City block nilaus Then you spread 4 roboports in such a way that all their logistics networks are still touching. Size 54 x 54. Rail Segments 50x50. The rail system is formed by putting in either a straight track, turn, or 3 way junction that take 1 city block each (a 2x2 of roboports max logistic range). 0 59,388. 1. High density, Roboport-scalable, progressive-upgrade solar array for Nilaus' City Block system. 34 KB 1. more like giving me a "boundary" or "grid" to know where i will start the "big factory" (when i'm in the early stage like "starter base"). 34 81,606. Inputs: 180 Stone Bricks/s Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book. Jun 16, 2021 · Factorio S21 - A Better Sea Block. 07 KB 1. 34 18,267. He transferred the idear of modular service infrastructure to factory by building city blocks contain a singel service. 8. with full power, circuit and bot coverage. Example. 20 792. 53 KB 1. I spent almost 2 hours trying to find a good layout that would be repeatable, but I kept drawing a blank. But I think a about the chunks aswell and I like my city blocks to fit nicely in those chunks so I opt for 96x96. 58. Considering I have over 500 hours in factorio I am sad to admit it, but I have basically given up on making my own setups. 2 favorites mining book group. So I crammed in two more science so that I can automate bots. then i delete my entire starter base with bots and move to the Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book. For artists, writers, gamemasters, musicians, programmers, philosophers and scientists alike! The creation of new worlds and new universes has long been a key element of speculative fiction, from the fantasy works of Tolkien and Le Guin, to the science-fiction universes of Delany and Asimov, to the tabletop realm of Gygax and Barker, and beyond. then i delete my entire starter base with bots and move to the It consists of some "components" for my last city block base (defense segments, rail segments, power poles, roboports, solar) based on Nilaus 100x100 absolute grid aligned block video. This is my channel dedicated to Gaming with Let's Plays, Tutorials and live streams I play games that fulfill the City Blocks 2. Snapping 100x100, absolute, on grid Posted by Nilaus 3 years ago. g making steel or low density structures. For 2700 SPM, I use about 38. Last updated: Oct 27, 2022. 55 KB 1. 33. . 244. City Block 2. 32 1,511. Regular signal only checks the block directly ahead of it is clear. 24 favorites City Block Stations. This allows you to spam City Blocks on top of water. For the beginne Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book Grid Aligned City Blocks and Rail Segments - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS. for stations I use long trains (3-8) so the stations take 1 city block for a stacker and 1 city block for a train I attempt to start a base in Factorio as a fairly new player (100 hours only). View Copy. Book I loaded up Nilaus' City Block Guide videos and started following along, figuring that the basic concepts would work out, only to discover that the connection distance for large power poles is different in K2. 5). 34 24,233 Nilaus city blocks are basically what happens when you place 12 large electric poles in their max distance in a square pattern, resulting in an 88x88 space in between for you to build. Reply reply Khaze41 • Posted by Nilaus 3 years ago. I know alot of the blueprints from Nilaus and other content creators are 100x100. City Posted by Nilaus 4 years ago. 70 KB 2. 2x5 nuclear reactors with just slightly over the exact ratio of heat exchangers and turbines - each group is 9 HEs and 16 turbines for a total of 144:256, which is just over the cheat sheet's ideal 144:248 (aka 9:15. Fits on a standard city block as made by Nilaus. Nauvis. Basically, the design challenge is too large to tackle all at once. 360K subscribers in the factorio community. Book Contents [virtual-signal=signal-item-parameter]Generic Train with Apr 26, 2021 · City blocks are 100x100, built upon Nilaus’ classic design. A 2-lane layout would increase the space available immensely and would be much easier to design. Nilaus really ruining Factorio for me. Grid Aligned City Blocks and Rail Segments - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS. Wall (Turret) Wall (Turret Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book. Snapping 100x100, absolute, on grid. 32 2,009. Owned by Christian Nilaus. In general, the concept of "make one thing in one city block" inflates the footprint a lot, because you need unloading stations - one for each material, loading station - for the final product, and since you are using standard city block size, the actual factory itself