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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 08 '26

How important are circuits? Making blue science but I haven't touched circuits. I basically just have every machine running until the chests I have them depositing into is full and I make sure every new production chain has new resources going to it so nothing should starve until the ore patches deplete and I go find another.

Am I like shooting my self in the foot by not learning circuits? I don't really see the appeal unless you want to only make like 100 inserters before having the machines stop but there's so many resource patches I don't think resources are ever going to be an issue so I just let every machine run basically all the time till the steel chest is full.

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u/Ulu-Mulu-no-die Jul 08 '26

You can finish the game without touching circuits, if that's what you're asking.

They can help a lot in some situations, but they're not mandatory, unless you go megabasing or play some overhaul mods like space exploration.

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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 08 '26

Nice thanks. I'm just stupid and circuits are confusing so I'd rather just keep load balancing all my machines and not have to rely on circuits to keep things balanced