This is mine. https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=148688#p148688 It's not simple or low tech, but, it's designed with laser turrets in mind. So, it takes 0.20s to turn on fully, and will stay on for a configurable amount of time before it is eligible for shut down, so that even power cycling...

EDIT: As of version 0.13, which came out 2 months after I made this post, accumulators can be connected directly to circuit networks to read the amount of energy. Thankfully this has completely obsoleted the tedious design detailed in this post. Now all you have to do is wire a single accumulator to...

Most steam things are also DRM free, which probably includes this game. And, as others have suggested, I'm trying to purchase it through factorio.com. I got an automated reply about the refund already, maybe it won't take 5 days. Though, I'll have to pick another way of paying for it because it cost...

This isn't totally relevant, but people keep asking why I didn't use factorio.com. Because, the developer site needed a currency conversion, which resulted in a price slightly too high to fit on a gift card which had exactly $20.01 remaining. And it is extremely rare for anything on the internet to ...

brunzenstein wrote:Read again. The DRM free version is offered from the Factorio site. Contact them on the matter,

The site said, that the forum is the best way to contact them on the matter, hah. That was the idea.

brunzenstein wrote:With a valid Steam key you get a DRM free download from the developer site

I did look briefly on the factorio.com site before, but I couldn't find anything like that.

I've never used humblebundle before, so I wouldn't have advance familiarity with their nature and practices, and certainly no presumption that the appearance of a steam icon means 'we're not offering the game' instead of 'a steam key is available'. The latter would be a natural interpretation, if it...

That's what I thought I was doing. It was my intention to support the developers, now I dislike Valve more than ever. I've been tracking this game for years. I didn't know humblebundle and steam were so intertwined, since they ought to be different companies offering similar services. They ought to ...

So, Valve paid off humblebundle.com to not offer the actual game that people buy, but instead to offer a requirement that they install Valve's unrelated software? I'll be sure never to give them any more money, that is disgusting. I could also start quoting things I already said BUT, I'm not a facet...

I would rather not use steam... that's why I didn't buy it from steam. I also didn't want to redeem the steam key, just the game. My understanding is that steam takes a hefty cut of the sales. Besides that, I just don't want Valve involved with many (most) of my games. So the question is still, how ...

Thank you. The login worked, at least I think so, because there are no more in-game login prompts. But, there's still no updates. I have *.26 version, and it looks like the current is *.30. Also, factorio.com only offers demo downloads, I don't know if that helps. edit: I found a "Check updates...

I bought Factorio via humblebundle.com. There was hassle involved but I won't get into that. I elected not to link to steam, because I bought Factorio, not a steam key. Now the question is, how do I get the update service to work? The in-game update dialog asks me for an account, but I don't see any...