Somewhat relevant, but the logistics chests research also requires no purple science while requiring yellow science, and it is also robotics related. That's why in my mind, yellow science is always related to robotics (even aside from the fact that it uses a robot frame in the recipe).

If you can detect when attacks are triggered (maybe like a wave as a whole, that shouldn't be very expensive), you could perhaps use that as a measurement of local pollution absorption, and thus local evolution.

I guess it makes sense. The difficulty, is that you would require almost RTS game controls in addition to having Factorio's game controls. Very difficult to create well, while giving a small return. Remember, the controls have to still remain intuitive and simple. I'm kind of OK with the current sta...

I do not think this is a good idea for balancing the "new players researching things faster than they can go through them" phenomenon. Also, don't punish players needlessly just because they can go fast. I would even argue, that reseraching too fast is also one of Factorio's logistical cha...

Truly superb! For a veteran player, the game really benefits so much from all of these improvements (new players will of course use them too).

As usual, the attention to detail is simply beautiful.

Since it looks like we're assuming that trains can have a reason to brake even when not at a station, we then need to assess the reason for why they brake. Almost always, that's going to be because of an intersection. Thus, the throughput is bounded by the throughput of the intersection, which in tu...

Are you not automating enough? I find there are many methods that greatly simplify expansion and rebuilding. Bots and trains are the primary ones, but even things like having separate smelting facilities is part of smoothing out the process (means you don't need to rebuild furnace lines just because...

Those foundry audiovisuals are just pure candy! The drill looks amazing too.

I keep saying it, there was never any real doubt, but every FFF just keeps showing how utterly impressive the expansion is.

To explain: Pumpjacks have an internal buffer, which isn't shown anywhere, but they fill it up even when no pipes are connected. It's released whenever there is space in adjacent pipes. The wiki suggests they have a buffer of 1000.

I see you're running Space Exploration. Make sure you use the trim chunks/surfaces option, since that can sometimes lower disk/RAM usage significantly.

I'm surprised there are even husks of trees! Truthfully did not expect it to harbor life. Although having said that, you did a good job justifying the plausibility of their presence. Anyway, the graphics look amazing! A real friday treat again to read this. I also want to add, I am very pleased with...

I have to say, your choice for the grappling tentacle really is clearly the best one! The polished graphics and animation of course make it even easier to tell.

Also love the "behind the scenes" looks!

While it is a tiny annoyance, I really do not mind it. The upsides of the pause outweigh its downsides. It also has to be put into the context of me being a veteran player, whereas it has to remain accessible to someone new to the game. (It is also worth considering that speedrunners have to specifi...

I love seeing all these goodies, they're exactly what you wanna see from an expansion. The quantity that Wube delivers them in, and their quality, is always impressive. It really is shaping up to be one of those "a great game, made even greater with its expansion pack" moments, except in t...

I really can't fault Wube for choosing Lua, or at least I don't know well enough to say that it was definitely the wrong choice. However, I imagine something like C or Rust for modding would have been much harder to implement. Back then, there would have also been a little more uncertainty about the...

And it is fun to create "intelligent" circuits that detect if these beacons need power or not, and it's fun to watch how the array is switched off occasionally. I didn't perceive any usage spike or lag when a smelter array was switched on or off. Might be a perceivable impact if something...

I must say it is looking good. Feels congruent with the gameplay so far. The graphics are interesting. Although one may say they don't look realistic - and in a way that's true - I'd argue it fits Factorio's art style and mostly looks sensible. It is somewhat of a stretch to suggest that some of it ...

Really looks good all around.

I would assume the griefing potential of remote view is or has been, in part, remedied by the addition of a "remote interact" permission. It seems like the simplest thing you could do to help prevent it.

My FPS/UPS has never dropped below 60 in normal play, other than like some random mod causing a lagspike once in a blue moon. My biggest base is a 2k SPM vanilla base.

I could maybe tolerate down to 50 UPS, 40 at lowest, but not less than that.