I might add, that there's a lot of other things going on in this game besides the physical arrangement of objects - things like the flow rate of everything, defense against enemies, progress through the tech tree, etc. Even when I can plan the placement of objects in advance, this doesn't come close...

So you want to plan with technology you haven't even discovered yet? Interesting. Does that seem strange? Is that your point? I'm not sure why. For instance, you set up labs pretty early in the game, but don't start feeding blue and alien research until far along. but if you don't leave space or pl...

Planning tool mod, allows you to 'paint' the world in different colors. This has been incredibly valuable so far, especially to lay out oil processing factory. Each fluid gets a color and as well as belts, and the whole thing can be laid out before a single piece is crafted. https://forums.factorio...

Hi, relatively new player. Given how complex the logistics in the game get, it would be good to have some kind of planning mode, where you can experiment with laying out structures before committing to them. Maybe with the game paused... Is there such a mode now and I am missing it? Or, if not, how ...