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[u/leonemo]

I’m looking for ideas for a layout to setting up big drills on vulcanus. I haven’t gone to other planets yet, so I only have green belts level 2 productivity module, beacons and a very slow production of level 3 speed modules. Any normal/default layout that will work to fill a full belt?

I’m having trouble figuring it out a way to have 11 (without any modules) or 5 with 4 prod modules and one beacon with 2 speed modules.

Edit: the belt is for coal.

[u/Enaero4828 → u/leonemo]

A standard linear arrangement is pretty hard to beat by most metrics. Leaving 3 tiles for power and beacons between rows is pretty common, since each beacon can affect 4 or 6 drills. The exact amount needed to saturate a belt will depend on your mining prod research more than anything else though.

[u/leonemo → u/Enaero4828]

I don’t remember what my prod research is at (away from the pc right now) but the numbers is what factory planner told, and I believe it take into account my research.

I was trying placing them in between on the rows itself, i will try this way leaving space behind the drills.