How about pipe ramps? or better yet, an overhead catwalk to walk above the whole factory? Catwalks can be used for many neat things. Including crossings for rail lines, or even for road car highways. I'm all for catwalks. catwalks would be interesting, but how would they be implemented? would the c...

Nobody wants to compete with Fallout 4 in November, so several pushed their games to February... which makes that a bad time to release as well.
January might actually be the best choice if it has to be "soon".

More flavor! I like it

silenced wrote: There's no further use for concrete for examplee, except paving.

Rocket launch platform.
Pretty narrow niche, i know, but still

Landmine research - Just like bullet damage research. I'm not a fan of the idea as it doesn't make much sense (how do you get more boom without adding more explosives?). Purer or different boompowder mix? More tightly packed explosive package? Hell.. you can improve the boomification of your rocket...

My point was that the counter argument brought up by lancar wasn't useful, as we're discussing why construction robots being able to take from requester chests might be a bad idea... I think what you missed noticing was that all the items I listed were both construction items AND things needed to b...

That would brake the current functionality of the blue chests. It can be only added, so if it suddenly could be emptied, it changes the functionality. Please highlight a single occurrence where construction bots dig into a blue chest and it causes an interruption in factory production. It's honestl...

Can you tell us the difference to this suggestion: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16696 Power indicator on power poles ? Sure. They way I figure he was thinking was that he wanted some sort of light to glow on all the poles if they had power. I want a visual sparking effe...

I'm thinking that substations and/or large power poles could display some sort of visual effect when the electrical grid is nearly overloaded, like the occasional sparks or faint glow. I think it would add nice atmosphere to the factory, and serve as a constant reminder that you're walking a razors ...

How about pipe ramps? or better yet, an overhead catwalk to walk above the whole factory? Actually, thinking about it it would probably make more sense to have a type of pipe that goes in the air like power lines. Would look really nice for long-distance piping, and still crossable. This is all for ...

And I was SO sure, too :p
Oh well. No internets winnings for me.

Now when I read that I think I should have added a poll-option like Maybe, if the cost vs. fun is very well balanced (high cost, not an early-game option). No... It doesn't matter how many options you put in. There will always be calls that a poll is either biased, self-serving or whatever. The bes...

Actually, I agree. Accus are pretty much dirt cheap for what they do (enables completely free & clean energy all day in conjunction with solars). I wouldn't mind at all if their cost doubled.
Might make Steam Power useful for longer.

I think the sugestion is valid. it's also not original (been sugested before) Why do I need to be holding a solar panel item to tell construction robots to build one? i should just be able to click a button to open an item list, click on one placing a ghost item in your hand, then place it on the t...

But what if i don't have one, nor the materials in inventory to craft it?

Right... First off, I admit I didn't even look if this was suggested or not (hey, at least I'm upfront about it! ;) ) Reading up on the recent crafting speed hoopla it occurred to me that there's a function to the blueprint system I really, really want. The ability to place a building or entity as a...

I do agree that it is pretty difficult to set up a "stockpile" of local raw materials for your construction bots to use. Items get randomly thrown into storage chests and finished products won't always be where they're needed. IMO the best fix is to let construction bots dig into requeste...

Brilliant! The factory is still working with intricate recipes, players just pack up with those and venture forth. This can be done in a separate crafting category, which is forbidden for assemblers and put on a separate tab for player. Btw, did you know the player already crafts faster than all bu...

Brilliant! The factory is still working with intricate recipes, players just pack up with those and venture forth. This can be done in a separate crafting category, which is forbidden for assemblers and put on a separate tab for player. Btw, did you know the player already crafts faster than all bu...

One idea which I had for maybe overcoming (which may also help with the "inventory too small" 'problem') is to have what I call Crafting Packs: Craftable items which take significant time and resources to produce, but can be used to craft things in-hand quickly. The idea is it will always...