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by Twisted_Code
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:40 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #403 - Train stops 2.0
Replies: 114
Views: 13224

Re: Friday Facts #403 - Train stops 2.0

Train naming and train limit There are probably a very good (or very bad) jokes one could make here about naming the stop and all available trains swarming to it. One such joke is a comparison to the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who did not give the enchanted broom adequately precise instructions, and wa...
by Twisted_Code
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #398 - Fulgora
Replies: 114
Views: 22811

Re: Friday Facts #398 - Fulgora

When you record stuff for FFF, could you make the aspect ratio slightly wider? I've had trouble fitting a few of your recordings and screenshots, including these, in my screen without zooming out a fair bit. I'm not even using a widescreen either, so I don't think it's my browser making it bigger...
by Twisted_Code
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:49 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #399 - Trash to Treasure
Replies: 289
Views: 31491

Re: Friday Facts #399 - Trash to Treasure

You think you're real slick with those fluid puns, don't you? But I have to admit, this whole planet is pretty cool . And some of the changes you made are quite shocking (Let that missed pun sink in). This is outstanding (you know, that's how you get shocked here: standing out. Okay I'm done :D )! O...
by Twisted_Code
Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #383 - Super force building
Replies: 172
Views: 27938

Re: Friday Facts #383 - Super force building

Supper Forced: Will work the same way as above but will also apply landfill in the areas where there is water. Therefore you do not need to landfill the place with water before you place BP or do this again because there was ONE spot with water right under a building. If landfill is reversible now,...
by Twisted_Code
Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #387 - Swimming in lava
Replies: 164
Views: 37191

Re: Friday Facts #387 - Swimming in lava

Vulcan sounds more interesting with each FFF :) So, recycling an iron plate will just return an iron plate , with 25% chance. Wouldn't it return the ore? More to my point, why would it return itself? If you'd include the sentences before that: This isn't the case for smelting and chemical processes...
by Twisted_Code
Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #389 - Train control improvements
Replies: 151
Views: 24460

Re: Friday Facts #389 - Train control improvements

I LOVE IT. I LIKE TRAINS.
by Twisted_Code
Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Fixed for 2.0
Topic: [1.1.87] Freeze at specific time
Replies: 12
Views: 39423

Re: [1.1.87] Freeze at specific time

The maximum integer value that a double can represent with full accuracy is 2^52, or 2.37 million years' worth of ticks. Can you imagine the disappointment that would befall the first player whose game froze 2.37 million years later? This is not fast two years Factorio speedrun... P.S. Sorry for my...
by Twisted_Code
Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #387 - Swimming in lava
Replies: 164
Views: 37191

Re: Friday Facts #387 - Swimming in lava

Whoops, I think I caught some possible typos in the post. From there is was down to Jerzy to build this monster into its final form: So, recycling an iron plate will just return an iron plate , with 25% chance. Wouldn't it return the ore? More to my point, why would it return itself? (I'll delete th...
by Twisted_Code
Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #385 - Asteroid Collector
Replies: 57
Views: 12954

Re: Friday Facts #385 - Asteroid Collector

The Navmap was really good thinking IMO. Minecraft uses the former to great effect to allow villagers to find their way to a nearby village if they end up in the middle of nowhere. Each chunk assigns a number indicating the number of chunks between there and the nearest village, then villagers wond...
by Twisted_Code
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #386 - Vulcanus
Replies: 121
Views: 23205

Re: Friday Facts #386 - Vulcanus

As long as the planet would still be interesting even if the lava were removed then it is still a strong design. Adding lava doesn't have to detract from the other features of the planet as long as it is done right. This is such a practical example of the rule of thumb tvtropers would probably know...
by Twisted_Code
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:53 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #385 - Asteroid Collector
Replies: 57
Views: 12954

Re: Friday Facts #385 - Asteroid Collector

Looks great, and nice optimizations. The Navmap Navmesh was really good thinking IMO. Minecraft uses something like that like your tile navigation, the thing you were doing BEFORE and I misread the post (thank you Qon) to great effect to allow homeless villagers to find their way to a nearby village...
by Twisted_Code
Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #383 - Super force building
Replies: 172
Views: 27938

Re: Friday Facts #383 - Super force building

If landfill is reversible now, and other tile placements like extending a space platform are likely to follow (you want every action to be reversible when possible, from what it sounds like)... should we even need to hold the "super" key if placing tiles is the only thing blocking a bluepr...
by Twisted_Code
Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #380 - Remote view
Replies: 181
Views: 28701

Re: Friday Facts #380 - Remote view

This is why now you can just "mine" entities remotely to mark them for deconstruction. :shock: :o Oh you magnificent bastards. You have no idea how long I've been wanting this and didn't even realize it because I got used to the "current way" of doing it. ... What's the ETA for ...
by Twisted_Code
Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:21 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring
Replies: 153
Views: 24724

Re: Friday Facts #379 - Abstract rewiring

When you started to talk about some of the problems with the old way of handling wire connections, the software engineer in me cringed. I smelled it before you'd started actually describing it, yet the code smell didn't make the feeling any better. Glad you paid off some of your tech debt, and I'm S...
by Twisted_Code
Sat Oct 07, 2023 12:12 am
Forum: Fixed for 2.0
Topic: [0.11.17] Shadow Angle Inconsistency
Replies: 4
Views: 13715

Re: [0.11.17] Shadow Angle Inconsistency

Remember, Wszystko bΔ™dzie.
I don't care when something gets fixed, as long as it does. Yay, it's fixed :-)
by Twisted_Code
Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:39 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails
Replies: 217
Views: 47816

Re: Friday Facts #377 - New new rails

Here it is! (beep boop) https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-377 With that S bend and all the added flexibility, I think I might actually be able to enjoy working with rails enough to make my own modular blueprints instead of just using the 2 lane rails from "Kitch's Factorio Blueprint Book"...
by Twisted_Code
Tue Jun 14, 2022 9:37 pm
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [SOLVED][0.18.32] Blueprint library restoration?
Replies: 9
Views: 3150

Re: [SOLVED][0.18.32] Blueprint library restoration?

Nidan wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 10, 2022 10:58 am
Twisted_Code wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:44 am
PS:
@Yenz: what does "nb:" stand for?
nota bene: note well; note
for some reason I did not recognize the abbreviation, though I have come across the phrase before. Thank you for the clarification!
by Twisted_Code
Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:44 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [SOLVED][0.18.32] Blueprint library restoration?
Replies: 9
Views: 3150

Re: [SOLVED][0.18.32] Blueprint library restoration?

This thread helped me a lot. I had a problem restoring my blueprint library (blueprint-storage.dat) from a backup after I've deleted it for testing stuff. nb: I had my blueprints still available even after deleting the file, I had to delete all books/blueprints from the ingame menu to get it empty....
by Twisted_Code
Sun May 15, 2022 7:58 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #369 - To the moon
Replies: 67
Views: 50964

Re: Friday Facts #369 - To the moon

Also love that blueprint wallet string :mrgreen: What's special about the wallet string :?: Put it in a hex-to-UTF8 converter like this one: https://onlinehextools.com/convert-hex-to-utf8 Can you post the result (maybe in a spoiler)? Trying to do that from a phone is going to be more effort than it...
by Twisted_Code
Sun May 15, 2022 7:30 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #369 - To the moon
Replies: 67
Views: 50964

Re: Friday Facts #369 - To the moon

I didn't read until May so I didn't even think to check the date on the post. Only realized it was a joke when I clicked the shortlink at the end and recognized the destination URL (I never click through bit.ly links for this and many other reasons. I saw YouTube and got suspicious, then I saw the f...

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