I should clarify: by "slow and unreliable", I mean from a circuit control perspective, in that other things I may want to prevent (like the turrets shooting) may or must happen before the alert signal comes in, not that it takes any arbitrary length of time to happen (though that may be th...

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I see no reason a game community or developers cannot define terminology with definitions or syntax local to the game. It happens all the time.

In Factorio, internal/external consistency is especially relevant because mods are so integral to the game experience, and modders are exposed to internal terms on a regular basis, so the internal ones better be consistent with external ones or modders and players that use them wouldn't be able to t...

Um... in that article they talk about how they want to make things MORE consistent, i.e. the game-speak. Case in point, the last FFF talked about the recent change of a lot of internal references from "player" to "character" to make things more consistent (despite the breaking of...

"Mining" isn't just about consistency, it also represents the "mining" bar that appears whenever you go to "mine" something, and why the process is not instantaneous like bot-mediated deconstruction is. The terminology "tile" and "path" is also very ...

See: counting turret ammo use is slow and unreliable. My main point here is I want something that will work without having to shoot. What if I don't want to (or can't) kill the enemy or enemies immediately? On another note, I don't use lasers, and that's not compatible with the "Raining Bullets...

+1. Intricacies of internal implementation aside, it feels like a gross oversight that logistics networks can fulfill construction requests, but somehow cannot report how many remain unfulfilled within their range. As for the "why bother", I'd like to add that an important distinction betw...

I'd just like some way of directly detecting biters/enemies for circuit control purposes, since that would open up some interesting new ways to control a base (e.g. suspend rail/bot traffic, raise gates, conversely summon train to squash intruders, summon resupply train to outpost upon attack, adjus...

http://i.imgur.com/WmGOgX6.jpg Well played. On that note, I agree that your existing userbase is worth tapping alongside any attempted market expansion, since that is precisely the (increasingly rare) luxury afforded developers who cultivate a loyal following; some quality physical merchandise coul...

I think the game would make much more sense if evolution was driven by pollution *reaching* the nests and nests destroyed, without the current increases from "produced even if it does not reach nests" and "time passed". I like this insomuch as it's logical and consistent, but fr...

Efficiency modules seem to do a pretty spectacular job in the longer term.

A couple that haven't been suggested yet: A showcase video of something ridiculously complicated (think Sandstorm or FactoRayO) but starting with a montage of its construction that begins zoomed in at 1× speed so that people who don't know how Factorio works can grasp the level of complexity...and t...

What about just nerfing the research speed upgrades (and their costs)? If the bonuses went 10%,15%,20%,25%,30%,30% then things would start to look quite different at the top end.

I think the automation and logistics packs are in a good place right now, especially considering that automation needs to be hand-crafted early on, so I wouldn't mess with those. Allow me to suggest 5/5,6/6,14/7,14/7,24/8,27/9

Pretty sure this is just the game/devs teaching you that wanton pollution will be punished. The way I see it, either you take things a bit slower and manage your pollution, or you race for military expansion and pay the price in ammunition. I've also found that terrain (desert vs. grasslands) makes ...

Gotta ++ this. I especially like the idea of braking force applying to the tank/car; not only does it appropriately gate useful functionality, it also adds flavor to a research that is rather 1-dimensional at the moment, and considered useless by many (not including me). The turret rotation has been...

+1 to the "racist connotations argument is hogwash" camp. Let me point out that in Asian culture the exact opposite is true, with white being associated with lying, deceit, and malevolence, while black reflects honesty and integrity. Nonetheless, in neither culture do people get confused a...

As a member of the highly endangered Eco-Factorian subspecies I thought I'd post some statistics from my perspective, where priority goes to per-craft-minute (i.e. 1 minute of crafting at crafting rate 1) pollution, energy consumption, and productivity in that order. Listed below are the pollution a...

Have you tried overlapping the blueprint when you tile it horizontally? I have a hunch that you could shave off a column or two of heat pipe between exchanger columns without stifling the heat flow (though it would mess with the alignment with the reactors).

[...]the logistics system will pull any red belt out of storage and supply the blue belt machine with it in preference to making new red belts, all while still having red belt available for logistics requests. Not quite accurate. The red belts in the buffer will only be available for player and con...