Hmm, I was about to report this as a bug, too. Handcraft.png The current solution doesn't feel very intuitive, because the tooltip (and the message when you click to attempt the craft) says there are materials missing, which clearly there aren't. I can't say I'm thrilled about it, and agree with Orz...

Dirty ore sounds good to me .

As for the infinite research, I'd advise doing linear advantages with exponential research costs, just from a balancing perspective.

I'm not that enthusiastic about the idea of a loader, but I'm well aware I probably represent just a small subset of Factorio players - let's say, the more 'harcore' ones. In the design/functionality that's in the FF post it seems like it would trivialize some content that I currently find enjoyable...

The main reason I switched to 1.0.3. is because I felt the newer versions never got the oil balance quite right. It was usually too much oil for me.

I didn't read through the entire thread so sorry if this has been posted before, but could you please increase the contrast of certain ores, including the minimap colors? In addition to those suggestions: another way to differentiate between them on the minimap might be to give them different textu...

Thanks for the effort Mordred, I'll give that attachment a shot .

Just to clarify in case any confusion remains: the red and green wire conditions are now housed under "circuit condition", which will become applicable after you wire up the smart inserter.

Peter34 wrote:My game won't auto-update when I start it. Nor does it detect anything when I click "Check for updates". It's still on 12.8.

Do you have "Enable experimental updates" checked under Options > Other?

I'm not sure I understand the question correctly, but dropping an item on the floor from your cursor is Z by default. Is that what you're looking for?

- make the bots more intelligent: There should be a "working queue" for each bot with his estimated duration. If it is faster to add a task to a bot, which is at that time closer to the target than a free one, that is far away, why should the distant bot do it? I agree, and I see some qui...

Once I get to blue circuits and modules, petroleum tends to be the bottleneck, so I generally crack every drop of oil into petroleum . But then again, I'm playing with a mod (RSO; Resource Spawner OVerhaul) that makes oil fields a lot more rare.

I'm with ssilk on this one. Not a huge fan of the idea of increased player crafting speed, unless there is some serious drawback involved (e.g. consuming certain resources in exchange for the increased crafting speed). This is a logistics game; the logistics are meant to be challenging, otherwise th...

Good idea. I add: When an new alert comes in, - alert sound comes - after 1/2 to 1 second the minimap changes to the target. - The minimap shows then also your current position, if you are not on that map. This helps to localize the position of the event a lot. - after 1 or 2 seconds the minimap ch...

Nice, might give it a go. Meanwhile, nitpicking: it's spelled extension .

Also note that sulphur is not a fluid but a solid object which has to be transferred by inserter, so your current attempt at piping it to the sulphuric acid plant won't do the trick .

I'm afraid you have the inputs reversed (i.e. you're trying to input water at the petroleum pipe, and petroleum at the water pipe). They are not interchangeable.

Seems like a good suggestion to me. Makes the train loading/unloading more consistent and intuitive. Although it will be a nightmare to rework all my stations .

Would you like some pepper with that salt, Vulkandrache? ;) Not everyone likes every change, and different people have different tastes. The feedback on the new steel furnace graphics were overwhelmingly positive in the Friday Facts thread that revealed them. If I were you I would try to zoom out a ...