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- Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:35 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Cannot save: Error while parsing __base__/campaigns/demo/description.json
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1146
Re: Cannot save: Error while parsing __base__/campaigns/demo/description.json
Hi, this is a pure vanilla game: no mods, no campaigns, etc. What is odd is that this only occurs when I copy a save file from my desktop PC to my laptop, then try to save the game after playing further on the laptop. I have completely re-installed the latest (0.18) version of the game on the laptop...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:08 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Cannot save: Error while parsing __base__/campaigns/demo/description.json
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1146
Cannot save: Error while parsing __base__/campaigns/demo/description.json
Hi, this seems to be an old bug, but it's recently begun to affect me. I have 0.18.17 installed on my desktop PC, which is working fine, and also on my laptop, where the problem manifests. If I copy across a saved game from my desktop to my laptop, I can load and play just fine. However, when I try ...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:37 pm
- Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
- Topic: Invert Landfill
- Replies: 78
- Views: 30687
Allow excavation of landfill placed by the player
If I can place landfill it seems I ought to be able to dig it out again: landfill is the only structure in the game that is "place only". Note that I'm not asking for the ability to otherwise reshape the map. However, when building large nuclear power plants on a lake, the whole enterprise...
- Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:42 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Friday Facts #266 - Cleanup of mechanics
- Replies: 583
- Views: 208425
Re: Friday Facts #266 - Cleanup of mechanics
I quite enjoy having a selection of "few uses" products to deal with (e.g., lubricant, concrete, etc.): they give me a puzzle to solve. I think there's a danger in over-streamlining in that you might find you end up with an optimal build and that would kill the game for me. I'm all for eit...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:01 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Friday Facts #266 - Cleanup of mechanics
- Replies: 583
- Views: 208425
Re: Friday Facts #266 - Cleanup of mechanics
I'm sure someone has mentioned this already, but I've given up setting colours on trains and stations because it's... just... tedious. Which is a shame, because I think colours add variety and can carry information. At the very least a colour picker would be good (I know there is a mod for this, but...
- Thu May 10, 2018 6:20 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Friday Facts #241 - New player experience
- Replies: 117
- Views: 45215
Re: Friday Facts #241 - New player experience
My main complaint about the tutorial involved the grinding goals (make x amount of y...). Everything I do in Factorio is a means to some end. The tutorial needs to explain briefly what those ends are at each step. For example, "I'm going to need iron plates to make things. That means I'll need ...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:33 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Thank you (Make the dev-team happy today!)
- Replies: 571
- Views: 290932
Re: Thank you (Make the dev-team happy today!)
I just love this game! It's brought back the joy I used to have hacking programs together in my bedroom as a teenager in the 1980s. It's splendid!