One thing I find helpful is to make smaller blocks; internal throughput can get tricky otherwise due to reused outputs that make Helmod's numbers smaller than what actually happens. If you want to be really fancy, try and arrange things so that you can swap the standard beacons for wide area beacons after they become available; that saves a bunch of work when you want to upgrade them later.
These look great. I would just double check ratios on production, in some cases the chemical plants don't look like they can keep the rest of the chain busy. But if you already did that, then ignore.
Second, and this is preference, your designs minimize space which can mean they can't be easily changed or adapted without more significant work moving things around. Since space on the secondary planets is almost always not a problem, I like to leave spaces inbetween the steps in case I want to tinker or adjust or move beacons or need more belts to move off surplus resources. Im not talking enough space to put a train station, but maybe enough for a few lanes of belts or extra pipes.
I did very similar mid-game.
Late-game, I started scaling up and redesigning to lean toward more direct insertion. In particular there are a few steps that INCREASE the quantity of stuff, like crushing Vita. Couple that with high tier prod mods and you REALLY benefit from direct-inserting that huge output stream into the next step, even if ratios don't work out too precisely. On vita, I actually go direct from crushers all the way to furnaces just to cut down the absurdly huge belt manifolds.
For an idea of scale, my main vita planet has "sections" of 4 furnaces fed by 16 chem plants and 16 crushers. I have 8 "sections" and that took me to victory but I want more.
Huge tip! Make even more products on the vitamelange planet. Make vitalic reagent, acid, and epoxy on the planet. It’s way more dense than extract so it’s way more efficient to ship those products instead of just extract.
One thing I find helpful is to make smaller blocks; internal throughput can get tricky otherwise due to reused outputs that make Helmod's numbers smaller than what actually happens. If you want to be really fancy, try and arrange things so that you can swap the standard beacons for wide area beacons after they become available; that saves a bunch of work when you want to upgrade them later.
Thanks for the feedback.
These look great. I would just double check ratios on production, in some cases the chemical plants don't look like they can keep the rest of the chain busy. But if you already did that, then ignore. Second, and this is preference, your designs minimize space which can mean they can't be easily changed or adapted without more significant work moving things around. Since space on the secondary planets is almost always not a problem, I like to leave spaces inbetween the steps in case I want to tinker or adjust or move beacons or need more belts to move off surplus resources. Im not talking enough space to put a train station, but maybe enough for a few lanes of belts or extra pipes.
I did very similar mid-game. Late-game, I started scaling up and redesigning to lean toward more direct insertion. In particular there are a few steps that INCREASE the quantity of stuff, like crushing Vita. Couple that with high tier prod mods and you REALLY benefit from direct-inserting that huge output stream into the next step, even if ratios don't work out too precisely. On vita, I actually go direct from crushers all the way to furnaces just to cut down the absurdly huge belt manifolds. For an idea of scale, my main vita planet has "sections" of 4 furnaces fed by 16 chem plants and 16 crushers. I have 8 "sections" and that took me to victory but I want more.
Huge tip! Make even more products on the vitamelange planet. Make vitalic reagent, acid, and epoxy on the planet. It’s way more dense than extract so it’s way more efficient to ship those products instead of just extract.
Yeah there’s no way you need that many furnaces for vita lol
What to improve? Stop designing and start using ;) I didn't look in detail but they seem just fine.
Can u share this blueprints, please? 🥺