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Re: Space Age OS Support

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 2:28 am
by gorbag
gorbag wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 12:31 pm According to https://factorio.com/buy-space-age the support for MacOS appears to be limited to Mojave and High Sierra.

I hope it's going to support more modern versions than those releases... which date back to 2018 and 2017 respectively!
Looks like someone updated it. Thanks!

Release preperations

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:06 am
by Hopscotch1337
Hey Engineers,

I am planing of getting one or two days off for the start of Space Age.
This only makes sense when the game will be released in the morning. Do we have any information when on Monday the game will be released?

Re: Release preperations

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:11 am
by Panzerknacker
My guess is at 12:00 AM.

Re: Release preperations

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:13 am
by morse
The embargo was lifted on 12:00 UTC. My guess it'll be the same for the release.

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:04 am
by Starfly
Do stationary space stations encounter asteroids or just loose ressource chunks? I.e. will i need defense on my space science station? =)

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:47 am
by BrainGamer_
Starfly wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:04 am Do stationary space stations encounter asteroids or just loose ressource chunks? I.e. will i need defense on my space science station? =)
Depends on what planet your platform stays at. Take a look at factoriopedia and it will tell you about the expected asteroids for a planets orbit.
Nauvis orbit only has resource chunks, so no damage to platforms ever.

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 11:03 am
by Starfly
BrainGamer_ wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:47 am
Starfly wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 9:04 am Do stationary space stations encounter asteroids or just loose ressource chunks? I.e. will i need defense on my space science station? =)
Depends on what planet your platform stays at. Take a look at factoriopedia and it will tell you about the expected asteroids for a planets orbit.
Nauvis orbit only has resource chunks, so no damage to platforms ever.
thank you very much.
So i guess a high output space science platform needs to be brought/build in a asteroid rich orbit.
Is there a limit on how many space stations one can have per orbit?

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2024 12:19 pm
by BrainGamer_
Starfly wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 11:03 am thank you very much.
So i guess a high output space science platform needs to be brought/build in a asteroid rich orbit.
Is there a limit on how many space stations one can have per orbit?
If you need more asteroid chunks either for space science or for a mining platform you'll get more resources by flying between 2 locations rather than just staying in orbit around the same spot.
There is no imposed limit on how many space platforms you can have.

space age mena price?

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 12:17 am
by CaLVuS
i've been waiting for your new plugin with great excitement for a very long time, but steam has switched to dollar exchange rate for Turkey and everything is expensive for us. Will there be local pricing for us, and how much will it cost. I want to find out because according to him, I need to raise money, thank you.

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:16 pm
by Danjen
I just saw the system requirements are Windows 10 or 11, presumably because of Steam requirements. I am currenty running the standalone exe on Windows 7. Will the expansion still work?

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:06 pm
by EustaceCS
Danjen wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:16 pmI am currenty running the standalone exe on Windows 7. Will the expansion still work?
Good code works everywhere - and Factorio is implemented using exceptionally good code.
If you're running 1.1.x just fine here and now - chances are VERY high that expansion will work well as well.
Of course don't expect to receive official customer support.
Danjen wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:16 pmpresumably because of Steam requirements.
Because OS manufacturer themselves discontinued any support on Jan. 14, 2020 . And pre-DLC versions can be rolled back and forth if, by any chance, there is a dire need in Win7 version.
If you're not into bloatware (ergo, no Win10+), consider Ubuntu. Became viable gaming platform now #thanksgaben #gloriouseggroll #wineisnotadrink . NVidia GPU owners still need to jump through extra hoops tho...

4GB > 8GB RAM minimal requirement is more concerning...

Why cant we preorder?

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:10 pm
by evopwr
Hi team, I'm just curious why there is no preorder option?

Re: Why cant we preorder?

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:19 pm
by Panzerknacker
What would be the difference?

Re: Space Age general Questions: language options?

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:58 pm
by CaLVuS
Will the languages ​​in the main game be in the DLC pack as well? I saw that it was not in Turkish. It was in the main game. Will it be added?

Question for the new Update

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2024 3:44 pm
by Einwildes
I have a Question for the upcoming update is it possible to play a old save after the update with the dlc

Re: Question for the new Update

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2024 6:02 pm
by ManaUser
Einwildes wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 3:44 pm I have a Question for the upcoming update is it possible to play a old save after the update with the dlc
Continuing an old save with Space Age is possible but not recommended as it breaks the intended progression.

Continuing an old save in 2.0 but without the Space Age content (which you can do easily even if you buy the DLC) should be fine, though you may need to adjust a few parts of your factory for things like the removal of Rocket Control Units.

If all else fails you can have multiple versions of Factorio installed at once (e.g. 2.0 and 1.1). On windows, downloading the Zip versions from the site is the easiest way to do that.

Re: Question for the new Update

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 12:23 pm
by shopt
ManaUser wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 6:02 pm
Einwildes wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 3:44 pm I have a Question for the upcoming update is it possible to play a old save after the update with the dlc
Continuing an old save with Space Age is possible but not recommended as it breaks the intended progression.

Continuing an old save in 2.0 but without the Space Age content (which you can do easily even if you buy the DLC) should be fine, though you may need to adjust a few parts of your factory for things like the removal of Rocket Control Units.

If all else fails you can have multiple versions of Factorio installed at once (e.g. 2.0 and 1.1). On windows, downloading the Zip versions from the site is the easiest way to do that.
I think recipe breaks when migrating from 1.1 to base 2.0 is only one of the issues you would face. You would have trouble working on a rail network from 1.1 when you can only place 2.0 rails. Also the map generator change is going to give you jarring lines as you expand.

Re: Release preperations

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 1:28 pm
by Brkfstfd
Hopscotch1337 wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 10:06 am Hey Engineers,

I am planing of getting one or two days off for the start of Space Age.
This only makes sense when the game will be released in the morning. Do we have any information when on Monday the game will be released?
The word I heard was 1300 CEST. That’s Central European Summer Time.

Re: Space Age general Questions

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 2:41 pm
by J-H
We have two computers in the house used for Factorio. Mine is fine (Win7, quad core 3.8ghz, 16 GB RAM).
The one my boys use is a bit slower (Win7, Dual core 3.0ghz, 8GB RAM; just ordered another 8GB stick).
I noticed that the system requirements seem to be a bit higher for Space Age. Will it still run on a Dual Core, just a bit slower, or is this a show-stopper?

Upgrading the RAM is plug and play, but upgrading the processor is more of a challenge.

Graphics card specs are very arcane these days; if the graphics card is enough to run base Factorio, it'll be fine for Space Age, right?

Re: Friday Facts #433 - Liftoff Initiated

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 3:35 pm
by collindowney
Hoi even een vraag komt factorio space age update naar de switch en waneer

Hi just a question, is the factorio space age update coming to the switch and when?