Once their factory is established, people can easily get comfortable with what they've got. As long as they keep polution in check and have some turrets near their borders, everything is fine until you build that rocket. But I'm thinking, what if you couldn't get comfortable? Or you have to have bet...

I was expecting a much different suggestion from just looking at the title lol (like put in some fire extinguishers or something stupid)
Otherwise this would be so cool
like Meteors or ACID RAIN or even sinkholes
hey wait that gives me an idea
TO THE FORUMS!

I don't exactly think it's a requirement, but I do think it should be more of an alternative, something that once invested will make your life a lot easier. For example, you COULD just use normal turrets and not have to depend on energy, but using laser turrets is so much more convenient than managi...

ok sorry if this is a really annoying comment and i don't mean to irritate you by saying this:

When you mean game value, do you mean more game time, a funner time, or an easier time?

Wouldn't the female character just be cosmetic?

Alright lets all be honest. who here really uses all those robot slots in the robopart. You may come close, but if you ever did you'd probably be at end game by then. What im suggesting is a small edit to the amount of robots a roboport can hold. I'd say around 5 slots, but the devs decide that. Thi...

My idea is that you can assign a robot to a certain robopart. Then, that robopart will act as a home for the robot, and the robot will always come back to that location. This will be so that there will always be robots in a certain area that needs it. Or, if you don't like this idea, come check out ...

What i'm suggesting is to add a central for all bots to come back to. This logistic central will come with its own storage (the size of 2 logistic chests) and will have a larger range than roboparts. All robots can come back here when their job is done. It can hold much, much more robots than a robo...

I hear that the dev team is making it so that alien corpses will be "recyclable". As i was fighting a massive horde of aliens this morning, i came up with an awesome idea. The corpses can lead to their own section of the tech tree. Machines: Corpse Recycler: Recycles the corpse, giving you...

Gold, in real life is very conductive. It's used in advanced processors, and is the most reliable. So, lets add that to factorio. Gold will be a rare ore, but it'll only be used in later game. It Should be introduced in advanced circuits (the red ones) and used thereafter.

This suggestion is purely cosmetic, the ability to paint. To make a machine look blue, to make an inserter look red, basically that stuff. It could be used to organize things better, or just to make the factory a bit more colorful. When you paint once, a small tint of that color will go on the objec...

how about a smart robot? a robot that automatically gives items to machines that need them

Heres the idea: Crafting robots. Robots that will take items from the logistics system and craft the item you want them to. Fairly simple and easy, and it would help out alot.

Heres the idea: Each lab will use the selected type of science pack. For example, if i want a lab to only use red packs, i'll set it to that. This is so that the labs are more flexible, and science packs are easier to manage. There can be one science line purely using redpacks, and the other green p...

As you know, your machines at the factory run non stop with no problems. They will do so for days, months, even years! But let's change that. Burnouts will occur randomly, which the chance will be altered by how advanced the machine is. Lets use inserters for an example. Coal inserters will inevitab...

As you know, your machines at the factory run non stop with no problems. They will do so for days, months, even years! But let's change that. Ever so often, you need to maintain your machines. This will also give a new use to lubricant! Anyway, all things will have a new healthbar, for maintenance. ...

Joined. -- ssilk When creating your factory in single player, the lore is that you are readying the planet for more men. So, lets do just that! People will be coming every session (1 day, 2 day, i'll leave that up for the devs) and they will demand shelter, electricity, and water. And homes? They n...

*Note* If this was already suggested, please ignore. Missiles: You can fire them at your base and they are long range. However, they are very hard to make. What you need: 1. A launch pad 2. Oil for fuel 3. Explosives (load the rocket with) The damage will depend on how many explosives you put in. An...

These guns would be basically a manual powered gun turret. You would stand next to it, press enter (like entering a car), and you would enter into shoot mode. While in shoot mode, your cursor turns into a red target, and you point and shoot what you want dead. Like the gun turret, it won't need elec...

Instead of having to play the world to test it, or to put things in the player's inventory, why not put a test mode on the map editor? What this will do is simply let you play the world as the player. Test how it'd work, and be able to go back to the editor by pressing T.