I don't seem to have this issue when changing the direction of belts. Occasionally I get a few items added to inventory because they were halfway between two belts, and by changing direction, the contents compressed resulting in a spare item on the belt. Otherwise I haven't had any issues with this ...

Yeah, I personally like how I'm able to add an additional layer of complexity by allowing my inserters to grab and drop right onto underground belts. Removing this would require a massive rework of my entire factory. I think the easiest fix is a massive graphics overhaul where each factory, etc. has...

Yeah, I do like the idea of having a main technology researching, with maybe the option to individually go into a research lab and change the tech it is researching. This way you could set up a group of 5 or 10 research labs doing one research that only requires red and green packs, while another gr...

@Koub, I do agree that killing aliens is by no means the primary goal of Factorio, but I just generally get great satisfaction from going through the enormous amount of tech required to make amazing weapons (not to mention the new uranium weapons) and using those weapons to wipe out massive colonies...

To start, I've been REALLY enjoying the changes made in 0.15.x so far. However, I'm sorely disappointed by the lack of incentives to continue killing the aliens! I believe you need to put alien spheres back in for tech. Whereas in older versions, once you start getting alien fragments, you'd have so...