ick-automatic-train-repair VS Factorissimo2

- https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ick-automatic-train-repair : Ghosts for destroyed trains, otherwise I just wondered why my train fleet was disappearing sometimes

Automatic train repair - https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ick-automatic-train-repair

Using the Automatic train repair mod and it's exactly what I need, but I'd like the alert for a damaged train to be MUCH more obvious - and perhaps persistent. I've poked through the LUA code, but my programming skills are the equivalent to filling your pockets with rancid spaghetti and expecting to be able to launch a rocket. I posted a request to the mod page but it's likely the author has moved on to more interesting things. Any advice on how I might be able to tweak the mod to make the alert longer, louder, and maybe even persistent (until the train is fixed)?

I also recommend the mod Factorissimo2 (official mod portal link). Basically you can move sections of your factory inside these buildings TARDIS-style.

If I understand that program correctly it's closer to how you use functions/subroutines in programming. In there you have a clear and enforced boundary for inputs and outputs, boundaries that don't exist in base Factorio. The only thing close to that would be the Factorissimo2 mod.

The fact that all factorissimo buildings share a surface means that the OP is using the factorissimo 2 notnotmelon fork mod (with single surface option enabled) instead of the original factorissimo (2) mod. This is the correct thing to do - the notnotmelon fork is a much more up-to-date version that has been heavily optimized and is thus not a huge weight on UPS.

Factorissimo2

Factorissimo 2: The updated mod for current version of factorio. Also features quite terrible UPS - probably fine if you want to use like 10-100 buildings tops, but dont even try going for anything close to mega-base.

As a side note - are you using the original factorissimo2 mod or the notnotmelon fork? If you arent on the fork version and you arent too far into the run I would recommend switching to the fork - it is much better in terms of UPS and is more or less required if you are going to aim for a mega-base size factory-in-a-box build.

Factorissimo 2 - adds a building that you can walk inside that is larger on the inside, effectively allowing you to build an entire factory inside a smaller building. UPS heavy due to may additional entities it needs to add to have everything work out, plus all the item transfers (belts in/out) are done via scrips (which as I mentioned is incredibly inefficient). Can completely tank your UPS into the single digits if you make heavy use of this mod.

The factory buildings are provided by the Factorissimo2 mod. You place them down, build your factory inside, and send resources by pipe or belt through the connection points. I'm using the Factorissimo2 Playthrough mod, in which you start in a tier-3 factory building and cannot escape. As an additional challenge, I decided to use only tier-1 factory buildings, which are not that big and have just 16 connection points. Since the buildings are small, I needed to use four levels of recursion and many factory buildings -- 59 buildings in all!