Since 2.0, most numeric input fields in Factorio support math expressions, for instance (3+5)*4 or 3k/6 . However the grid size parameters on blueprints are an exception to this and only allow exact values.

Why I think this is important
Often when I'm making a blueprint, I need to capture "extra ...

Version 2.1 updated the tooltips for assemblers to show a potential crafting speed when taking ghost modules and beacons into account. This does not occur for the mining speed on mining drills however

Current Behavior
No potential mining speed shown.
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Expected Behavior ...

What did you do?
I started version 2.1.7 on Arch Linux with the audio driver set to Pipewire

What happened?
The audio was incredibly choppy both during the startup loading screen and the main menu

What did you expect to happen instead? It might be obvious to you, but do it anyway!
I expected ...

I made a new ghost train station and gave it a name, but when I went to add it to my train's schedule, it wasn't a selectable station option. I was hoping to be able to add it to a train's schedule while I waited for it to be built.

Ghost Train Stop given a name Screenshot_20241025_004056-1.png ...