Actually, turns out I accidentally had it set to the matrix solver .

my search-fu has failed to find the answer to this question: What determines when you can and cannot set the production % of a recipe in a production block? I'm playing with Bob's and Angles, so there are lots of times when I want to adjust the percentages (since I'm using more than one method of ,m...

There are mods that do that, but I must have missed that FFF. I also prefer decentralized train-based factories. Ways I've handled this in Vanilla: run yellow belts parallel to the tracks, topping off fuel at each station have a coal train (or several) that drops off coal at each station to top off ...

I create a double-loop of two belts, put labs around this, and another two loops around the outside. Each side of each lab has one regular and one long inserter feeding into it; I put each type of science pack on one lane of one of the belt loops. (Don't have a screen shot handy, will try to add one...

The fact that you're asking about it here indicates that you want to be talked into buying it :). Like others have said, the campaign & its missions are just a tutorial mode. There IS a goal in the sandbox version -- to launch a rocket. But that's an end-game goal, and you can get there however ...

Sounds like I should make an RPG game that focuses on you, the engineer, who just wants to design perfect little things and is constantly interrupted by NPC bosses giving you tasks and whatnot. Maybe the first token quest can be "Sign the Birthday Card and Pass to Next Person" ;) Oh no! T...

there is a mod that does it, you dont even appear as player that can move around and you cant pickup and place machines. It looks like you are in god mode and by using WASD you only move the camera as you would in map view. So you dont need an island spawn You get some bots and roboports from start...

I've never been a fan of the central bus. Instead, I have a decentralized system where separate modular areas have inputs/outputs delivered/retrieved by train.

I find MDA to be much more useful than Bartle's. Factorio is a hybrid puzzle/power fantasy game. The puzzle lies in the math, limitations of various things like AM ingredient limits, and the reward for creating and solving puzzles of your own within the tools and limitations supplied by the game (li...

Evidence? you mean theory, because evidence would imply you actually had A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment, There's no proof, certainly. But this is the subjective impression that you've been making on more than one person. If it's false, you might want to look at why yo...

Sounds appropriate considering the world was also supposed to end today. What, again? In my lifetime the world has been predicted to end about twice every year. Seriously! I missed this end of the world. How and why did it end this time? (My favorite end-of-the-world was Dec 21, 2012, because that ...

I'd like to give multiplayer a try .

Another part of the problem is, that I was tasked with the mod portal despite not being a web developer and I really don't want to deal with all this stuff unless I absolutely have to - like fixing critical bugs. If we don't find someone else to do it, I will probably eventually get to it. This exp...

If only one is going to be allowed, it should be called "folder" or "classification" or "category". The term "tag" inherently implies that multiple are allowed.

I thought most mods needed to be on both the server and the client to work right in MP? Which would mean that no matter how well a mod works in multiplayer generally, it will still break the game when you're trying to use it on a server that doesn't have it? Otherwise, people on the same server woul...

I asked this specific question and got a specific answer. Conveniently it all starts at the top of the page (with default post numbers) https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=27249&start=10#p173418 Thanks! Since reading this, I also saw a Reddit post claiming that they will break ...

Do we know if they still need to be able to path to an area to migrate there-- i.e. will a wall prevent migration across it (at least, unless they are provoked by pollution or the player to attack it)?

very helpful, thanks!

How do you place rails in .13? I notice "Straight Rail" and "Curved Rail" have been replaced by "Rail", but I can only ever get it to create completely straight lengths of track. (Thus, no turns, and no splits, since a horizontal rail doesn't connect directly to a diago...

Which tech are you researching? And how far along is the green bar indicating progress?