may or may not be sized well enough for it. so, that your starter base does not interfere with your main. i mostly just set it up this way because i liked the herringbone shape of the rail network. This is my channel dedicated to Gaming with Let's Plays, Tutorials and live streams I play games that fulfill the FACTORIOFactorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. The every blueprint used in Masterclass series by Nilaus. He does use grid alignment? And I’d reccomend it because it’s designed in a way that makes a lot of sense - the most production space you’ll ever have that’s clear of roboports is the inside of a 2x2 of roboports, so any city block bigger than that is gonna be using essentially the same size constraint if that makes sense. I currently have a game with the same problem. 32 7,351. 99 KB 1. Jan 5, 2025 · I agree, but "city block" is a coined term pretty much for the specific way Nilaus does it. Blueprints for Nilaus' series : MegaBase/Base-in-a-Book, MASTERCLASS (which I got from his Discord). The chain signals behind that signal - which is to say, a ton of them, given that you have so few regular signals - then won't allow trains through. Christian Nilaus. He'll then use a whole block for loading/unloading next to another block that actually deals with the material. ) He uses a 100x100 setup with four roboports and measuring sticks from big electric poles. Grid Aligned City Blocks and Rail Segments - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS 31. 16 KB 1. Snapping 100x100, absolute, on grid Beaconed & moduled build for refined and refined hazard concrete. Snapping 50x50, absolute, offset by +25/+25. I like it because I have a walking path, my intersections all laid out. I decided to be pragmatic and not only use 1 city block but 4 for a production part. That’s why I’ve come to calling what OP has city blocks (the roboport, electricity, radar, path structure) While I’ve come to calling what many people think of as city blocks (squares defined by rails) as a train grid. 106 favorites Tileable Solar block. 8 Reactor City Block (1160 MW) View Copy. i "borrowed" the Nilaus city block train bp, modified it slightly, then tried a few things until found this, a way to only ever have 3 way intersections, and be infinitely tile-able. 29. 39 KB 2. 34 145,757. Factorio S22 - Angels Mods Tutorials Lets Play. So now I am building my own blueprints and moved away from I took the city block layout Nilaus uses (I just looked up his youtube video, I think it's called 'organizing your base with city blocks'. Apr 2, 2018 · Hi, i watched Nilaus explaining the Factorio Engineering series block based train network and tried to reverse engineer the city block layout as there are cu… In my current play through I am building a factory with lots of trains with city blocks, which as you might imagine, is heavily inspired by Nilaus's recent train world series. I haven't played in many years so this should be interesting. 12. 192 favorites 4 Reactor Nuclear power (belted) Nov 11, 2016 · Nilaus Long Handed Inserter Posts: 72 Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:26 am. 2 favorites big city by brian. 13. I believe they used Nilaus' city block blueprint book. City Block structure for easy replicability, multiple selections available, 蓝图里面的网格尺寸+. 34 5,738 Posted by Nilaus 3 years ago. This one has created a number of blueprints for this game and a lot of people love his creation. Find blueprints for the video game Factorio. 91 KB 2. Nilaus's city block blueprints are centered on a 100x100 grid such that the grid boundaries are 3 tiles beyond the edges of the power poles on each side (making 6 tiles between the power poles that delineate each city block when tiled). 最近在看国外大神nilaus的视频，学习了下他city block的思路，其中介绍蓝图吸附的部分用下来发现真是太好用了。 比如我有两个蓝图，一个是区域单元框架，一个是卸货区，两个蓝图截图如下正常的流程是 Nilaus gave me the idea of having a "registering" blueprint where you have a corner of your city block and an appropriately placed track. N/A. You can fit 10 belts of my factories in a city block, where you can only fit 8 belts of Nilaus's factories in a city block . 02 KB 2. Generic Blueprints. City blocks set the scale of your builds, then it’s as simple as copy-pasting the blocks. The city block blueprint was really amazing but apparently when your base is missing 1M of items construction bots become quite crazy about it and behave very weirdly. Size 114 x 114 City blocks where 'invented' by nilaus. Main bus and city grid are kinda orthogonal solutions to the same problem. 