Version 0.12.8

[FactorioBot]

• Graphics
  • New graphics of the steel furnaces.
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed that it was possible to spawn inside an entity in multiplayer (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... p?p=106810).
  • Fixed that the amount of slots shown in the right panel didn't depend on its with. (Which is indirectly dependent on resolution and ui scale.) (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=15513)
  • Fixed desync issue related to mod event registration and saving/loading.
  • Fixed enemy units getting stuck on transport belts (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16148).
  • Fixed a crash caused by icon = "" in a prototype definition (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16154).
  • Fixed a crash related to assembling machine not being re-setup when recipe changes due to mod changes. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16108)
  • Fixed LuaItemStack::set_blueprint_entities(nil) erasing tiles in blueprints.
  • Fixed crash when fast-transferring ammo while in vehicles. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16137)
  • Fixed trains stopping on green signals (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16033).
  • Fixed crash when changing the force of a player who is currently not connected (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... p?p=107755).
  • Fixed another problem with the missing maximise button after fullscreen. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16123)
  • Fixed desync problem related to duplicite order string in inventory groups leading to non-deterministic inventory sorting. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16041)
  • Fixed putting a blueprint on transport belt could corrupt game save (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16186).
  • Fixed CTD that could happen when removing focused widget (rarely). (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16129)
  • Fixed that the tank tower rotation center wasn't aligned with the visible rotation center. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16312)
  • Fixed wrong coordination of the tank cannon direction and shooting direction when aiming on near the tank. (https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=16312)
• Scripting
  • Beams can now be created via create_entity. You need to specify source/source_position and target/target_position, you can also specify duration (ticks), max_length and source_offset (vector). Position of the created entity does not matter.
  • Added LuaItemStack::set_blueprint_tiles/get_blueprint_tiles - the counterpart to get/set_blueprint_entities.
  • LuaEntity::insert/remove_item and LuaInventory::insert/remove now return counts of inserted/removed items.
  • Added LuaTrain::insert, remove_item, get_contents, clear_items_inside, get_item_count methods which interact on the cargo wagons of the train.
  • Added LuaItemStack::cost_to_build - the cost in items to build a given blueprint.
• Modding
  • The minimal energy_required for a recipe is 0.001 to avoid wrong behavior with values close to 0.

Use the automatic updater if you can (check experimental updates in other settings) or download full installation at http://www.factorio.com/download/experimental.

[Kane]

FIRST!

Thank you some wonderful fixes and additions to the lua.

[DeamonEngineer]

great news and its not even thursday

[jockeril]

got it !

[-root]

Wednesday release. You guys just spoil us.

[oLaudix]

Something happened to shotgun or did it always shoot only on 8 way axis? I could swear it used to shoot at the cursor position. Its kinda hard to hit some biters that come at awkward positions.

[-root]

I was going to link in the bug report, but you've already seen it! So this is for everyone else:

https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=16321

Shotgun is bugged.

Also, this update is seeming to break a few mods. Coloured Stuff mod by d3phoenix has gone down.

[Shekki]

Factorio doesn't start with WaiTex graphic mods (Because of that steel furnace change). I guess I just need download it again. Also, shame on shotgun favorite weapon, any fix soon?

[Kewlhotrod]

Factorio doesn't start with WaiTex graphic mods (Because of that steel furnace change). I guess I just need download it again. Also, shame on shotgun only valid weapon, any fix soon?

haha, fixed that for you..

[Shekki]

Factorio doesn't start with WaiTex graphic mods (Because of that steel furnace change). I guess I just need download it again. Also, shame on shotgun only valid weapon, any fix soon?

haha, fixed that for you..

So true =)

[Vulkandrache]

I really wish there was a way to easily get older graphics back.
Things like the circuits and the inserter loocked better back in 0.9.

These new furnaces. Sorry, i think they look like shit. And thats not even the problem.
They blend in with the background. The black ones had a nice contrast against the grass or sand.


Edit:

Is it just me or is the inventory/crafting window now really small?

And the fact that the inventory now sorts all the finished stuff at the top is straight up worse then it was before.
The inventory is in the top half of the screen so my mouse allways comes from the bottom. With the new sorting i have to move the moue further up then before.


I dont understand the reasoning behind those changes, especially considering that things like the train window are still the same mess as they were 2 years ago.

[TimmPure]

Would you like some pepper with that salt, Vulkandrache?

Not everyone likes every change, and different people have different tastes. The feedback on the new steel furnace graphics were overwhelmingly positive in the Friday Facts thread that revealed them.
If I were you I would try to zoom out a little in order to appreciate how development is going: if you compare factorio now to what it was in 0.9, is it not more fluid, interesting, fun to play (in spite of what you perceive as some graphic downgrades)?

[Vulkandrache]

Dont get me wrong. Right now im putting even more hours into the game.
I dont write because i dont like the game as a whole. Otherwise i would drop it and move on.

The gameplay changes since back then are good, yes. We got new toys and other stuff.

