The autosaves aren't just for corrupt saves. If I make a mistake in game and don't realise for 10 minutes, I might choose to load an autosave that isn't the latest one... Automatic backups serve both these purposes, just need a proper GUI for that. For developers, backup management and GUI tweaking...

You don't need a mod for this. Simple backup software can do this. I'm a little surprised how difficult to explain the main idea. Modern software does fkn everything for a user, so he does not need to know what the "mod" is, what 3rd party software he need, and player does not need to eve...

Tertius wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:10 pm

If you fear corruption, create one manual individually named save every day just after you started playing.

Are there mods that can do gamesave on daily basis? Say, for last three days?
I guess mods can't because they have no access to a wall clock, right?
Could Factorio do that for a player?

If you have issues repeatedly something is really wrong with your hardware. This is the point: can I play Factorio WHEN my hardware looks faulty but I'm not able to find exact reason? Developers can say "we are not responsible for your hardware", and they can say "our game runs regar...

I will not give up :). Let's check what we can check: bools and enums; some integer and float variables also have "sane" value ranges. If we check 30%, this is good. The extreme case - make a load test (simplified) right after a save. If I had faulty hardware, I would want such option rega...

Can the values be checked during the saving? This will not prevent such errors, but will give an immediate warning "use backup autosave RIGHT NOW", and the autosave will do the job it's intended to. Yes, value checking would take more time, there may be an optional checkbox in the options....

The issue is not completely over. We can say: well, it is my hardware or cosmic rays, so what can I do to prevent next gamesave loss after another XXX hrs? My solution is: I make additional manual gamesaves once a day - two or three rotating backup files. If some gamesave will corrupt for whatever r...

vjbone wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:31 pm

But what will happen if don't? Air strike, bitter attack from range X?

I have suggested a volcano for this.

Maybe "flexibility" was not the best word. Yes, we can make crazy things in Factorio, but some designs look unnatural, awkward, ugly, and vice versa. I think pipeline of pipes is slightly better than pipeline made of tanks, YMMV.

There also is another approach: decompress water to 2 x 1500 when arrived to nuclear station, this gives more flexibility for station design.

I think every post should have a button "+1" ̶o̶r̶ ̶"̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶"̶. That's simple and universal.

I did not receive such message.
So please post to me that interesting stuff

Finding a different oil patch may be way cheaper and faster solution even considering additional time for far explorations. Is it acceptable to you?

EngineerPerson wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:08 am

I get killed in seconds and I would need thousands of ammo and hundreds of turrets to dent that place.

Yes, there were nests I spent thousands of ammo. Very large nests are very expensive to destroy.
Eat fish to keep alive during the battle. You may need hundreds of them.

How about laser turrets?

I've got new title! "Read this OR Santa Claus will die"
Not too toxic?

Hey, what's wrong with water pumps? High-performance setups require specific design, this is normal.

I never build nuclear power stations on water, because this is to easy. Delivering resources is a key point in Factorio.

Nevertheless, I think the simplest solution (without rewriting the article) would by modifying the title. The threatening "read this or be ignored" sounds very plausible, so it gives a serious mood for further reading. If we write some serious-looking hyperbole or nonsense like "read ...

Please tell me, if I made it worse (or better). :) I think it is worse because who will read rules introduced by a novel? Also, excuses reduces the power of statements. The writer may think this is an explanation, the reader will think this is an excuse, because he was forced (by title) to read tha...

jodokus31 wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:03 pm

Would factorio get assigned to performance cores, if memory bandwidth is not the bottleneck?

I run small factory (assume no bandwidth issues) at x64 speed on Win10, and got two P-cores working. Not sure about macOS.

ssilk wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:19 am

the original title was “Having sex with biters (Read this OR be ignored!)”

I like that title! This is the classic: "sex" - now we have your attention.