The first 2 columns of labs have the same function (a little less wide, but the "lab chests" come already preset with 43 dedicated individual science pack slots)

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the beaconed labs in the left side of the loop would never do any research that way, and he wants the whole loop researching. He discusses this when talking about how it's essentially a pyramid layout. As for the feeder labs, I guess if he got rid of the feeder labs then he'd need a gap between every 3 belts and ruin the rainbow, and I think he's simply not considered using a row of cargo wagons in place of those feeder labs (he comments on this as if he would need to feed all 40+ science into each wagon which he clearly wouldn't) Agree though there was a bunch of ways to lay this out to prevent the issue of science perpetually doing laps of the labs, including filter stack inserters, or just using some yellow inserters to act as a brake to let the science backfill the loop while still allowing it to get to the feeder labs

I set my sights on a rainbow belt feeding into the labs without much clutter. If i can get 30SPM this way all other optimizations and vatiants are just unnecessary

@@MichaelHendriks that's fair haha. Sometimes when you have an idea you just want to see that idea work.

@@motorbyclist I suppose my thought is that because essentially all you're doing is moving Science along a line of labs, what you can then do is just extend that line to the right and then basically just create another whole loop that terminates right before it starts looping. You can then beacon that entire loop and get full efficiency that way.

good advice for the viewers! but he ain't gonna do it because it's all already recorded, so we'll be in agony for a while

Car science is what I have in mind while watching as well. If you don’t have enough filter slots in a single car you can load balance every other car with the filters

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@MichaelHendriks thank you immensely, I tried Google searching for this yesterday, and I just didn't get results.

he dislikes using circuits for research if i recall correctly

He said he dont like logistic robots and circuits, he want pure mechanical mess (sorry for bad english)

@@sashagggg_7084 well, i though that circuit network was ment to solve problems like these, even simplest chest cascade with loading 'up to X science pack items'.sigh, that's Mike :D

@@lis6502 Sure it solves the problem, but he doesn't find that as interesting or satisfying. I get where he's coming from. My personal "line in the sand" for this is that I never get blueprints from online, that to me removes 90+% of the enjoyment of Factorio for me

Why circuit controlled if you can just use cars on a belt? There is no default "best" solution for many factorio problems, and often it depends on your other goals, like in this case, a rainbow belt that looks nice

but the polution lingers nevertheless 😅

Probably pipette tool Q

I guess you're talking about "the 3D-printer which prints anything from nothing"? Good stuff, but did you know you can use.... I won't say what it is yet, in case you wanna find later in the series

@@MichaelHendriks possibly possibly if you're fine with me spoiling AFTER the series is over ill say what i'm talking about on the last episode in case you never found out