Search found 5 matches

by artig4n
Thu May 10, 2018 6:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #241 - New player experience
Replies: 117
Views: 45268

Re: Friday Facts #241 - New player experience

I'll just add my own experience to the discussion. When I first tried Factorio, I got through the Tutorial campaign and stopped playing. It seemed like a very limited game, and I saw nothing to keep me interested. Much, much later, a year or so, I read some article about Factorio that led me to try ...
by artig4n
Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: Mod portal Discussion
Topic: My wishes for Mod Portal 2.0
Replies: 28
Views: 12427

Re: My wishes for Mod Portal 2.0

The Mod portal rarely works for me in-game. It just times out. I use the web site.
by artig4n
Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:54 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Storage chests, what's the point?
Replies: 3
Views: 6072

Re: Storage chests, what's the point?

From my experience, Active Provider chests never stay filled, but are automatically emptied into Storage chests (if any are available). I use this feature to ensure that output boxes are always empty and ready to accept new stuff, simply by building some Storage chests around and then using Active P...
by artig4n
Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:10 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Off-topic but on-point Ars Technica Lord British thing...
Replies: 1
Views: 1270

Re: Off-topic but on-point Ars Technica Lord British thing...

That was interesting and amusing, thanks for posting. I'm not sure what it has to do with FFF though :)
by artig4n
Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:16 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #224 - Bots versus belts
Replies: 905
Views: 343848

Re: Friday Facts #224 - Bots versus belts

Interesting. I'm a relatively new player (about 100 hours of playtime so far), and for me the Bots are the most enjoyable part of the game. I find the belt-fiddling part of the game more tedious and annoying than fun. Once I get to the Bot stage, though, I start to get more excited. I can finally st...

Go to advanced search