Friday Facts #185 - Progress report

[Klonan]

https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-185

[Silden]

"There are still a hundred minor features I could talk about in these FFF posts, but this close to release, I would rather not spoil the surprise. "

I'm drooling already!

[SeigneurAo]

"This close to release"

Such tease.

[Masterfox]

About those little details you mentioned... We will get a full changelog of all changes for 0.15.0? Anyways, the shader for the nightvision is looking really nice. What do the little symbols under the tutorials mean?

[keyboardhack]

Sounds like a release next week

[y.petremann]

Welcome Ernestas

Nightvision is 20% cooler

[SilverB1rd]

Great Work! Its always fun and stressful time this close to a release date. Keep up the hard effort!

[factoriouzr]

That's great. So we can expect an experimental release this weekend

I would love to play 0.15 this weekend even if it has some gameplay bugs.

[bulldog98]

Nightvision now looks really good and I'll bother with it in 0.15 again, because it just look awfull in the past.

[steinio]

That's great. So we can expect an experimental release this weekend

I would love to play 0.15 this weekend even if it has some gameplay bugs.

As stated in the FFF #183:

When we are ready to make a release, it will be either on a Monday or a Tuesday, to give ourselves some long working days to bugfix while the reports are fresh.

[izaq]

"This close to release"

Such tease.

So what I wanted to say. So much more politely. Cheers!

[matjojo]

How does the alt-info work with the map vision, and how does it work in night vision/shaders?

[rolfl]

What do the little symbols under the tutorials mean?

Research/Technology required to support the tutorial concept?

[mazdoc]

I wish we could try the new 0.15 as it is right now (bugs and all). I mean that's why we have the experimental build option right?

[sillyfly]

Nice to hear you guys are having fun!

Two questions, though -
1. Who's Denis?
2. Will the shaders be optional? Some of us use pretty crappy on-board GPUs, which I'm afraid won't be up for the task

[AndrewIRL]

FF#183 "we want at least a week of playtesting before considering the experimental release"
FF#185 "Internal playtesting kicked off early this week"

Sounds promising.

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[Proxy]

"This close to realease"
sooo, Next Friday?
that would be perfect... i got 5 free days at that weekend.
Friday off, Moneday off and Tuestday off

[ili]

Hi
You mentioned the GPU
Is there a way to offload some of the CPU work to the GPU?
Or is it not practical/beneficial in Factorio?
https://www.centerspace.net/offloading- ... o-your-gpu
Thank you

[SilverB1rd]

Hi
You mentioned the GPU
Is there a way to offload some of the CPU work to the GPU?
Or is it not practical/beneficial in Factorio?
Thank you

This falls into the same category as multi-threading, while it can provide benefits it introduces massive complexity, which is bad when trying to minimize bugs.

[deef0000dragon1]

I will only say, I am INCREDIBLY happy with the way that night vision looks. The colorless but still visible look is absolutely beautiful.