Early Game Mall 0.17 v8

Anonymous

## Description This self-contained factory contains everything you need to launch from the early game into the mid game. All outputs are neatly arranged in a row for easy bot-free access. Smelting is built-in, just add ore! Inputs are two belts of iron ore, and a half belt of copper ore, stone, and coal. A small throughput-critical segment uses red belts, and wire is produced with assembly machine 2 for circuit production throughput, but otherwise this uses entirely yellow belts and assembly machine 1s. Slower version can be substituted for bootstrapping the mall. Steel furnaces are used for improved smelting throughput, but stone furnaces can be used to get it started. Inputs: ## Produces - Fast transport belt - Fast splitter - Fast underground belt - Long handed inserter - Fast inserter - Medium electric pole - Big electric pole - Iron chest - Pipe - Pipe to ground - Storage tank - Assembly machine 2 - Chemical plant - Oil refinery - Rail - Rail signal - Rail chain signal - Piercing rounds magazine - Steam engine - Boiler - Electric mining drill - Pumpjack - Steel furnace - Solar Panel - Engine unit - Lamp - Wall - Radar - Gun turret - Grenade ## Changelog ### Version 8 - Balanced gear production - Added internal storage for additional intermediate products to support hand-crafting: - Iron plate - Copper plate - Steel plate - Stone brick - Copper wire - Electronic circuit - Stone furnace ### Version 7 - Removed unnecessary inserter ### Version 6 - Added storage tank and engine unit - Added chest for firearm magazines - Switched to long armed inserters at iron smelting to saturate iron plate lanes - Refactored iron belts for increased iron plates throughput to steel smelting - Increased steel furnaces from 8 to 12 - Increased gear assemblers from 7 to 12 - Increased circuit factories from 3 to 4 ### Version 5 - Simplified coal input, removed unnecessary splitter ### Version 4 - Now uses small electric poles! - Simplified inserter/belt production - Yellow belts, standard inserters, and assembly machine 1s are also buffered inside the mall for pickup ### Version 3 - Added solar panel - Increased steel smelting furnaces from 6 to 8 for improved throughput ### Version 2 - Removed a redundant inserter at transport belt production