... feature forced. Imagine removing a pole with a bot at a distant outpost and not seeing that you just cut out half of that outpost, including a radar.

... https://wiki.factorio.com/images/Solar_panel.png Solars and https://wiki.factorio.com/images/Radar.png Comms clearly visible; https://wiki.factorio.com/images/Accumulator.png Batteries, https://wiki.factorio.com/images/Processing_unit.png CPUs ...

... which I had no plans to use for quite some time (and still haven't many hours later). Similarly, the research for sensor nodes (the equivalent of radar) is locked behind checkpoints for limestone production, freshwater utilisation and module demonstration. Again, I have only done the bare minimum ...

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:14 am

That kind of defeats the purpose of radar, doesn’t it?

I believe you can also achieve this with /editor.

No, compare it with the train map overlay. I agree that the train map is so much better to look at. I don't see why fog of war can not be toggle-able.

The fog of war would still exist (so radar would still be relevant). I'd just like a way to disable rendering the grey overlay on the map view.

That kind of defeats the purpose of radar, doesn’t it?

I believe you can also achieve this with /editor.

... map view, I'd also like to be able to enable/disable the "fog of war" rendering in the map view. Why ? I do not cover my base 100% with radar, and I'd like to be able to look at the base in map view without some areas appearing lighter/darker due to the fog-of-war rendering. The map ...

... 9.6 MW then stopping when it's full. you can test this yourself. just place 2 engines and connect it to a laser then also connect it to a light or radar or something. Hm. I admit I never had a deep look into that. I always built it so, that it will never have problems :) Ok, let’s assume I’m wrong ...

... 9.6 MW then stopping when it's full. you can test this yourself. just place 2 engines and connect it to a laser then also connect it to a light or radar or something. it really feels like people are saying "magic thing solve thing. why? just cause"

... preserves the Alt mode whenever I alt-tab out of a running game. I'm not sure when this changed I did notice the change but it was so far under my radar that I didn't care to note which release. I am using Windows 11 maybe that's it? I don't alt-tab out of the game as much as I used to, very rarely ...

I agree, but alltogether I think what we need in fact is "danger" detection, a la "read from radar if enemies are present", "is fire present" and the ability to detect, if ghosts exist in the radius of a specific network/roboport, instead of minethrowing. ...

I agree, but alltogether I think what we need in fact is "danger" detection, a la "read from radar if enemies are present", "is fire present" and the ability to detect, if ghosts exist in the radius of a specific network/roboport, instead of minethrowing. ...

... that the devs don't prioritize at all. I agree, but alltogether I think what we need in fact is "danger" detection, a la "read from radar if enemies are present", "is fire present" and the ability to detect, if ghosts exist in the radius of a specific network/roboport, ...

Personally I just wish it were consistent. I could get behind "you need to go there in person, or have a construction robot dispatched to change stuff for you", and I could get behind "you can do it remotely at will" - both of those sound totally legit - but it's weird that you c...

... It’s an option for the routine that prints a map. It’s just the GUI-switch that’s missing. And for the GUI: how about just hovering over a radar in the minimap turns this feature on (as long as you hover over the radar)? This mechanism could be useful for other things like highlighting ...

Yes, exactly. The only reason this topic arises is that in a game about "automating everything", when you have reached the pinnacle of technology, it feels discontinuous that you cannot automate a few very specific things. Agreed. But I think it would be too simple — much too simple — to ...

I like both the ideas of changing a distant buildings settings with allowing robots to collect unused items, and expanding blueprint options to allow recipe changes.

The robot idea especially feels very inline with other robot construction functionality.

Yes, exactly. The only reason this topic arises is that in a game about "automating everything", when you have reached the pinnacle of technology, it feels discontinuous that you cannot automate a few very specific things.

I like the idea of robots getting the orders to change recipes and combinator settings. For assembler recipes, this would allow the robots to pull any excess input/output ingredients in the case of a running assembler before changing the recipe. Edit: Many hours later, I realize I misspelled "c...