If I could think of some solution without locking the settings to a particular scale (linear, super linear, exponential)... That's what I thought I suggested with the parametric exponent, though granted, my calculations were off. To make it simple for the user, I'd suggest two sliders for the facto...

With different linear scalings for the different tiers, there will be pretty high steps between the tiers. I think a smooth scaling would be preferable.

Red Science Problem May I suggest to use a super linear scaling method, specifically x^2 / 5. Super linear is any function that - compared to a linear function - increases more rapidly for high values (exactly what we desire for the late game) and has a less gradient for small values (to not distur...

It is great to see, how easily the illusion of different hights is achived. The horizontal belts and pipe which go through a cliff look like they are shifted to the side, as predicted. To improve on the graphics, I'd suggest making them about twice their current size, so that the shift accounts fo a...

The option should be there for the placement of signals on the left or right side of the tracks. As far as exit sides are concerned, I support this idea: The simplest exit strategy would be - exit where the mouse pointer is. It has be best chance to produce the result an uninformed player would expe...

Would the factor also affect intermediate products like basic circuits and cog wheels, or only placeable items (and maybe motor parts and the like, too)?

The game reflects itself in a way that the best way to play it is not to play it. :) Yes exactly. That is the strange part. You don't need to do anything, cause you have no needs whatsoever. There is no conflict (except for the moral dilemma, what you are doing to the natives and their world along ...

I recently thought about the game goal from a storytelling perspective. - The start needs to fit the end. The current setup of a crash landing immediately attributes the game to the survival genre, as evidenced by many suggestions in this direction, e.g. FOOD! , which (I assume) predominantly come f...

The gist is this: - If an output backs up, it throws the balancer off balance. - If you don't need an output stream, close the loop and backfeed it into the balancer. This way, you can balance any number of outputs. Be sure to give the backfeed a higher priority than the other sources, so that it do...

There was another planes thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8955 Planes! (specifically mentioning gyrocopters)

This topic also belongs here:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10315 Roads/streets as steering guide. Cars will try to stay on it

Oh, I like this suggestion. :D Not only whould that be really helpfull when walking minimal distances. When using multiple exoskeletons, correcting the position to i.e. step of the belt, wouldn't anymore result in a 2 tile leap to the next equally unfavorable position. Also the escapes from biters w...

I wholeheartely second that. Specifically that a click-drag built power pole can connect to more than one pole. The use would be to connect different networks but also when building whole arrays of power poles. Also I can't think of any situation, where I would brefer the current method over the bet...

I'm a little out of context but wanted to add my to cents on the claim that curves are slower than straights, which is wrong. Test setup: Both belts cover same exact distance, one with 2 curves and the other with 20 curves. end.png The curvy track is significantly faster. The lead of 3.875 tiles mak...

2. Will LAN games require Factorio user authentication? no Will it be possible for a lan game to require authentication? Hopefully. Thinking about student housing networks or big LAN parties (which is kind of the same really) this would be useful. Will it be possible to switch between single- and m...

I agree with 5:1:7 without any modules and advanced oil processing.
I think the main oversight was, that the refinery has a production speed of 1, while the chemical plants have a production speed of 1.25.

Soo my last comment was probably a little harsh ...

The gif is perfect

"already planned" - do you know some internals we don't? How soon?

As long as there are no watermills, there is no sense in implementing actual height in the game. Sure, it would look better, and the problems it causes would all be solvable somehow. But it would be a huge amount of work development wise for comparatively little visual gain and nearly no gamplay gai...

Are you talking about the steel axe that is too fast, or some modded super axe? Because frankly I don't think it is a serious problem in vanilla. As a rule, I'd say, restart mining only if the mouse pointer is moved outside the original catchment area or it is the same item than the mined one (strai...

Active/passive provider really is not the clearest naming. Some alternatives: Replenishment chest Push provider chest I like replenishment, since the function bears some resemblance to the actual process in logistics by that name. But I'm not sure how understandable that word is and even if native s...