rpdelaney / factorio-inserter-clock-creator

Generates factorio blueprints for inserter clocks.

Factorio Inserter Clock Creator ("ficc")

Generates factorio blueprints for inserter clocks. Automates an algorithm from this video guide by KnightElite.

Installation

pip install ficc

Usage

$ ficc --help
usage: ficc [-h] --rate RATE [--stack STACK]

Generates factorio blueprints for inserter clocks.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --rate RATE, -r RATE  Count of items to be carried per second (float) (default: None)
  --stack STACK, -s STACK
                        The item or inserter stack size, whichever is lower (default: 12)

Calculate how many items per second you need your inserter to move. (A tool like Rate Calculator mod or Factorio Lab is recommended.) Pass that value to the --rate argument. For example, iron plates (as shown in the video guide):

$ python3 -m ficc --rate '5.025'
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

If you don’t have full stack size research or your recipe has a limited stack size, you will need to account for that. For example, if you wanted to clock unloading Rocket Fuel out of a fully moduled and beaconed Assembler 3:

$ python3 -m ficc --rate '0.4' --stack 10
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

Development

You need poetry:

poetry install && poetry shell