One question though. Since silo size is changed, what will happen with it when converting 0.16 save to 0.17 ? Since it just got one row (or is that column?) smaller, I guess that the worst case scenario would be that your inserters/power grid won't "connect" anymore on one side... (until ...

Optera wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 22, 2019 5:44 pm

I'm a little sad about loosing belt biter traps. Having them derp out and ride belt circles was hilarious.

Indeed :

Huh, looks like that spawners actually work a bit like this - but in an opposite way ! I think options for biter difficulty should be available just like the terrain options when creating a map. There are just some things that mods can't fix.. like pollution behavior. The ability to tweak how much p...

Not that they're no longer a threat (Though you do get better over time in destroying these buggers), but their genocide feels less of use... On default settings you MUST barricade your base from them and you MUST claim land from them or you will lose. Well, on default settings they become very eas...

Active hunting for alien nests could be automated (if that was developement goal) but what would be the point of enemies at all if you could just send some robots to destroy closest nest and negate need for any defence perimeter you build by the time of getting these robots? I believe that was the ...

If you're interested in challenges like this, why not instead try to play without any power lines ?

It's not uncommon to have separate mods for higher resolution graphics (or heavy audio files) :
Alien Biomes for instance

I kind of doubt that he has Steam installed on his work PC ?

wobbycarly wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:20 am

I don't see any benefits in adjusting the building range.

There are many situations where it could be useful to prevent bots from repairing/(re)placing things :
for instance situations where it would be a bit too expensive to replace the killed bots (and whatever they could be carrying).

Uh, what do you mean by "confirmed" ?
EDIT : never mind, this is not a mine thread.

I survived this : (IIRC, I didn't even lose that many bots, as biters tend to target you preferentially.)

https://wiki.factorio.com/Achievements Enabling peaceful mode or setting enemy bases to anything lower than default disables the following achievements: There is no spoon, No time for chit-chat, Raining bullets and Steam all the way. [...] In multiplayer, achievements can only be earned if the playe...

Loving the development ways of Factorio. Is it just my imagination or Factorio is acquiring more and more similarities to the first StarCraft? Would love to play StarCraft on Factorio map, though. Or a symbiosis of both games taking landscape+automation from Factorio and unit controls + fight mecha...

Indeed.

IMHO Storage Tank - Pump linking via control wire should be one of the game start "Tips & Tricks" !

For the shinny reward part, achievements are completely moddable if I'm not mistaken. Not necessarily modded yet, but definitely moddable (a mod request could help). Did I ever say this suggestion topic is for the vanilla game only? Modders, feel free to implement a solution to this. The "Idea...

I agree fully about the issues with the tank durability, but I'd like to add that you can actually "increase" it dramatically by using repair bots - though that does require to stand still (or maybe move very slowly?). Also, stunning/pushing biters with Discharge Defense helps a lot ! (So,...

I know (- not a single device though? -), that's why the P in ASAP.
Not necessarily useless though - depends on how well it can be decoded in software !

Not sure if relevant, but IIRC there's also a kind of attack that only happens over 4% evolution...

GIF is only smaller than 8-bit PNG on icons, due to GIF's more efficient palette definition. On larger 8-bit images PNG's superior compression wins. Never use GIF, it is inferior to PNG for static images and inferior to MP4 for animations. Not even for small animations like these ? => :lol: (Though...

AFAIK planes are still vulnerable to ranged attacks ?
(With various effects on "crash".)

And I know that they have been automated by some people (using AAI), for cargo transport only maybe ?