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Sure, but you can make your platform lighter, and hence faster (though probably not much faster)
It’s a good thing this isn’t a competitive FPS or something lol. If people really want to go to that length I say let them.IsaacOscar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 7:22 amSure, but you can make your platform lighter, and hence faster (though probably not much faster)
Nope. won't work unless the hole is only 1 tile big.Clair wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 11:06 am Watching this thread like a hawk hoping it lands in "Not a Bug," it's genuinely a cool feature for people intending it, and allows for some rebellious creativity.
Maybe the only true bug is that the hole cannot be closed once opened, and might necessitate a new tile-building rule, "if a tile of empty space is enclosed by 8 tiles (orthogonal and diagonal), allow it to be filled"
If you can have a hole in a platform, you can probably place a thruster in it. It might need to be a very, very long hole, but that appears to be entirely doable.IsaacOscar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 7:22 amSure, but you can make your platform lighter, and hence faster (though probably not much faster)
I haven't tested it, but I doubt you could put a thruster there, as it requires no tiles behind it. For example you can easily create a platform with the shape of an "F", but you won't be able to put thrusters at the bottom of the top bar.The Phoenixian wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:13 pmIf you can have a hole in a platform, you can probably place a thruster in it. It might need to be a very, very long hole, but that appears to be entirely doable.IsaacOscar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 7:22 amSure, but you can make your platform lighter, and hence faster (though probably not much faster)
Cosmoteer players used to place thrusters entirely inside the ship as a matter of course, and given how long platforms in Factorio can get, I suspect the same could happen here.
You can put a thruster there if you just leave enough space vertically (around 90 tiles). For example, see https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... msec_ship/ or https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... spaceship/ .IsaacOscar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:20 pm I haven't tested it, but I doubt you could put a thruster there, as it requires no tiles behind it. For example you can easily create a platform with the shape of an "F", but you won't be able to put thrusters at the bottom of the top bar.
That feels like it must be a bug....tsevasa wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:49 pmYou can put a thruster there if you just leave enough space vertically (around 90 tiles). For example, see https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... msec_ship/ or https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... spaceship/ .IsaacOscar wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 2:20 pm I haven't tested it, but I doubt you could put a thruster there, as it requires no tiles behind it. For example you can easily create a platform with the shape of an "F", but you won't be able to put thrusters at the bottom of the top bar.
Agreed. Whilst it is technically a bug and as the others have noted it can give advantages, it also allows building cool things that are otherwise impossible due to the no hole restriction.Clair wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 11:06 am Watching this thread like a hawk hoping it lands in "Not a Bug," it's genuinely a cool feature for people intending it, and allows for some rebellious creativity.
Maybe the only true bug is that the hole cannot be closed once opened, and might necessitate a new tile-building rule, "if a tile of empty space is enclosed by 8 tiles (orthogonal and diagonal), allow it to be filled"