Filter inserter and smart inserter both have filter option, but smart inserter has additional feature if connected to "Circuit network". Thats were green and red cable come in. Use either of colored cables to electric pole and then connect to smart inserter and connect another to cable (s...

I know that when I first started playing I was confused as to what some items did (what's the difference between a filter arm and a smart arm?) and some of the descriptions that exist are still confusing (the steam engine's performance and available performance for instance) I think it would be help...

This new machine sounds like something from equivalent exchange, so different items would have different values and it compresses them into a desired part? It would be funny if it looked like a trash compacter- some huge device that takes in lots of scrap but squeezes out some tiny object :P maybe s...

These aren't necessarily an urgency but the only real decoration is the lamp post (you can still play the game in the dark if you don't place any) I have a few great empty spaces that could use some sci-fi details but nothing to put in them here are some examples: http://www.google.ca/imgres?hl=en&a...

Robots are great! so why not add these little helpers? The logistic robots take quite some time to unlock so these should be slightly easier to research. I thought these should be added after accidentally breaking a steel chest of 3.1k coal and having the contents explode everywhere, these guys coul...

After exploring quite a bit I've learned that the spawners that generate when you get near don't unload so now when I'm attacked I am attacked by waves of literally 50 or more creepers at a time (I'll add a pic if you want proof :)) and I was wondering; why not make it so that creepers drop artifact...

I've noticed that some large scale mining can be limited by how far the electrical poles can reach, the only solution I could think of is to make underground cables that can be placed out of the way. As for pipes I think that adding pressure would add some more complexity to boilers; having pipes th...

I'm starting this topic for anyone who has an idea that doesn't warrant a heading of it's own, feel free to comment

Underground mining would be really cool, there would have to be lots of incentive to go mining (rare ores of course :D) but don't make it so that just rare ores are underground, have it so that scanners can detect things buried but don't tell what it is and then you can mine it and find something ra...

I like the idea but trees don't take that long to mine so setting up large machines to do it for you only to take them down later would be more of a hassle (although making the mining time longer might work) Instead maybe have a vehicle that does it for you, sort of like a wheat combine (http://en.w...

I've seen some people talking about pollution and medicine so I thought I should suggest something. Pollution would have some negative affects on both the players health and local wildlife so you would have to keep the environment clean and deal with illnesses via medicine which would be made with h...

I really like the inserters but I think there could be a few more, for instance a timed inserter that takes a material after an adjustable amount of time, or maybe triggerable inserters that can be turned on and off wirelessly. Or maybe inserters that can spin in a complete circle to put things in c...

Is there a possibility of a "sort chest" option? I have a nice sorted inventory but my chests are a total mess

I only have a few ideas for enemies: Since it's an alien planet it wouldn't be hard to imagine enemies that split into multiple (or enemies that regenerate), maybe they could be taken out with electrical guns Runners would be fast so a counter measure would be some kind of stasis Tanks would be armo...

I'm really loving the game but I've noticed that there are only stone furnaces so far. Of course there's probably going to be electric furnaces but could there also be geothermal furnaces? Maybe have it so there are pools of lava on the surface and they can be pumped like water to smelt ores faster?...