how do people get to god tier with circuits?

[Dr. house]

tittle says all.
that and im trying to get better at it.

off topic,is it cheating if you are using somebodys else blueprints?

eddit:i mean Circuit network,the thing with wires and combinators.
my bad

[MaddogDino]

No it's not cheatiing to use someone elses BP's, but far better for your gaming experience if you examine them before designing your own. most players run BP's that are modiified from others work.

[MisterSpock]

I dismantle other ppl BPs and make my own stuff from it.
Its great, you dont have to build every solution on your own.
(I am We are Borg)

Its not uncommon as programmer to use already programmed code.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1427054642

[MaddogDino]

This is mine at mo, getting ready to move it and double it's size.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1427059229

[Ryan]

There are some very impressive blueprints on https://factorioprints.com/top

Bob's mods + Factorissimo2 + Warehouse mods make for some interesting possibilities without requiring miles of space.

This is my favorite blueprint on the site: https://factorioprints.com/view/-KnQ865j-qQ21WoUPbd3

[MaddogDino]

I'm waiting for my 20 Mil Green Circuit achievement before I use any mods on this map but warehouses is def a fave of mine.

[pat]

I generally use other peoples blueprints when I'm neck-deep in building something and realize that I need a supply of turbo-gizmos to continue. I could figure out how they're made and create a factory for them, but I really don't want to interrupt my train of thought and just want them now.

Next time I do it, I'll design my own, perhaps learning from the layout I copied.

[MaddogDino]

All I do is build stuff and keep adapting it till I get my ratios right then BP it and expand.

[Balloon Dog]

I personally like to build all my stuff myself. I start simple and messy get a foundation and then tweak compact and simplify, its very relaxing. I try also to make everything modular so expansion is easy.

[Xilo The Odd]

yeah using other peopls BPs isnt the worst thing its honestly the best thing,you can take someone elses already well though out idea, and improve it even further with your own ideas, repost and repeat.

then eventually we'll reach the ultimate blue print of perfection.

and then improve it!

[brian_va]

brute force. if you need more of something, increase its production and make more of the ingredients. repeat til you break it, then fix it.

[Dr. house]

Originally posted by MaddogDino:

No it's not cheatiing to use someone elses BP's, but far better for your gaming experience if you examine them before designing your own. most players run BP's that are modiified from others work.

yea i've done that and learned quite a bit from his dessign.

[AlabasterSXS]

The biggest problem I've seen in MP is that people lay down large end-game blueprints full of underground belts and inserters facing all directions and it all has to be filled out by hand. And then it uses a much higher volume of plates and chips than is proportional to the rest of the factory.

[GMC]

Originally posted by lyoko:

i mean Circuit network,the thing with wires and combinators.

Some background in electronic engineering and/or computer programming can help. There's also the Combinator Tutorial[wiki.factorio.com] and Circuit Network Cookbook[wiki.factorio.com] pages on the wiki.

One thing to bear in mind when dealing with stateful logic (feedback loops) is that you can't be sure of the order in which combinator outputs will be updated. So when the output of one combinator connects to the input of another, the value seen by the second might be before the first has been updated for the current cycle, or after. This can be a significant issue when handling single-tick pulses like those generated by reading belt/inserter contents in "pulse" mode.

[Hedning]

If you use other people's blueprints you are only cheating yourself. If you want to be good at circuits you should build yourself. Go to the forums for research and inspiration but don't just take a blueprint.