when you start a new game, before clicking the last 'confirm' you can adjust settings/difficulty options.

no idea about asteroid quality mining because I dont have DLC but you can make game harder or easier there.

I remember when I asked this someone told me its only good use is to destroy other people's bases in multiplayer.

I only make it as an ingredient for the artillery shells in my playthrough

but there are difficulty settings (even much more customisable than what you mentioned) in the game already.

1. Playing IR3 for the first time. I’m about to unlock gas furnaces, but I’m confused about their role.

From what I can tell, gas furnaces are more efficient than electric furnaces by default, but they can’t use modules. Meanwhile, electric furnaces can use efficiency modules, and with the -80 ...

thanks

I’m considering installing Linux on my PC.

I’ve used Linux for gaming in the past with mixed results. Not all games worked properly with the default Steam installation, and I’ve also tried Wine.

I know Factorio runs on Linux, but I’d like to understand how well it supports older versions and mods ...

The non-steam version is my preferred one (I dont have and I am not using steam). Thats an excellent solution, thank you.

I want to try IR3, but I have factorio 2.0

I noticed IR3 is lastly updated for 1.1
I know there is fix/hack/work-around, but I am not very technical-educated. I prefer the easiest and most stright-forward way to do it.

I dont understand what was the idea behind making oil fields the way they are.

why not make them finite resources like iron and copper? just cuirious.

If you want something really different, Industrial Revolution 3 is a good choice. There's a long steam-pipe era before you get to electricity. Most recipes are broken down into many more smaller parts, so you'll probably use fewer belts and more assembly machines, especially the small 1x1 assembly ...

Serious question: how do you intentionally build spaghetti?

Every time I try to embrace chaos, I end up accidentally organizing things. But the bases I actually admire look like complete disasters that somehow still work.

I remember seeing a factorio youtube video and one comment said "the ...

Hey all,

Finished my first 2.0 run (launched a rocket), then did a Rocket Rush in ~10 hours.

Started Krastorio 2.0 (lovin' it) and reached blue science, but got stuck trying to automate it - red circuits were way more complex than vanilla (electronic components with plastic + silicon + glass ...

I found it hard to go back after switching from playing without bots to using construction bots. I had a similar experience when I started using modules (productivity, speed, efficiency), and now I almost always design builds around modules and beacons.

However, I haven’t yet found a strong use ...

Get really drunk and try it again. Your factory won’t work any better, but it is more fun than doing it sober. :lol:

Most Nauvis belt-based factories are based upon the principle of “fill a belt lane with ingredients or products”. This is a bad idea on Gleba; it just creates more Spoilage that ...

I am having difficulty understanding how to deal with this planet.
At the start I didnt even know what to do since I couldn't find iron or copper ores anywhere.

Over time I got a little bit the hang of things and thought soon I will be able to thrive, once I understand how to build a factory there ...

Hey, I am new player, I went into the game without knowledge and figured stuff as I went.

At the start I didn't mind the bugs, I thought they are just background noise.
At some point they attacked my factory so I had to destroy their nests, thinking nothing of it.. even enjoyed it as it gave me an ...