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Hello,
we just released the version 0.4.0 (experimental)

Warning: there is major bug, the pump can't be built, bugfix release will be tomorrow.

• Features:
  • Automated train transportation. Trains can be given schedule to go to Train Stops (named after backers).
  • Added simple rail signals functionality.
  • Added rail cargo wagon.
  • Locomotive uses fuel.
  • All the desynchronisation problems in the game replaying should be solved.
  • Added small replay options control panel.
  • Added small flying text notifications (used to notify mining, quick transfer and contents of mined entity).
  • Added medium electric pole.
  • Added big electric pole.
  • Added substation.
  • Added basic accumulator.
  • Player slides around corners.
• Changes:
  • Filter inserter doesn't pick items without any filter set, smart inserter still takes everything without filter set.
  • Wider crafting/item selection screen (10 slots instead of 8, temporary solution until crafting tabs are made)
  • Smaller inserter bounding box, so it is easier to run through the factory.
  • Car shows fuel icon when out of fuel
  • Locomotive and Car are minable
  • Easier riding in locomotive and car (accelerate vs. brake vs. reverse)
• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed resources not colliding with water.
  • Fixed the calculation of loot count.
  • Fixed not working clear filter action.
  • Fixed drawing position of one of the trees.
  • Fixed mouse click originated in gui that closes affecting the game. (Clicking on resume started mining etc)
  • Fixed crash after confirming notice box of error in script on level/campaign start.
  • Show error in the player console when autosave can't be made and continue, instead of closing the game.
  • Fixed over extension in the recipe window.
  • Fixed one rail connection bug.
  • Fixed some train connecting bugs.
• Graphics:
  • Picture for single piece of wall.
• Gui:
  • More visible (white) carret in the console.
• Modding:
  • Mods can specify dependencies.
  • Mods can contain lua migrations.
  • Default values for loot (probability 1, min = 1, max = 1)
• Scripting:
  • Better error handling on many places (so the game will write the cause of the error instead of crashing, or writing error -1)
  • Changed the gui interface to minimalise mod conflicts. gui object contains now 3 accessible sub object (top, left, center).These are always flows and can't be removed, when more than one mod (and/or script) adds something there it all stacks.
  • Added frame, label, table and progressbar to creatable gui.
  • Added basic font settings for gui elements (bold/not bold + color)
  • Added way to change caption of existing gui elements
  • Gui name doesn't need to be unique globally, it just needs to be unique in the context of the parent element.
  • Allowed loading bounding box with named parameters (lefttop, rightbottom) as well as without it in format {{1, 2}, {3, 4}}
  • Added direction property to LuaEntity.
  • Added hasflag method.
  • Removed game.getrandomnumber, use math.random instead, it will use the interal game random number generator.
  • Added way to create more entities by the script (projectile, particle, resource), more on wiki soon.
  • Added way to read/write amount in resource.
  • Fixed bug of units killed by die command not creating corpse+sound.
  • onchunkgenerated event added (contains area with bounding box of the chunk).
  • Fixed bugs with remote interfaces
  • Exposed enemy distraction in freeplay attack data

Thank you!!!

What does the substation do?

Is the Bug, that Pumps can not be placed easily fixable? Without that, the game is not really playable.

DRBLN wrote:What does the substation do?

It should do something with electricity, I haven't tried yet.


Oh? I don't see any "DOWNLOAD" section on factorio com.
AAARgh.. Where is it?

EDIT: Argh.. It shows up instead of "download the demo" in the content area after I log in.
There really should be a "download" section in the main menu.

Yes, the pump, I'm sorry for that, I did some fixes of buildability just before release, and this is the result, this is easy fix and we will provide it probably tomorrow.

Thx
You're doing a great Job.

0.4.0 (alpha) Generic Linux tar package (32 bit .tar) - link broken

Thanks for the update, I can't wait to try it out.

Is there an estimate on when we'll get an addition to the main campaign?

kovarex wrote:Yes, the pump, I'm sorry for that, I did some fixes of buildability just before release, and this is the result, this is easy fix and we will provide it probably tomorrow.

I can wait a day or two for some quick fixes. I rather see that you take more time and produce more stable game rather that you rush and produce game with bugs. Yes I know that the game is still in alpha and that I should expect bugs in alpha but still it is much nicer to play game without bugs.

Anywhay great work with the game so far. Up until now I haven't regreted to support you guys which I can't say for every other Indie game I bought so far. So keep up the good work.

nessumo wrote:0.4.0 (alpha) Generic Linux tar package (32 bit .tar) - link broken

Oh.. I guess I was fixated on the .deb and completely missed it. ("installing" the .deb become a routine)

MF- wrote:

nessumo wrote:0.4.0 (alpha) Generic Linux tar package (32 bit .tar) - link broken

Oh.. I guess I was fixated on the .deb and completely missed it. ("installing" the .deb become a routine)

Fixed now.

Works fine, thnx!

Great work guys!

You're one of my favorite game developers.

Keep up the amazing work~

Crap, now I'm too busy to play... Guess I'll wait out the bugfixes. Great to see you guys working so hard on this!

Dear Kovarex,

Seems, unfortunetly RU translation does not made it to 0.4.0.
Hope you can add it to following hotfix.

mindreader wrote:Dear Kovarex,

Seems, unfortunetly RU translation does not made it to 0.4.0.
Hope you can add it to following hotfix.

Yes, I will, it was all hectical

as allways, so excited about the modding stuff

Guys,

I just do not understand how you play, if Pump is broken.
Is there a workaround?

Not that I know of.
But there are saves from older versions some of us continue
(You can get the stable version of factorio as well. Simply build the pumps there and then switch over to 0.4.0 and hope you won't need more of them)