My idea is for a new research tree, which does one thing: eliminate the basic science packs. It should be quite expensive (say 500 1/2/3 science packs for 1 and 1000 1/2/3/4 science packs for 2?)
When researched, it unlocks a recipie to salvage science packs for resources (1 iron plate per basic ...

My suggestion is for a low output long term mining drill with a very wide excavation area. I'm imagining it's 5X5, and the area it can mine is 10X10. With the same output as an electric drill but a higher cost (takes 1 steel maybe?), this would be uses for a few specialised, meaningful uses in the ...

Rather than this, please make shift-rightclick do this for any object not matching the blueprint. This maintains the "Shift as override" control thing, while allowing for the option of shift-left click placement to not override similar placements that may already exists (for example, already placed ...

mm. delicious necro. ON this topic though, i'm strongly in favor of entertaining DLC methods. Perhaps some form of key check (check if validated with steam, then check to see if using an install key blacklisted by factorio.com), which, if the check fails, causes the production of all electricity to ...

Summery: sustainibility is the theme of this suggestion. With the edition of rechargable power cells and a charging station, it becomes practical to make rechargable electric variants of nearly all electric equipment.

Detail: The crux of the idea is the addition of a charger station that sucks ...