Any tip for beginner?

[Polaris]

I have the feeling of waste my time when I realize about does not have perfect ratios or rebuild my basement because I didn't know that I should keep in mind gear costs to build a lot of items... Anyone with the same feeling related to be perfectionist? tips?

[NGMZeroX]

my only tip is play the tutorial (does it still exist? I don't see it in space age) other than that play what ever way you enjoy. you do not need perfect ratios , or trains, or logic circuits to send a rocket to space.

[Fel]

Embrace chaos, you are not going to be able to get anything remotely close to perfect (if that is even possible in factorsubject entirely) in your first few playthrough.
Things like ratios should be thrown out of the window entirely until you have a good grasp on all of the basics and an understanding of how to design your factory to be able to expand any and all production lines easily.

Your first playthrough will be with a messy factory that somewhat works, there is nothing you can do about it since you don't know what the game is going to ask you to build and in roughly what scale until you have completed several playthroughs.

I know very well how tempting it is to restart or completely deconstruct the whole factory when it gets a bit messy, but speaking from experience you don't really get much better until you do a full playthrough (or more).

Some simple ratios are easy to incorporate into your factories, but it is fine to set out with the idea of over-producing everything and let the machines self-regulate themselves.
Your belts even turn into a way to tell where potential problems are when you do it this way, making it much easier for you to learn as well.


As for other tips, leave a whole lot of space between machines, you will need to add more machines for the same recipe as you progress and to route belts, so leaving the space for it will be extremely helpful to you.

If you like to take your time to think and learn, consider disabling enemies or setting them to peaceful mode (they would be there but wouldn't launch attacks, only retaliating when you get too close or attack them).

[Defektiv]

Just remember that biters are metaphors for life. You are always getting spit on and if you do not keep moving in different directions, you will get stuck and die.

[Taehl]

Don't be afraid to make mistakes, that's the fastest way to learn. There's no shame in making a "spaghetti" style factory, especially if it's your first time playing. You don't have to follow any guide or video or do what anyone else told you to do. Only use your own blueprints, otherwise you're cheating yourself. Don't be afraid to try messing around with circuit network stuff - you can do useful and cool things even with simple setups.

[arti_llery]

Still learning here. And I've just recently got space age. It's relearning the game minus all the mods I had.

Biggest advice i can give, is watch the power levels. It can be easy to get things bogged down because you added more and didn't up your power to match.

And don't be afraid to build on a large ore patch til you get things going.

There's a lot to learn. Don't need to learn it all at once.

[Neltera]

An aspect about Factorio i love is, it encourages introspection.

Do you think going for perfection is wise as a beginner?
Make automated things and understand their function, then make them function together in a larger system and enjoy expanding that.
Your perspective directs your way of action, so change your perspective.

[Polaris]

Thank you all guys, I'm gonna keep pushing my savegame despite of my perfectionist thoughts, just deep breath and relax, all in good time

[Zucker]

Few tips for a newbie:

1. FACTORY MUST GROW
Just keep expanding the factory. Do small, simple steps and iterate/add more once you locate the bottleneck. Usually I only backtrack when I see that my mainbus have dried, otherwise trying to do everything perfectly is a huge time sink, most often completely unnecessary. With few iterations you will get a grasp how much you need or how to add more

2. LEAVE 3x more space than you think you need. You will use this space later, trust me

3. Do a main resource avenue, this is called main bus in the community. This will let you embrace the chaos (dont worry you will have plenty of workarounds and chaos anyway)

4. Automate everything you find usable, crafting by hand is ok early game, but later you will need plenty of advanced machines and its best to build automated production of those in single area (in community this idea is called "a mall")

5. Try to figure yourself, before you go for a solution in the web, most of factorio satsifaction comes from making ♥♥♥♥ working

6. (my personal rule): As long as you have space and resources, FIRST build new version of factory you want to rebuild and then tear down the old (if ever). Most of the time people are wasting is when they delete part of factory to rebuild and ♥♥♥♥ doesnt get produced stopping them hard.

[Salmon]

don't choose gelba as your firtst planet to land on (unless you brought enough materials to make a rocket silo and a rocket so you can leave)
The other planets have some sort of way to build up easily so you can get the materials to get off again. (technically gelba does too, but dealing with rot on a planet where accidentally letting one of your bacteria die can lead to your whole factory shutting down.

Oh and save before you land on any planet for the first time.. There are some bugs where you could accidentally land in an area where you can't get out (cliffs etc). While these bugs are being patched... you never know and it's a good habit to get into.

[kevinshow]

my tip is keep going, even if you're a little bit inefficient. get the construction bots. they will help you a lot. or just keep going and get to oil or even nuclear energy and then the rocket. every thing you learn this time around, will help you next time around.

then as you understand the game a little better, including to understand that you need more of a particular building, you can make a second or third base that brings in those items. it will let you play with trains as well.

one of my most enjoyable parts of the game is to make another base and transport in green and red and blue circuits. i made enough to get going at the main base, and then i made the 2nd base and get tons of circuits to port in because it just is focusing on circuits. and then maybe i make another base to bring in plastic as well. just seeing all those circuits and plastic getting made and transported in is really fun for some reason. the base ran at a certain slower speed and then suddenly when all these circuits and plastics come in, it moves faster.

[BLACKcOPstRIPPa]

Just play, some people are mentioning spaghetti and "my main bus" etc

Play the game without knowing what these terms mean, learn from there first.

You will pick up smalls things that will stick with you, maybe watch a video on beginner tips, like 30 in 2 minutes

This will give you quick basics like how to filter items

Maybe even a peaceful world without biters so you can read the factorioedia in its glory and try what it tells you as they appear.

Your first couple games don't worry about the expansion or end game, just learn the basics.

Than, look up some guides learn spaghetti and business and city blocks, train world etc
What all this means and start to plan your factory in your head before the game even loads you in for the first time and make an attempt to get into space, maybe with biters now for the experience.

But take your time, don't try to rush to end it will ruin factorio for you

[DaBa]

Stop being a perfectionist, focus on learning how stuff works and movingh forward. The more you do, the more you'll understand, and the easier it will be to understand what you've already learned.

Also you'll eventually realize that what you build at the beginning doesn't really matter, it's all temporary. It's just a "starter base", where perfectionism doesn't matter and it's only an obstacle to progress.