It sounds similar to Crusader Kings 2 expansion model - up the game version, some free features for everyone (primarily QOL) and some features strictly for the expansion. I like this.

Like others said - you guys demonstrated unique level of commitment to your project, which justifies preorder of ...

Congrats!!!

Thank you for the Spidertron!

valneq wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:31 pm You guys are too quick with the updates. Who would ever want to play games from a different development team ever again?

How much money do you need to start buying out other studios and make them work your way?

I don't play the game that much anymore, but I always read FFF - it's my mandatory post-lunchtime activity (I'm on EST, so as long as you post before 6-pm, I'm happy :)). Your journey is very inspiring and the personal bits add another layer of depth into it. Your example shows that there is a way ...

Construction robots throw cliff explosives from afar the same as players do, instead of dropping them at the cliff.

Could we have the bots throw grenades at biter bases when you ask them to "deconstruct" it?

What would happen, if the shell lands on the conveyor?

- stay in place?
- disappear? (covered by conveyor)
- move on the conveyor?

I don't understand why laying tiles doesn't remove vegetation, or why would I prefer having craters instead...

The Oil Changes:

Too bad you seem locked in to this.

Pushing back construction bots is not a "fun" change.

The suggestion made by the user last week, to have Basic Oil Tech produce Heavy Oil only which must then must be cracked down, was the most elegant solution. You learn about the ...

To people saying, that new oil processing forces new players to rebuild oil refinery for AOP. Guess what? A LOT of things in this game forces you to rebuild. Including (or most notably) getting better at the game. Unless you are a veteran and know what you are doing, you will have to rebuild. A LOT ...

Obviously, new oil processing recipe is controversial. I'm a "casual Factorian" (despite ~400h on Steam) and I simply LOVE the new oil processing. Primarily because I will no longer have to worry about making sure a particular resource (solid fuel from light and heavy oil) is burned at a reasonable ...

I would think that inserting into an assembler is more "natural" than inserting into a chest. Not sure why does this have to be 1x1 entity... Would it make sense to use an assembler with a very fast process that consumes the product, but gives nothing back? The player is then "rewarded" with an ...

This would work to kill a base consisting only of worms (we get those too now, which is great!). Would it make sense for the biters to randomly switch between aiming and non-aiming behavior?

Not sure what your plans are for the future other than fine tuning Factorio, so I thought I'd ask :).

I'm truly amazed how you remained focused over all those years, perfecting the game, while consistently communicating with the community. With that approach, I strongly believe you can absolutely ...

Love the quickbar! For sure I will be turning on Ghosts when item count=0.

One thing about ghosts - when you have bots/roboports, every ghost within the range of bots gets built automatically. Is there a way that the player character could build ghosts within his building range? One thing that ...

nosports wrote: Thu Jan 17, 2019 1:53 pmI started my rail system with a circular rail-path, so no traffic-head-ons, so more throughput even if it means for some train to make the longer path.

This. It's very easy to setup a circular path. Just make sure you add the stations in the right order

Possible fix would be a "Garbage Requester Chest", which you could place on railroad tracks...

I had similar thoughts... until mid-late game, when I realized my factory is seriously starving copper...

But does that give any advantage over a train? How would that be different?

Trains take up more space for the rail track and especially the stations


You still need a track or a conveyor for the pallets (very similar to tracks) and the pallets themselves are nothing more than a vessel, like ...

IRL for high throughput of bulk items over short distances we use pallets on rollers. As well as realism it'd have the advantage of still having an open belt animation and seeing what's "on" the pallet (really just an inventory with alt).

Optionally there could be the logistics challenge of ...

Also, I think that ratio breaking updates should be MORE common. Factorio is a solved game and every multiplayer map is just people plopping down the same massive blueprints they didn't even make. And everybody just waiting for it to build.


I agree with this, look at nuclear power - 'perfect ...