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They also have a pneumatic post system. The parcels are loaded in capsules and sent between stations across the city inside pressurized underground tubes. Not functioning anymore, but still a very nice curiosity and the only preserved system of this type in the world.

MF- wrote:Thanks, I had no idea they run such an amazing system.

I failed to find any details about the system, though.
Not even a name / manufacturer brand.

Details like where the processing power resides, how much they handle on one charge
and how deeply integrated those are would be appreciated

vampiricdust wrote:

Drury wrote: I like the idea of trading in games like EVE or Team Fortress 2, where value is distributed unevenly and players are forced to trade with other players who gain access to valuables at random. But in Factorio, value is distributed perfectly evenly and one can even set how many resources they want on their map. Every player gets everything that can be gotten in the game. There is no point in trading since there is nothing to trade for. You get everything you need.

*snip*

A space run rescue either means a time limit of some form or a game of maximizing the ship for an easy win. The depth required to build a ship for the space run doesn't sound very deep at all. Once you have a design to win, the design would probably win more often then not and there would be very little replay ability. If you went with an open ended galactic market that was unique generated like the map, every end game would be different as worlds would request different things & give different items. You'd have to balance your current production ability against profitable markets, meaning your factory will change from map to map as one game you may make easy money on trains, but another map gets you rich on tanks as they went to war.

The space run idea is great, but it doesn't meet the depth they ask for in ideas. A market game opens up a lot of dynamics that can be modded to give players different goals. While wealth is main reward, it is more of an indicator of your progress towards win goals. Things like achieving the greatest construction boom since humans first left earth, developing technology that develops itself faster than humans could, or becoming one of the richest people in the galaxy. Every play through would be different and mods could use this framework to make all sorts of galactic goals achievable by a lone player working hard on a factory that changes the destiny of humanity.

Grandeur is bigger than a single colony ship.

Cordylus wrote:

They also have a pneumatic post system. The parcels are loaded in capsules and sent between stations across the city inside pressurized underground tubes. Not functioning anymore, but still a very nice curiosity and the only preserved system of this type in the world.

They have also the real-life LOGISTIC ROBOTS in the Prague hospital:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lwbE1TfLUo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSsVDvJq5U

That's fantastic!

kenji_03 wrote:In every game I play, the number one thing I love the most is a "new game plus", where I can start over brand new with some (if not all) of my work from a previous play through carrying over. Being able to mine an area until I'm bored, transport it all up to my space platform, and start anew in an area with different parameters (perhaps start off in easy mode, amass my wealth, and then carry that stuff over to a very hard and dangerous mode).

Leppystyle wrote:It would be cool having the area to work in so restricted, and will the ship intercept asteroids to get iron, coal, and copper or will we have to send it up?

Frablays46 wrote:

slpwnd wrote:The news have arrived: http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-74

hy me name is Frablayses I am new here
Im just gonna say You guys know how to make a game. Factorio is literally like a drug once u get hooked u cant stop and i absolutely love it. It kind of an RTS but at the same time a survival game it is amazing. About the space building, making the rocket with the satellite was pretty good but a little dull. It doesn't even scan ahead for you :/. But when the space update comes i imagine the rocket allowing you to go into space with your own space ship and that is really satisfying. To make your own space ship from scratch and be able to fly it would be great. maybe u wont you guys could add a little solar system where you start on one planet go to orbit make a space station, then be able to go to other planets (up to around 4-5) and gather resources using factories and send the resources to a space station in space. That would make the actual "end game" satisfying like dont get me wrong this game is great and it is nice once u finish it but it just kinda burns out after u launched a few rockets and all you get is an extra number up in the tab there needs to be like a higher goal. I rate Factorio 9.8 out of 10