Friday Facts #256 - The little things 3

[Klonan]

https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-256

[Gebus]

Thanks guys! 0.17 must be close?...

[provet]

Awesome as always!

Quick question, is the roboport priority for personal roboports something that can be set for other mobile roboports outside the main network (like the one in bobs mods with trains and other vehicles)?

[Durabys]

https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-256

*BELT IMMUNITY EQ*

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrGrim]

Very nice. The spillage thing is a good change, but there's that part of me that always thinks a lesson hard learned sticks the best.

[rcbrito91]

Thanks guys! 0.17 must be close?...

We can only hope, mate

[Faark]

Belt Immunity

Does that "stabilizer" only apply when standing or do we also loose the "running on belt" speed bonus?

Tile ghost tweak

I always wondered why different logistic networks don't have separate queues. That basically prevents critical modifications on my outpost while having huge long term projects (concrete solar farm) queued. Per network just seems so natural. A per force limit could still apply, if necessary.

[purdueme91]

Can we make the belt immunity able to be toggled on and off with a hotkey? I love the version in nanobots most of the time but there are times when I want to use the belts to run faster across the base

[DRY411S]

Items not spilling on belts.

Nice, but I'd prefer it if the game just stopped you from swapping armor if the consequence will be spilled inventory.

[Drury]

in 0.17 if you do end up spilling your beans, they won't land on your spaghetti

you should get a promotion for this

[Deadly-Bagel]

Can we make the belt immunity able to be toggled on and off with a hotkey? I love the version in nanobots most of the time but there are times when I want to use the belts to run faster across the base

This.

Also good to see future players won't do what I did when I opened my production statistics and almost fell over at the amount of U-235 I was using and producing xD

[ledow]

Yes to all.

But it would be nice to have a feature that games have had since the early days (The Settlers on DOS, for instance).

Priorities.

There should be a global list of what's a priority to collect/deliver and what's not (e.g. wood). It would only take a choice-list of the existing item-types: Priority, Normal, Background. Everything's in normal, unless you drag it to priority, when those items will be collected/delivered first. Anything in background will be done only when the priority and normals are done.

Have one for logistics and one for construction - then you can prioritise as appropriate. Hell, you could even make blueprints have a priority too, so that your "defence" blueprints are built first before bots mess about laying your concrete in your base.

[DRY411S]

in 0.17 if you do end up spilling your beans, they won't land on your spaghetti

you should get a promotion for this

+1 (even though I'd rather you just couldn't unequip if it meant spilling anything)

[BlueTemplar]

Yay!

A small detail though : there will be a lot of cringing among the more obsessive-compulsive of us if the Belt Immunity Equipment is only 1x1 !
(the only thing that we are going to be able to put in the remaining spot in the 10x10 Power Armor Mk2 will be a pretty useless Solar Panel!)

I suggest making it 2x1 !
And I already have a sprite in mind for this Belt Immunity Equipment :

New Belt Immunity Equipment Sprite

[imajor]

Belt Immunity Equipment

Does it mean we can say goodbye to the spidertron?

[Oktokolo]

But it would be nice to have a feature that games have had since the early days (The Settlers on DOS, for instance). Priorities.

Yes, construction priorities would be the real solution. Maybe by pressing a hotkey when placing a blueprint.

Would also be great, if we could get a list dialog for build orders (one build order listed for each unfinished blueprint placed), where we can cancel orders and and change their priorities.

[Engimage]

Belt immunity! At last! Thanks a ton!

Now add electric grid charger and you can see one more happy panda!

[CorrettoSambuca]

Belt Immunity should be called the Belt Motion Compensator. Or any other name, but not Belt Immunity.

Absolutely love the idea, tho. Good job.

[Recon777]

Speaking of ghost tweaks, would it be possible to make destroyed items leave ghosts from the very start of the game?

I use the Bluebuild mod, which makes your player auto pickup items marked for deconstruction if they are within reach. Also auto placing blueprints/ghosts if the player has the inventory and stands within placing distance.

This would be VERY nice to use in the early game to replace destroyed items prior to when bots are unlocked. Currently I think ghosts for destroyed items only show up after bots are unlocked.

[Cabanur]

I feel like the belt immunity should just be part of the exoskeletons. Having a 1x1 equipment greatly nerfs all the rest of equipments because it will inevitably lead to empty spaces in your grid.

From a suspension of disbelief perspective you could say it's the exoskeleton what actively compensates for belt movement anyway.