Ratchetfreak nailed it. Biters will make random expansion attempts, which can reach into polluted territory. They will usually attack outright (giving the impression of very rare attacks), but they can also make bases that you won't know about until either the radar blips it or you inspect first hand.

If resources are infinite, how is increasing the cost of something going to improve balance? The only thing that matters is the relative cost between various goods. Items that give better results for less effort are better than items that give weaker results for more effort. It's a pretty simple equ...

Is this something where a player has "skates" that allow him to ride the rail system, or is it a special type of vehicle that basically has infinite fuel? Another possibility is to have an armor module that automatically loads or spawns fuel while inside a train.

but it'll increase the art that needs to be done by a order of magnitude

If you have unique icons for every level of damage, yes.

But stuff like fire and smoke effects can work across multiple things.

Looks legit. Boilers will idle once their water hits 100C. Steam engines will not consume hot water until something needs power. Pretty much everything in factorio will safely idle when it is not needed.

Build some factory to use that power.

but have the advantage that regular amo that already exists doesn't go to waste. But that SMALL upside costs triple the downside in terms of hassle, resource costs and time. It is literally better to just let the obsolete tech go to waste. Throw low tech bullets into a turret somewhere and let it b...

If the chest has room for two inserters, why not use two inserters? Seems a waste of space to not max out the goods.

Inserters will only harvest the resources needed to feed their assembler. Smart inserters will only grab the resources you allow them to, and for more advanced users will only grab them WHEN you want them to. Inserters will always deposit resources on the far side of a belt, and always the same side...

SMG ammo eats through resources super fast. Making the recipe even more expensive (adding yellow ammo practically doubles the already rough crafting time) isn't a particularly nice idea. Try to focus your nerf posts against the strongest aspects of the game, OP. Like everyone knows that shotgun ammo...

I think it can be summed up in one obscure quote:

"Perfection is when nothing more can be taken away."

TLDR: Less fluff more stuff.

The simplest answer is that instead of having the build attempt fail out of range, it just places a blueprint instead.

Has anyone run the math on burner vs. electric inserter? Burner inserters seem to be INCREDIBLY wasteful with their energy consumption, but they don't seem to consume idle power. Electric inserters always consume a shot of idle power, but individual actions are pretty cheap. I suppose if someone was...

I don't think you can count things flying around a belt. But you can count things stored in chests no problem, and maybe work things that way.

This thread 4/10 contains loops!

It doesn't have loops quite yet!
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =5&t=14559

NOW it does.

As part of clarifying icons on the game field, I suggest the following changes to the research icons: Red- A tall, thin, classic science vial. Green- Keep as is. The rounded potion shape. Blue- A larger, triangular beaker. Purple- A large, cylindrical beaker. The basic idea is to make sure that item...

I dunno about this. By the time blue tech is available, it's not a big deal to haul at least one roboport around for major tasks. Before then you simply don't use nor have enough resources to need this kind of heavy automation. Don't forget that forests can be cleared with poison capsules and shotgu...

What? There are legitimate places where nuclear power is the way to go. It does NOT belong in every single corner of the world.

5kw is a lot? How many lights are you using? Even a thousand constantly burning lamps is 120 solar panels, which is pretty manageable.

would be much simpler and much easier than having each world to have its own save folder. then you would have tons of folders, would become a big mess of folders.. How so? It's not possible to have more folders than save files. If anything it would help ORGANIZE the save folder, and has a side bonu...

I definitely have to agree. Individual worlds are big projects, and they may differ in terms of mod lists or other major settings. It's best for each world to have its own save folder.