The changes with the graphics i do not like. Go and put a real smelting area down with the new model.
It looks like some wheat field. They dont stand out from the ground at all.
And factorio is not the only game i notice this in. Washed out low, contrast color schemes seems to be popular and i dont know why.


But i dont do compromises with the Ui. The fact alone that fule is now in the middle of the inventory has annoyed the shit out of me for the past hour.

Meanwhile the trainschedule still only shows 6 stations and you need another klick to open the fuel window.

On my screen that window uses less than 10% of the space. It could show 50+ stations, have sorting options and some other easy of use stuff.

[Anonemuss]

Pretty sure the devs would've noticed this by now, but the inventory picture for the steel furnace is still the old graphic. Aside from that, lovin' these frequent updates!

[Adil]

Yay an update!

[*]Beams can now be created via create_entity. You need to specify source/source_position and target/target_position, you can also specify duration (ticks), max_length and source_offset (vector). Position of the created entity does not matter.

You guys didn't forget about that! So nice of you!

I really wish there was a way to easily get older graphics back.

But there is. You just need to know how to mod.

furnace entity

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{    
    type = "furnace",
    name = "steel-furnace",
    icon = "__base__/graphics/icons/steel-furnace.png",
    flags = {"placeable-neutral", "placeable-player", "player-creation"},
    minable = {mining_time = 1, result = "steel-furnace"},
    max_health = 200,
    corpse = "medium-remnants",
    vehicle_impact_sound =  { filename = "__base__/sound/car-metal-impact.ogg", volume = 0.65 },
    working_sound =
    {
      sound = { filename = "__base__/sound/furnace.ogg" }
    },
    resistances =
    {
      {
        type = "fire",
        percent = 100
      }
    },
    collision_box = {{-0.7, -0.7}, {0.7, 0.7}},
    selection_box = {{-0.8, -1}, {0.8, 1}},
    crafting_categories = {"smelting"},
    result_inventory_size = 1,
    energy_usage = "180kW",
    crafting_speed = 2,
    source_inventory_size = 1,
    energy_source =
    {
      type = "burner",
      effectivity = 1,
      emissions = 0.02,
      fuel_inventory_size = 1,
      smoke =
      {
        {
          name = "smoke",
          deviation = {0.1, 0.1},
          frequency = 0.5,
          position = {0.75, -1.09375},
          starting_vertical_speed = 0.05
        }
      }
    },
    animation =
    {
      filename = "__base__/graphics/entity/steel-furnace/steel-furnace.png",
      priority = "high",
      width = 84,
      height = 66,
      frame_count = 1,
      shift = {0.5, 0}
    },
    working_visualisations =
    {
        {
        north_position = {0.0, 0.0},
        east_position = {0.0, 0.0},
        south_position = {0.0, 0.0},
        west_position = {0.0, 0.0},
        animation =
        {
          filename = "__base__/graphics/entity/steel-furnace/steel-furnace-fire.png",
          priority = "high",
          width = 36,
          height = 19,
          frame_count = 12,
          shift = { 0.0625, 0.63125}
        },
        light = {intensity = 1, size = 1}
      },
    },
    fast_replaceable_group = "furnace"
  },

Just replace the steel-furnace entry in data/base/prototypes/entity/entities.lua with the one in spoiler and put the pictures from the older version in data/base/graphics/entity/steel-furnace .
The more correct way of doing so would be via the mod, but I'm feeling lazy today.

And yes, large lines of new furnaces look odd. Maybe it's just me, I was antagonized by new assemblers when they used to be new, now not really. Or maybe Albert keeps making up elaborate pictures with delicate features that blend into mess at higher zoom for things that are meant to simply be, give slight info and not hold eyes for long.

The feedback on the new steel furnace graphics were overwhelmingly positive in the Friday Facts thread that revealed them

Speaking of devlog pictures, there are the hi-res picture, which looks good, and the image of a lone furnace in-game with quite close zoom which might get an incorrect feeling.
Maybe it'd look better if it was not 2x2 entity ingame. Also, it seemed to me that there's no smoke from chimney, is it?

[Ratzap]

The inline update worked this time, the reply I got previously was spot on - allow experimental needed to be switched on.

[Krychle]

Anyone else on OSX getting the blank white bar overlay during gameplay?
I have a perpetual white bar at the top, looks like some glitch with the system menu.
This was not there before this 0.12.8 release, playing since 0.11.

OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F27)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)

[ssilk]

Hm. I think I've seen it, but cannot reproduce yet.

What nerves me more is, that it blacks out all other screens on the mac; all screens go to black. If I use CMD-Tab, I can bring the apps into the screen again.

[gacek]

Shouldn't it be release? (someone switched to wednesday release, it's thursday already).

[ratchetfreak]

Shouldn't it be release? (someone switched to wednesday release, it's thursday already).

There isn't a release every week. If not enough bugs have been fixed for example it's not worth the new version