[0.12.29] Starting in the middle of an ocean
Bad / Impossible Start
So I decided to download 0.15.3 yesterday to try it out and I ended up starting on a tiny island. I just would like to suggest some kind of check to make sure that the start area is not a 6x3 island of nothing. I don't believe this is a bug with the 0.15.3 version but if it is never mind.
Re: [0.12.29] Starting in the middle of an ocean
Not a bug
[Koub] Merged into "island start" topic.
[Koub] Merged into "island start" topic.
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Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
So I was trying to start new map with Train World default setting.
Have to admit game gave me the best map to survive any bitter attacks
http://imgur.com/a/JOlt8
Not really sure if it can be called a bug but for sure this kind of spawn location does not help
Have to admit game gave me the best map to survive any bitter attacks
http://imgur.com/a/JOlt8
Not really sure if it can be called a bug but for sure this kind of spawn location does not help
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Re: Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
Yet another one of these.
Yes, its a bug, no it won't be fixed.
Yes, its a bug, no it won't be fixed.
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Re: Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
What are bitters? I've seen so many people mentioning them.
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Re: Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
Is this a joke?Artman40 wrote:What are bitters? I've seen so many people mentioning them.
Yes, its a misspelling of biters, but still.
It refers to the enemies in the game. Spawners, biters, and spitters. They spawn when you pollute enough, and try to kill you and eat your stuff.
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Re: Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
Bitters, along with Spiters, are your allies in the never-ending war with Biters and Spitters.Artman40 wrote:What are bitters? I've seen so many people mentioning them.
Re: Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
A shorthand for both biters and spitters. The B comes from the Biters, the tt from the spitters and the rest is what both have in common.Artman40 wrote:What are bitters? I've seen so many people mentioning them.
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Re: Factorio gave me a perfect spawn location (not)
Lol, that's kinda funny, but I don't believe that is true.mergele wrote:A shorthand for both biters and spitters. The B comes from the Biters, the tt from the spitters and the rest is what both have in common.Artman40 wrote:What are bitters? I've seen so many people mentioning them.
Its just a mispelling of biters, from back before spitters existed. Instead of calling em buggers or aliens or natives or whatever, they were just called biters since there were biters, worms, and spawners, and only biters attacked. However, its easy to put 2 ts instead of 1, hence bitters.
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Re: [0.12.29] Starting in the middle of an ocean
[Koub] Merged into "island start" topic.
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Maybe some checks should be run when creating a map
... to avoid such embarrassing situation.
Re: [0.12.29] Starting in the middle of an ocean
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Odd start
I started a fresh game and was welcomed by this: Me on an island. Not just a regular island, an island just my size
I restarted the game before having the presence of mind to save the map exchange string.
Which made me wonder: Who else has encountered this situation? Island with no resources, Walking an inordinate distance to find something?
Food for thought, but I thought everyone would enjoy a chuckle.
I restarted the game before having the presence of mind to save the map exchange string.
Which made me wonder: Who else has encountered this situation? Island with no resources, Walking an inordinate distance to find something?
Food for thought, but I thought everyone would enjoy a chuckle.
