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This mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/solar-productivity is perfect for what I want to explain here. It adds many entity prototypes called sp1-NAME , sp2-NAME etc. for every level of productivity. This can scale multiplicatively with other features from other mods and I believe it would be ...

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Some recipes are missing subgroups, but they still appear correctly in the crafting GUI because of some "background magic". This makes mod creation slightly inconvenient when you want to index all recipes from one group such as intermediate-products .

I would really appreciate if the ...

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Vulcanus is too grindy in rock and ash tree mining before getting the first Foundry so my idea is to reduce the amount of stuff in the starting area, but make them more lucrative so you can faster collect resources from them to make the Foundry instead of mining rocks for a few hours ...

I'm no techie, but maybe there's an easier (for modders) solution? How about the game being able to bake a stack sprite in memory on the fly. That should be able to remove the need for modders to bake sprites, have a short loading time as you don't load all variations of sprites that you don't need ...

where would the files for the "base mod" be located? even with a fresh install of the 2.0.12 update, my game tried to load the 2.0.10 base mod and therefore, refuses to start


When i was modding, i noticed that the game has "Base" and "Core". They should be with the game's install folder ...

Point is, in vanilla this only shows up for trees, but with mods it really starts showing up. Especially buggy mods that have generous selection boxes. I remember playing a big lab mod and i tried to replicate the issue before posting here, but i couldn't replicate nor remember the save file ...

# The problem:
Overlapping entities are hard to select if you want to get a specific one

We've all been there, chopping a forest by hand. Not the fastest, but it's always an option.
https://forums.factorio.com/download/file.php?mode=view&id=82591

Problem is, sometimes you want to specifically ...

Genius idea! Can't help, but love it. So much better and on par with the max underground distance mod.

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Add a default shortcut for "Make new blueprint book".


What ?
That action by default needs you to click the blueprint book icon and it's visible only after you unlock blueprint books by researching bots for the first time.
Add a default shortcut. :)


Why ?
It's always been weird how ...

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It's often annoying to download mods and sync settings. The sync doesn't save settings like the Controls. This is my solution.


What ?
The Controls settings and other tabs in the Settings always need to be manually changed. Factorio is about automation, this is unacceptable ...

I've been playing Factorio since 0.17 and through the years I've learned some stuff.
I've learned that I absolutely love this game, it takes the #1 spot for being my most favorite.
I've learned also that for me, Factorio has a massive issue. It's in the core of the game so it probably happens to a ...

I made a mod, but for this post, nobody cares so fast forward this is my mod's changelog:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/175392066820505600/1170045943723327599/image.png?ex=65579d33&is=65452833&hm=405382671596f163578ebd4531ac4bfbba61511fe7e4db281b24c8ae7fbd5394&
All works! However, look ...

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New players can get confused and skip over tech with research queue, but every experienced player wants it on by default. Here is my solution.


What ?
Research queue is off by default.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/175392066820505600/1148868695951675392/image.png
Make it off by ...