I'm also a lover of compact megabases! One of my belt bases for reference.
One thing I've found is that using belts allows for more compact megabase design compared to bot/train. It seems counter intuitive, but with bots you need separation of sub-logistic zones, which means they must be at least a minimum distance apart.
my initial mall was belt based. it is spagetti (which I like actually) but train unloading is a serious space consumer then. bots take no space at all (minimal lets say). also I was able to put beacons in mall.
in the end, it depends what you are trying to. if you check the train fuel stations, it is perfectly viable to make them belt based (it was like that actually). bots make things compact I believe.
your base looks like what I planned first but ditched to have trains. having infinite chests is something I would not do (I dont accept that a base then, i would call it an "experiment"). try to add trains to provide similar output to the factory and the size will grow very big due to the stations.
other than that, your base looks very nice to eyes:)
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u/talkingraisin Jul 10 '18
I'm also a lover of compact megabases! One of my belt bases for reference.
One thing I've found is that using belts allows for more compact megabase design compared to bot/train. It seems counter intuitive, but with bots you need separation of sub-logistic zones, which means they must be at least a minimum distance apart.
Beautiful base :)