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As you can see from the screenshots, I managed to distribute the input perfectly for both my reinforced iron plates and rotors by running the conveyor belts through splitters.

Now I’ve reached my modular frame factory. HOW do I properly distribute/feed the input with such awkward input numbers like 9, 27, and 12? I build my factories in modules so they can easily be expanded later, and within each module I want every machine running at 100% efficiency. Because of that, I also want to make sure the input is perfectly balanced.

How do I solve this in my modular frame factory!?

I love building in this game. I’m not even that far yet and I still haven’t unlocked everything, but I absolutely hate spaghetti builds. That’s why I decided to build my first proper factory.

After putting more time into it than I’d like to admit, here is my Reinforced Iron Plate and Rotor factory. I didn’t want any visible conveyor belts, so I turned the basement (the bottom floor) into a sort of distribution layer. I also wanted every machine to run at 100% efficiency. After figuring out a lot of things along the way, I finally managed to make it work!

I also made things way harder for myself multiple times. A few things I learned from this:

• Don’t place walls and roofs before your machines are properly positioned, configured, and everything is working — especially if you want identical wings or sections in a building. I spent way too much time running back and forth trying to remember how I set things up on another machine.
• Make blueprints! They’re useful for so many things, even small details like walls, decorated doors, and lamps.
• Build a foundation platform beforehand so you don’t run out of space later because of nearby mountains and hills. I already had to tear this factory down once because I ran out of room :(.

For my next factory, I want to make something that feels less straight-forward and boxy. In what order do you guys usually build, and do you have any tips for inspiration?

Wow. What a game this is. I’m now 73 hours in. All of my early factories have been completely torn down and rebuilt multiple times after I discovered or unlocked something new. It honestly feels like I’ve only just started, because there’s still so much I haven’t discovered or unlocked yet. I just unlocked Phases 5 and 6, and I still have to complete all of their milestones.

I’ve just spent two evenings redesigning my coal power plant and moving it to a better location with more water. I can’t wait to unlock more visual upgrades so I can make my factories look nicer, but I need tickets for that.

At the beginning, I earned tickets from the AWESOME Sink pretty quickly, but each new ticket takes longer than the last. Does anyone have any tips on how to speed this up? I’d really like to unlock more things, but at this rate it’s going to take quite a while :).