Factorio is such a great game! I actually bought it and the space age expansion more or less at the same time (after watching Factorio content for a while, and keenly following the Friday facts). My first proper play through (e.g., getting to chemical science :p) has been with the expansion, and I ...

There might be a new bug this update with the parameterised blueprints: https://forums.factorio.com/122709

At least two of us are struggling to get the parameterised blueprints ingredient of to work. I am on Mac. I don't know what they are on.

Btw, ingredients of is such a cool feature! I've be ...

And if drag a parameter into the slot (using the pipette tool), things look very strange, with it showing a recycler recipe that recycle parameters to parameters.

I can't seem to use the Ingredient of option for Parametrised blueprints... When I try and select the ingredient of option, it shows "Nothing found," as in the attached screenshot.

How does one use this feature?

Shame, it seemed a pretty cool dynamic...

I'm tweaking my space platform that I use for space science to prepare for my first interplanetary journey.
When I cut and paste buildings, sometimes the building just disappears and is lost

I'm confused... Why is the biter egg handling tech needed to research quantum processors?!
As far as I can tell, quantum processors don't need biter eggs as part of their crafting...

The reason they aren’t is because all tier 3 modules have their unique ingredient not recycle into ingredients but into itself. We could revisit for the suprconductor though.


I see. That makes sense, though it also removes quite a bit of complexity and potential fun of working out how to get ...

It is confusing what is and is not recyclable (e.g., Jelly is not recyclable despite being craft-able in an assembly machine). Please add this information to Factoriopedia.

Should superconductors be recyclable?
At the moment, they seem to recycle to nothing. In contrast, Quantum Processors can be recycled. This disparity is highly confusing.

I really like the heat pipe mechanic. It provides great gameplay. Maybe it is unrealistic - who cares, so is carrying around twenty nuclear reactors in your pockets!!

I also really like that space platforms can gather resources - and potentially channel those resources to planets. I don't want that ...

I want a space greenhouse! It makes sense that the engineer should be able to grow Gleba plants in space and other planets.

I wouldn't mind it being super expensive and locked behind end-game tech, but I want it!

You could have the green house require rock, sulfur and a carbon source, and then the ...

I think it'd be nice if once you go beyond a certain number of territories (i.e., Demolisher's killed), the edge-most territories start having a chance of being reclaimed by Demolishers.

Will we get a greenhouse? So we can grow and farm on other planets? It could be locked behind end-game tech, but it would be nice to have.

Looking at the videos from people who attended the LAN party, one of the complaints seems to be that Gleba doesn't give the player much that they can take to ...

That is very cool that. I'm looking forward to the expansion release!!

I'm interested to see how not needing any passive defense on Vulacanus will play out. It seems pretty antithetical to Factorio to me - as a big part of vanilla is that biters continually drain your resources, until you've ...

It is really cool stuff overall! I'm so looking forward to the expansion! and really impressed by the continued quality, and thoughtfulness behind the design and implementation of everything.

Two minor points:

1. I don't love the new Spidertron animation (even the fixed smooth version), as ...

I'm a big fan of the new enemies. I really like how they differ from the biters both aesthetically and mechanically (as they can travel over walls, and even fire enemies over walls!). It's all very cool.

One tiny thing: the animation for the laser targeting the Stomper looks really strange, e.g. at ...

I would genuinely like to hear your reasoning why an 'arachnophobia mode' would affect other people's play experience. People keep acting like the suggestion, a toggle that disables legs and/or eyes (which admittedly WOULD make the game harder since the Stompers attack with their legs, but at ...

WebMD and NIH.

If you're going to tell me that the epidemiologists used by those sources don't actually do research, they just trust self-reporting... I mean, that's some paranoia right there.




Yes, psychology generally relies on self reports. Crafting the questionnaires, paying people to ...

As others already pointed out, getting rid of peaceful mode does sound annoying and feels a little like a step back to old alien drops. Other than that I like the design.


I am certain they will a) keep peaceful mode and b) keep the option of entirely disabling enemies (and likely allow ...