Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

[Klonan]

https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-253

[Gergely]

Maybe not

The first thing on the website: Notice on Wube's privacy policy and "GDPR".

WHAT THE HECK NOW?!

Enough of this transparency!

...

Whoa! The walls look great! Now we need this as an option for PvP under "Duplicate starting entities".

[Jap2.0]

I'm a bit curious as to why the speed varies. In the comments of his video, he says that he's using an AutoHotkey script, so shouldn't it maintain a constant speed if you do something like this:

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Label1:
Send {Enter}
Sleep, 16.67
Goto, Label1

(that's obviously simplified and you could use loops, but you can get the gist of it.)

EDIT: AutoHotkey is quite aggressive and will try to make anything you do (including turning it off) very difficult if you use the above script. Something you could actually use (presses enter 60 times per second while caps lock is on) would go like this:

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#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

#InstallKeybdHook

Label1:
If GetKeyState("CapsLock" , "T")
  {
  Send {Enter}
  Sleep, 16.67
  Goto, Label1
  }Else{
  Sleep, 100
  }
Goto, Label1

Apologies if it's a bit messy, just something I threw together quick.

EDIT 2: Compiled script attached if anyone actually cares and doesn't want to install ahk. Also because it took about 5 seconds. And it's zipped because the forum doesn't allow .exe

[eradicator]

including an automated splitter type machine for sorting which floors returned books go to.

My browser seems to be broken. It's not showing the video for this

Any chance we can get diagonal rail gates?

[Triaxx2]

Nice on the new walls. Not sure I'm a fan of the gates, but I'll learn to live with it.

[xehanorth]

why is the last picture of the fff in portrait mode? if that was in landscape mode it could have made a really cool new wallpaper for my pc XD

[QGamer]

The walls are so beautiful!!!
I can't wait!

[Jap2.0]

Maybe not

The first thing on the website: Notice on Wube's privacy policy and "GDPR".

WHAT THE HECK NOW?!

Enough of this transparency!

...

That's odd, I'm not getting anything like that. Is that limited to the EU?
Also, a couple questions about the privacy thing: What is the newsletter? Do you send out the FFFs as an email, or what? Also, why is 16 the age under which you need parental consent for internet stuff? I've usually seen 13 - is that a US law vs GDPR thing?
Also :

WHO WE ARE
•We are WUBE Software Ltd., the developers of your favourite game Factorio.

[OvermindDL1]

That's odd, I'm not getting anything like that. Is that limited to the EU?

I'm getting it in the USA too, all good though.

[dasiro]

the fuel notification is quite handy, although when your train network is not redundant enough you'll notice it soon enough

[Aeternus]

Smooth looking double wall. Looks like that would be much more stable then a single wall. Consider adding a max HP bonus to walls with adjacent wall sections maybe? These graphics definately suggest that would hold up.

The train fuel alert is also very handy once the train grid becomes... big. Good things!

[Cryoge]

I really like the new "out of fuel" notification. Very useful for me.
The now filled wall are good (looking) too, even thougt a bit bright.
And thumbs up for more structures in high resolution. b

[Meritic]

Yeeeey my sign made it even to FFF.

Also those walls look really crisp.

[mexmer]

including an automated splitter type machine for sorting which floors returned books go to.

My browser seems to be broken. It's not showing the video for this

Any chance we can get diagonal rail gates?

that was just indirect invitation.

book sorting machine is quite interesting, i was not there this time (for factorio), but few year ago.

[Merssedes]

Is new laser turret shoots are continuous in time now instead of autonavigated fast moving king-of-bullets?

[Jap2.0]

Is new laser turret shoots are continuous in time now instead of autonavigated fast moving king-of-bullets?

Yes.

[steinio]

Gates should merge too.

[Tankh]

Love the merged wall!!

[luc]

Am I seeing this right: will the laser turret now be an actual, y'know, laser?

[Jan11]

I need a new graphic card to play the game in HR.

My GTX 690 has not enough Vram... I still playing with normal settings, but now after that picture .... ^^