halting problem Halting problem is totally unrelated to that. User mode application cannot crash/hang PC as a whole if underlying parts work right. And if they can, it's a bug or design defect in OS, driver or hardware. Anyway, I seen some motherboards that freezed during heavy I/O. Driver update h...

Unfortunately, I don't think you can load new save in older versions. Computer completely becomes unusable after crash, have to power cycle. Crazy. Try to run some stress-tests for your hardware, update your drivers. Games themself cannot crash/freeze your PC, they just stress your (broken) hardware...

sounds like a suggestion from this forum went wrong You can recharge from the power grid, so at least some suggestions went right. With better fuels and some upgrades you can walk and fly more freely. And early mall with intermediates is very useful, like in Factorio. The thing that I can't underst...

cringemaking translationese of the English localisation The thing that bother me most is a lack of fast-replace. Adding new splitter or upgrading inserters sorters is very annoying. But they promised to address this soon. Dependencies in the tech tree are a total mess, like in old versions of Facto...

But you know, when we host public games, we always welcome strangers to join our games whenever they want. Ok, I understand now. If you launched scenario that was distributed as a mod, every player needs to download that mod. But, technically, they already received everything from the server and th...

ssilk wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:42 pm

I’m not that fast, the bots will bring the stuff before I can delete the unnecessary requests.

Well, it's not hard to remove that stuff once. And it's easy to design such a blueprint in a no-bots area.

ssilk wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:42 pm

I just think, it’s not thought completely through.

That's what we are doing here?

I'm not very far in the game yet, but I like it. Graphics is neat. Tutorial system is non-invasive and don't tell you what to do next. Limited accumulators of the mecha encourage automation. Little starting planet pushes you to build spaghetti. Core mechanics are much simpler than Factorio ones, but...

kandj wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:18 pm

Computer hangs and requires a hard reset.

Looks like a hardware problem to me. Or broken drivers.

adamwong246 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:54 pm

valuable gameplay mechanics

Well, constant consumption will not make game harder.

Power consumption rarely drops, so you don't need any circuit control, just add engines gradually, when you really need them. And have a separate generator for a coal patch, just for safety.

I think it's better to start with placeholder sprites, make a playable prototype, and then search for an artist. Ideas are nice, but prototypes are usually way more attractive for potential contributors.

May be related to this fix.

What now? You can copy-paste wagon settings onto a row of requester chests, for example. And then remove unnecessary requests from them. It would be a bit faster than setting all requests manually. P.S. Or you may want to copy train settings into the combinator that controls precise loading circuit...

Settings -> Interface -> Show tips and tricks notifications

I like 'em. They help me keep in mind whether I'm looking at radar/map view or live view. Yeah, I like that effect, it looks good for most parts of the factory... But stroboscopic blinking on vertical buses is quite annoying sometimes. I will not be surprised that it gives headache for some people.

I can't figure out the ID of an object created with create_object. https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaEntity.html#LuaEntity.unit_number probably? You may want to look at the stop-events.lua in the LTN mod sources. Their station is compound entity consisting of the train stop and two lamps. Very...

I tried it with windows powershell, but I didn't get any prints. Do you use steam version? Steam version relaunches itself through steam, so it may lose connection to the terminal. Try DRM-free version from the Factorio site, as mentioned in that forum thread. Anyway, there is a log() function that...

One might wonder why the gates open for Spidertron at all. They don't open for Spidertron at all. They open for a player who rides the spidertron. It's interesting, that doors open in two directions when you use ASDW controls. First "wave" always points upward and seems to be affected by ...

Marking the target red might be misleading as you might think you can't or are not actively shooting. Green is a bit misleading too: you shoot and shells don't get to the target. You need to feel the distance to shoot properly, you can't rely on cursor color. So, yellow circle for tank cannon out-o...

TinyDM wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:17 pm

lolwut

Shift-click is used for both "add train station" (if you sit in the train) and "force-build" (if you hold blueprint in your hands). Now the second case always have priority over the first. If I understand the issue correctly.

Devs are usually against any improvements for the handcrafting. It's a game about automation, after all. If you played Lazy Bastard challenge, you may know how easy is to build a little early mall that supplies you with almost anything that you need for the early game. And the factory isn't enormous...