i do like the idea of changing the ore-paddern & adding that advanced mining drill. for the science: I think its to simple to just allow unlimited upgrade-techs. Maybe some crazy weapon which allows you to crush the enemy bases like its was in the beginning (like some kind of lasergun or chemic...

I figured out a workaround (show package contents->contents->MacOS-> factorio open with terminal) on OSX 10.6.8 This worked for me on 0.12.7. However, using this trick in the last update 0.12.8 results in a completely messed up startup screen (with trains all over the place and a visually challenged...

I see great ideas!
responsive, reactive resources and end game 'purpose'.
As I understand the mission part in this post: You have to build a 'mission blueprint' in order to unlock new mission blueprints and/or resources?
Nice!

Thanks for the mod suggestion. I will try it

What is the point of more alarms if you're unable to click 'm and goto? From early on I found the 'bound centralist' idea in factorio very interesting and finally something different than rts (god view once you have radar). You can only see, hear and perform actions when you're near to the action. I...

So, I'm very happy with the improved turrets. Previously, I would only use the laser turrets. Now I actually enjoy using the gun turrets. There is however an annoyance. When I want to take out early game alien bases, I am being extremely clumsy in loading the turret quickly. Often I find myself runn...

Last login: Mon Jul 20 15:08:12 on console /Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio ; exit; xxxxxxx:~ xxxxxxxx$ /Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio ; exit; 0.000 Error Paths.cpp:126: Failed to encode executable path as UTF-8. 0.000 Error Util.cpp:45: Unexpected error occurre...