... a surface... a different surface for each space ship. And this is what I don't get. Why are we not having just 1 single surface but with all space ships?


The simple Technical Implementation reason is that each Platform Hub starts at position 0,0 (center of Map coordinates). Moving a given ...

... they will know the best what is actually possible and what not. I only want to share the ideea.

The ideea is about the space itself, no the space ships (or whatever they are called).

If you are in map editor, the space is a surface... a different surface for each space ship. And this is what I don ...

Practical case:

in my experience, I manage more than 30 spaceships that send items from one planet to another. Each ship sends a different item, but the condition is always the same. Right now, I must manually recreate each stop and condition for every new ship, which is tedious and error-prone ...

... new addition, boarding space ship from another space ship due to them getting stuck or whatever can happen. And you guesed it, this means all space ships will be smaller exactly because it will be limited by zoon (unless we can pop out, on the platform? might be a new research).

And now that i wrote ...

... if you run an Ammo Belt on Nauvis for Walls, changing out the Ammo Type also causes the Notification to pop up constantly, so it is not just ships that have the Issue. >.>

If only the notification would vanish the instant the Turret gets Ammo (so it only flashes for a split second, which is ...

... there's a low period in resource collection during a high period of ammo demand (can technically happen if the chunk belts are really long for huge ships and you use a system similar to mine where collectors only collect chunks if the hub is missing them, and I read the chunk input belts as well to ...

... would reach on Nauvis (and Gleba?). Combine that with remote view and roboports overlay you are even more screwed.

Guess how far new rocket turret will reach:

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For comparison: it's not a problem on ships. I guess it's because there's plain black background and no roboports?

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changing the recipe cost would further divide by 5 the number of ships required (or the width/size of behemoth ships).

It would also increase the "Storage Density" of the Asteroid Chunks within each ship, altering all of the math for Promethium Science prerequisites. One of the primary Challenges ...

Even if the number of asteroid sprites is minimized, changing the recipe cost would further divide by 5 the number of ships required (or the width/size of behemoth ships). A player using 10 ships to achieve its SPM would only need 2 to keep up with other science packs, effectively dividing by 5 the ...

... you don't even need so much of said area. While if epic and legendary, actually even rare, need local producs as ingredience (like the tier 3 moduels) then this will encourage everyone to expand the factory on each planet. Let me not even start with building more space ships for prometeus farming

My use case would be pulling lower tier modules back to the module production planet for recycling. I have "looper" ships that do circuits and it'd be nice for them to be able to both pick up the lower tier modules and deliver upgraded ones.

... without signal. :?
Other recipes ask Crusher to "produce" while these - to consume.
It seems it can be usable before "Advanced" tech, but after that it definitely recycle recipes would be better. :idea:
Removing it would break some ships. Changing too.
Option to "Simplified recipe usage"? :idea:

... power before finally shutting down due to fuel starvation.

My Idea of the GUI:
https://i.imgur.com/lR6gqVj.png


Why?
I'd like to limit my ships' speed to conserve fuel by allowing them to "coast" at lower velocities. I also assume it's easier to protect a ship from asteroids when it's ...

Why: Space platforms initially generate very few chunks, making it hard to blueprint paste (copies of) larger ships/haulers.

I suggest changed chunk generation behaviour for space platforms exclusively (not on planets): blueprint ghost tiles should trigger the generation of adjacent chunks, so the ...

... run on diesel fuel already exist as a mod :
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/kj_warrig

So is the cargo ship ! https://mods.factorio.com/mod/cargo-ships

And the bridges :https://mods.factorio.com/mods/kapaer/beautiful_bridge_railway

And the Islands : https://mods.factorio.com/mod/islands_world ...

... the default names('Is Full of Bees' is a favorite) but after you have a dozen+ platforms floating around it can become difficult to quickly look for the platform performing a specific process.

Why?
If I could sort platforms into "science ships" and "resource haulers" it would help with menuing.

... the creation of a truly mega base for all science packs is the Promethium Science Pack. As soon as you place even a few Promethium science ships, all the UPS optimizations you've painstakingly implemented elsewhere in your base become irrelevant. It's incredibly frustrating.

So why don't we ...

+1, very relevant for prom ships too

TL;DR
When a gate is open, they should not get damaged by a rail gun shot.


What?
Currently, there is no good reason to use gates on space ships, especially when using rail guns. similar on the planets.
Maybe even partially opened gates could be missed by rail guns?


Why?
There is currently ...

... feel like doing that, as I would have to additionally fit the spawn rates somehow with the circuit network.

A direct output on the space platform of the spawn rate per asteroid would allow me to regulate the speed of my ships depending on their capability.
Alternatively a radar could output the rate.