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by Taurondir
Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
Topic: [Idea] Biters only attacking specific things.
Replies: 1
Views: 148

[Idea] Biters only attacking specific things.

... and find your entire base obliterated; You would only have to "claw back" your fields to restart the factory going. I kind of wanted the Dune idea with the worms where the enemy isn't just triggered by pollution but goes after specific objectives, and if one objective is possible this ...
by achiaus
Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:16 am
Forum: Texture Packs
Topic: [REQUEST]Graphics for new mod!
Replies: 0
Views: 1552

[REQUEST]Graphics for new mod!

... you like the biters 3) 3 sizes of moth, ideally one with feathery antenna and scary sharp teeth in it mouth with big black bugs eyes. 4) a giant dune worm, from dune but probably smaller than that but large enough to be a big problem. I’m also hoping to either have texture pack that make everything ...
by aka13
Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:12 am
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Sci fi novels and factorio?
Replies: 22
Views: 11875

Re: Sci fi novels and factorio?

My all time favourite is the Dune cycle by Franck Herbert. The trilogy of Ā by A. E. Van Vogt is also in my top tier SF books, along with the Foundation cycle by Isaac Asimov. Ender's game by Orson Scott Card is also very high on my list ...
by Avona
Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:37 am
Forum: Railway Setups
Topic: 3 and 4 way intersections
Replies: 258
Views: 122167

Re: 3 and 4 way intersections

... Additionally I also tested an intersection by u/Communist_Fella with the following results: Set 1: 105, Set 2: 77, Set 3: 48 ⇒ Score: 77 (Imagine Dune music here:) We are Factorio Intersections! There are no intersections we do not answer! There is no faith we betray! Intersections! Intersections! ...
by tamanous
Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:22 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Sci fi novels and factorio?
Replies: 22
Views: 11875

Re: Sci fi novels and factorio?

... If you can overread this, it is truely awesome. As in some stories, the end is ... way too short, but this is forgivable to some degree. Dune is a masterpiece. See it this way: looking at our ecological situation, even now mankind fails to plan for a time period that exceeds a part of ...
by armatas
Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:19 pm
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: Armour & Gun quickbar location question
Replies: 35
Views: 12240

Re: Armour & Gun quickbar location question

... Most every RTS game I played and can remember had the UI concentrated at one screen side, or at most two adjacent ones. For westwood titles like Dune, C&C etc. on the right side; Dark Reign, StarCraft etc. on the bottom; Supreme Commander kinda both, but then with moveable (and lua-moddable) ...
by Koub
Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:49 pm
Forum: Balancing
Topic: Attacking biters with turrets makes all weapons pointless
Replies: 233
Views: 122923

Re: Attacking biters with turrets makes all weapons pointless

... idea in kovarex's imagination. I remember using that strategy (and finding myself so clever to have found that kind of trick) when I was playing Dune 2. Wherever turrets exist, turret creep is a potentially valid solution. And there will always be the "turret creep is acceptable" team ...
by Dune
Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:27 am
Forum: Duplicates
Topic: [1.1.11] Can't ghost place anything (except blueprints) from map view
Replies: 4
Views: 1430

[1.1.11] Can't ghost place anything (except blueprints) from map view

Nm, it's already fixed for the next release. Title says it all, but check out my vod from tonight's stream, 3hrs in, I'll give a link when I'm done streaming. First noticed this with belts, but a viewer asked about other stuff, and they were right, nothing but blueprints (including copy paste). Here...
by blazespinnaker
Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:07 am
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Sci fi novels and factorio?
Replies: 22
Views: 11875

Re: Sci fi novels and factorio?

My all time favourite is the Dune cycle by Franck Herbert. The trilogy of Ā by A. E. Van Vogt is also in my top tier SF books, along with the Foundation cycle by Isaac Asimov. Ender's game by Orson Scott Card is also very high on my list ...
by nosports
Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:18 am
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Sci fi novels and factorio?
Replies: 22
Views: 11875

Re: Sci fi novels and factorio?