28 2,524. Blueprint code available upon request. Posted by Nilaus 7 months ago. My question is: Is there a major difference between using 4 poles wide or 5,6,7, etc? Pros/cons of difference ones? Actual roboport-sized city blocks in Nilaus' flavor are blocks that are 100x100 tiles with 4 roboports in them arranged in a square, and demarcated by concrete paths running between them. Let's round up to 40 blue belts for easy math. 62. He can stack several 1-4 trains. All other blocks can be tiled off of that one with an assurance that their rail portions will be properly placed. 40 KB 2. I play on an isl City Block 100x100. 2 favorites steam power book. 34 21,545. As to expect the same problem occured which you have. FACTORIO MASTER CLASSThis series of Tutorials and How To Guides help you become a better Factorio EngineerEach video serves as a beginner's guide but also co City Blocks 2. I don't particularly like "blocks" in general (because they limit what I can do with my designs) but there are a lot of variants, including some specifically designed around trains, with enough space between intersections as well as enough space for FACTORIO MASTER CLASSThis series of Tutorials and How To Guides help you become a better Factorio EngineerEach video serves as a beginner's guide but also co Christian Nilaus. Could i start with city blocks now or i should have structured at the start? How can i plan the structure of the blocks if i dont have the big poles at the start? rail inside city blocks is like city block in Nilaus' city block video. Blueprint string here. From the Master Class series alone, you will be able to get a lot of blueprints, including: City Blocks 2. (shout out to the great blueprints!) FACTORIO 1. As the title says, I used the editor to create a blueprint book containing Nilaus' City Block designs with landfill under each entity. This means you need one extra city block for a 2700 SPM base. Snapping 100x100, absolute, on grid Unfortunately main bus and city block designs don't mesh together particularly well. Dealing with the odd shapes forced by cliffs, if you build large enough, will break the City Block style of building and encourage finding ways to use odd shaped spaces for factories. 34 12,581. 34 29,035. His last job was manager at a software company that build very complex logistics software. 23 KB 1. Different things entirely imo Hi guys, im new to concept of city blocks. but I needed a solar setup for my city blocks, and I wanted it to support robots and just be a drop in right over a robot ready city block. Advanced Smelting - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS. 62 KB 1. 655. At 0,0 is the first city block, to it's left would be -1,0 and to it's right 1,0. 2 favorites tileable science packs. Nilaus doesn't like shift-placing blueprints (maybe he just doesn't know it's possible?), and I tend to agree that a design that's intended to Blueprints by Nilaus. 10/10 would watch again. FactorioBin is a site for quickly and easily sharing Factorio blueprints What's really conflicting is that I don't like the city block approach but it is hard to argue with how clean it looks. There is two big improvement given by bear large Nilaus city block : this force you to space your factory and give you an optimized robot port layout. Untitled. 34 Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book. Is my first game and im following a lot of the Nilaus masterclass. 2 favorites mega base with train blocks 2. The middle square of the 3X3 squares has a wall around the original crash site. 31. Space Age Blueprints. FACTORIO MASTER CLASSThis series of Tutorials and How To Guides help you become a better Factorio EngineerEach video serves as a beginner's guide but also co One of more prominent proponents of city blocks style is Nilaus with his youtube videos and twitch streams. Solar Block 100x100. 06 KB 2. 09 KB 2. City This design produces 12 blue belts of green circuits, feeding a train station built for 1 locomotive and 3 wagons. 67. Base-In-A-Book by Nilaus. Description. Like another commenter said, nilaus has provided some of the best examples of how you would do this in some of his series, but it is difficult to effectively plan and design a base this way. 0 20,224 Jan 6, 2025 · I've figured out why WUBE moved cliff explosives off of Nauvis. Any train route will go through the middle of a block dedicated just to train routing. 204. My Top 5 QUALITY OF LIFE MODS to add to Every Game | Factorio Tutorial/Guide/How-to. 72 KB 2. Use your i Discover Nilaus. 773 City Block is The BEST!Short Factorio Tutorials First Edition: https://youtube. Community-run subreddit for the game Factorio made by Wube Software. It is not smart enough to know that the block ahead of it is too short for a train to fit in, so a train ends up stuck in two blocks. You can see that type of block in his Space Age play through as well, on Nauvis. 