Come on guys - handle the research queue like Civilization and stop trying to reinvent every wheel you see. I love you guys for making better wheels, but I don't think your proclivity for it is helping you on this issue. I've mixed feelings on killing it - I would like to see it, with a popup that ...

Wow - yeah, that's exactly what happened! I love you guys!!!

Hi there. I was running this save (attached) on a dedicated server, and kept crashing out when I'd connect and go to load into it. I thought maybe it's an issue with the server, but it's doing the same thing when I try to open the file locally. I've a handful of mods running(attached), but they ...

Wait - this update to lasers is potentially huge - will they deal their damage 'continuously' or still deal damage as more discrete pulses?

If this becomes continuous, then laser shooting speed will go away and lasers will essentially no longer have any overkill, which is effectively a huge buff ...

Honestly, I think we need to see artillery trains soon. Devs have stated they're on the list of things to finish before release. If I can run a half dozen artillery trains down the line and maybe get some depleted uranium shells on them, I'll be happy.

As in the title, After playing a few games in 0.15, I've noticed that I push for lasers a lot earlier than I did pre-0.15. I think it's because having to manually resupply every gun turret on the base get tedious - particularly by the time yellow science is rolling, which would let me use blue ...

Toolbar changes look awesome - please just give me the 20 extra inventory slots as default. The character tab is a bit shocking - to go from a full eagle-eye dashboard to a 1-at-a-time interface is going to take me some time to get used to.

I like being able to shift-click the things and know where ...

No. The math is awesome. I've always played computer games with a notebook & scratchpad on my desk. I've been known to write custom scripts and functions 1000s of lines long in Excel to visualize data and sandbox things around. It's been awhile, but I've run SAS simulations, as well.

Factorio is ...

First Impressions after playing the experimental 0.15 release:

It's a lot tougher to take out a biter base. Turret Creep is expensive with the resource cost balances to turrets & ammo. The early biter bases can be pretty big, and the sheer number spawning can overwhelm you if you didn't pack a big ...

So can't you guys just make review keys only active for 90 days and be up front about it? Just tell the streamers -

"Look guys, we love you, but we've been getting taken advantage of, so we're restricting our review keys to full-version 90 day trials to discourage re-selling.

If you still want ...

So in the tutorials, it seems like each track only really has signals setup to handle trains moving in a single direction on each line of track. Is that a best practice for some reason or was that just done for clarity in the tutorials?

Easily the worst part of the game, for me - despite all the recent improvements. I can't seem to get around gridlock and No Path issues. I've tried for hours. If there's any guides out there that have given you guys a Eureka! moment - I'd love to know about it. But debugging trains isn't fun at all ...

Quick note that I like to build batteries of 7 turrets each with a 1 tile gap between them with 5 in the front row and 1 on either side of the 2nd row. It gives space within the battery after walling it off to drop a radar.

Sure biters don't like pollution, but you know what they absolutely ...

Hey Everyone - I've been working on some solo games with biters on, and slowly building up to where I can handle full default settings. Early game goes ok - I rush power and Military 1, then Turrets, then either Body armor or Automation, while making a temp furnace onsite to keep the base footprint ...

Some really great information here - some of you guys really inspired the OP with your previous postings related to modules - really happy to read your current thoughts.

Well on that one I have to say that if there really is something that doesn't matter in Factorio... then it is the resources ...

I've been doing some reading & experimenting with modules in endgame furnace designs. What follows is a whole lot of thinking out loud. Inevitably I've overlooked something or don't have a complete understanding or perspective - please feel free to discuss - I'm by no means an expert.

I've managed ...

You guys need to lighten up. Dude's impatient. Big deal. People have faults - more at eleven!

Step away from the soapbox.

I like the alien boss idea. Currently once your factory is set to start building rocket parts, you're left kind of just waiting. You check your power situation, maybe drop a few more modules into certain places. Finally lay down some concrete and wait.

Fact is when the rocket launches, you've ...

FWIW, I've always found the horizontal scrolling tech tree in the Civ games to be nice. I know a single tree like this would be tough for factorio due to the branching. Sins of a Solar Empire did a nice job of separating techs into tabs - you'd just need to think of how to classify / categorize each.

Good discussion! Incoming rambling wall of text below!

It's worth keeping in mind that even a laser defense battery is going to want to have bot support for occasional repairs. So lasers & guns will both want bot support at the endgame. The additional logistics of keeping guns stocked with ammo is ...