I have a question: what behaviour do you think users expect, and what makes sense to simulate? For eg, I would say that it makes sense that in a 2 or 3 way junction that the liquid gets split 2 or 3 ways evenly OUT ¦¦ i.e. IN === J ===OUT ¦¦ OUT You'd expect all the outs to get 33%. That is probabl...

Red-Green Dichromism is the most common form of colour blindness, especially amongst males. Therefore, it should be considered first and foremost when considering colourblindness friendliness. It's also the easiest to avoid problems with if you know what you're doing. Either way... red arrows does ...

Asking us about a beginners tutorial is like asking the yeti about dinner rules. But nevertheless: I think the new approach is much better, having to hit the <tab> key is much more disrupting than it sounds. I would add infos and descriptive pictures to the objective box so you can read the info as ...

Could have some logic that checks if pipes are doubled to improve throughput, That is easily written but hard to implement correctly. In a complex pipe network there are hundreds of inputs and outputs and any input could be connected to any output by a single, double, triple.. lines of pipes and su...

My point is - fixing that is very simple (add more pipes), so every time you will end up with pipes 100% full and all outputs satisfied. You could say the same about the belt network. If a single belt can't deliver enough upgrade it or add a parallel belt, i.e. use resources or space for more throu...

But fluid input > output should ideally not be enough to ensure all outputs are filled. And as bad as the current system is, it does that right at least. This is not the point. You are right - putting more in than you need is not enough to ensure satisfaction at the output. My point is - fixing tha...

But fluid input > output should ideally not be enough to ensure all outputs are filled. And as bad as the current system is, it does that right at least. I disagree. I think there is a condition that, if met, ensures that the outputs do not get all that they can : Output demand is greater than pipe...

... What is the difference between this and one of the proposed electrical network solutions based on kirchhoffs law? At least without additional constraints it sounds quite similar I still don't get, what is the benefit of a more realistic model for pipes. It seems that it drains a lot of resource...

Minor and Major fluid losses will not be accounted for Correct me if I'm wrong, but this practically means I could connect 100 inlets at place A and make a single pipe line to a distant place B where 100 outlets are connected together. And this single long pipe line would not limit the transfer in ...

Nobody likes barrels. Sorry :oops: Objection! Interesting FFF! Great write up. We are still considering using different pipes for different shapes, which would allow two parallel separate pipes etc. Please do add this feature, flow control is a mod which adds these and it truly does improve fluid h...

Maybe the pipes will see their cost increased to counterbalance the "unlimited distance" buff? The FFF is a bit sketchy on this, but it might not be "unlimited distance" there. If the length of a segment is stored it should be quite easy to use a length-dependent function for th...

I suspect player position is not kept sufficiently synchronized to allow for dodging attacks. As the mod Rampant already implements that, i suspect position synchronization to be sufficient. No need to guess. FF's 188 and 76 explain how Factory multiplayer and lockstep works. FF 76 still talks abou...

This might seem a bit controversial so we can add an option that disables this whole starting area logic, for purists. Absolutely, yes, thank you. Excited I'm a purist now :D Obvioulsy being a purist, I don't see the problem with oil. If you fear for your oil, simply increase oil frequency to a hig...

It seems that factorio tries to be everything at once but fails on most ends to reach top level in that category. Maybe with one exception: "Teaching automation." It really is interesting to experiment with all the possibilities it gives you. At least once. And it gives a lot of possibili...

Depends on the goal. If you just want to produce something - then yes. If you want to optimize for size, throughput, tileability, rainbowbelt-use, burner-tech-use or whatever else properties you want your factory to exhibit. Ah yes, don't know how I could forget. ... It is a great idea. It already ...

I don't see shallow water as anything of a benefit for freeplay. It combines the worst parts of both water and land - biters can walk across it like land, but we cannot build on it as with water. This could be a great way to help guide the player toward an objective in a campaign or tutorial, but I...

Its time to implement equipment (or skills) switches which would toggle personal modules on/off like Personal roboport Personal laser defence Night vision Belt immunity Exoskeletons All of these you might want to switch off temporarily without removing them from grid. Like I wanna ride the belt bus...

Shift+scroll up/down is bad anyways. Lets say i have to scroll through 10 blueprints to select my required blueprint. That means i have to scroll, look at the blueprint, scoll, look at the next blueprint times 10. How long does that take compared to a single look at the tree? Yet, i still use the b...

problem is, how the game tells you researched bots already. yes it's tracked in achievements, but from time to time achievement reset, there is separate achievements for modded and nonmodded game, when you install second copy on new computer, guess what? you have no achievements, and so on. even if...

I don't know what to think about the reassign option because its function isn't described. This reassing button is just a button where you replace an already existing BP with a new BP you just created. (At least this is the way I understand it). So instead of saving the new BP to some place in the ...