Friday Facts #187 - Space science & 0.15 graphics

[Tev]

Rocket science! Autolaunch! Advanced steam engines! Nukes! OMG YES!

Guys you are just awesome

[Eaggra]

I know I had a life, but now I have Factorio with infinite research ... thanks for ruining me!

Indeed
I have to tell my boss that I need more than two weeks of vacation.

The tank waggon looks really nice. Looks like we can transport three different fluids with one waggon.

[Kuro-Maii]

I am looking forward to get my hand on 0.15. the update looks awesome and I want to play with the programmable speaker a lot. that thing looks awesome. I hope it is fully MIDI compatible and/or that we can change the sound font used.

I only have 1 issue:
the map colors where mentioned to be more clear... however, when I look at the map screenshots in the FFF i mainly see that there is a lot of yellow ( there used to be a lot of blue ) and the for reasons unknown the trains have been made yellow with red. it took me a long while to realize that there where actually a lot of trains there.... whit the train colors on the map in 0.14 it was easier to spot them...
I hope this will be changed or that a mod can alter map colors.
what would make the trains even better on the map is if they would somehow have the locomotive color.

also a nice thing would be the ability to pick your own colors for the map.

still main point being the train colors are not an improvement on the map few as they are in the FFF.

[Tev]

coal liquefication

Even more win!

EDIT:

for reasons unknown the trains have been made yellow with red. it took me a long while to realize that there where actually a lot of trains there.... whit the train colors on the map in 0.14 it was easier to spot them...

It's barbaric to nitpick such great work but yeah, I agree that train-highlighting will be big issue in 0.15. It was already in 0.14 but pollution-on enabled nice train overview (as blue on bright red was quite nicely visible).

[aober93]

Wait, what is this about? Is 0.15 going to stop being compatible with XP? I don't want the game broken on me!

Factorio will be compatible with Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10), Mac OS X (10.9+) und Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04) see gog page
https://www.gog.com/game/factorio

[steinio]

Wait, what is this about? Is 0.15 going to stop being compatible with XP? I don't want the game broken on me!

Factorio will be compatible with Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10), Mac OS X (10.9+) und Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04) see gog page
https://www.gog.com/game/factorio

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[ThunderWolf2100]

itshappening.gif

http://i.imgur.com/2a4TjW9.gifv

I'm Sorry, but the Elon It's Happening gif is only allowed for Mars, but

ITS HAPPENING

[FatMcK]

It's finally happening!!

But it is still 3-4 days more to wait .. please give us the changelogs now!

[pawel.dawidowski]

Can you give us exact time when the update would be available?

[Geertje123]

Is solar panel power and accumulator storage also included in the endless research?

[brunzenstein]

What about the help videos ?
How and when do they pop up and whats covered?

[halloween20]

um... i have some concerns about the sience symbols in the tech tree...
for the early techs it is a nice info gain. but later one, with techs that need 5 and more different techs it might get confusing.
they simply get to squeezed in the tech button to show them all.

[IronCartographer]

Has the higher quality fuel been given higher boiler efficiency too? So boilers would output hotter steam just like vehicles will get better performance on higher tier fuel sources?

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... s/dglklkj/

[aober93]

So now that 0.15 settled, what about 0.16

[Klonan]

Has the higher quality fuel been given higher boiler efficiency too? So boilers would output hotter steam just like vehicles will get better performance on higher tier fuel sources?

https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... s/dglklkj/

Nope

[robyoublind]

um... i have some concerns about the sience symbols in the tech tree...
for the early techs it is a nice info gain. but later one, with techs that need 5 and more different techs it might get confusing.
they simply get to squeezed in the tech button to show them all.

A little bit of abstraction in the UI design would help a lot, and not only here (new inventory icons are also rather busy and would benefit IMO from getting reduced to a more basic form):


(compare with the image in this FFF)

[alexzzzz]

I'm so excited by this.
All of this awesomeness is just for $20.

I NEED AN INSTRUCTION HOW TO DONATE MOAR, I'M NOT KIDDING!!1111

There is Factorio Soundtrack DLC in Steam. I would buy any new DLC no matter what's inside, because Factorio's price/fun ratio is too low.

[giustizieri25]

Even apart from the fact that there is a new version release coming, this has to be one of the best made FFF posts you guys have done. Those graphics look amazing -- give those folks a raise!

Totally agree !!

[giustizieri25]

I'm so excited by this.
All of this awesomeness is just for $20.

I NEED AN INSTRUCTION HOW TO DONATE MOAR, I'M NOT KIDDING!!1111

There is Factorio Soundtrack DLC in Steam. I would buy any new DLC no matter what's inside, because Factorio's price/fun ratio is too low.

I also bought the soundtrack DLC because ... hey it's just amazing !!

[mbattjes@gmail.com]

This is the first sub-factory where I gave up after 32 belts stopped being enough, and turned it fully robot-based. Now there is nothing interesting to see, but it works.

Are there any plans to make robot-powered factories more logistically interesting? It still always feels like a kind of necessary way to cheat yourself out of using belts.