Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Regular reports on Factorio development.

User avatar
Gergely
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 595
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:31 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Gergely »

Maybe not
Whoa! The walls look great! Now we need this as an option for PvP under "Duplicate starting entities".
Last edited by Gergely on Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:03 pm, edited 6 times in total.

Jap2.0
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 2339
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:02 am
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Jap2.0 »

I'm a bit curious as to why the speed varies. In the comments of his video, he says that he's using an AutoHotkey script, so shouldn't it maintain a constant speed if you do something like this:

Code: Select all

Label1:
Send {Enter}
Sleep, 16.67
Goto, Label1
(that's obviously simplified and you could use loops, but you can get the gist of it.)

EDIT: AutoHotkey is quite aggressive and will try to make anything you do (including turning it off) very difficult if you use the above script. Something you could actually use (presses enter 60 times per second while caps lock is on) would go like this:

Code: Select all

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

#InstallKeybdHook

Label1:
If GetKeyState("CapsLock" , "T")
  {
  Send {Enter}
  Sleep, 16.67
  Goto, Label1
  }Else{
  Sleep, 100
  }
Goto, Label1
Apologies if it's a bit messy, just something I threw together quick.

EDIT 2: Compiled script attached if anyone actually cares and doesn't want to install ahk. Also because it took about 5 seconds. And it's zipped because the forum doesn't allow .exe
Attachments
Enter.zip
(533.04 KiB) Downloaded 179 times
Last edited by Jap2.0 on Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:19 pm, edited 2 times in total.
There are 10 types of people: those who get this joke and those who don't.

User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by eradicator »

FFF253 wrote:including an automated splitter type machine for sorting which floors returned books go to.
My browser seems to be broken. It's not showing the video for this :?: :roll: :?:

Any chance we can get diagonal rail gates?
Last edited by eradicator on Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

Triaxx2
Inserter
Inserter
Posts: 30
Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:06 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Triaxx2 »

Nice on the new walls. Not sure I'm a fan of the gates, but I'll learn to live with it.

xehanorth
Manual Inserter
Manual Inserter
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:03 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by xehanorth »

why is the last picture of the fff in portrait mode? if that was in landscape mode it could have made a really cool new wallpaper for my pc XD

User avatar
QGamer
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 213
Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:27 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by QGamer »

The walls are so beautiful!!! :o
I can't wait!
"Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy."

Jap2.0
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 2339
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:02 am
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Jap2.0 »

Gergely wrote:
Maybe not
That's odd, I'm not getting anything like that. Is that limited to the EU?
Also, a couple questions about the privacy thing: What is the newsletter? Do you send out the FFFs as an email, or what? Also, why is 16 the age under which you need parental consent for internet stuff? I've usually seen 13 - is that a US law vs GDPR thing?
Also :P:
WHO WE ARE
•We are WUBE Software Ltd., the developers of your favourite game Factorio.
There are 10 types of people: those who get this joke and those who don't.

OvermindDL1
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 192
Joined: Sun Oct 05, 2014 6:12 am
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by OvermindDL1 »

Jap2.0 wrote:That's odd, I'm not getting anything like that. Is that limited to the EU?
I'm getting it in the USA too, all good though. :-)

dasiro
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 128
Joined: Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:55 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by dasiro »

the fuel notification is quite handy, although when your train network is not redundant enough you'll notice it soon enough :lol:

Aeternus
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 835
Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:10 am
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Aeternus »

Smooth looking double wall. Looks like that would be much more stable then a single wall. Consider adding a max HP bonus to walls with adjacent wall sections maybe? These graphics definately suggest that would hold up.

The train fuel alert is also very handy once the train grid becomes... big. Good things! :)

Cryoge
Manual Inserter
Manual Inserter
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:25 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Cryoge »

I really like the new "out of fuel" notification. Very useful for me.
The now filled wall are good (looking) too, even thougt a bit bright.
And thumbs up for more structures in high resolution. :) b

Meritic
Burner Inserter
Burner Inserter
Posts: 12
Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:20 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Meritic »

Yeeeey my sign made it even to FFF.

Also those walls look really crisp.

User avatar
mexmer
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 869
Joined: Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:00 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by mexmer »

eradicator wrote:
FFF253 wrote:including an automated splitter type machine for sorting which floors returned books go to.
My browser seems to be broken. It's not showing the video for this :?: :roll: :?:

Any chance we can get diagonal rail gates?
that was just indirect invitation.

book sorting machine is quite interesting, i was not there this time (for factorio), but few year ago.

Merssedes
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 117
Joined: Sun Oct 29, 2017 7:05 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Merssedes »

Is new laser turret shoots are continuous in time now instead of autonavigated fast moving king-of-bullets?

Jap2.0
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 2339
Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:02 am
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Jap2.0 »

Merssedes wrote:Is new laser turret shoots are continuous in time now instead of autonavigated fast moving king-of-bullets?
Yes.
There are 10 types of people: those who get this joke and those who don't.

User avatar
steinio
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 2631
Joined: Sat Mar 12, 2016 4:19 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by steinio »

Gates should merge too.
Image

Transport Belt Repair Man

View unread Posts

Tankh
Long Handed Inserter
Long Handed Inserter
Posts: 61
Joined: Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:35 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Tankh »

Love the merged wall!!

luc
Fast Inserter
Fast Inserter
Posts: 218
Joined: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:53 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by luc »

Am I seeing this right: will the laser turret now be an actual, y'know, laser? :D

Jan11
Long Handed Inserter
Long Handed Inserter
Posts: 82
Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:03 pm
Contact:

Re: Friday Facts #253 - Fans & Fun

Post by Jan11 »

I need a new graphic card to play the game in HR.

My GTX 690 has not enough Vram... I still playing with normal settings, but now after that picture .... ^^

Post Reply

Return to “News”