Thanks all - looks like it's time to reboot for .15 >:D

Hi all,

I've got close to 500 hours of Factorio logged, but all this was around April 2016 (roughly 12 months ago). Can anyone give me or point me to a summary of the last 12 month's of Factorio game development?

Thanks dev team!

Some day could you automate the production of buckets?

Thanks.

Dedicated server. Fairly late game base.

Bob's mods
Treefarm
Larger inventory

Factorio-current.log attached.

I'm confused about pipe size. Is copper > iron pipe? Smaller size is better? That's what my friend thinks, doesn't make sense to me.

keleios wrote:Playing around with trying to make a small layout that grows outward with belt capabilities for inputs and outputs on the perimeter. Maybe for a sub-base or early game.

Nice creativity here, Keleios.

I've read recently that the 4:7:1 ratio of refineries:light cracking:heavy cracking is not optimal. Can anyone elaborate or point me towards forum resources to reference? Thanks!

Nice layout derivepi. Looks expandable is that the ratio you use? Of refineries to cracking? Could it be adjusted for beacons next to the refineries on the outside?

You could have a smaller, separate logistic network of only a fewe roboports that aren't connected to the main system and have only one type of robot that you've manually put in them. May not work for you due to space constraints but that's a solution.

Here's a simple framework, easy to build and that will last you all game, for a fully automated smelting center that leaves room for 3x3 smelters and 3x3 beacons in between. You can expand this design easily horizontally and vertically :) I usually make 40 smelters for copper ore and iron ore as a ...

Suggest no mods for your first rocket launch. Bobs mods is great once you've done that and want a (almost frustrating) new challenge of complexity. It took me 60 hours for first rocket launch. My first factory was a mess and impossible to expand from poor planning.

TLDR
Immediate observation is ...

Hi all,

I have a dedicated server through Multiplay, Factorio version 12.30. My small group loves Bob's mods, however our map likely became corrupt - about 30 hours in, and inaccessible. I'm not sure if it was Bob's mods, or TreeFactory, or LargeInventory, or the mods at all as I don't have an ...

Restarted map after our group completed the last one. Trying out Bob's mods on a brand new map as of 5 minutes ago. Could use 1-2 other players to join. Find me on Skype ilostmahbucket.

EDIT: Added Teefarm mods:

Treefarm 0.3.3 https://github.com/Blu3wolf/Treefarm-Lite/releases
Teeform AC 0.2.3 ...

"Unified the processing of savegame name in --load-game --start-server and --mp-load-game. It can all be supplied with or without the .zip"

Currently my game auto loads from _autosave1 so the dedicated Multiplay Clanforge server is saved every 3 minutes.

Should that be set to something else now ...

Edit: Server corrected, working fine now.

You need to update to 12.30 to connect to the server now.

For Steam, enable experimental updates
Right-click Factorio in your library, select Properties, go to Betas and select experimental from the dropdown-menu.

Found my own solution, delete ticket or leave for others

Did you enable experimental updates?
Right-click Factorio in your library, select Properties, go to Betas and select experimental from the dropdown-menu.

How do I do this? My clanforge multiplay server updated to 12.30 but I'm still running 12.29. I don't see how to update it.

I only see the demo here: https://www.factorio.com/download/experimental

I don't see where to do this in game either:
https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4400
Q ...

They will load the last save I had to restore us to the point when I logged off.
I changed the default save location to prevent a wipe from occurring again, should save every 3 minutes and repopulate from _autosave1 if the server ever goes offline for any reason.

For those of you that joined my dedicated server, we lost some progress due to an auto restart. I'm reaching out to multiplay support to see if they can load our progress, I'll be on this evening ~9EST
(Swiss Cheese, Ertai, Piggy)

Sent them the save file for when I had logged off, if they don't ...

Hey all, I have a dedicated server that's currently fresh. Might make some progress on it tonight. Add me on skype, ilostmahbucket