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Mod idea: lights are required for assemblers to run at night-time. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works to c/factorio@lemmy.world
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Let's face it: lights are a minor annoyance that are juuuust inconvenient enough that we want lights, but not inconvenient enough that we actually bother placing them.

So, now lack of lights reduce total average production by ~40% (or however long night is).

As a bonus, it now makes it far easier to selectively ease off on battery/coal plants - if you want to run daytime-only assemblers and just buffer the output for night-time, you don't have to run an entirely separate grid or futz around with circuits, you just neglect to place the light on that assembly line!

And before you research optics, you can only operate your assemblers during the day! Better hurry!

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[โ€“] savvywolf@pawb.social 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Requiring lights near all buildings is the same gameplay problem as fitting power poles in your designs. Why not kill two birds with one stone by having medium and up power poles have integrated "streetlights" that light up an area.

[โ€“] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

The main problem would be the power draw dilemma and it unfortunately buffing small poles (which suck because they need wood and thus can't be automated gracefully).

It could be solved by just removing the power draw of lights, of course. Handwave it by saying it's powered by whatever powers belts.