Zeblote wrote:

TuckJohn wrote:Not everyone will put 500 hours into this game.

Amen, buddy. Some of us are serious players.

It's very refreshing for a game developer to have simple, clear and fair terms for the transaction, when the game is under development. The same goes for them sticking to those terms. It's also good that areas they're not certain about - because the game is being developed - they state this outright ...

Thanks for the prompt replies. At the moment the FFF states: "One option would be that the game would be available via Steam or via our webpage but not both. Hopefully that won't be necessary=)."

If it is meant that Steam keys might only be available by Steam, this is an important difference.

In contrast to all of the replies to FFF I've made: if the game goes Steam-only, that'll be the day I can no longer update Factorio again, and will be stuck on the previous version. It would have been a good run.

A fabulous FFF, really interesting to read about the new idea and the why/how of it all. Sounds like a logical maturation of the networks and how they fit the game mechanics.

roy7 wrote:Will we still need to use a tank + a Circuit Network Connector to measure amount of available liquid, or will be able to measure the amount in a piece of pipe?

You'll need tank + connector to read off how many biters you have squished, and then claim your bounty pay.

kaleb_boren wrote:question does this version implement the new style of rail laying?

Nope. Keep hanging in there, we'll get it soon enough!

SomeDuder wrote:Damnit, finish the story! Does the lonely biter eventually find his friends or does he die of old age, friendless and bitter?

This is your doing!

themightygugi wrote:Why put effort into building more vehicles when we rarely use the ones that already exist?

I use the car, tank and trains all the time.

Holy moly that is amazing. Please can it come attack my base? I want to fight off a swarm of those things, or die trying.

Why use trains?

To use up all this red paint.

Finally. Closure.

Wow, a fabulously original idea. I bet your list of ideas is fit to bursting!

Another interesting peek under the bonnet. Does this spell the end of the dancing spitter? I always found them entertaining :-P

Trying to be a smart ass when solving a simple problem. (Actual factorio code)
http://i.imgur.com/wDcXzHR.gif
Frame 1: Problem? Time to fix code!
Frame 2: Derp.
Frame 3: Derp derp.
Frame 4: Derp derp derp derp.
Frame 5: Derp derp derp derp derp derp derp derp.
Frame 6: Derp derp derp derp derp ...

Looking great. Clearly the devs love trains as much as we do!

ps666 wrote:Sorry for off topic, but which movie is this?

Ghostbusters II - fab movie!

nobodx wrote:wait what ?
ghost trains O_o

Can confirm that is exactly what happened.

Ghost trains, farewell. I hope that your work on this mortal plane is now complete.

CHOO CHOO, BUDDIES!

Oh wow that looks brilliant! I hadn't even wanted auto rail laying until I saw how great it looked :-)