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.

I really like this thread. It reminds me of how I fell in love with factorio in the first place... making mistakes, things going completely wrong from how you thought they would, losing things... and these actions revealing the true nature of the game better than any tutorial or faq.

Please don't ...

Title says it all really. I've been lost in a low drama diorama mind calmer called Happy Glade and it got me daydreaming about factory as far as the eye can see in that exact art style... assemblers and electromagnetic plants shrouded in clouds of pollution, clouds of robots, clouds, etc.

What ...

I bet that stuff is delicious!

+1

That would explain my recent mystifying loss of about 10 hours effort!

The unit test video made me feel a bit funny...

Huge +1!!!

How about making the recipe selection behave as it always used to, with a dropdown in the assembler GUI, after choosing the recipe, to select quality level. That way it can be used on the odd occasion as its required and otherwise ignored.

Good call. The mech armour doesn't necessarily feel like an upgrade when I can move faster staying on the ground!

I mentioned my thinking in another thread regarding order of production importance of quality items. It would seem sensible that the first quality items you attempt to produce are quality modules themselves (A tier) followed by labs to make the most of science production. But from there it would ...