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Re: [0.12.29] Starting in the middle of an ocean
[Koub] Merged with the chuckle island start topic
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[0.15.x] stuck on an island
A pretty minor bug I guess, but a bug (?) still - started a new game only to find myself stuck on the tiniest island ever...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... 1085288561
Here's map exchange string:
>>>AAAPAB4AAQADAwcAAAAEAAAAY29hbAMDAwoAAABjb3BwZXItb3Jl
AwMDCQAAAGNydWRlLW9pbAMDAwoAAABlbmVteS1iYXNlAwMDCAAAAGl
yb24tb3JlAwMDBQAAAHN0b25lAwMDCwAAAHVyYW5pdW0tb3JlAwMDup
Z7roCEHgCAhB4AAwABAQF7FK5H4XqUPwEAAAAAAAAuQAEAAAAAAADwP
wEAAAAAAFi7QAEAAAAAAOCFQAEAAAAAAFirQAEAAAAAAIjDQAEAAAAA
AECfQAEAAAAAAEB/QAEAAAAAAECPQAEzMzMzMzPzPwEzMzMzMzPzPwF
7FK5H4Xp0PwEAAQAAAAAAAAhAAQAAAAAAAAhAAXsUrkfheoQ/AQABAQ
GN7bWg98bQPgH8qfHSTWJgPwFpHVVNEHXvPgEBAQcAAAABAgAAAAECA
AAAAZqZmZmZmbk/AQAAAAAAAABAAQAAAAAAAOA/AZqZmZmZmdk/Ac3M
zMzMzOw/AQUAAAABFAAAAAFAOAAAAcBLAwABEA4AAAGgjAAAASAcAAA
BAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAFEABZmZmZmZm9j8BMzMzMzMz4z8BMzMzMz
Mz0z8BAAAAAAAACEABAAAAAAAAJEABPAAAAAEeAAAAAcgAAAABBQAAA
AEAAAAAAAAAQAEBAQAAAAAAAFlAAQUAAAABGQAAAAEAAAAAAAAkQAEy
AAAAAQAAAAAAAD5AAWQAAAABmpmZmZmZyT8BMzMzMzMzwz8BMzMzMzM
z0z8BMzMzMzMz0z8BAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAANEABAAAAAAAAPkABAA
AAAAAAFEABAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAACEABCgAAAAFkA
AAAAWQAAAAB6AMAAAEAAAAAAADgPwHQBwAAAQAAAAAAQH9AAwAAAAAA
AAAAAAAA8D9y3arR<<<
EDIT: and then I pressed 'restart'... what are the odds?
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... 1085308457
>>>AAAPAB4AAQADAwcAAAAEAAAAY29hbAMDAwoAAABjb3BwZXItb3Jl
AwMDCQAAAGNydWRlLW9pbAMDAwoAAABlbmVteS1iYXNlAwMDCAAAAGl
yb24tb3JlAwMDBQAAAHN0b25lAwMDCwAAAHVyYW5pdW0tb3JlAwMDUo
OfaYCEHgCAhB4AAwABAQF7FK5H4XqUPwEAAAAAAAAuQAEAAAAAAADwP
wEAAAAAAFi7QAEAAAAAAOCFQAEAAAAAAFirQAEAAAAAAIjDQAEAAAAA
AECfQAEAAAAAAEB/QAEAAAAAAECPQAEzMzMzMzPzPwEzMzMzMzPzPwF
7FK5H4Xp0PwEAAQAAAAAAAAhAAQAAAAAAAAhAAXsUrkfheoQ/AQABAQ
GN7bWg98bQPgH8qfHSTWJgPwFpHVVNEHXvPgEBAQcAAAABAgAAAAECA
AAAAZqZmZmZmbk/AQAAAAAAAABAAQAAAAAAAOA/AZqZmZmZmdk/Ac3M
zMzMzOw/AQUAAAABFAAAAAFAOAAAAcBLAwABEA4AAAGgjAAAASAcAAA
BAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAFEABZmZmZmZm9j8BMzMzMzMz4z8BMzMzMz
Mz0z8BAAAAAAAACEABAAAAAAAAJEABPAAAAAEeAAAAAcgAAAABBQAAA
AEAAAAAAAAAQAEBAQAAAAAAAFlAAQUAAAABGQAAAAEAAAAAAAAkQAEy
AAAAAQAAAAAAAD5AAWQAAAABmpmZmZmZyT8BMzMzMzMzwz8BMzMzMzM
z0z8BMzMzMzMz0z8BAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAANEABAAAAAAAAPkABAA
AAAAAAFEABAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAACEABCgAAAAFkA
AAAAWQAAAAB6AMAAAEAAAAAAADgPwHQBwAAAQAAAAAAQH9AAwAAAAAA
AAAAAAAA8D8CKERC<<<
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... 1085288561
