Congratulations on a very successful release! Since we're on a bit of a reflective theme this week, I'd like to say that some of the FFFs I've enjoyed the most have been the ones that dug into the technical details of the engine: how it was able to scale so far and handle the massive factories that ...

The blueprint improvements are awesome and make me happy, but I'm happier still to hear that Kovarex is enjoying tinkering with things again, and is having a lot of fun building with his son. Very brave to lay out the details of the burnout so frankly, and I think all of us who have been in the indu...

Cool beans. Try wiring a push button to the central power pole with a red wire and trace what happens when you send that initial pulse into the system. I'm also interested to know which parts of OP made sense and which didn't, as I want to get better at explanatory writing.

Correct, this is just painting zones. I haven't got any other blueprints yet, but yeah you'd need stuff to dispatch miners to resources and haulers between depots and miners. I don't get a lot of time to play, so I can't commit to working on designs in MP or whatever.

The device: https://i.imgur.com/qjKSzAf.png Annotated: https://i.imgur.com/7Xrggzs.png 0eNrNWstyszYUfpWOtjUpOoDBXnTX+ZdddNnJeDAojqYgeYRI4mb8AH2QvlifpOKS2MHiIi7+/00SwPo4Ot+5fDrOO9onOTkKyiTaviMacZah7Z/vKKMHFibFPXk6ErRFL1TIXN1ZIRamxY3qE9Y3dF4hymLyhrb4vNKspJKkl2WSJsTKopBdrQPturY3/na10jFa+fvVSvf8uEKESSop...

I think this all looks quite promising. Specific comments: * I never liked how speed module 1 was used as an "alternate circuit" in a bunch of end-game recipes. Having productivity modules in the science pack recipes makes it feel less weird, though now efficiency modules are the odd one o...

Note that the FAQ at http://www.factorio.com/faq still lists Snow Leopard as a supported OS.