For reference, this is the purpose of the Inventory Sensor mod. It is obviously not performant since the script has to constantly search for vehicles nearby. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Inventory%20Sensor


I never knew there was a mod for that, but I thought of a solution to the issue you ...

TL;DR
1x1 Entity that scans adjacent Wagon contents for circuit conditions.

What?
A 1x1 machine (like the display panel) that scans the train wagon it is adjacent to (or preferably directed at), regardless if it is a cargo or fluid wagon, and outputs it's contents for circuit reading.

Edit ...

No.

Its not an interesting use case and it would make FireFlame to be a lot more complex because it would have to be a military target for turrets to see them.


Haha, oh my god mate, I meant the handheld flamethrower for putting out forest fires.

I never even thought of it that way - using a ...

TL;DR

Flamethrower but for water.

What ?

A flamethrower but for water, using water cannisters.

Why ?

Only you can stop forest fires.

The obvious current answer to this is to break up your blueprints into additional segments, so that bots will only build what you wish them to build.

Btw, I would completely love a priority system.

This is a really interesting suggestion relating to opportunity cost, and would definitely fit in the theme of the game and the planet.

If it is not included in the expansion, I would definitely love to see this in a mod.

Despite reading FFF #417 about a month ago, I only realized something a few days ago, at just how well Wube is looking after not only the game, but our own wellbeing as players.

One of my greatest disappointments from all the time I've spent in Multiplayer is that 95% of all games revolve around ...

Oh my god yes, I always click the wrong button.

You did well mate.

TL;DR
Implement a hotkey for switching trains from [Automatic] to [Manual] and vice-versa, that when clicked whilst the mouse is hovering over a train, switches this condition.


What ?
Literally just that, or allow hotkeys for setting the condition of a train to [Automatic] or [Manual] rather ...

TL;DR
An additional "planet" you can freely "travel to" at any time, that has god mode/editor mode so that you can create and edit blueprints in an actual editor without affecting your main planets, bonus points for the dark grey/light grey grid background and something like max rate calculator ...

I think it would be interesting if, for example, we had tier 4 assembly machines that required cooling liquid and instead of having one input like normal recipes they have a throughput through (e.g. from left to right) it like steam engines currently do so they can still be chained together.

You ...

After all, what many of us love about the game is its mirroring of real things.

Ultimately, though, if this is something you really want, this is super easy to mod in.


Yea that is a fair basis mate.

I was thinking more along the lines of end game pathways, like, what options are available to ...

Coal Liquefaction in Factorio is modeled on the Fischer–Tropsch process , and this process is running with temperatures between 150–300 °C. Higher temperatures don't just yield more, it's producing different output. Usually even less desired output. Factorio's simulation should not leave its real ...

Yea, I would rather have the option to load a lightweight standalone mod manager from the executable and edit the list than wait for the game to load only to set it back to the base game and then reload the game again.

TL;DR
Using high temp steam (nuclear reactor), should give bonus to coal liquefaction.


What ?
At the moment, there is no reason to use nuclear reactors and heat exchangers for coal liquefaction over solid fuel in boilers, especially as solid fuel is a byproduct of coal liquefaction, as there ...

I really love theory crafting, I find it helps a lot managing my mental health and the depression.

I also have Dyspraxia, which gives me issues with motor skills, so I tend to gravitate towards building games (Minecraft, Factorio etc) or turn based games (Pokemon), because it just allows me to do ...