That is a very useful piece of information! My right index finger thanks you x

TL;DR
A new button to upgrade belts, undergrounds, and splitters with one selection rather than 3.

What?
Tiny QOL idea. In the upgrade planner we can select belts, undergrounds and splitters separately. I propose a button to select, for instance - all yellow belt entities, or all blue belt ...

This idea falls apart the moment fruits stopped being consumed in full capacity.
The "stop harvesting" mode of work will solve that.


Never stop consuming fruit! Process it for seeds then burn what's left, or if you have enough seeds just burn everything!


I made my Gleba base error-prone ...

Hares wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 3:59 pm

This idea falls apart the moment fruits stopped being consumed in full capacity.
The "stop harvesting" mode of work will solve that.

Never stop consuming fruit! Process it for seeds then burn what's left, or if you have enough seeds just burn everything!

I have found managing seed planting is key to controlling fruit output.

Inserting one seed will result in 50 fruit after 5 minutes. An inserter with hand size 1 inserting seeds, clocked in any way you choose (no smaller than approx 240 ticks per agri-tower) will yield a fruit output as regular as ...

Back in't day, when't only surface wi Nauvis and biters were only bloody threat, a yearn for it a tell thee.

You can set up a tick timer on each planet, and sync them using a space platform with requests? With something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol , they should eventually sync up after a round trip. Everything else can then sync to the per-planet timer over radar.


Ah yes ...

i guess i just want to build one big base where everything takes place on the same planet


There are a few mods that put everything on one planet. I haven't tried them, but I know they exist because I bounced off SA at first and wanted what you describe. I persevered though and eventually "got ...

Pipette has a deep deep flaw that I have discovered after (too) many hours of this beautiful game.

The problem is, 'Q' is not used by any other software (AFAIK) to select the thing under the mouse. Muscle memory has ruined all other software for me:
- My recording software uses Q for quantize, so ...

I had a week or so when I first discovered Factorio and read every single FFF up to that point, but that was enjoyable to read again (with I don't know how many thousand hours under my belt), thank you!

I'm no coder; I'm a lowly musician, electrician, lover, and Factorio enjoyer, but I enjoy ...

Ever since the FFF with this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgMV2dFFdFE

... it has haunted me. I wake up sobbing most nights. My factory has shriveled. It's all clogged up! Its seed has spoiled.

I understand the gist of what's going on, I think? Checking a new build of the game with a ...

I agree, though it is worth pointing out that you can Q (pipette) the product and click it onto the slot, which is only 1 extra interaction.

Essentially, what was teased in https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-64, except first party so I don't have to choose between achievements and a community-developed AI-upscaled travesty*.




This particular FFF mentions the idea of space platforms and a good bit of the functioning as we now ...

My first non-peaceful run!

After ~1k hours in 1.1 and completing 50% ish of a Space Age run I decided to restart and see what all this fighting lark was about after building an absolute turret frenzy of a platform.

Oh I see, you have to balance pollution and production, make tactical decisions ...

@Boskid

This is exactly how the inserters should be. Can they be coded to act in the same way\use the same GUI? If so consider this message a huge +1 for the idea!

+1 for vast explosions and the like x

+1 think of all the clicks saved. All those children in the clickmines will thank you.

Possibly the best running piece of Windows software!

There was no mention of Factorio in any of their other year end gaming coverage. Good to see someone keeping the flame alive lol x

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/ ... f-the-year

The Legendary Quality version of this would have your factory visible on the planet.