15 3,263. The every blueprint used in Masterclass series by Nilaus. Stations are in the adjacent rail blocks, and we usually fit 4 double rows of factories inside each block, often rounded up/down to produce a full number of blue belts. Deathworld Defense (City Block) - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS. 342 votes, 49 comments. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. City Block 100x100. 9 4,820. Space Age Staged Jumpstart Base (Nilaus Inspired) Posted by anonymous 4 months ago. Posted by Nilaus 6 months ago. City Blocks. 34 My name is Nilaus and I am a full time Content Creator on YouTube and Twitch. If you stamp it down on an existing City Block with Roboports, you must either hold shift to place over existing items, or manually remove the existing Large Power Poles which serve the Roboports. 34 12,817. Snapping Posted by Nilaus 6 months ago. 5 blue belts of green circuits per minute. Nuclear Power by Nilaus - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS. You can have a city block train grid, you can have city blocks, you can have train grid. You can also just go with the first two sciences. Not using any BPs from outside sources (except belt balancers, thats black magic to me lol) and ive seen Nilaus' blocks and they are 4 large power poles wide. End Game Megabase LOGISTIC(GREEN) SCIENCE 22. 5 / sec | Factorio Tutorial/Guide/How-to Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book. Posted by Nilaus 3 years ago. 26 KB 1. 4 Reactor (464 MW) 8 Reactor City Block (1160 MW) Kovarex 12 Beacon Circtuit Posted by Nilaus 4 years ago. Unfortunately I couldn't make it fit exactly inside one city block so it does stick out a bit at the top, any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. FACTORIO SPACE AGEFactorio: Space Age continues the player's journey after launching rockets into space. Apr 19, 2018 · Very great base Layout and OCD friendly. 3. E. TV's resources, guides, and community support for gaming enthusiasts. Snapping. City Blocks 2. Rail Segments 100x100. It is far from complete or perfect but it helped me greatly in expanding my last base. rail between city blocks is like those timelapse megabase videos. I really like the city blocks from Nilaus and also wanted to use trains. So now I'm unhappy with my base aesthetics, but also don't want to redo it as city blocks because personal preference. 34 4,506 City blocks are their own entire game to its own to design and implement lol Or just go download Nilaus city block rails and go from there. Last updated: Apr 02, 2023. 21 8,048. 0 BASE TOUR10. Works out well for my megabase-in-the-works. Nauvis [virtual-signal=signal-item-parameter]Generic Train with My name is Nilaus and I am a full time Content Creator on YouTube and Twitch. Here as a public service, no compensation requested nor wanted. Gratulations for Nilaus' approval. 32 1,552. 98 KB 1. 32. At first this seems like what some have called an 'artificial restriction', though I dislike the name, and the implied concept. Nothing stops you from doing both together, but they're not useful to combine and arguably it's not even a city grid anymore, so no one is going to make a video about how to arrange a main bus in a grid, because it's just not a useful way to organize a main bus. 30 KB 1. It comes with little roads like that for faster walking. Paved City Block. But a single city block is huge. Paved City Block Dec 5, 2024 · i use a 100x100 city block from nilaus. 2. End Game Megabase AUTOMATION(RED) SCIENCE 22. 34 18,876. 1 min Tbh Nilaus is who I would reccomend. Then later I learned that it had some constraints that I didn’t like. 0 15,007. In my first attempt to make a city block base I ran into this issue too and the suggestion that worked well for me was using one block for the mall itself and a neighboring block for unloading all the things it needs. A City Block is the size of 4 Roboports and includes roads, power poles, lights and a big Jun 3, 2022 · When talking about one of the best creators of blueprints for the game called Factorio, you cannot exclude Nilaus. 0. 48 KB 1. Book Dec 5, 2024 · i use a 100x100 city block from nilaus. The result is that you get a 100x100 logistics area. Solar Power. 7. City Block 100x100 Oct 27, 2022 · Deathworld Defense (City Block) - FACTORIO MASTER CLASS. 120. That's the final one. This is a slightly modified variant of a design by Thebesj, enhanced to be compatible with an existing City Block's Roboports. 27. The exterior large power poles are for compatibility with Nilaus's 100x100 City Block concept. 