1. Yes, and yes. 2. Also yes. 3. Yes again. I like these questions, easy to answer! Anyway, to help troubleshoot you problem, try these items: Are you trying to run the client and server on the same computer? Factorio doesn't play nice this way. Host on a separate computer, or a VM works surprisingl...

It's also worth checking in the unofficial updated mods section: https://forums.factorio.com/viewforum.php?f=120 Checking the last couple pages of the original mod thread might turn up a successor mod, or someone who has already updated it. If you post the mod's name, and a link to where you found i...

Strongly suggest buying a mouse. Games like factorio work so much better that way.

To do the right-click thing, here is a few suggestions: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/five-ways-to ... -trackpad/

I like a nice symmetric number. How about 13.31?

It would be a great help if we could get them something reproducible. The hit and miss nature drives me crazy, and would be near impossible to debug. The connection itself doesn't seem to make a difference. Last night I played with a coworker. He was hosting on his laptop (in a vm!), playing on his ...

Okay so this screenshot has all the important parts visible. Ignore the roboports, pump jacks, and turrets. http://i.imgur.com/KXp0EIp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KXp0EIp.jpg I'll go through it according to the numbers in the picture: I think this is wrong picture. I mostly see a lake, no numbers... Try...

Been trying to troubleshoot a slow map download issue as well. Does yours start downloading fast, then slow down to a crawl?

A recent multiplayer game with a friend does this. Starts dl at >1mb, drops slowly all the way to ~35kb. It's only a 4mb map at this point.

I strongly advise testing your port forwarding using a tool like http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ I'm under the impression that only the person hosting needs port forwarding. Others just need to make sure their firewall is set correctly. If you are still having problems, or are unable t...

If you want respawn in single player, you can just play in multiplayer by yourself as well. I'm not sure the respawn really changes anything about singleplayer. You can always reload an autosave. But for consistency, maybe it should be the same as multiplayer. Is there any other way to see game stat...

It's worth a try to double check your VPS's port using a tool like http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ Then you can tell for sure if it's reachable via the internet. I know the VPS our city rents is behind a hardware firewall of some sort, plus the OS's firewalling. To open any non-standar...

If you have a widescreen monitor, you might be better off turning it 90 degrees, to get a better view up/down vs left/right. I do this for coding sometimes.

You can buy it right now, and you'll get a steam key to add it to your steam account if you wish. Threatening to pirate the game because you want to buy it only once it's on Steam, and only for 15 won't do any good. Just facepalm... If I would be able to buy it in web site I would done it by now. W...

Oh wow, those pictures really do have the factorio feel. If only we could dump straight from train cars into furnaces...

I had a look at a game when playing, seems like well under 100kbps. If he has a higher monthly cap (or no cap) on satellite, you should give it a try. In my experience factorio handles high latency quite well. Just keep cranking up the latency till it runs smooth. Then you decide if the input lag is...

Hi, I love your mod concept, but I wasn't thrilled with the activation mechanism, so I've been trying different methods. I'm pretty happy with my mods to your mod, but I'll often get some client lag when it renders or un-renders a turret's range (It's creating/destroying ~100 entities per turret , ...

I'm glad you decided to stick with Factorio, and give updating the mod a try. I felt a little bad after my post, it was a bit harsh

The modder forum is generally very active and helpful, hopefully they'll get you running in no time!

They are experimental versions, the devs just happen to be nice enough to let us play them. They have no obligation to support old experimental versions. The mods are generally simple to update, even though the game is still a BETA version that is expected to break mods. Eventually the mod API will ...

Not sure what you mean about the hiatus... There is a post every Friday here: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=38 You can buy the game on the factorio site here: https://www.factorio.com/order They accept mastercard/visa/paypal/bitcoin/paysafecard. I'd advise buying now, as the pric...

You know what you guys should do? Create a book with all the technical stuff from your friday facts and sell it. Indie Game developers love stuff like this and would instant buy it. You could also create wiki articles for a game dev wiki about optimizations from it I guess. Just another vote for th...

Another option would be to add a 'processing' stage between the raw wood and charcoal. If you use an assembler to chop up the raw wood into say, 'wood pellets' then you can smelt the pellets into charcoal. Just make sure your wood pellets don't have a fuel value. edit: Just had another neat idea abo...