It loads in about 20 seconds on my PC (Phenom II X4 3.2GHz, 16GB RAM, GTX 750 Ti) and I can play with ~40 FPS/UPS without problems. Saving it takes the same time. After loading it the game uses about 8.5 GB of RAM (biggest map I've seen so far), so if you have less than 10-12 GB RAM then that's the...

Do radars put a significant drain on performance? I'm planning on covering a gigantic area with radar outposts, but I don't know if that would kill my UPS.

While I don't mean literally freeze as in the game crashes, it takes about 20 minutes for my computer to load this save, and it seems unstable on another (much better) computer I tried loading it on. I removed all mods, so I'm not sure if this is just because the map is so large and so much is going...

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starelf wrote:Thanks, any way to change if it follows the limit or not? I can't find it in any file but distractors don't and others do.

follows_player=true|false in the entity definition.

I want it to still follow the player, but not follow the max combat robot limit, is there any way to do that?

DaveMcW wrote:Edit the "offsets" array in projectiles.lua.

Thanks, any way to change if it follows the limit or not? I can't find it in any file but distractors don't and others do.

Right click the slot, this clears whatever is in it.

Hi, I've been trying to create a different combat robot, but I can't find anywhere to change the number created or whether it follows the combat robot limit (distractor robots don't, others do) Is this just not possible? would I have to re-create the combat robot functionality in lua? I've looked th...

Do you think it might be possible to have logistic robots have 0 energy usage, and just have a timer on the entity that lowers its energy? Then maybe with research increase the timer's length, so it discharges slower? I'm not too familiar with factorio's coding, so I'm not sure if this is possible (...

Is it possible to reduce the logistic robot energy usage using upgrades? I feel like it might be possible using scripting, but I'm not sure if that would work for robots created after the research finishes. Any ideas?

When you open a train's inventory (fuel inventory), your multiplayer name can show up in the train icon. It doesn't show up when you play singleplayer normally, but if it's long enough parts of it will show up here.

Screenshot: http://imgur.com/jx06rBn

(ch showing up, not intended)

Thanks! Tried searching "terrain" and couldn't find anything.

Is there a way to edit terrain with scripting/entities, or change the terrain generation settings? Basically trying to remove/add water in certain areas.

L0771 wrote:You can see all entities here Factorio\data\base\prototypes\entity in your install folder, but you can't see how to works each type of entity

So this is just part of the game? No way to edit the scripts?

Entities like the scanner have no code in their entity.lua file, and I can't find a control.lua, yet they can scan sectors. Same with car entities. are these modifiable files, or just part of the game and un-editable?

The error should also give a line number, or say (near wordincodehere), try either typing out what it says in the error completely, or just take a screenshot of it. From what I see, it's very likely either your folder name does not match the info file, or the order = "b[solar-battery]-a[solar-b...

You can actually do such a thing without scripting. Create a new Assembly Machine entity, with a unique Recipe Catagory, then create a recipe with no ingredients listed, setting the Catagory to that of the new assembly machine. Don't forget to define the new catagory too. when you place the machine...

You need a entity where you can store items and use energy, maybe with [type = "assembling-machine"] or [type = "furnace"] (like electric furnace) and edit that entity. With [entity]. getinventory (defines.inventory.assemblingmachineoutput).insert{name="steel-plate",co...

Basically what I'm trying to do is, a building will generate an item using energy, and place the item into its inventory. I can't find the "type" declarations, like the "type=ammo" which I think is what I would have to edit. No items right now do anything like this. Help?