Phy wrote:Whether the game should have exponential research cost rather than the linear cost, is a different topic.

This makes a lot of sense. By the time you're on blue/alien, you have stockpiles of red & green and everything is backed up.

I think that getting more information 'remotely' would be a great idea, probably via something you research, e.g. "Advanced Telemetry" perhaps. Once researched, it would give you the ability to monitor power remotely as well as get more info on your logistics network.

You break a chest open... and there's that sudden moment where the game stops... as does your heart... then BAM!, map full of steel!

Try refreshing a few times, it probably accidentally hit a bad load balancing thinger or... no that's the limit of my knowledge on the subject sorry

tralala wrote:One thing that bothers me is that one can't turn the burner-drills one creates in the beginning into something else...

Yeah, a dissasembler would be great! Converts the inserted items back to their original iron plates / copper / stone etc.

I think it's just the low-bitrate of the placeholder music, unfortunately.

Same with me really. The last few nights I've been sat adjusting my factories and stuff and all of a sudden it's 1am!

Maybe we should raise that as a bug.

I think it looks fantastic. Really does feel like it has the 'Factorio' character now.

Some of the text is too dark, but I'm assuming that's easily changed:

slpwnd wrote:UI is difficult

It totally is!

slpwnd wrote:One possibility is that "the character thoughts" would go completely...

I think I'd agree with that. If you want players to identify with the character then I wouldn't be telling them what they are thinking

Yeah I agree, it's very nitpicky. However I sat with a couple of new players for a while and this was one thing they mentioned.

Anyway! I wasn't aware the whole campaign was due to change, so that's exciting anyway

That's already listed here https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... f=6&t=1938

FreeER wrote:I'll be looking forward to seeing what you come up with

Me too

I think I'd just come to that conclusion Will probably work on a UI mock up sometime.

Thanks!

And that is the opposite of a simple fix

cube wrote:... it would have been fun

* could still be fun

I imagine adding voiceovers adds a bunch of pain to the whole localization thing

Hi there, Just a quick question as I'm relatively new to Factorio - is it possible to alter the way the current UI behaves/looks via a mod? Examples: Add buttons to existing 'windows' Change the layout / (default) position of existing windows Would it be easier just to override the built-in stuff? I...

Thinking about it, a little voice-over AI-type thing would be great

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That kinda breaks the 4th wall a little bit in my opinion. I think it would be better if the player character talking was different from tutorial hints. e.g. "I need to kill those biters! I could use some grenades." followed by, in a different style/font/whatever "Position your cursor...