I'm doing a Megabase right now in a marathon game, and I love it. Because everything is much more expensive, you have to keep pushing out to find newer (and bigger) resource patches. And, I put production modules in everything possible (to save resources), and that is a decent resource strain, too. ...

I agree with MeduSalem. I build really big megabases, but I don't use stackers, either. I don't particularly care if a train arrives to resupply a factory before the buffer chests empty out. I generally build my bases in a grid format, so if I don't have enough of a certain type of material, it's tw...

You don't have to do "outposts". I run a simple border around everything. If you feel like you have too many miners vs assemblers, you can put production modules in all of the assemblers that you can, and that'll change that. I don't care about how my trains load or unload. It doesn't effe...

There's already a mechanism for increasing the robot worker speed an infinite amount (post-satellite launch technology). So really, if your bots are getting too slow, then you can just research this as much as you'd like to make them as fast as you'd like. Also, I think that construction trains are ...

When I play the new expansion, I'll play it at least once with no mods. I trust the developers and I want to see what they've created, before messing with it in any way.

... and of course, just because WUBE releases a new version of Factorio doesn't mean you have to play it. WUBE lets you play any version of Factorio (which is awesome)!

Just throwing this out... I'd love to see a version of Industrial Revolution that allowed for steam power to be used all the way to (steam-powered) rockets. It could be a really ridiculous and awesome looking steampunk fantasy version of IR3. Of course, tons of ridiculous team-powered technologies a...

You don't have to log in to use Discord. I don't log in and have communicated with people over there about SE.

Fluid dynamics (including turbulence) is something that actual physicists still cannot model accurately. That's hwy we still have wind tunnels. So to even be able to begin to accurately critique fluid mechanics on Factorio, I'd expect you'd need a phD. I agree with jacmiech1. Forget the fluid mechan...

I'd be happy to fill it out but the form you created requires a Google ID to use it.

You may have better luck if you fix that.

Yup, build those rocket sections in a regular ol' Assembling Machine on Nauvis.

And yup, you're not flying anywhere in a capsule just yet. You can hitch a ride on that first cargo rocket flight, though!

You should look at Industrial Revolution 3. There's a ton of steam power in that mod (and it looks gorgeous).

Steam doesn't do anything but take a cut of your money. That's simply not true. After you bought a game, steam provides the steam cloud for shared saves. It provides a one-click-install process and keeps the game up to date. It provides installers for decades - even long after the original game web...

I understand, but I doubt that anybody at Wube has anything do to with how Steam prices their stuff. I doubt they can even legally talk about it. If you don't think it's "fair", then go ask Steam about it (and let us know what they say). In the meantime, just send your friend to Wube's web...

You should buy it from Wube. It's less expensive, and Wube gets to keep more money. Steam doesn't do anything but take a cut of your money.

Are you asking about why is Steam charging different prices, or Wube? As far as I can tell, the price is the same for everybody at Wube's website.

Thanks for the response! Falling on getting hit makes sense, for sure. Otherwise, yes, hand-to-hand combat would be too easy. But the damage at speed thing... I don't see how that would help balance combat. If I'm moving fast enough that I start taking shield damage (I think I've got 4 blue jetpacks...

I've added a few advanced jetpacks to my spacesuit in Space Exploration. Now, when I move around, (by jetpack, of course) and I get up to full speed, I see my shields start to go down, like I'm getting hit by biters. My shields come right back up once I slow down or stop. I imagine that there must b...

Video game pre-orders are done by (scummy) companies that need to fund their development while they're doing it. Instead of borrowing money (or, how crazy is this...) building on previous profits, they instead borrow that money from the players. Once they have a large amount of pre-order money from ...

This level of complexity when it comes to train refueling isn't necessary at all. But if it makes the original poster happy, then go have fun! My entire re-fueling scheme involves just a single blue chest at each train station. That's it. Personally, I'm not interested in creating an unnecessarily c...