Maybe it is a good iea to implement rail signals which will trigger red sign if a player approaches/steps on the rail segment as well as trains occupying that segment That's basically what can be done with circuit networks, and it's literally what the picture mrnicosable posted shows. I myself woul...

Yeah, I just realized. There are mods for that. Nevertheless, I agree with atloomis - the fact that it's such a popular feature among modders is a reason why it should be implemented in vanilla. This did happen in the past, so why not this time? Also, after reconsidering, I think solution from this ...

The whole concept of blueprints in this game reminds me very much of a Buildcraft mod for Minecraft. I think at least with oil the devs were inspired by this mod. Whether or not it was the same case with blueprints, there is one feature from buildcraft missing, which I think would be extremely usefu...

Greetings. I'd like to suggest a following addition to the game. Excluding trains, right now you can only build two types of vehicle - the car and the tank. You can craft them by hand, instead of having to use some sort of machinery. I think this aspect can be expanded in an interesting way. First o...

While playing this game, I just couldn't help but feel that while Factorio is a GREAT game, all those resources you collect just BEG to be weaponized. I believe there's a good way to do that. Also its style reminds me of an old RTS game I've played in my childhood which had a very neat system for pr...