It seems impossible that this hasn't been asked before, but I couldn't find it through searching. Apologies if this is re-opening a can of biters.

Anyway, ever since the beginning of the game, I've always been *slightly* annoyed that inserters prefer an item around 3-4 places from the end of a full ...

You risk re-starting a holy war with this question.

Let's just say there are proponents on both sides of the debate. I imagine it largely depends on the player and the size of the factory. Some people play with trains for fun, some like spaghetti bases, etc. Do what you think is most fun.

I can ...

Name me another game that has gone ten years with free updates without releasing paid DLC.
I think Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft are somewhat similar in this ?
(OtOH, Minecraft was sold to Microsoft, and they basically turned it into a franchise, so maybe not...)

in the days of horse armor and ...

I had to look in my email history... I originally bought factorio for 12 eurobucks. Something like $16 American. That was ten years ago, nearly exactly.

Back in those days, the game was still pretty rough. There wasn't multiplayer. Trains barely worked. The car was the best you had to kill bugs as ...

Is there a reason you didn't go to GOG if you just (understandably) don't want to deal with the payment process?


I presume this was directed to me, but I think you misunderstood my prior point. The payment process isn't arduous for customers, really. Standard stuff, just enter your CC info and ...

im really not happy with this. im stuck in much the same situation with a useless error message on the humble site "this key has already been claimed"
I dont get why they have a gift purchase button and why its not automatically added to my factorio account. I mean, i purchased it through the ...

So, it turns out Factorio uses Humble Bundle as a back end for purchases. This morning, when I gleefully signed in to Factorio to buy Space Age, I didn't think about what email I used to buy it. (In fact, I was somewhat confused by that- I was already logged in, why ask for my email? Now I know ...

I do something similar, but for me I just slightly increase the amount of resources so I can spend more time tinkering and less time seeking out new deposits.

It seems to me that some of these problems could be solved with a hybrid approach. Treat each segment as a single entity as in the new fluid system, but also calculate the length of that segment and lower the output in a non-linear way. For smaller segments, like in your oil refinery, you wouldn't ...