Version 0.12.4

[FactorioBot]

• Features
  • Simple mechanism for multiplayer relaying via the server.
• Changes
  • Renamed "multisampling" to "multisampling-level" in the config file.
    This will reset everyone's multisampling setting to 0.
  • Construction robots take things primary from the main inventory, then quickbar.
  • Reverted the order of inserter slot selection. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14656)
  • Added Alt-mode (showing entity info) to the latency hiding.
  • Trains now try to recalculate their path, when waiting over 5 seconds on a signal (only if needed).
    The recalculation is forced when waiting over 30 seconds.
  • Construction robots will check if their target is still in the network area when they return to personal roboport for charging.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=14249)
  • Tweaked the stuck resolve mechanism. This should solve the https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=14403
• Bugfixes
  • Less annoying glitches when running and shooting in multiplayer with latency hiding.
  • Fixed that the loot wasn't always properly put on transport belts. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14114)
  • Fixed force building specific blueprints. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14622)
  • Fixed setting player character to other player's character crashing the game. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14665)
  • Fixed failed --apply-update returning success even when it failed (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14681).
  • Fixed the latency hiding inconsistency in the entity transfer action, entity rotation, blueprint selection deconstruction selection and others.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14585)
  • Fixed ghost inserter arrows being displayed incorrectly (www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14659).
  • Zooming works comfortably also when mapped on buttons, as holding the button continuously zooms in/out instead of doing just one small zoom step.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14662)
  • Proper direction filtering (8 way versus 4 way) when building ghosts from script. The direction is now dependent on the ghost inner entity limitation.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14625)
  • Fixed that the new lamp entity was off-center. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14586)
  • Fixed behemoth biter resistance specification. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14614)
  • Fixed that the game could crash when connecting train in a junction. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=10295)
  • Fixed construction robots could cause desync when they used up all repair packs.
  • Rocket silo behaves correctly when out of electricity. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14616)
  • Fixed tank cannon shell tooltips. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=13545)
  • Fixed error message on campaign mission 4 (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14510)
  • Fixed crash when exiting the game in the map editor with the menu open.
  • Fixed trains not alarming inserters when switched to manual mode when already stopped. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14367)
  • Fixed connection failures on windows without IPv6 enabled (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=14053)
  • Solved stuttering while building when max_expansion_distance was set to high values by a mod. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14761)
  • Fixed robots getting stuck when trying to store damaged items. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14621)
  • Fixed that lot of output in the output console could slow down the game a lot. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14775)
  • Fixed that damage to be taken wasn't cleared when entity was rebuild by robots, so the entity was partially unkillable.
  • Fixed that train stop rebuilt by robots wasn't working properly. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14364)
  • Fixed crashes with invalid locale on linux
  • Fixed that Save scenario + Save as wasn't translatable. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14752)
  • Changed the default style of custom text field to have not only minimal_width but also maximal_width 150.
    So all of the textfields will not get larger on load, until the maximal_width is specified to be larger.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=13650)
  • Fixed that replay didn't work on the campaign levels. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14604)
  • Fixed determinism issue in logistic network causing desync. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=14140)
  • Two trains never collide as long as they don't share a train block, this solves some problematic situations, where the
    end of the train collided with different track a little, while it was technically on different block already.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14558)
  • Fixed copy&pasting filters between cars (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14814).
  • Fixed crash in replay of game which was save and then loaded (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=14523)
  • Fixed problems with RTL scripts ... again (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=12235)
  • Fixed the crash when radar was created on a surface that didn't have chart initialised on the surface for the specific force.
    (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14831)
• Scripting
  • Fixed that inserter didn't return drop_position.
  • Fixed crash when calling set_command on empty unit groups (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14734).

Use the automatic updater if you can (check experimental updates in other settings) or download full installation at http://www.factorio.com/download/experimental.

