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I would love to edit blueprints directly. Often I make a tiny error and I have to paste the blueprint somewhere and make changes. I know you can remove items from a blueprint already, but I would like to be able to add items.

It would be nice if you had a remote view version of a blueprint ... so you can have the abilities you have in remote view, but in the blueprint window. So if I want to add a piece of pipe or a foundry, I can paste it directly in the blueprint. Also it would be nice to have zoom in/out ability which will help with larger blueprints.

Thanks for all the good work!

I would love some kind of in-game editor now that remote view is a thing. I've always found Factorio to have a big problem with incentivizing the player to close their game and open a sandbox save any time they want to design something new, which doesn't work in multiplayer and is a poor play experience besides.

nzer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 7:58 pm I would love some kind of in-game editor now that remote view is a thing. I've always found Factorio to have a big problem with incentivizing the player to close their game and open a sandbox save any time they want to design something new, which doesn't work in multiplayer and is a poor play experience besides.

yeah, it would definitely help in multiplayer

Agreed. That would be an amazing thing to have, without it the blueprinting system feels clunky to use without mods. Having to look for in-world space outside of the roboport grid but inside the radar range to edit a blueprint definitely isn't the best experience. Same for working with big blueprints without zoom.

LCStark wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:56 pm edit a blueprint definitely isn't the best experience. Same for working with big blueprints without zoom.

Ugh, big blueprints are nearly unusable, because you can't see if they're right or wrong without placing a copy of them. (I basically always encounter this, when trying to get an idea from a shared blueprint. If it's big enough, I can't really see what it's doing without at least ghost-placing it.) I suuuper want a blueprint editor, where I can just move around and zoom in and out, and place and remove items, basically like I'm right there beside the items.

Have you tried this mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/EditorExtensions?
it is however a bit annoying to switch between the real world and the "lab" one.
I suggest having an edit blueprint button that adds a new surface for the blueprint in remote view so you can play with it and switch back and forth to the real world.