Sulfur

[Lord Strong]

so i read sulfur shouldnt be put on a belt but i also seen blue science with it on a belt. how do you manage your sulfur for blue science if you only need a litttle bit of it at first. do people just add it to a belt for blue science then produce what they need for sulfuric acid and anything else on a separate line. i understand its a bit wasteful of belts to but some products on a belt rather than direct feeding them. lot of things are confusing about factorio. I just try make sense of it.

[jimmyzgreek]

the reason sulfur doesnt really need to be on a belt is that its only used for 3 things: blue science, sulphuric acid, and explosives. none of these things will be made in a way that requires sulphur to be on the main bus, so you can just produce it near what you are making

[knighttemplar1960]

It only takes 1 sulfur to make 2 blue science packs so you won't use very much sulfur for that. You can use one train with 4 wagons that carries sulfur in one car, batteries in a 2nd car and explosives in the last 2 cars. Then instead of putting those on the bus just put a train stop near the bottom of your banks of machines (that are perpendicular to the bus) and feed them in from the bottom of the banks of machines.

There is no set or perfect way to do it. Try several methods and see which way work best for you.

[Lord Strong]

i just build one or two sulfur plants near my blue science and see how it goes I try a train to direct feed my blue science too. i agree sulfur doesn't seem to have a lot of use early on but I try some ideas on it. I might direct feed from train and let it sit there then reload it as needed. I try find videos on it but not having the best of luck maybe i can just feed it from a chest or something til I figure out a better way. seems at first 2 sulfur plants are all thats needed for blue science. i have idea in my mind already.

[Lord Strong]

i might put train track parallel my buss line and perpendicular my rows of machines then plan them out to have stops by machines that may not require that many resources. that parallel train and buss seems it could work.

[knighttemplar1960]

It does work. That's how I use it in the early and mid game.