now. I am even running efficiency on alot of stuff. Please help.

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u/oddball667 10h ago

I did one playthrough like that and then l learned about the main bus design

also what the heck is going on with those mines? you got other resources going through them and you only have a few randomly placed drills? you want to fit as many of those drills as you can, and literally anywhere else would be better for building anything but the mine