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ToxicTiger wrote:In the minimal mode maybe you could have a mode where you could add mods before you fully launch the game so you don't have to restart.

del /S /F /Q "%appdata%\factorio\mods\*.*"

copy "%appdata%\factorio\mods - vanilla\*.*" "%appdata%\factorio\mods\"

"C:\Program Files\Factorio\bin\x64\factorio.exe"

AntiElite wrote:What i would really love to have for MP is a Ping/signal that i can put on the (Mini)map that shows up for like 5 seconds with a sound notification as you have them in most RTS. That woudl significantly helpt with communication!

sabriath wrote:Suggestions

1. Have Red/Green wiring overlay.
2. Create a "node" object that can be Red/Green wired and named (seen on map), when you mouse over in the map, you can get a glimpse of information that is passing through the node.
3. Have a "heat" map based on how much electricity objects are using.
4. Have a button that will flash all vehicles, maybe even have an arrow of some sort to really get the point across that your car wasn't destroyed, and you simply misplaced it among all the other buildings and trains in the railyard.

AntiElite wrote:What i would really love to have for MP is a Ping/signal that i can put on the (Mini)map that shows up for like 5 seconds with a sound notification as you have them in most RTS. That woudl significantly helpt with communication!

hitzu wrote:And guys, if you really want to make the game to be more colorblind friendly then remember that the most contrast colors pair for normal vision people - red and green - don't work on colorblind people. So the red pollution on the green map for them looks like yellow pollution on the yellow map. Also most of them don't differentiate blue and purple. So the most informative color of the pollution for them would be either blue (hard to see on water) or black.

PacifyerGrey wrote:I do like the new map markers. But I would suggest extending this by adding a programmable item which would display the text or a certain sign based on circuit network.
This item can also optionally display a holo (alpha blended) sign of increased size icon in normal view (non-map) to help marking certain areas and supplementing visual alerts.

I'm sure this could be really useful for making really creative stuff which could also be viewed directly from map!

super_aardvark wrote:Showing the exact content of the ore field gets me thinking...

1. Why not have that gated behind tech? Just show the ore type, not the number, before that.
2. Add some kind of seismic scanning tech/building (similar to the radar) that can find new ore/oil patches far from the base (without the need to actually reveal the terrain). This would need to have a large range to be worthwhile, but maybe you could come up with limitations that would render it not-overpowered -- since of course we don't want to eliminate exploration. Maybe it only indicates the direction of the thing you're looking for (handheld device, say), or it doesn't tell you exactly what it's found, or it's very expensive or power-hungry.