In regards to the belt compression issues... Significant issues fixed in 16.25 and issues that mostly just those with OCD would notice in 16.26. I love the attention to detail by the devs and time taken to work it out. I think the Factorio players in general love attention to detail. A well oiled an...

Very exciting development! Maybe keep open the possibility for future building of train tunnels or bridges? Or make it possible for mods to be written to do it?

Regarding solving the issue with starting on an island... I agree that starting on starting on an island can be fun, but that we just want to avoid starting on an island that is TOO small without sufficient resources. It seems to me that a relatively easy way to resolve would be to use something lik...