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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.

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

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Everything works all the time.
I have no idea what I'm talking about.

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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.

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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.

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

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Glockshna wrote:Awesome I love it. Bought it yesterday and haven't stopped playing. Keep it up!
i know what you mean :P

i have bought the game 5 months ago, and havent stop playing or programming it :P
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 :P

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

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BurnHard wrote:My steam library contains more than 50% games, I never played actually. Fu*k steam sales :D
I'm not alone...

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

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

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

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

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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! :D "
"(grumble grumble) :evil:"

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She stands at my desk and waits. Very irritating.
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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!

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

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