So practically Vanilla should be inferior for better playability. But considering the development history, many of the great aspects of Vanilla were adapted from mods. IMO players shouldn’t be required to use mods to play an „adequate“ Vanilla. Define inferior. There is no absolute in fun. Bobs Mod...

But that people are pissed because they need to install a mod shows exactly that the change would have an impact to trading! Because people who want it all easy have the same if not more reluctance to install a mod as well. And BOTH importer and exporter need to install the mod before they can trad...

As for moving blueprint import/export into a mod: I think that will change nothing. The people that want to import/export blueprints from the internet will simply install the mod and the same amount of trading will happen. All you managed is to piss of the people that play the game "correctly&...

Oh man pipes as a electric network would be so easy to made. Production = Sum(producers) Consumption = Sum(consumer) If consumption > production -> reduceSpeed(consumers) Throughput is limited to the smallest pipe in the whole network. As vanilla has only one type of pipe, it can be coded in hard a...

Any iOS can handle BT mouse and BT keyboard quite well. Thats not an argument. And how many iOS users have a mouse and keyboard or would use one with their phone? Sure, Factorio fanatics would buy them (and use them) extra for this game, but you practically shrunk that big potential market to insig...

Look closer, it does : bottom right, under "Consumed by". I think the "Consumed by" is fitting but also the problem. I always need a few moments to make the connection that this is the equivalent of "Used to produce" or "Ingredient of". By the way, since we a...

And in the end, we have no choice, the discussion will end either because those who hate the change leave, or simply cannot effect change as they are not the devs. Silence is not acceptance. I would suggest you re read some of the informed and rational reasoning behind the pushback against this cha...

What even IS FCE? And why should WUBE care for them? Fortress Craft Evolved is a 3D factory building game on an alien planet. And the developer is notoriously active aggressive towards basically everyone :p. Thanks for clearing that up. If I google spidertron, all I get is Power Rangers. So Bandai-...

luc wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:41 pm

Did someone say spidertron? Spidertron!

TackleMcClean wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:48 pm

There were fluid mechanic updates planned for 0.17 that were put on hold.
I'm curious if these will eventually come into play or if they are abandoned.

Could we have a spidertron bringing new fluid mechanics please?

Sure, but you are not talking about the new players that is what it is done for. A new player after many hours still does not find challenges until the AO, it will take more than 15 hours of boring game and you will find what is avoided that you are 5 hours before, it is absurd. All we experienced ...

*chases Compilotron all the way to a biter base so they munch on it* Btw, I found out you CAN shoot compilotron. Doesn't seem to do any damage, so why he has eleventy billion health is strange. "you die while compilatron stands there amidst frenzied aliens pounding on it for hours and hours&qu...

T-A-R wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:38 pm

But i have been searching for these multiple mentions in the FFF's for an hour now, but I only found out that I only lost touch to what i loved, I clearly can't follow your reasoning anymore.

I assume Klonan meant multiple mentions of their priority to fix bugs now

Anecdotical evidence: On sunday I was adapting my factory to the changes of 17.60 and was confronted with a backed-up oil production because of HO. The thing is: I needed 5 minutes to recognize the problem even though I looked into plants and refineries. But I had to look at that yellow background c...

..., the pickaxe,... were all puzzles and gates that made the game what it was ... As soon as I see pickaxe mentioned I really have a hard time taking an argument serious anymore. The pickaxe itself as an item can not be called a puzzle or gate to anything. One might argue that mining by hand is to...

Adamo wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:24 am

I just setup my compilatrons to power themselves by eating trees.

Great idea.

Reminds me a little of the first RTS, Dune, where automatic harvesters would have no problems wandering into enemy territory in their quest for resources. I see similar happen here (and I like it).

As much as I like the idea of early ground based bots, I shudder to think of the pathfinding calculations that would result. I wrote a mod, which is on the mod portal, that does path finding for various tasks with sheep, err, compilatrons. The unit API is actually very fast when used properly. Ther...

... ( assuming there is one in the first place). ... + Are you sure steam sales boost factorio sells ? what about the % that is bought on website ?on Gog ? those little % don't count i guess right ? 80% of 80% of 80% is only +/- 50% . As I clearly said, I'm not sure. I would need to be Wube employe...

I figured both sides should be represented equally in the "useless arguments" category. No really TBH I was just sick of the complaining and had to complain myself. I lurked for weeks watching people freaking out and I reached my limit. Never fear I'll go back to silent mode now that I've...

Ok, it hurts both sides, but that still doesn’t diminish the point I’m trying to make. I’m only discussing it from the first person’s side. They’re still hurt, regardless of the warning given before, and it’s stupid and wrong to say they don’t have a right to feel hurt because they were warned befo...

If you don't want to understand the general ideas, i can explain why each point is questionnable. The age means something as such: If younger player i average finish the game faster, and suddenly one youtuber whose public is mostly that age launches rocket. Does the trend in come in from the new up...