I like this idea conceptually - to speed up train throughput one could load items into a specialized "train dock" building, placed next to the cars.

In my head the best approach would be that this "dock" building would be something like a 2x2 (so three can fit on one side of a train) and would ...

Going through a few silos multiple times to pack requests into them more tightly probably doesn't matter in terms of UPS cost but doing so for hundreds or thousands of silos in my mind means doing all those extra steps for every single rocket silo, which i would imagine would result in hitting a ...

I feel like the main issue with loading rockets with an algorithm like the above-mentionned first-fit method is not that it can't be done, but that (as mentionned at least once in the thread linked by crimsonarmy) once you get to later game, you have dozens, hundreds, even thousands of rocket silos ...

+1 for this - as others have said, the bar could be orange until it is complete, at which point it would turn green.

On that note, maybe quality train locomotives could accelerate a bit faster and have a slightly higher top speed, too.


This is already provided by quality fuel. But I think braking force would be more useful anyway. It’s actually quite important for throughput.


given the fact that quality ...

+1 to this - optimizing what belts / pipes i use on aquilo is part of the fun for me, but only because I learned about differing heat values for belt tiers and undergrounds from a reddit post. If it were visible in game somehow, it would be very helpful.

I like this idea, or at the very least I like the idea of trains being better.

Maybe there is a reason that train wagons aren't affected meaningfully by quality, but maybe not? steel / logistics chests were originally unaffected by quality and were patched to be bigger with quality AFAIK

On that ...

Amarula wrote: Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:36 pm There is a mod for that: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Enemy_Color

well, that does solve my problem. thank you!

TL;DR
When playing in peaceful mode, perhaps enemies could show up as a more friendly color?


What?
When playing in peaceful mode, as enemies are no longer hostile, sometimes I find myself starled by their red color on the minimap, which immediately reads as "enemy" to me. I am not sure if this ...

floating islands...
renai transportation...


You'd need a way to get around... normal foundation doesn't work, but thrusters on mech armor would... jumping spiders exist.


maybe an equipment for the spidertron that allows it to jump, though i'm not sure how feasible that would be. I think in ...

floating islands...
renai transportation...

+1 agree that it could be yellow or maybe orange while the condition is partially met

+1

you can plant trees in deserts. it's just a few specific tiles (the barren sand ones) that are unplantable.

My nauvis starting area was a huge desert at the start and is now a massive forest