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eradicator wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:05 am I just noticed that all google results for "hoverboard" have been hijacked by those pesky little things two wheels that don't hover at all . Have to search for "hoverboard scifi" to get anything decent.

Nemo4809 wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:08 pm Just got the funny idea where your mobile armor's construction bots carry you all over the factory.

They can lift turrets and walls. Surely they can lift us.

eradicator wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:54 pm

Nemo4809 wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:08 pm Just got the funny idea where your mobile armor's construction bots carry you all over the factory.

They can lift turrets and walls. Surely they can lift us.

Now i get it. The OP made a typo and meant "personal transport BOT" not pod. Surely one could mount a skateboard on top of one of those. .

netmand wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:21 pm I can see it now, they implement the hovercraft per this request. It's fast and hovers over water even! but the steering is worse than an automobile and takes longer to stop than a tank. Oh yeah, and if you get out over water you die.

Memesicle Kickflip wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:19 am and it uses the old robot graphic

varundevan wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:41 amI would to suggest a research of a personal hovering transport bot, with some combat capabilities to transport the player from point to point.
it would also be great if the player is able to summon the bot to player's location.

• at least 1 fusion reactor,
• at least 1 personal roboport, and
• 4 (unoccupied) construction bots.

Nemo4809 wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2020 6:25 am

varundevan wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:41 amI would to suggest a research of a personal hovering transport bot, with some combat capabilities to transport the player from point to point.
it would also be great if the player is able to summon the bot to player's location.

Or "hardpoints" for the mobile armor. You can use the current construction bots in your suit - 4 will do - who will pick you up via those hardpoints on your shoulders and hips.

Requirements for operation:

• at least 1 fusion reactor,
• at least 1 personal roboport, and
• 4 (unoccupied) construction bots.

Power usage will be whatever power those 4 bots use to fly. Your flight speed will be your construction bot flight speed with whatever worker robot speed bonus you have managed to research.

You cannot access your mobile armor "attachment inventory" while you are flying - to prevent you from removing the fusion reactor and roboport.

Since you are guaranteed to have power (roboport and the 4 bots will have priority) it's impossible to run out of power mid-flight thus you never be forced to land in "no man's lands" like water or cliffs - and the game will prevent you from landing on such areas.

PS: I wonder if this is doable as mod. Will probably need some new graphics - just photoshop 4 bots (with charging glow) onto the player sprite I suppose.

ssilk wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:25 pm https://mods.factorio.com/mod/jetpack