Gimbal If you aren't familiar, it's a build spaceships and make them fight each other game. It's a great concept, but the dev(s) aren't active and so it suffers due to people exploiting flaws in multiplayer, a lack of players in general, lack of support and updates, etc. If it had people like the F...

I noticed this behavior last week. I was trying to run Factorio windowed at 1080p (my native is 1440p). And, it runs fine windowed, but I couldn't figure out how to force it to a specific resolution. In my case I wanted the exact resolution for the purpose of making a video. Eventually, I just got a...

This is awesome! And, very relevant to my interests.

I generally don't go for relaxing music when I play. Here are a few examples of the type of music I generally listen to while playing. Statik Link - Work To Be Done https://youtu.be/wvezFHikHgA EVERLAKE - TURN IT UP TO TEN https://youtu.be/Vxi9xJK-sB0 SchoolBoy Q - Collard Greens https://youtu.be/_L...

You can certainly play that way, it will just take longer. I was thinking of trying something similar at some point, where I'd have a rule that I could only have one production facility for each item type. Then I'd just let it run and see how long it takes to finish the game. Though I imagine someon...

XKnight could you add diagram and link that solution into TDT thread (https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5553)? I think that this will be helpful for many people. Perhaps my design is very complex because it is a bug workaround... Correct build should look like this . That's very ...

Concept is very interesting, and can be even used in regular factories to increase space effectiveness and reduce pipe mess. Although, I have some concerns about using steams for this purpose. Animation.gif I like that design. That was kind of what I was initially trying for, but never quite got to...

So, I was thinking the other day that it'd be interesting to try running a chemical plant that takes two liquid inputs, but feed it using only one pipe. I came up with a fairly simple concept that works well, and isn't very circuit-heavy (it actually uses no combinators). I made a short video explai...

If it works like a real life steam engine the water/steam is getting consumed (and presumably released into the atmosphere, though it may not be shown). How an old timey train engine works: https://youtu.be/g8LrAsL4oH0 An animation of it: https://youtu.be/ESfSG2OlQYQ Though the fact that Factorio st...

This looks pretty neat. But that are a lot of combinators for what this thing is really doing. Smelting exactly 10 copper plates is nice but you could also just detect it at the end of your belt (storage area). Of course you would always smelt 50 too much but that is not really a problem. I build s...

I've put up a new video showing the steel and stone brick "smart" furnace with deadlock prevention. Video: https://youtu.be/JrKP07SaJxA Disclaimer: This is not practical in the least. It's an example of the mad science side of my world. Here's the blueprint string for the furnace: H4sIAAAA...

This looks pretty neat. But that are a lot of combinators for what this thing is really doing. Smelting exactly 10 copper plates is nice but you could also just detect it at the end of your belt (storage area). Of course you would always smelt 50 too much but that is not really a problem. I build s...

I've recently started a world in Factorio based exclusively around research and development (and at times, mad science). I figured I'd start showing some of the more interesting creations and concepts from that world. The first one is my take on the idea of a smart furnace. I've seen a few smart fur...

Licenses for fraps and Sony Vegas alone come near to 700 dollars. Note that the Fraps part of that only comes to ~40 US dollars. Recording software is fairly cheap. Editing software, on the other hand... A relatively affordable option for professional level video editing is Adobe Premiere Pro CC. I...

I've had this thought as well, but as I've played more I've come to not want it. I like the challenge of minimizing the physical space my circuits use. I also like that they are visible all the time, showing that the factory is "smart". If I were really worried about space, I could always ...

But if it could actually highlight the wires themselves when you mouseover a circuit network connected thing it would be amazing. I find myself often removing a wire and replacing it, just to verify whether it had actually been connected in the first place, and even then with some dense layouts its...

I've been playing this awesome game so much the last few days that it is becoming awkward to use Windows normally afterward. I find myself having to consciously remember that I can click on things that aren't near the center of the screen. Overall, this is a wonderful game. I've not been so into a g...

I'd love to see this as well. I've been getting into some really dense, complicated circuit networks lately and would love to be able to see what is connected to what. Minimally, it'd be great to have something like when you mouseover a building and it shows the electric pole that powers it. But if ...