I kind of agree that that Compilatron takes away some of the mood of the game about being stranded alone.

Is it possible to alter Compilatron so that it doesn't feel like Compilatron is your companion? Something that makes you not get attached to it?

Is it possible to implement multiple options at the same time and let the players choose what works best for them?

Nice! I prefer bumpy UI over flat one.

So you long do you have to play for 600 mining productivity to pay off the resources and time spent on that research?

Tried "check for updates". No new updates available.

In a mid-game factory, how many resources I have to use for research rather than making new buildings?

I need to know for...mining productivity calculation purposes.

cpy wrote:Good call on dirty mining, we already have mods for dirty mining so yeah, optimization is a way to go! New TG and artillery train, i can't wait to see that!

Actually, dirty mining is a better idea than mining productivity. At least with current kind of mining productivity update rate.

Are these 2% improvements cumulative rather than separate, unlike mining productivity upgrades?

So if you want mining productivity 1, you need 2250 iron ore and 750 copper ore.

For mining productivity upgrade 1 to break even, how much and for how long do all the miners have to mine?

Mining productivity is not really the best option at least in its current form. In order to double the ores gotten from mines, you need mining productivity to be 50. That gobbles up enormous amount of resources and you probably need even more time for extra resources gotten from productivity to bala...

Is it possible to add a player animation where the player is looking at a map. Would be useful in multiplayer, especially when driving a tank and knowing which players won't probably move.

0.15 added a the ability to place icons on a map. Currently, you can place item and signal icons.
Some more placeable icons would be desirable.

Namely:
1. Biter, spitter and worm icons.
2. Stock alert icons (the exclamation mark one for an example).

Would it be possible to make an intermediate zoom level between full view and zoomed out map view. The one where every building is represented by a static crafting icon of the item instead of a colored dot?

This wouldn't slow the computer down much yet it would still allow placing blueprints.

With the amount of pure input/output slots in Factorio, it might be worth considering giving them some visual differentiation to make them inherently intuitive to new players, like a different border around the item box. Something like [img]image[/img] [img]image[/img] /rip cursor, hopefully your s...

I would suggest something similar to Angel Ore's mods. This means you can actually get more out of same amount of stuff but you need more complicated product chain. Also, one thing to note that depending on the nature of the resource. Machines mining a constant infinite resource patch benefit from h...

Aside from "Place a ghost when you run of items", what about an option "Place a ghost when you're too far/when you're too close/something is in a way" option?

That might actually be a better idea.

What are bitters? I've seen so many people mentioning them.

And if so, how difficult it is to play and launch a rocket?

Currently, when you start a new game and select how much resources you want to have, you have to click twice for each resource setting as you first need to bring down a drop-down menu and then click what you want it to be.

Wouldn't sliders be more convenient?