Secondly, toolbar idea: 'Switch train to manual' for a train you're on board, so it isn't sitting checking for an arbitrary circuit condition to stop it buggering off when I get where I'm going, or if I just need to do a bit of manoeuvering, without me having to open the gui and find the little ...

So when is 0.17 coming?
No update in the FFF and January is pretty much done :(


They said it probably wouldn't come out this month in some FFF over the past couple weeks. So your best chance is some time in the next 4-5 weeks.


Friday Facts #278
https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-278 ...

Worm in FFF 259


Worm in FFF 279 looks the same but blurry. Were the graphics in this FFF were meant to be highlighted or just the game mechanics?

In addition to other suggestions and requests for clearer interface layout for train conditions and skip stop logistics,
I would love to see something like TrainsCaller mod make it into Vanilla.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/TrainsCaller
Low performance overhead, sensible useful trains logistics ...

Hey, would be a nice touch to copy and paste train station conditions. It wouldn't even need extra buttons, I would be happy to be able just hover over a scheduled stop and press ctrl-c then ctrl-v to a blank area to create a copy then I can just change the station, or hover over another existing ...

I like the new train GUI and the spitters look splendid as well.

However, is there any change you can improve the colour settings for trains stations and trains?

What I think of is a colour pallet which a player can quickly choose a desired colour from (copper, iron, coal... etc.). Additionally ...

Why can't train fuel be in the same tab? It's annoying having to switch tabs just for such a small use case.


Fuel also needs to display an inventory. Though I could see workflows where you only want to view the amount of fuel, or refuel from your action bar.


It just needs to show fuel ...

I've really wanted to have different load outs available depending on what I'm wanting to do.
The 0.17 quick bar system goes a long way towards that, along with the benefits of them being shortcuts which can be used to place ghosts. Thank you!

Be great if we had something similar for logistic ...

I'm really looking forward to 0.17 and although a little disappointed it may not make it this month, I trust the devs and prepared to wait as long as it takes. Enjoying continuing to play on my current save, I'm learning so much and just keeping in mind the upcoming changes.

Great work Wube! Thank ...

This is an interesting idea, hadn't thought of it before.
You can put an output priority filter on splitter sides without a belt to avoid a few bits sitting unused.

Here it is with the priority filters and a comparison to a respected 6 to 6 balancer

Fantastic!

Yet again having to create a new blueprint because I needed to tweak few things and going through the name and pick icons, delete old one, put new one in book - I googled "Factorio blueprint editor".
I was puzzled.
There is a rudimentary blueprint editor on github
https://forums.factorio.com ...

Just spotted this thread on Reddit, all credit to those concerned.
https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/aac43r/win_condition/

~~You can enter the rocket silo like a vehicle once a rocket has been built. The rocket can hold up to 8 people. You launch yourself into space. No additional ...

In Multiplayer cutscene would be brilliant for a player who wants to see what another player is doing via the map view.
I'm new to the game so may have missed something, but at the moment theres a bit of where's waldo when trying to find a fellow player.
It'd be so much easier if there was a way ...

But the second advantage is even greater, as the fluid systems are now independent and fluid flow doesn't interfere with anything else in the map, their update can be completely parallelized without any worries. So we just did that.

From https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/99355-qol ...

Just came across this thread today and wanted to add my own opinion.
I'm more than happy for bots to fan out behind me when I lay down a big job and leave them behind to do the job while I run ahead distributing the rest. I know how they behave and will go back and collect them. I don't want to ...

So I created a cleanup system:
1. A cargo train can also depart if there hasn't been any activity for some time (ensuring it can leave even though not fully loaded).
2. Another "cleanup" train immediately visits the station after the cargo train leaves. Cleanup train arrival is tracked by circuits ...

Great to see someone enjoying the map generation feature.
Loved browsing through your maps.
I hope that 0.17 will be even more satisfying for you and win everyone else over.

Definitely yes please!

I have a couple of questions about the CTRL+Z functionality:
2. I, too, find the lack of usefulness of the QOL features for the pre-bot period unfortunate. Perhaps it would make sense to add a lower tier of non-flying {burner?} construction bots, as previous posts indicated.


I've thought about ...