Here's map exchange string:
>>>AAAPAB4AAQADAwcAAAAEAAAAY29hbAMDAwoAAABjb3BwZXItb3Jl
AwMDCQAAAGNydWRlLW9pbAMDAwoAAABlbmVteS1iYXNlAwMDCAAAAGl
yb24tb3JlAwMDBQAAAHN0b25lAwMDCwAAAHVyYW5pdW0tb3JlAwMDup
Z7roCEHgCAhB4AAwABAQF7FK5H4XqUPwEAAAAAAAAuQAEAAAAAAADwP
wEAAAAAAFi7QAEAAAAAAOCFQAEAAAAAAFirQAEAAAAAAIjDQAEAAAAA
AECfQAEAAAAAAEB/QAEAAAAAAECPQAEzMzMzMzPzPwEzMzMzMzPzPwF
7FK5H4Xp0PwEAAQAAAAAAAAhAAQAAAAAAAAhAAXsUrkfheoQ/AQABAQ
GN7bWg98bQPgH8qfHSTWJgPwFpHVVNEHXvPgEBAQcAAAABAgAAAAECA
AAAAZqZmZmZmbk/AQAAAAAAAABAAQAAAAAAAOA/AZqZmZmZmdk/Ac3M
zMzMzOw/AQUAAAABFAAAAAFAOAAAAcBLAwABEA4AAAGgjAAAASAcAAA
BAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAFEABZmZmZmZm9j8BMzMzMzMz4z8BMzMzMz
Mz0z8BAAAAAAAACEABAAAAAAAAJEABPAAAAAEeAAAAAcgAAAABBQAAA
AEAAAAAAAAAQAEBAQAAAAAAAFlAAQUAAAABGQAAAAEAAAAAAAAkQAEy
AAAAAQAAAAAAAD5AAWQAAAABmpmZmZmZyT8BMzMzMzMzwz8BMzMzMzM
z0z8BMzMzMzMz0z8BAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAANEABAAAAAAAAPkABAA
AAAAAAFEABAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAACEABCgAAAAFkA
AAAAWQAAAAB6AMAAAEAAAAAAADgPwHQBwAAAQAAAAAAQH9AAwAAAAAA
AAAAAAAA8D9y3arR<<<
EDIT: and then I pressed 'restart'... what are the odds?
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... 1085308457
>>>AAAPAB4AAQADAwcAAAAEAAAAY29hbAMDAwoAAABjb3BwZXItb3Jl
AwMDCQAAAGNydWRlLW9pbAMDAwoAAABlbmVteS1iYXNlAwMDCAAAAGl
yb24tb3JlAwMDBQAAAHN0b25lAwMDCwAAAHVyYW5pdW0tb3JlAwMDUo
OfaYCEHgCAhB4AAwABAQF7FK5H4XqUPwEAAAAAAAAuQAEAAAAAAADwP
wEAAAAAAFi7QAEAAAAAAOCFQAEAAAAAAFirQAEAAAAAAIjDQAEAAAAA
AECfQAEAAAAAAEB/QAEAAAAAAECPQAEzMzMzMzPzPwEzMzMzMzPzPwF
7FK5H4Xp0PwEAAQAAAAAAAAhAAQAAAAAAAAhAAXsUrkfheoQ/AQABAQ
GN7bWg98bQPgH8qfHSTWJgPwFpHVVNEHXvPgEBAQcAAAABAgAAAAECA
AAAAZqZmZmZmbk/AQAAAAAAAABAAQAAAAAAAOA/AZqZmZmZmdk/Ac3M
zMzMzOw/AQUAAAABFAAAAAFAOAAAAcBLAwABEA4AAAGgjAAAASAcAAA
BAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAFEABZmZmZmZm9j8BMzMzMzMz4z8BMzMzMz
Mz0z8BAAAAAAAACEABAAAAAAAAJEABPAAAAAEeAAAAAcgAAAABBQAAA
AEAAAAAAAAAQAEBAQAAAAAAAFlAAQUAAAABGQAAAAEAAAAAAAAkQAEy
AAAAAQAAAAAAAD5AAWQAAAABmpmZmZmZyT8BMzMzMzMzwz8BMzMzMzM
z0z8BMzMzMzMz0z8BAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAANEABAAAAAAAAPkABAA
AAAAAAFEABAAAAAAAAPkABAAAAAAAAJEABAAAAAAAACEABCgAAAAFkA
AAAAWQAAAAB6AMAAAEAAAAAAADgPwHQBwAAAQAAAAAAQH9AAwAAAAAA
AAAAAAAA8D8CKERC<<<
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Re: [0.15.x] stuck on an island
it's a known issue, but considered a minor one. the devs will be doing something about it in a future release.
just try and laugh it off a try a new seed.
just try and laugh it off a try a new seed.
Re: [0.12.29] Starting in the middle of an ocean
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Perfect Island Start
Thanks, game.
Beginners Luck
LOL! ...my favorite start by far!
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