The types BlueprintCircuitConnection and BlueprintControlBehavior are referenced by the concept BlueprintEntity but not defined in the runtime API JSON nor on the API documentation page

LuaInventory.get_insertable_count(item) works fine in game and returns an integer. But latest docs (and the JSON) don't list the formal return type. Discovered this while testing a LuaDocs generator for generating hint files for EmmyLua from the Factorio API JSON. API Docs page: https://lua-api.fact...

+1 as it's annoying when the game insists on disabling everything else that touches the prototype even though you know for sure from the error message which mod has to be the offender.

As there is talks about power efficiency in this FFF - anyone got some actual UPS per Watt numbers measured at the power outlet for AMD/Intel PC or Arm/Intel Mac?

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:39 pm

I just wish there was a better way. :/

There is: Wait ten years. Chances are that doubling the demand for memory bandwidth is less a problem then...

Also support this.

In my opinion, the maximum size for an info icon should be fixed to 1¾ tile². But a mod tuning scale_info_icons_multiplier on each entity prototype would be easy to make...

The memory representation of tiles surely is pretty performance critical and more lookups would definitely impact performance too. But one option, that would cost absolutely no performance overhead would be to split Alien Biomes into multiple mods only containing a few or even just one biome each. T...

Factorio is the only game i know, that has been built with modding in mind from the start. I couldn't imagine going all the way to port it to ARM just to stop a few meters before the finish line. But i also couldn't imagine running Factorio on a system with only 4 GiB RAM. Would definitely recommend...

jockeril wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:07 am

I agree wires shouldn't cost or even be items - I suggest we make them a tool like copy, cut & paste

+1

And in between finding a belt transporting batteries and I use "F" to catch some of then - oh but wait also on the belt was a 2nd item and pressing F I was 2 mm to close having now items I don't want ... aaah. Build a mall . The video is outdated, but it shows the general pattern. Same au...

Mythoss wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:22 pm

Basically you are saying, "The game shouldn't be improved any further because mods exists." Which to me is just silly.

Well, have fun discussing the game with your strawman.

This is not Starship Troopers where such creatures just evolve out of nothing. The natural evolution does only, what it needs to. It doesn't invent big bosses, it takes some millions of years for that. Last time i played vanilla, they evolved lightning fast from tiny to behemoth - when compared to ...

I mean you are right, my opinion is based on anecdotal experiences with my small group of friends and family (about 10 or so) who all love the game, but have all grumbled about how basic and uninteresting the biters feel. The thing with Factorio is, that it actually (and despite of its surprisingly...

Heavy inspiration is heavy. I guess that's the price to pay when one creates a game so good and innovative that it gives birth to a new genre bearing the game's name. Doom-like, Diablo-like, ... Now, people create "Factorio-like" games. While some are indeed just copying mechanics and des...

That is the only feature that needs to get implemented to fix the usability issues for all color-blind and contrast/brightness sensitive/requiring players instead of fixing the problem for the most mainstream or loudest minorities only. To be fair, 5% of humans have some colorblindness, 8% of men -...

EDIT: Also, if we want to go for like separate colorblind modes that's supposed to be somehow suitable only for a certain type of person, ironically that's more work than to just make the game accessible for everyone from the get-go. It may also actually lead to crappy compromises, like just changi...

I love the new lightning rod design and would like having module slots in other turrets too. But that can wait or even axed in favor of other nice-to-haves. But there can be only one 1.0.0 and its release will render all names immortal till the end of time. So if you aren't happy with any name of an...

New chest limit color is veeery unpleasant. That looks like the first fallout from trying to make the game more accessible to colorblind players. How does more saturation help colorblind people? But more importantly, colorblind-friendly colors should just be an option in the settings. Trying to fin...

Nyakko wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:41 pm

New chest limit color is veeery unpleasant.

That looks like the first fallout from trying to make the game more accessible to colorblind players.

I am sad about this thread not being about paper cuts showing portraits of Factorio entities.