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by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:20 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #314 - 0.17 stable
Replies: 105
Views: 46235

Re: Friday Facts #314 - 0.17 stable

So now that the thought of "optimizing for convenience and streamlining the experience doesn't make a game better" sunk in can we revert basic oil processing to output heavy, light and petroleum? ;) I was waiting for someone other than me to point this out. As far I feel, the 'new' Basic ...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #309 - Controversial opinions
Replies: 290
Views: 109348

Re: Friday Facts #309 - Controversial opinions

Remember that since we are focusing on 1.0, these ideas are currently nothing more than a cause for heated discussions in our office. But let us know what you think (on our forum) and maybe we will change our mind based on the feedback. (maybe after 1.0...) Boy oh boy .... you should have taken not...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes
Replies: 971
Views: 274836

Re: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes

5. It absolutely helps, it makes the basic one work indefinitely until you want some light or heavy from it. And since you unlock the tools to fix the problem along with unlocking the problem, it's much better. That part I agree with. But my solution would be to have cracking as an Red+Green tech w...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Wed Aug 07, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.17.63
Replies: 21
Views: 16707

Re: Version 0.17.63

Why is there no mention to changes to fluid box connections in entities? There definitely was some change, since several mods broke due to it. Aren't Release Notes THE designated place for announcing changes? The other thread is nice, but it should be in addition to the release-notes, not instead o...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:57 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.17.60
Replies: 423
Views: 134435

Re: Version 0.17.60

For future reference.
Until today, factorio ranked 2nd right behind Portal2 on Steam.
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by VFaalcatnodriiro
Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.17.60
Replies: 423
Views: 134435

Re: Version 0.17.60

I'll just mention that the only real use for light oil was making efficient solid fuel previously. How much of it did you really spend for flamethrower? I fed my outpost's flamethowers exclusively with light oil. That was an everpresent option A all the way until today's final discussions. Not bett...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes
Replies: 971
Views: 274836

Re: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes

I know I know, it's a wall of text (and pictures), but I haven't read anything that took all that what Antaios wrote into account. V, all the others please don't waste time into changing oil - there is so much more to do for .18 or even 1.0 ... it's not broken, you don't need to fix it. I don't unde...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:05 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes
Replies: 971
Views: 274836

Re: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes

I’ve been considering two alternatives, one of which I have even implemented, but it does not work. [..]Reverting the sulfur in science would help this for sure[...] [..]Maybe I could find a new place that would consume petroleum gas[..] [..]I’ll give it some more thought and try to implement the s...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:16 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes
Replies: 971
Views: 274836

Re: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes

“Pushing robots back is not fun.” This was pretty much my first response when I first heard about the whole idea, but now I’d say it’s really not that huge difference between late logistic and early blue science, especially with the basic refinery being quicker to set up. I will be observing this v...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes
Replies: 971
Views: 274836

Re: Friday Facts #305 - The Oil Changes

You're foolishly trying to change the game to satisfy people who don't want to play this kind of game but as long as you don't retroactively break Factorio 0.16 I'm happy. Hit the nail on the head there. That's pretty much exactly what these recent change posts are. Edit: Wube. I have a question fo...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:59 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes
Replies: 668
Views: 203508

Re: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes

But when it comes to blue science, suddenly we get a long chain of new things requiring A LOT of time investment before any actual progress made toward the goal (blue science pack). Long time taking tasks with no intermediate rewards kills the fun. That are the factors that contribute to it This po...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes
Replies: 668
Views: 203508

Re: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes

Allowing the player to select individual recipes (heavy or light or petroleum gas only) would allow to completely avoid using Advanced oil processing. That's surely dumbing it down significantly. Adding flare stacks has the same effect of making Advanced oil processing completely optional additiona...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes
Replies: 668
Views: 203508

Re: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes

I don't really understand the argument of "it's making the game simpler" and I feel like many people take it in the "git gud" way - "we understand it, make newcomers suffer too" (I don't assume all of people who posted this argument think along those lines, but I'm get...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes
Replies: 668
Views: 203508

Re: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes

One of the less complicated but still contributing factors is that suddenly there is 5 different fluids that you need to do something with, and they go into 5? I only count 4 (for new players): Crude, Heavy, Light Oil and Petroleum, that's it. But that's just nit-picking. I don't really understand ...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:06 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes
Replies: 668
Views: 203508

Re: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes

And food for though: Assuming basic oil outputs only heavy, I was able to whip up a setup that outputs all 3 oils in under 60s without needing to know ratios, without having to worry about bottle necks, etc: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/139677590393716737/601849142402351125/unknown.png ...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes
Replies: 668
Views: 203508

Re: Friday Facts #304 - Small bugs; Big changes

Really surprised by the oil change. Feels like a completely bizarre retrograde dumb-down to be honest, coming out of the blue. Fortunately modding it back again won't be much work. This. The oil-simplification ist just way over the top. The 2nd Oil and soon to be Water-input change is very apprecia...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:49 am
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.17.58
Replies: 53
Views: 29063

Re: Version 0.17.58

kovarex wrote:
Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:54 pm
Ok, you convinced me.
I added a "Build with obstacle avoidance" control settings entry. CONTROL + Left mouse click is default value.
Awesome! Thanks :)
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:24 pm
Forum: Pending
Topic: [0.17.54] First load of game after update leads to inventory being spread out on the floor
Replies: 3
Views: 1025

Re: [0.17.54] First load of game after update leads to inventory being spread out on the floor

Oh, it's highly reproducable. It happens on each and every update (at least since .17.50)
Unfortunately I only have the .17.53 save as of now...

But the priority of it might be somewhere near zero, unless some of you guys get really bored ;)

Have a great even.....oh shit... 1:25am? :shock:
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:26 pm
Forum: Pending
Topic: [0.17.54] First load of game after update leads to inventory being spread out on the floor
Replies: 3
Views: 1025

[0.17.54] First load of game after update leads to inventory being spread out on the floor

It's very likely that it is completely my fault (because of my "mod" ValandirsTweaks, see attachments), but it did not happen with 0.16 and I don't recall it happening prior to maybe .17.50? Unfortunately I don't remember exactly when it did NOT happen the last time. What happens / how to ...
by VFaalcatnodriiro
Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:13 pm
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.16.24
Replies: 106
Views: 53608

Re: Version 0.16.24

hm.... as long as it's only in experimental, "Opt-out" is fine.
But when you go stable with the version, it might be better to let users Opt-in :)

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