Factorio Circuit Networks Explained in Under Three Minutes

This is a re-upload because the other one was a bit too much with the text boxes, and I'd rather some people get lost with some minute detail than everyone be overwhelmed with information.

Yes, I'm going to do a MUCH more in depth tutorial after this that's filled with practical examples, but hopefully this will familiarize you with the basics of how they work mechanically.

Hopefully this is a good enough introduction. And I stand by that you don't actually need to know anything beyond this to use circuits effectively in normal gameplay.

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Great video. I have a questionthat is not corresponding to the title.
How do you enter to this type of game mode/editor mode, where you have no map, but just chess tiles and an engineer character? I have seen that people can enter this mode just from the game to show viewers some things, and then just get back to normal world.
How is it done?

Dude, you're amazing

Yeah, Im gonna skip circuits networks entirely but this was a great vid nonetheless.

Thank you for this. I've been too intimidated to try learning circuits for a long time, I do not have a good brain for this stuff.

Played the game off and on for years before I FINALLY tried to set up a basic control circuit, where the chain of assemblers needed for Destroyer capsules only turns on when there are <100 Destroyer capsules in the chest. Achieves the same effect I've been doing for a long time by just limiting storage space on belts/in chests, but much cleaner. And I used that knowledge to set up circuits for oil cracking so I don't have to monitor the tanks. Then set up circuits managing my Uranium supply. Not a final/permanent solution, but SO much better.

Felt like a pretty big achievement for me. Made me feel like I could actually watch this video and get something from it. Now my brain is just percolating all little circuits I want to set up with lights and everything. Maybe I can actually do an Ultracube run, Seablock, Krastorio...

I need one updated for space age with more info and better details one how things work. I'm very dumb.

didnt understood a single idea transmited here... its too abstract for me.

we need a 2.0 version pls🥺

I'm too stupid for this. Guess I'll stick with the robots

Where is the explanation?

My dude said it was simple. 😂

that space station 13 clown horn at the intro gave me a little whiplash

Top tier

This will probably need a redo with 2.1 when it hits.
Because red and green may finally be separated if we wish to do so yay.

More confused than before watching this video....

I still don't understand

Are you going to do a 2.0 version?

Will you be updating one of your circuit network guides to account for the new circuit items we got in space age?

Where's the advanced course?

That was great, thanks!

Still don't know when and why I would use these wires.

Nope still does not make any sense..

my brain melt

how to disconnect red or green wire?

Huuuh nothing works for me -_-

just started playing and after 5 restart due to spaghetti i unloced thesethings. And i am so confused lol

The Each signal was a huge boon

TOO FAST ;-; REEEEALLY TOO FAST ;-;

oh yeah man, just what i wanted low level programing in my games

Nice that a factorio help vid isn't 50 mins but God dam MATH!
Been trying to figure out destination full on trains and I more confused as ever.

seems overcomplicated and useless

my mom told me to stop munching on the green wire and give red wire a try

Learned more in 3 minutes than 2 hours in the tutorial and my creative world. They should just hire you.

Wanted to make a switch for my liquid pumps... Didnt understand a thing.

Knowing how the "Output input count" setting on comparison combinators actually works makes me realize they could be used as a multiplexer.

10/10

Important note (Dosh please pin): As of the Space Age update a few things in this video are outdated;

The "exhaustive list" of items is no longer exhaustive. Some entities that previously weren't compatible with circuits have become compatible (most notably assemblers), plus some brand-new entities exist.
Circuits are no longer craftable items. Instead, there is a button you can click on the HUD that allows you to add and remove circuits from things, at zero resource cost.

Well concecting the exit whit the entrance is in fact a mechanic to make a sr latch, one of the best ways to control the latch of múltiple things

Lotsa people sucking up in the comments, but I had to keep pausing the video and nothing in it actually answered any of the questions I had about circuit networks. The basics are obvious.

Now it's out of date so clearly you need to make a new version for factorio 2.0 ;)

Hey Dosh,
are there more parts yet?

We need an updated version of this now that there’s more stuff!! 🎉🎉🎉

Finally a tutorial that doesn't have some guy with a microphone set to the lowest volume yapping for 50 minutes

What Is the purpose of this?

I couldn't understand a single word

They're a little different after 2.0 - easier to understand, I think. But some people are stubbornly playing old versions so this will continue to be useful (if you re title it!)

Still lost me at 50 seconds.

I understand the words used but learned nothing

thats the basics? oh dear... what exactly is the reason one needs to wire at all? I just started so i haven't unlocked wires yet