i need some tips

[Pay Child Suport]

i'm about to deconstruct my entire base due to too much spaghetti and build again from the ground up. i have the yellow box storage and the robot constructions. what do i need to keep in mind?

[PunCrathod]

If you put a deconstruction planner in your inventory and right click it you can set filters. Deconstructing everything except roboports and power poles first will ensure stuff does not get left behind because a roboport or it's power were deconstructed too early.

[Fel]

You might want to start by setting up a temporary mall and redirect your current resources to it.
You want to be producing belts, assembling machines and inserters at the very least, so that you can start building whatever design you want without having to wait for the full deconstruction to be over.

Deconstruct chunks instead of the whole thing at once, make some space to be able to start building where some of the old factory was without having to wait for the whole thing to be torn down.

[Pay Child Suport]

what is deconstruction planner i don't see it

[Fel]

It's the red icon with an x in your toolbar on the right of the hotbars.
That is how you order your construction robots to deconstruct things, it is unlocked the first time you research construction robots and will stay unlocked even on new map afterwards.

[Chindraba]

Also of note, from having done a trash and rebuild sequence myself, what you 'have' won't cover what you 'need' to rebuild.

Unless you are seriously pressed for space - biters are at the door and no place to go - it's better to build the new version of something and then deconstruct the old. Use the parts from that to start the new version of something else. Rinse and repeat until the whole base is updated to version 2.0.

First to update is probably the mall. or if going small, the belts and inserters. Then basic machines, and finally the advanced machines. After the mall you can work on other stuff as the new plan is set for things to progress through production.

[Chindraba]

Originally posted by Fel:

It's the red icon with an x in your toolbar on the right of the hotbars.
That is how you order your construction robots to deconstruct things, it is unlocked the first time you research construction robots and will stay unlocked even on new map afterwards.

And, if you don't have bots yet - DO NOT - plan a major rebuild yet.

[End of history]

Yeah, if you rebuild, build the new base first and use the old one as a mall, even things like the ingredients for the science packs come in handy.

One amazing thing with space age is that there are many infinite researches on all levels now, and not just with space science like it used to be. Mining productivity in particular can still be reserched while you are setting other things up.

Another really good suggestion from previous posts is to make a deconstruction planner that keeps power poles and robo ports so that your construction bots can tear everything down for you.

[N311]

If you rebuild give yourself space. I like to put a lien of stone bricks to mark off areas (like the middle of road) and as others have said replace it bit by bit. You old green science can be repurposed to siphon off inserters and belts.

I like to mark going horizontal an area 30 tiles deep with one going down at centre point. That way its a bit easier to stay organised as you have room for your bus and you have wide area that you can drive up and thread any belts if you make a mistake.

[Entropy]

Unfortunately game does not have good tools for destroying your base to start from scratch. When u "nuke" your base, you expect everything to be deleted but no? everything on belts or ground stays as it is(Chests and their inside items are gone though^^). And if you bufferred a lot of items in chests and want to keep them, then good luck... robots can carry all of them in 2 hours depending on your buffer size. I wish using atomic bomb would REALLY destroy everything so i can start from scratch easily....