32 2,439. Either merge the blocks completely, or just belt items across the tracks (I did the latter). Each city block doesn’t have rails at the edge, but a concrete path. If you don't do that you can end up with rails being misaligned by 1 tile in your entire base. Based on Nilaus's City Block design he is using in his Megabase in a Book series. The starting point (0,0) is wherever you choose to plop the first city block. 000 Science / min Megabase created by Little_Elia featuring City Blocks, lots of Master Class designs and connected through Logistic Find blueprints for the video game Factorio. And because even little mistakes can tank an entire build, isolating those mistakes into a block helps prevent systemic failure. But after finding Nilaus on youtube I decided to give the city block play style a go. 06 KB 1. And all rails surround 4 city blocks Posted by Nilaus 3 years ago. 0 - Factorio Space Age Master Class by Nilaus. If you start designing your own and get overwhelmed, theres nothing wrong with grabbing someone elses and starting to work with their stuff and make a list of ways youd do it differently when you go back to looking for blueprints or suggestions for rail city blocks as I am trying to start a playthrough using modular rail city blocks. His trains don't go in between blocks. I played with city blocks from Nilaus in around 300 hours and I really liked it. 0 6,736. 5 / sec | Factorio Tutorial/Guide/How-to. Sadly i like the train city block layout more but this is also a great example of what fantastic game factorio is. Especially if you use city blocks. That said, I'd also put two absolutely iron clad and indispensable rules to city blocks: Always start designing the blocks with rails. The key here is that it's constrained by a city block. Search the tags for mining, smelting, and advanced production blueprints. Perimeter Defense. 49 KB 1. Book Contents. Discover new worlds with unique challenges, exploit Posted by Nilaus 4 years ago. Straight Single 50x50. Personally I find it easiest to separate the stages of production - ores here, plates here, etc. 68 KB 1. At the moment im running a big main bus and hace a net of building bots. 0 - Factorio Space Age Master Class by Nilaus City Blocks 2. You can use labels on mini map to keep track of you plan. Share your designs. Point is: A good 2 or 1 lane design ends up with far better throughput than naively-built 4 lane designs like you see in Nilaus' "masterclass" City Blocks 2. Staged Jumpstart Base. 34 21,154. 26 KB 2. 1 min read. 000 Science / min Megabase created by Little_Elia featuring City Blocks, lots of Master Class designs and connected through Logistic FACTORIO 1. FACTORIO BASE-IN-A-BOOKFactorio Lets Play with detailed design of a fully upgradeable base including City Blocks, Trains, Main Bus and Robots. 1. I made this nuclear setup for a 100x100 city block, keeping the roboports and big power poles in their proper spots. 19 KB 1. Corner Defense And just like real city-centers tend to improve throughput by using one-way roads, you can generally get better throughput in Factorio city blocks by using one-way rails around the city block. I spent 8 hours launching my rocket and then 30 more hours filling all the squares with concrete and stone. Nauvis [virtual-signal=signal-item-parameter]Generic Train with Nilaus uses a 4-Lane system which of course causes the space for the stations within one city block to be rather limited. I have tried with building Nilaus city block which is 100x100. Steel City Block 323 Ore -> 90 Steel/sec After playing for about 5 years and watching some of Nilaus's videos, I decided to due a full bob + angels city bocks by rail in 1. Then I tried with bigger city blocks and that had some new constraints. com/playlist?list=PLdmTzXEEUupR1LB3uqQSScW4OKFksluyVShort Factorio Tutorials S They are x and y, so basically first number is for city block order horizontally and the second number vertically. Making a continuous pattern which doesn't waste roboports by unnecessary overlapping is a slightly different design requirement, since substation coverage area doesn't divide into roboport coverage area. 34 12,965. Still, it is not an I use Nilaus' City Block blueprint as a starting point, with roads in between the two lines of big poles. As I am planning to try and design my own, i have been particularly wondering what other people use in terms or train size (aiming to work for both <ccc and <cccccccc< both signal and station wise), city block size, type of intersection, type of station and etc Nilaus's 100x100 city blocks are pretty good. But you'll still have to plan blocks exchange, train and train station. Masterclass by Nilaus - Master book. i use a blueprint right when i begin a new game so that i can "orient" myself where i'll be going from that. tnrbkqlbqyooozlccmupssxhuvfztczkpobecjufdmnenjfqny