#08: Solar Connection & Stone Collection [ Factorio — Noob to Pro ]
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#08: Solar Connection & Stone Collection
The steam engine arrays need more coal, so I add some additional mining drills on coal to saturate the fuel line, but I have enough solar panels to start generating some green energy! I probably don't have enough to run entirely off of solar, but it's enough to really take the strain off the engines and the coal usage during the daytime. I get electric energy distribution 2 researched just in time for the substations required for easy solar panel setups. My arrays are 32 panels + 8 accumulators + 1 substation, with big electric poles in between; I plan on putting down some substations surrounded by accumulators when I need a battery field up and running.
Power is stable, but now we need a lot more stone, and thankfully there's a decent sized patch of it to the west where I cleared out those biters. Running some rails over there is a little time consuming, but totally worth the effort; the newfound influx of stone gives me a huge amount of concrete being made; I've got so much concrete that I can pretty much repave my entire base with the sexy new pathway materials. Now my factory is really starting to shape up!
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r_6LsTwfmLJufTeekeM6SZT
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GAME VERSION:
Alpha 0.12.29
MODS USED:
Evolution Factor Indicator (v0.4.12)
Landfill (v2.1.7)
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ABOUT THIS SERIES:
I'm a new player to Factorio, having recently picked it up with the Steam Release of the game. I have completed the campaigns and finished a single freeplay game by launching my first rocket, but beyond that I'm still green. In this series I hope to expand my skills and knowledge of the game as much as possible, exploring all the technologies, and pushing the limits of what I can do in it. Seeing as how Factorio is a pretty slow-paced game, the footage is sped up to 3x normal speed with post-commentary.
ABOUT THE GAME:
Factorio is an early access game that has recently released on Steam, but it has been in development for the past four years by the Wube Software team. This is a game about gathering resources to research technology, craft machines, process materials, and defend your base against angry biters, but this isn't just another survival/crafting game... no no! The name of the game is 'automation', and Factorio is all about finding ways to engineer solutions to your ever expanding horizons. We don't do manual labor here; instead we use our creative problem-solving skills to design a factory to do all the hard work for us.
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