ok, so 10 second change in C:\Program Files\Factorio\data\base\prototypes\entity\entities.lua fluid_wagon_connector_alignment_tolerance = 1.0, (was some fraction before) And seriously, in alt mode you can't even see the graphic! I mean, geez guys can't believe I wasted silly amounts of time on this.

Yeah, I saw that, but it's not listed in Factorio mods for installing.

If I just have to edit a text file, that sounds pretty trivial. However, if it is some sort of binary edit, than yes a mod would be easier though likely not easier than just moving all the fluids to a vertical rail.

That would require more effort than simply re-arranging the rails. Is it possible to simply change a file or execute a lua command?

Hi folks, I see from the bug reports that fluid wagons and pumps aren't supported when part of the train sequences (not the fluid wagon themselves, of course) are on a curved rail. I've had hit or miss success with this and it worked the first time but not the second time. When using long trains not...

I just had a thought while reading another thread. You mentioned and unlimited inventory. Now that's cheating. But maybe we can sort of get an unlimited inventory without cheating. Yeah, the idea isn't so much cheating or not cheating, but rather to see if there are missing ideas that could be used...

Well, the spirit of the idea is to see if there are any ideas missing from standard speedruns, and picking up and putting in chests doesn't really speak to that I think. But, yeah, that TAS run I linked to, they do exactly that. It's so fast, it almost seems like they hacked factorio or something. B...

I'm always interested in how fast it'd be possible to complete a run in factorio, at least theoretically. The biggest friction right now in runs are operator actions per minute(APM). Someone posted a computer enhanced run, it was about 1 hour and 21 minutes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIplmAQc...

Really, the problem isn't so much optimization, but rather de-optimization. Factorio has to be careful about building features which encourage too much at scale building, because it just leads to dissatisfaction seen in this thread.

map mode was awesome, but now of course, we want to use it.

yeah, so obviously this is all very playstyle dependent. using map mode and landmines extensively changes things up a bit, I think. some comments: speakers, I need them to monitor power in long running games. i also use them when testing new designs that may suffer from starvation. i get so many ale...

I was trying to think of what I rarely, if ever use: Water barrels, can't think of a use for them, tbh. Shotguns, Artillery Cannon / Tank Cannon, Tanks in general. Lots of fun, but I never need them. Easier, safer ways to take out spawners. Refined hazard concrete. Mostly because I do everything in ...

The engine always bugs me the most. It looks like a smiling robot duck with its hair slicked back.

The nuclear category has some of my favorite in game art. The glow in the dark thing - nice touch.

It's the perfect winning move to end the Bots vs Belts Wars. It'll be a glorious victory .

Yes, +1 on OP suggestion.

Yeah, marathon is definitely harder.

98 hours is fine. It's supposed to be fun, why rush it?

The one tricky thing about going slow is your evolution starts to creep up on time, so you have to deal with the bigger aliens.

Green modules and solar help a lot to keep the biters from hassling you.

The problem with mods is that they encourage developers to leave gaps in their implementation "oh, someone will make a mod" Fortunately, the factorio dev were pretty good at not falling into that trap. So good, that most of the mods don't seem necessary :) I've tried a bunch of mods, but I...

Behemoth spitters would likely differ on that one, I suspect. Going into /editor and pasting the various mobs in different configurations is rather illuminating.

Very cool. I agree, once you get artillery things sort of normalize - just bigger numbers. I kinda stopped around here: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=538064#p538064 I was launching 1 rocket around every 5 minutes or so and my computer was starting to slow down. It also gets too easy th...

Yeah, that's also why I shared mine. Yeah, I actually tried your seed for a bit but all those trees makes things a bit too easy, to be honest. Try a desert map with biter spawners around 40m away or so. Have you launched a rocket with DW Marathon yet? That's pretty hard and fun too. Another interes...

They are good runs for sure, but to be honest, my standard / non DW maps frequently have a worse starting position than those runs.

It's a tricky problem. I think community agreed upon seeds would be more suitable for something like this.

I tried this out. Gotlap is actually very trivial on DW. The trick isn't so much the achievement, but rather getting a better time than just the 90m. You need about ~2300 iron and ~800 copper for science and overhead. If you run just 4 drills, 3 for iron and 1 for copper, you'll get 1.5 iron per sec...

I find selecting maps via preview very much cheezing it, personally, though I get the desire. I really detest maps where the original 4 patches are spread out as I find running back and forth the absolute opposite of fun. Small patches are fine, but spread out.. that's a serious programming flaw, IM...