What new game-play would that enable? That’s the good question here. And I mean: nothing special. The only really interesting thing would be, to let those computer controlled “players” build a factory, like JOSEF in https://alt-f4.blog/ALTF4-39/ . Anything else would be just more comfort for more c...

And I think that's it: what we are missing for bots is what the circuit network is to the rest of the factory. I don't think I can imagine what you mean. How exactly would that look like? Turing completeness and massive flexibility. Things like checking for logic and acting on logic for every actio...

It's not entirely unlike the physical damage bonus in gun turrets, which scales so well thanks to 2 bonuses multiplying each other. Whether that helps clarify it at all or not. The main difference is that productivity modules alone incur speed penalty which veils the numerical relationship and its ...

Right now, Factorio has the "what" already designed. It's a fantastic granular sandbox of logistics and spaghetti. The thing that's lacking is the "why". The tutorial and NPE already has systems planned (or in place) that furthered some sort of objective goal. Currently the objec...

2. the sophisticated (but maybe overcomplicated) solution would be to count how many items are on the looping belt by using combinators and to stop insertion of items if a certain degree of saturation is detected. in your case it would suffice to count how many red chips are on the loop. placing on...

Why would you want to buffer in the input ? Isn't the buffer of over 3 times the needed components for a craft enough for you ? No isnt for me. Have much mods and in early game (without the fast inserter) it begins to stuck/strugle with the input. A bigger inputspace could will be kill the pieks. T...

I would imagine the next versions would be 1.0.1 then 1.0.2 ... ( Major.Minor.Revision software versioning .) Factorio has been 0.18.47 for a while, and once Factorio got to a state where the devs were satisfied; Factorio went into a feature freeze to prevent more bugs from sneaking in before the ma...

You're using underneathies, that's cheating. You should use filter splitters when you want to cross a belt if you really want to do it wrong. I think you mean if you want to do it very right . Belt swapping with filter splitters is hilarious and should be done way more often :v unknown2.png

Why only one layer above and below? I always think to Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. Factorio and RCT2 share many similarities but RCT2 did some things better: - isometric angle of view - genius ways to build landscape - genius ways to build tracks and coasters. ... I like the idea of using Rollercoaster ...

I have similar reactions to the nuke(newke?) explosion...

• Lack of ominous bass rumble in the sound effect make the nuke sound a bit anemic and short lived.
• The mushroom cloud disperses too quickly, since the cloud is dust thrown into the air; and not a localized (over)pressure wave.

There are lots of mods that play with power generation (most overpowered), but I'm hoping that Factorio 1.1 might update the power distribution system . It seems silly to me to have GW of power going down a single thin copper string on a wood pole. If the power lines had a range of max throughputs ...

Factorio is a game about logistics and automation; therefore whatever item you are attempting to automate isn't about the end, it's about the complex logistics that goes into producing the endpoint of said item. Yes, the systems (when built); are simplistic. But this is by game design. Each individu...

Maybe someday there will be a 2.0 version in 3d. Which will be much better than the other Game which will not be named. Hope not, but who knows.. perhaps it would be great for its own reasons and enough people would love it to justify the time and energy to create it. But 3d isn't always better and...

I do not see anything wrong here. The train signal placement indicators go by a set of rules, and is just following logic in this case. The vertical spur in both examples is explicitly signaled to have a one-way southbound train. Which means the horizontal line must be at least one-way westbound bef...

Elaborate on "all developement is frozen" please. This contradicts the next thing you say, about "new features". This means that Factorio isn't going to fundamentally change game concepts. Like changing belts so they now carry 3 items at a time instead of 2. The devs are working...

Flushing a given liquid from the pipe seems maybe a little too easy, given the remainder of the factorio experience. I would expect something like a filter pump, which can, over time, drain the undesirable liquid from the pipe (and either destroy it, or send it into another pipe system. IMO the flu...

Factorio gameplay is nearly identical to software engineering and design. You begin your factory with some sort of productivity goal in mind (science in most cases). And either you have a set goal (units/minute); or you go ad-hoc , and build-as-you-go. --- Building-as-you-go and fixing stuff "i...

Sounds like something that would be fun as a creative/cheat mode easter egg. (Fun? You think this is some kind of GAME? ) Fill Barreled Fish Barrel: 50 fish + 1 water barrel -> Barreled Fish Barrel Unbarrel Barreled Fish Barrel: 1 Fish Barrel -> Empty Barrel + 50 Fishwater Storage tanks have new Fis...

You're using underneathies, that's cheating. You should use filter splitters when you want to cross a belt if you really want to do it wrong.

The thing is... the flashing icons and damaged healthbars are like error displays; you can easily see at-a-glance why something isn't working without needing to mouseover and read the infobox. Red blinking icons and damaged healthbars should always be shown; as these states are critically important....