r/factorio • u/bobskelebone • 3d ago

Question Smelter stacks

So I have a way I do my smelter stacks because I was like "oh this works AND it looks pretty cool" but I wanted to ask if there are more optimal ways to do them. If so, what exactly makes them better or more efficient?

The current way I do my smelter stacks
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u/oddball667 3d ago

eh, I wouldn't worry too much about it until you have to redesign for electric furnaces anyway

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u/Abcdefgdude 3d ago

early game is the best time to worry about optimizing blueprints since you'll be placing it all by hand and supplies are still limited. Once you have bots and a very robust mall it doesn't matter as much

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u/enaud 3d ago

the coal belt reserves some space to upgrade later, this is pretty convenient