Subsurface - build beneath your base!

by Natha

While everyone is looking up to space, other planets and the rest of the universe, there is a whole world buried directly underneath us. Use this opportunity to declutter your factory logistics by routing it under your base and explore the underground!

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11 days ago
1.1 - 2.0
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Environment Mining

i Freight Elevator

4 months ago
(updated 4 months ago)

Adds a structure that raises or lowers whatever is standing/parked on it to a designated level.
Each platform could be built individually (instead of pairs)
Requires power
Needs to be aligned with platform(s) on different levels to go to that level
Can accept wire input to specify level and activation and maybe 'locking' from a designated master input
Could provide passive pollution equalization unless upgraded/restricted by some other feature.
-Could allow biters to freely enter lower levels without said restriction, incentivize defense
Possible tracked version for more compact(?) and complex train routes.

One utility of this is being able to charge up shields with solar power on the surface and then descend with shields enabled and leftover energy.
Edit: I guess picking up and placing the vehicle in sunlight can do this.

4 months ago

Nice idea, but this doesnt sound usable for an automated factory...

4 months ago
(updated 4 months ago)

I'm using this mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/aai-programmable-vehicles
The purpose of signal inputs is entirely intended to allow automation as well.

It would also provide a more elegant solution to the big hole in the ground that needs an offset to function between multiple levels.

4 months ago

Adds a structure that raises or lowers whatever is standing/parked on it to a designated level.
Each platform could be built individually (instead of pairs)
Requires power
Needs to be aligned with platform(s) on different levels to go to that level
Can accept wire input to specify level and activation and maybe 'locking' from a designated master input
Could provide passive pollution equalization unless upgraded/restricted by some other feature.
-Could allow biters to freely enter lower levels without said restriction, incentivize defense
Possible tracked version for more compact(?) and complex train routes.

One utility of this is being able to charge up shields with solar power on the surface and then descend with shields enabled and leftover energy.
Edit: I guess picking up and placing the vehicle in sunlight can do this.

you're looking for Transport Rings. they can be keyed manually or set up to automatically fire using circuits. they transfer everything. buildings, enemies, players, even trains.

4 months ago

Thanks, I'll use them, but I have the problem of once I integrate one Stargate item, I need to use more.

4 months ago

I don't know if there are any more for 2.0

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