Just to round out the discussion: running the old version (unpacked the zip, so it didn't impact the current Steam version) replayed the aforementioned save file just fine. No need for any dev work. Thanks again.

Use the standalone version Excellent; problem solved! Thanks! (Some thoughts below, out of curiosity only...) ...the only way for the game to "run as" another version is if it kept all of the data (game files) from that version to use (uses a lot of space). A delta-based approach would be...

I stumbled across the replay feature and figured the 1hr 21m 56s speedrun would be cool to watch. When I went to replay the save file, however, the disabled play icon shows a tooltip: "Cannot play replay: it was created in version 1.1.88, but current version is 1.1.104" Cue the disappointm...

Okay, my bad for not finding the various idea posts. Thanks for the polite merge. For the benefit of others seeking some kind of solution, two work-arounds I've found are either: (a) paste your blueprint into this offline viewer to view all recipies -- http://fbpviewer.trakos.pl/ (b) create a dummy ...

TL;DR When laying down a complicated blueprint, any recipes not researched yet are missing from assemblers. Can this be enabled just for ghost assemblers? I am * not * suggesting built and active assemblers should be checking if their assigned recipe has been researched or not. What ? Similar to va...

Looks like this is a long-standing request - https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20960 (restrict/prevent high ping connections; join game ``timeout) https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27186 (ping column on server browser) https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6...

Reading over the earlier brainstorming in this thread, I like the idea of the number position changing from bottom-left (stock) to top-right (craft). I'd further suggest the font colour changes, too. The existing white number indicates how many you have; and (maybe green?) number means how many you ...

If you only want to prevent the excessive cloud storage - Take the save files you want to archive from the standard folder - %APPDATA%\Factorio\saves\ ...and move them to a new folder that is not a subdirectory. Some examples: %APPDATA%\Factorio\save-archived\ %APPDATA%\Factorio\save-archived-0.16\ ...

I held off on 0.16 - finally got the automatic upgrade to stable 0.17 release, so I did the introduction campgain. Thoughts below - * A very, very basic introductory message might explain to press W, A, S and D (maybe if the player doesn't move for 30-60 secs?). Not sure if this is already built, an...