Devs: Steam powered...things

[TuckJohn]

This is a simple idea explained fully by the title: have "steampunk" buildings such as inserters, assemblers, etc. powered by steam made in the existing boilers.

[deepdriller]

Do you have
ANY
idea how much of a hassle that would be?
What could that possibly add to the gameplay?

[johanwanderer]

We already have steam powered things. Steam -> Electricity -> Things

Anyway, like someone said, there is already a mod for that.

[Koub]

I feel this kind of things belongs to the mod realm. Steampunk Facrotio would feel another game instead of the same game with more stuff.

[sillyfly]

I agree this is more suited as a mod. Would love to see such a mod, though, but from what I know about the current modding interfaces, it is borderline impossible.

[TuckJohn]

I see your point (and I kinda agree with it, but it would be a neat alternative to electricity. In terms of gameplay, it could allow for things to be done more efficiently (in return for the space taken up by pipes)

[ssilk]

Obviously declined. Moving to not implemented.