Ahhhhh thats a thread worth of reading ….. Albeit some are mentioned but as I love reading SF I want to add my share The Dune-Cycle is a very rich and good read (though I needed two tries to get started, but it was well worth if you get into) and I can never understand why the first ...
by Koub
Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:01 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Sci fi novels and factorio?
Replies: 22
Views: 11875

Re: Sci fi novels and factorio?

My all time favourite is the Dune cycle by Franck Herbert. The trilogy of Ā by A. E. Van Vogt is also in my top tier SF books, along with the Foundation cycle by Isaac Asimov. Ender's game by Orson Scott Card is also very high on my list ...
by GeneralTank
Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:51 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: We need alien tech back!
Replies: 75
Views: 14694

Re: We need alien tech back!

... when it comes using the stuff from Necromant or the vanilla which is likely to cause issues. Collecting the stuff however would require have a dune like harvester which unlike the C&C one sucks up what it needs to collect. It would of course be heavy armored for obvious reasons and likely ...
by MakeItGraphic
Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: Mods
Topic: [MOD 0.17.x] DUNE - The Spice must flow!
Replies: 1
Views: 2421

Re: [MOD 0.17.x] DUNE - The Spice must flow!

Was just browsing by and noticed your links for this mod page on the mod portal are broken:

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/url=https ... ien-biomes
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Sorry, that page doesn't exist.

Want to go home instead?
by Honktown
Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:00 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Better scaling of enemies + alien tactics
Replies: 13
Views: 4174

Re: Better scaling of enemies + alien tactics

... the vehicle inventory. - bitters react to pollution, they should be angry to rocket lounch. What about an event, on each rocket lounch a Herbert's Dune size sand worm is born and heading to the silo. like 30k HP, AOE lighning strike, crush buildings by walking over. That would bring a new challange ...
by gGeorg
Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:48 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Better scaling of enemies + alien tactics
Replies: 13
Views: 4174

Re: Better scaling of enemies + alien tactics

... the vehicle inventory. - bitters react to pollution, they should be angry to rocket lounch. What about an event, on each rocket lounch a Herbert's Dune size sand worm is born and heading to the silo. like 30k HP, AOE lighning strike, crush buildings by walking over. That would bring a new challange ...
by Zool
Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:21 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Thinking of getting the game if there is ever some type of steam sale for the game.
Replies: 12
Views: 5044

Re: Thinking of getting the game if there is ever some type of steam sale for the game.

... different it is from most games you have ever played. I‘d mention its name along the other groundbraking games of all times. Let it be Minecraft, Dune, Command & Conquer, Sim City ... ... and then there is the absolutely amazing support of Mods, just mentioning Bobs Mod as one of the best ...
by mrvn
Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:04 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Lategame mining options are lacking
Replies: 129
Views: 35351

Re: Lategame mining options are lacking

... the AAI vehicle, which are for vanilla too complicated and better left in the mod . But what about some kind of miners like in C&C or Dune ? You build a drop-off building on/near the ore patch which can either put stuff on belt(s) or direct into train/chests and then build miner vehicle ...
by BlueTemplar
Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:46 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Lategame mining options are lacking
Replies: 129
Views: 35351

Re: Lategame mining options are lacking

... the AAI vehicle, which are for vanilla too complicated and better left in the mod . But what about some kind of miners like in C&C or Dune ? You build a drop-off building on/near the ore patch which can either put stuff on belt(s) or direct into train/chests and then build miner vehicle ...
by Ringkeeper
Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:27 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Lategame mining options are lacking
Replies: 129
Views: 35351

Re: Lategame mining options are lacking

... the AAI vehicle, which are for vanilla too complicated and better left in the mod . But what about some kind of miners like in C&C or Dune ? You build a drop-off building on/near the ore patch which can either put stuff on belt(s) or direct into train/chests and then build miner vehicle ...
by BlueTemplar
Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #315 - New test servers
Replies: 69
Views: 29064

Re: Friday Facts #315 - New test servers

... Multiple working turret creep patterns have been independently invented and successfully used by lots of players in traditional RTS games like Dune 2, C&C, and Warcraft 2. Well, there's also "turret rush", when you run right up to a nest, drag a line a turrets, then drag-fill ...

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