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Escadin wrote:Cheesus freakin crust. It's like you're releasing a standalone expansion pack / sequel at this point. I was gonna ask you if you could a release a "Last XP compatible version" branch to steam (Age of Empires 2 HD has something similar) that people like me can use when they're occasionally trapped with an old XP machine and suffer boredom. However, I'm having second thoughts just by the sheer amount of fundamental additions to the game. I don't think anybody will be able to go back a version after this patch hits. There is simply too much they would miss!

psychomuffin wrote:...BTW, I'm sure you are on some sort of government watchlist now, lol.

Kelderek wrote: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!

I'm curious about the space science. I totally love this idea, I just want to understand it better. Would this be just data transmitted down from the satellite and somehow magically distilled into packs inside the silo? Just thinking ahead for future ideas here, but if that is transmitted data then maybe we could have a separate communication tower or satellite dish that would be needed to receive it If it wasn't transmitted data but is somehow an actual physical science sample (space dust/debris?) then maybe it would be cool to have it land somewhere within a radius range of the silo that launched it (possibly flagged somehow so logistics bots could retrieve it).

It just strikes me as odd that the science packs would show up inside the rocket silo, to my way of thinking it would be cool if they are delivered somewhere else separately (data receiving comm tower or some kind of drop pods).

How would you describe the way that the science packs end up in the silo?

I can wait to give all of this a try next week.

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

Loewchen wrote:

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

There at least will not be a 32bit executable.

J-H wrote:

Loewchen wrote:

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

There at least will not be a 32bit executable.

I'm sorry, that doesn't clarify anything for me. Will Factorio 0.15 run on Windows XP, or do I need to set Steam to not update it to avoid a broken game?

J-H wrote:Okay, thanks.

I guess I will continue my existing game of 1.14, then. Maybe in a couple of years when I do a big system upgrade and finally tackle the Linux migration (thus breaking a bunch of my favorite old games, unless I manage a triple box system) I'll be able to pick back up with Factorio 1.1 or something.

ftbreizhbugs wrote:Belting the science center will be challenging with so much different science packs though...

Mendel wrote:But surely there is a 64 bit version of XP, and the game would work with that, no? And I would think it is more than a 50% chance he actually has xp x64

The steam comes out of the heat exchangers at 500 degrees, which is the maximum a steam turbine can utilize. A steam engine in comparison can only make use of steam up to 165 degrees - which is what a normal boiler produces. So if you use a steam turbine with normal boiler, it will work, but the turbine will have a poor efficiency. And if you use steam engine with heat exchangers, it will work, but a lot of the heat will be lost for no benefit.

... This also allows for some new designs which is very nice. The ratio of boilers to steam engines is exactly 1 boiler to 2 steam engines now.