Helicopter/VTOL craft

[selvagem85]

I enjoy my cars, tanks, and trains but i feel like having an aircraft at my disposal would help things considerably. there could be a light version with only machine guns (or completely unarmed) tand a heavy version with multiple weapon systems. And you could even balance the aliens with spitting abilities so they can hit it.

also, vehicle mod slots to install shields, lasers, etc. would be cool as well

[Koub]

Air transportation is one of the very popular suggestion. Usually it's planes, but helicopters are requested from time to time.
I don't think any flying transportation will be added in vanilla, but you have always mods.
There was a helicopter mod : https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Helicopters. It hasn't been updated since some time, but you might get in tough with the author maybe.

[conn11]

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There was a helicopter mod : https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Helicopters. It hasn't been updated since some time, but you might get in tough with the author maybe.

Was and still is (re-iterated for 0.18)

[PanTobi]

I'm just curious... because i remember Dev-s said that if something is as Mod it have higher chance to get added to game...
and for Years i'm using same mod because its rly amazing Mod... and im talking about this Mod:

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Helicopters

Helicopters is rly balanced Mod, have rly good and rly Factorio Graphics...
and is in Factorio since... 0.14?... or something like that...

Why this Mod was still not added as Game Feature?...
Is that because Author of the Mod don't want to or what?...

in 0.16/0.17 i was thinking that "Maybe its too OP... making game a lot easier because of Flying"
but today we have Spiders that are even more OP...

tbh. I'm using connected Spiders and i have two Groups
Combat Group ( 10 Spiders full of Rockets, Lasers and Shields ) and they are completly unstopable
Builders Groups ( Spiders full of B.ports and items to build everything instantly - bye bye Supply Train )

so idk... Add this Mod to the game if possible plz :3...

//Edit:
btw. using Helicopters to fish is rly good idea!... Milions of fish in seconds ...

[jodokus31]

I would rename the topic to something like
"Add Helicopters to base game"
Because the other one is very lurid in context of ideas and suggestion.
Or it gets moved to game help or mods

Why it is not added?
The main reason I suppose, because it's a game decision.

I never used it, so for me at least its not so important. I could imagine it would be cool endgame, though

[ickputzdirwech]

[ick] Merged with older topic about the same idea. No need to change the title therefore

[PanTobi]

Why it is not added?
The main reason I suppose, because it's a game decision.

Its stopid decision then... because its like free content for Update...
Btw. with Heli we could have rly nice smooth Weapon progression

Atm. we just have huge jump from Tanks to MK2

i never use Modular or MK1 because they useless... so...
:: Car ( Early Game ) - fast move / little combat
:: Tanks ( Early Game ) - Heavy Combat
:: Heli ( Mid Game ) - Fast Move / Heavy Combat ( Car + Tank together )
:: MK2 ( Late Game ) - well... just everything...
:: Spiders ( End Game ) - Everything x999 ?...

Factorio is missing Mid Game... atm. we have huge jump from Early Game to Late Game... nothing between...
Heli from Helicopters Mods is like connection of Tanks and Car... its fast and powerful... but not as powerful as MK2
or group of spiders... but still for Mid Game when we have to expand our base with Rails to get new ores...

Heli is simply must have... or u have to fu$# with Cars... or Noob option... spend like hours and hours running on ur legs from place to place...

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[ssilk]

If it is about running/player transport, I recommend also some teleporter mod. E.g. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Teleporters