Alright, this looks like the correct thread to post this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/4u3j1g/using_power_switches_to_limit_idle_power_drain/d5moatq?context=2

Simply put: Make any power network's Total Power Drain (from machines with such a value, added up) have some large multiple ...

It was on the default 250 at the time.

Sure thing. I should have noted additionally that the performance hit if existent is not noticeable in single-player, and it also does not require walking. It's simply click-dragging (trying to auto-place).

Apparently other people I play with can't cause it. It starts out okay, then falls behind gradually. Multiplayer waiting statistics on my end go from 1 to around ~7 for a peer, but 20->100-> stable at 170 on me from their perspective.

They feel the slowdown equivalent to my visible UPS, even though ...

Occasionally during multiplayer, drag-placing big power poles will dramatically reduce UPS. It tends to work fine for the first few poles, then slow down for various reasons.

Likely causes are collision with the player or attempted placement/connectivity with approaching other poles. Either way it ...

Just one more thought: While adding, it probably ought to add 2x at a time so the current behavior from a single paste is maintained. If anyone cares about the difference between 2, 4, 6x, etc. and 3x, 5x, etc., they can take the time to set it manually.

Hm. Nice idea.
Not intuitive (the whole feature isn't), and it would work for 90% of the cases I think. Good enough.

Maybe: Instead of adding multiplying by 2?

The idea actually came to me when setting up bot-based production with paired assemblers feeding from a requester chest, which would be ...

And again in 0.13.6 -- just from opening the public games list.

8626.613 Info WindowsUDPSocket.cpp:59: Opening socket at port (0)
8626.750 Error CrashHandler.cpp:108: Exception Code: c0000005, Address: 00007FF670965C20
8626.750 Error CrashHandler.cpp:118: Exception Context:
rax=000001b34ccd2020 ...

There's a simple solution I thought of today, before finding this post. I'll add it here instead of making a new thread (it was intended to address #2, below, but applies here--#1).

Make copy-pasting recipes onto requester chests *ADD* the components rather than completely reprogramming the chests ...

Another thing i've noticed is if I set enemy spawns to low or very low everything, but starting area to "none" it's as if the biter settings got turned to very high.

That sounds reasonable because if you don't have a starting area there's no ramp of difficulty. It's more of a mod option, like the ...

Come on, I still don't see any fixes regarding map generation.

I'm as eager to see the return of more global variety in biome distribution as anyone, but you can express this much more politely.

The new terrain generation is actually really cool in its local variation. If I'm not mistaken, they ...

Another thing i've noticed is if I set enemy spawns to low or very low everything, but starting area to "none" it's as if the biter settings got turned to very high.

That sounds reasonable because if you don't have a starting area there's no ramp of difficulty. It's more of a mod option, like the ...

It might be somewhat complicated by non-modifier-key bindings unfortunately. :/

Sadly, I don't think my simple suggestion will work because of this uncertainty.

I agree, per-save achievements would be a welcome change--as an option, at least!

See additional discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... _perworld/

Just make the box indicating that you've pasted visible until you let go of Shift, or copy something else. You'll get the benefit of showing multiple successful pastes, without much performance impact.

Sharp boundaries are to be expected with any reasonably performant update to the map generation.

I just hope they have enough leeway to add in a continental-scale modulation for larger biome distributions again.

Actually, I like the new terrain generation. It looks, to me, more realistic than the otherwise bland treatment of biomes we had before. It looks wilder. ie. more realistic.

On a small scale, that's true. But when you zoom out, something has been lost. It would be nice if the old large-scale ...

I'd love to see a blending of the new biome generation with the old. This new pattern gives more interest locally, but becomes monotonous on a large scale. The old one gave nice variation globally, but was rather repetitive locally.

Segmentation, Biomes, and Starting Resources seem like the only ...

I posted this under general discussion not thinking to check the bug report forum before. I wasn't sure if what i was seeing a bug:

https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=27655

There's a screenshot there showing a 0.12 save with a large area revealed surrounded by new 0.13 charted ...

It really looks like the underlying height map is indicating areas far from large bodies of water should tend to be more dry, while areas by a lot of water should be more green.

This creates nice *local* variation, but on a global scale it gets repetitive because they can't simulate rainfall high ...