Proper oil production layout

[Sorus]

This is my current layout: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=725637139

It looks cluttered and messy. Can anyone provide me with a nice layout for it :D

P/S: Mine can't even considered as a 'layout' I guess :/

[clayog123]

Not sure I can be of much help, still learning the game basics. My only recommendation is looking at the guides, in particular those authored by KatherineOfSky. Those guides have cut my learning curve by half at least.

Question, how do you get the stats that are displayed in the upper left corner? Is that a mod(s) or am I missing something simple? (wouldn't be the first time) ;)

[Sorus]

Originally posted by clayog123:

Not sure I can be of much help, still learning the game basics. My only recommendation is looking at the guides, in particular those authored by KatherineOfSky. Those guides have cut my learning curve by half at least.

Question, how do you get the stats that are displayed in the upper left corner? Is that a mod(s) or am I missing something simple? (wouldn't be the first time) ;)

Thank you, will check out the guides :)

Yep, mods. You can search for Resource Monitor for the green stats and Evo GUI(or something, I forgot) for the biter evolution stat. Good basic mods without altering any gameplay :D

[clayog123]

Thank you, sorry if my only bit of help was "check out the guides". I too am working on my own oil production setup. When I get one perfected I will be sure to share.

Happy building!

[Sorus]

Originally posted by clayog123:

Thank you, sorry if my only bit of help was "check out the guides". I too am working on my own oil production setup. When I get one perfected I will be sure to share.

Happy building!

Not a problem, KatherineOfSky's guide sure does got a lot of info :D

Thanks again!

[chaseydog]

In addition to the guides there are several good YouTube tutorials

https://youtu.be/7h5It7jG6Ds

https://youtu.be/QqGIZUQIyLg

https://youtu.be/zkfaUIAssgI

https://youtu.be/0CvXB1SQY6c

[clayog123]

@chaseydog Thanks for the links...great stuff

[Sorus]

Originally posted by chaseydog:

In addition to the guides there are several good YouTube tutorials

https://youtu.be/7h5It7jG6Ds

https://youtu.be/QqGIZUQIyLg

https://youtu.be/zkfaUIAssgI

https://youtu.be/0CvXB1SQY6c

Ahhh, thank you my friend :D

[Mazian]

You've mastered the most important part of designing an oil refinery, and that is the staggered use of underground pipes to allow for walking around your refinery.

Aside from that, there isn't a lot to teach, except to understand ratios of supply and demand, and planning your layouts to be extendable to minimize rebuilding (since liquids cannot be transported at this time, without a mod to introduce liquid tank wagons to the train system.)

This is my design:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=696846695

It started off as needing to meet only the production requirements of a 5:1:7 layout-- 5 Oil Refineries using Advanced Oil Processing, 1 Chemical Plant doing Heavy Oil Cracking, and 7 Chemical Plants doing Light Oil Cracking.

This is the "optimal" ratio for oil refining so that you convert 100% of your Crude Oil to Petroleum Gas with no wastage.

However, as my needs have grown, I have realized that I'm going to have to eventually redesign this.


The little circle of 6 storage tanks in the center of the rail roundabout are intended to provide warning lights when any particular liquid/gas gets low, so that I can evaluate the reason for the shortage.

I did briefly connect each of these to the rest of the liquid network, in turn, so that I could draw in a small amount so that when I have the left-alt overlay enabled, I can see which warning light is associated with which resource. Once I had 10 units in the storage tank, I disconnected the tanks from the rest of the refinery (no need to add any more to the tank, after all. It's not really for storage.)