Sorry, I didn't think this through. It should be connection_distance = 2.9 and joint_distance = 5.1 on the locomotive to keep it 8 tiles long and only move the wagons back by 0.1 tiles. Anyway, this is just a workaround and the defs should take a look at that bug, since it might even carry over to t...

Narc wrote:That's really awesome! Can I assume you'd like me to pick those up into the official package?

Sure, feel free to include them if you like.

You're right, i haven't noticed the problem with the inserters before. Increasing joint_distance on the locomotive by 0.1 fixes this. It moves all the wagons back by a constant offset, while the wagons still stay length 8. I ajusted pictures.shift on the wagons to compensate for it. entities.lua: su...

Here are two icons I made for anyone who'd like to replace the yellow retro calculator

tech icon tool icon

I made a tech icon for Rail Tanker. I'll just leave this here for anyone who wants to use it.

Hey, i noticed the position of the cargo wagons is still a little off. I found out it is due to the position where the train stops at the station, which is with a distance of 0.5 between the frontal joint and the center of the station. If you change joint_distance to 5 and connection_distance to 3, ...

http://i.imgur.com/9YGwIF3.jpg Description: This mod replaces most of the placeholder and outdated icons with new icons that fit the visual style of the game. Name: Better Icons Version: 1.1.0 Factorio Version: 0.13.x Release: 2016-04-07 Category: Non-Game-Changing, Graphics License: MIT License (h...

Description:
This mod changes the colors of fluids in pipes.

• Name: Better Fluid Colors
  Version: 1.0.1
  Factorio Version: 0.13.x
  Release: 2016-04-07
  Category: Non-Game-Changing, Graphics
  License: MIT License (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Download:

I'm usually a little reluctant to installing gamplay changing mods. This mod however is great. It removes a lot of the tedium without sacrificing game play. I'm not missing the "out of reach error sound" or the maneuvering around pipes.