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Is there a limitation for how far away from the player my machines are loaded? (Kinda like in vanilla minecraft) or will they always function no matter how far away I am? If there is a limit I might suggest adding it to the wiki somewhere (under concepts maybe)

I want to start expanding my production network with mines and quarries around the map with a train network bringing the materials in, but not if they won't function unless I'm near them.

Regards

I have not experienced any kind of limitation regarding your question.

Everything works all the time.

Glockshna wrote:Is there a limitation for how far away from the player my machines are loaded? (Kinda like in vanilla minecraft) or will they always function no matter how far away I am? If there is a limit I might suggest adding it to the wiki somewhere (under concepts maybe)

I want to start expanding my production network with mines and quarries around the map with a train network bringing the materials in, but not if they won't function unless I'm near them.

Regards

Hello Glockshna, the limitation of this kind in Minecraft was one of the motivations to make Factorio
There are some limitations for unimportant things (Fishes + biters roaming around the spawner are not active when player is far away), but the rest, as kuba said works all the time.

Awesome I love it. Bought it yesterday and haven't stopped playing. Keep it up!

Glockshna wrote:Awesome I love it. Bought it yesterday and haven't stopped playing. Keep it up!

i know what you mean

i have bought the game 5 months ago, and havent stop playing or programming it
normally i get bored with a game after 2 weeks (my steam library says so, it holds more then 300 games bought xD) but for some reason i keep playing

keep it up devs!

My steam library contains more than 50% games, I never played actually. Fu*k steam sales

BurnHard wrote:My steam library contains more than 50% games, I never played actually. Fu*k steam sales

I'm not alone...

The same
Fuck*ng sales ! ... At the end, independant games are so fresh !

Pandamonium wrote:

BurnHard wrote:My steam library contains more than 50% games, I never played actually. Fu*k steam sales

I'm not alone...

You are far from alone. I have bought games YEARS ago that I still haven't played. Sometimes just because they were in a pack with a game I wanted to play

Heh, maybe steam wouldn't want us, because people would actually play the game, instead of just getting bored and buying other games soon

I have played this game 50h in a week ... my wife will kill me :p

DisSsha wrote:I have played this game 50h in a week ... my wife will kill me :p

Hahaha.. I still do this every couple weeks.. and I bought months ago.
"You're playing that factory game again?" she says...
"Yeah, they released a new version! "
"(grumble grumble) "

She stands at my desk and waits. Very irritating.

ssilk wrote:She stands at my desk and waits. Very irritating.

"Hey dear, you sure you want to stand there? your going to have to wait a while for me to finish... say.... about 8 hrs?"

LOL!

You don't have a girlfriend, have you? Then you would do this only two times: the first and the last...

ssilk wrote:You don't have a girlfriend, have you? Then you would do this only two times: the first and the last...

Agree, it would only end terribly.