[Zemerson]

Yay!
Lan and Online friends for me

[jeroon]

Got an error on updating to .12.4, and straight after Avast anti virus told me it was deep-scanning some new files in the Factorio folder. The game restarted automaticly when that was done, to 0.12.4, showing the changelog as expected.

Win 8 - x64, zip version, full screen

[edit] tried again with a different folder, no crash, Avast scan again, this time with a windowed Factorio
[edit2] installed it 3x on the same system, all got anti virus scan, none crashed

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[Tickle_My_Elmo]

Can somone post a working LUA command for research all tech. the old one is not working ...

[Vulkandrache]

I made two changes in the file, just some numbers shuffled around. Why does the update care about them?
Would it not just replace the file if the patch changed something.

[FishSandwich]

I made two changes in the file, just some numbers shuffled around. Why does the update care about them?
Would it not just replace the file if the patch changed something.

Nope. Changing the base files isn't recommended. If you want to upgrade you'll want to either change the file back to what it was or download the installer.

[Golden]

I made two changes in the file, just some numbers shuffled around. Why does the update care about them?
Would it not just replace the file if the patch changed something.

Nope. Changing the base files isn't recommended. If you want to upgrade you'll want to either change the file back to what it was or download the installer.

If you want, you can just copy the entire base directory into the mods folder and then make the changes, thus your changes will override the base without overwriting the base.

[Tickle_My_Elmo]

Can somone post a working LUA command for research all tech. the old one is not working ...

Anyone?

[FishSandwich]

Can somone post a working LUA command for research all tech. the old one is not working ...

Anyone?

https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... chnologies

[jockeril]

Can somone post a working LUA command for research all tech. the old one is not working ...

Anyone?

use reset_technologies (the underscore sign is the change)

Edit: see ? now you have two answers

[Rseding91]

Something that didn't get added in correctly to 0.12.4's changelog:

Scripting:
- Added LuaEntityPrototype::autoplace_specification read.

[Tickle_My_Elmo]

Can somone post a working LUA command for research all tech. the old one is not working ...

Anyone?

use reset_technologies (the underscore sign is the change)

Edit: see ? now you have two answers

Yup THX guys

[Turtle]

Will updates ever be available for download on the site so we can manually install?

[ratchetfreak]

Will updates ever be available for download on the site so we can manually install?

check https://www.factorio.com/download/experimental

[Zeblote]

That link doesn't seem to go where it should

You should read some of the replies to the post in that link, this is mentioned with other requests and explained

oh I see

[jockeril]

[*]Reverted the order of inserter slot selection. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=14656)

That link doesn't seem to go where it should

You should read some of the replies to the post in that link, this is mentioned with other requests and explained

[daniel34]

Will updates ever be available for download on the site so we can manually install?

Something like this should work, at least on linux: https://github.com/narc0tiq/factorio-updater (Thread: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 33&t=14626)
Headless servers use the same data as regular clients, so it should work on any installation of Factorio.
I've no experience with python, so I can't tell if you can use it on windows.

Code: Select all

python update_factorio.py -u Narc -t xyz123abc456def789ghijklmnopqr -p core-linux64 -f 0.12.2 -x

As far as I understand it, you give it your current version, the username, token and desired architecture (core-linux32,core-linux64,core-mac,core-win32,core-win64) and it downloads the update package(s) for you.

[Turtle]

Will updates ever be available for download on the site so we can manually install?

check https://www.factorio.com/download/experimental

You can only download full installs. I'm asking about downloading the updates, which are much smaller.

[DaveMcW]

You can only download full installs. I'm asking about downloading the updates, which are much smaller.

Updates will never be available on the site. They are designed to be downloaded and applied in order, it's too easy to mess that up when doing it by hand.

You can use https://github.com/narc0tiq/factorio-updater if you really know what you're doing.

[Turtle]

• Reverted the order of inserter slot selection.

I think you mean to say, "reversed." Either way, I love this change! Now if this could be applied to logistics bots, it'd be perfect!