Friday Facts #297 - New resource icons

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Re: Friday Facts #297 - New resource icons

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Cadde wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 10:58 pm I never look at the items on a belt to see if it's compressed or not. That would be maddening.
I just use the debug tools (even though they are not meant for gameplay stuff) until we get a better way of detecting usage.
What tools do you use to test belt compression?
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Debug mode.

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Re: Friday Facts #297 - New resource icons

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I don't know if this has been said but randomized ores have 1 major disadvantage:

If belts aren't completely packed but for, say 90%, then this is almost impossible to spot because you cannot see the distance between ores anymore.
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Re: Friday Facts #297 - New resource icons

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Jupiter wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:07 pm I don't know if this has been said but randomized ores have 1 major disadvantage:

If belts aren't completely packed but for, say 90%, then this is almost impossible to spot because you cannot see the distance between ores anymore.
You could at least read the post before yours. You sound like a troll.
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Re: Friday Facts #297 - New resource icons

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Qon wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:24 pm
Jupiter wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:07 pm I don't know if this has been said but randomized ores have 1 major disadvantage:

If belts aren't completely packed but for, say 90%, then this is almost impossible to spot because you cannot see the distance between ores anymore.
You could at least read the post before yours. You sound like a troll.
Ow.... Hahahah brilliant. Too bad I didn't know this before
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I like the new resource icons.
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