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by BlackKnight
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #400 - Chart search and Pins
Replies: 73
Views: 10873

Re: Friday Facts #400 - Chart search and Pins

Much needed/appreciated additions all around! And I don't often comment but following every FFF and comments and thrilled with the expansion news every Friday am! Thank you Devs for your love and commitment to this game! Map Annotation Overlay On the subject of map pins and such, I am reminded of a ...
by BlackKnight
Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #380 - Remote view
Replies: 181
Views: 28696

Re: Friday Facts #380 - Remote view

Thus, might I suggest adding a way to 'alt-place' blueprints which construction bots ignore, and then mark them for construction later, with a new "Construction Planner" perhaps? Even outside of my personal playstyle, this functionality would be beneficial to the player in many other ways...
by BlackKnight
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #380 - Remote view
Replies: 181
Views: 28696

Re: Friday Facts #380 - Remote view

Really hyped to finally see RemoteConfiguration mod's features finally added to vanilla -- which I was anticipating after comments in last weeks FFF. I play in mapview most of the time and this will finally allow much more control without the assistance of what I now consider critical mods to assist...
by BlackKnight
Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:51 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring
Replies: 153
Views: 24717

Re: Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring

FFF: A nice change of pace update. As much as I appreciate the big ones I also really revel in the small detailed ones too. Thanks! Wire Straightening/Shadow update: I can see going forward this will help troubleshoot what-connects-to-what through the mess of copper, red and green wires - each with ...
by BlackKnight
Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:47 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring
Replies: 153
Views: 24717

Re: Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring

So mod Power Grid Comb to stay, hope it won't be broken due to these internal changes. You cannot break something that is already broken :P I had to uninstall Power Grid Comb after unfortunately seeing it's really not tidying up my powerpoles as i expected. For me it does the job - consistency. You...
by BlackKnight
Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:58 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level
Replies: 337
Views: 74503

Re: Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level

Yet another Friday with unprecedented changes being announced. Absolutely insane. Ha! Thinking forward, no idea how you will top these past few weeks posts' but I have no doubt you will! -------------------------- As mentioned, the Hopper/Funnel unloader and corresponding Silo loader would be exciti...
by BlackKnight
Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:12 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level
Replies: 337
Views: 74503

Re: Friday Facts #378 - Trains on another level

Looking at the "island crossing" example more closely. There is a radar powered by accumulators, but there don't seem to be anything refilling the accumulators. When setting up something for the purposes of screenshots, why does it have to be perfect? I was just thinking maybe they're hin...
by BlackKnight
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:21 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails
Replies: 217
Views: 47804

Re: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails

Awesome news! I've been hyped about the update but this FFF got me to post. Rails look so fluid now, hard to get over seeing them as I have been so used to the old set - it feels like the new sprites fall into the uncanny valley where something just seems off. I'm sure it wont take long to get used...
by BlackKnight
Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:12 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #269 - Roadmap update & Transport belt perspective
Replies: 192
Views: 82402

Re: Friday Facts #269 - Roadmap update & Transport belt perspective

Very excited to see the progress on the updated belt graphics and read about 0.17 pretty much right around the corner. Understandably you want to take the holidays off this time before having to deal with the tsunami of bug reports. Can hardly wait!!!! :) Belt Stopper Reading about how others also n...
by BlackKnight
Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:01 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.16.27
Replies: 51
Views: 36179

Re: Version 0.16.27

The new concrete looks awesome! Refined concrete is what I'd call a more "pure" concrete, like something meant for artistic purposes or something luxurious and focused on aesthetics rather than mechanics. That's what it is, though :) I'll just have to stick out my pinky from my mouse whene...
by BlackKnight
Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:52 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #227 - Rendering, Trees & Scenario talk
Replies: 116
Views: 45429

Re: Friday Facts #227 - Rendering, Trees & Scenario talk

GAME SCENARIOS Tower Defense Scenario PLEASE! I am a huge fan of Tower Defense games and have been wanting to play Factorio with a TF mode since the beginning as I can see it being an absolutely perfect environment to make this work. I know there were mods ages ago but always severely lacking. IDEA...
by BlackKnight
Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:00 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #227 - Rendering, Trees & Scenario talk
Replies: 116
Views: 45429

Re: Friday Facts #227 - Rendering, Trees & Scenario talk

Benefits from separating shadows from entities... Seperating the shadows from the entities means hopefully we get a moving sun. This would be totally awesome - creating a much more realistic day/night cycle and giving every object a more 3D feel. Which may be a result from dynamic shadows: I'm wonde...
by BlackKnight
Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:43 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.16.17
Replies: 53
Views: 29208

Re: Version 0.16.17

I think this should be a separate technology and should apply to both splitters and inserters enabling this functionality on all existing items effectively removing filter inserters as a separate entity. I fully agree. Now that splitters can be both normal and filtered , that really puts into quest...
by BlackKnight
Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:03 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [0.16.6] Rotating belts don't rotate as expected [Fixed]
Replies: 3
Views: 1329

Re: [0.16.6] Rotating belts don't rotate as expected

Thanks. I rechecked my settings and although I had thought I had disabled all mods, one was causing this. Not a problem now
by BlackKnight
Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:22 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [0.16.6] Rotating belts don't rotate as expected [Fixed]
Replies: 3
Views: 1329

[0.16.6] Rotating belts don't rotate as expected [Fixed]

**Ignore. A mod was causing this that was supposed to be deactivated. Not sure if new *feature* but belts no longer rotate as expected/0.15. Belts do rotate as expected if hovering over another belt while rotating [related: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=55348] or using Shift+R...
by BlackKnight
Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:15 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [0.16.6]Rotating item in hand rotates below item too [Fixed]
Replies: 0
Views: 747

[0.16.6]Rotating item in hand rotates below item too [Fixed]

**Ignore. A mod was causing this that was supposed to be deactivated. Discovered by rotating belts while hovering over other belts but found that any item over another item that can rotate is effected (rotated) when pressing the "R" hotkey to rotate. Expected: Rotating item in hand only ro...
by BlackKnight
Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:54 pm
Forum: Development Proposals
Topic: Fight
Replies: 96
Views: 97596

Re: Fight

I'm quite fond of the tower defense type being integrated further into Factorio. Already we have a strong RTS style with many aspects of the game. The next logical steps would be to refine the tower defense rules further. Stronger walls, much more resistant aliens... and AI pathfinding so they route...
by BlackKnight
Sat Jun 17, 2017 5:21 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Locomotive mode: Manual with assist
Replies: 7
Views: 2863

Re: Locomotive mode: Manual with assist

I really support this proposal. How often do I cringe when thinking about whether to use manual (high risk of collision) or automatic (have to find/set a destination). Great Idea! To tag on an aside suggestion. I would really like a hotkey to toggle a train between manual/auto. A mod had it as J and...
by BlackKnight
Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:13 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Power Armor Control [with image]
Replies: 6
Views: 2813

Re: Power Armor Control [with image]

An additional use case: - turning off the portable roboport before an alien base raid to prevent robots from getting out and being killed (they get out if your tank is damaged) Or even more typical to bots being damaged, a wall that is damaged and you use flamethrower to defend it while its being r...
by BlackKnight
Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:53 pm
Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
Topic: [Idea] More interesting biters.
Replies: 2
Views: 1689

Re: [Idea] More interesting biters.

The more I think about it the more I think it really has some potential - especially the resource patches also providing the aliens with new defensive/offensive abilities but dependent on where that base is located (making aliens more interested because they are more dynamic. It would make it more c...

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