Flying bots don't recharge by sitting in a roboport. They are clearly waiting outside to charge. The long queues waiting for a free charge slot has always been the sign that you don't have enough roboports.

With the roboports I have long wanted some features from Bob's mods: network extension poles and charge pads. Not as a replacement but to supplement the normal roboport. I wonder if something like that could help. With an entity that only extends the range and doesn't have storage, charging, or logi...

Having them shoot nukes sounds like a spectacularly terrible idea

As far as I know, Factorio runs almost entirely in the memory, unlike most other games, which is why even slight issues with your ram are noticeable in Factorio while everything else seemingly runs just fine and you need so much more for this game as the factory grows. It seems you're mixing some t...

Can we have four digits of precision when the numbers are in the thousands? So it's 1430 instead of 1.4k Rounding is fine when it gets into the tens of thousands, but with thousands having the exact amount would still be useful. For example when testing beaconed builds where just an inserter swing m...

The islands type map could be nice as an optional preset. There are people looking for that kind of stuff. For example to use with the Cargo Ships mod. And the existing island map is just one larger island.

Justderpingalong wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:50 pm

Quality is something that feasibly can be turned off.

One screenshot here lists scrap recycling under "quality". So it doesn't look like it can be turned off :/

Wasn't is always said that Quality is optional? But now the game is balanced around it and assumes you will have a lot of production that needs much higher belt throughput. I know there are other things like the new miners, but it seems like it's just assumed that you use Quality items when available.

Some balancer with blue underground belt can't be made red or yellow though Yeah, you have to be a bit careful, but they generally work upwards, if not downwards. Blueprints that are universal could be completely generic, and others can use a specific color for a belt piece when needed Another simp...

Something that would also be really useful is a generic belt / underground / splitter that gets assigned its color when you put it down. It would clean up balancer books for example. And it's a way to introduce this feature earlier, or for people who aren't so heavily into complex train setups. But ...

I'm very curious what the modders will do with the new mechanics and buildings

I'd like more mods that add a little bit of complexity here and there. Instead of a completely overhaul or total conversion, just add a step or two at some points. And make it the same style as vanilla.

This is amazing. Kind of makes Nauvis looking boring. Different biomes with unique resources would be great on the starting planet too.

I also like new metals with more advanced smelting. That's something I always wanted for the base game later on.

If there is no atmosphere for burner entities then there is no way an engine plume will look like that. Yeah that threw me off too. It's really unnecessary for the scene composition. Just the blue flame looks amazing. And together with the moving engine it adds enough visual "clutter" to ...

One last thought- The ability to fully manipulate modules in bulk would be extremely useful in vanilla, especially getting into larger bases with large repetitive setups, and/or jumping between different quality levels. You're currently limited to only replacing modules in machines if they already ...

You might also notice that the shortcut bar can now be up to 12 slots wide!

Yay

remote interactions will be a focus of the next FFF

Remote constant combinator please

O...M...G...

Did not see that coming. The part about being a game changer in train stations when using bi-directional trains is true. Now you run into massive issues if the exit rail crosses the entry one.

I also love finally having bridges over water

96_snake wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:33 pm

If you need to jump a large distance you just need to leave two spots for the underground every so often.

And those two spots are then unavailable for other things. Like inserters. It's an issue in beaconed builds mostly.

The new T-junction looks great. Nice curves to get on the other rail instead of the old straight bit

The expansion will basically be a mod. Just like there is a "Base mod" now for the base game

my suggestion for the developer is this, why not seamlessly combine the quality feature with what space travel and extraterrestrial colonisation would bring? New materials from outerspace and other planets could lead to new ingredients that once further processed with existing product will improve ...