Originally posted by Professional_Goat185

This implies that the overall train traffic gets increased a lot, so the quality of intersections and the train network as a whole stops being just theoretical problem

uh, it definitely is not a theoretical problem now, with megabases people are building.

Also does that mean that the expansion will require significantly bigger production than vanilla, or are those (and belt/inserter) changes for sake of the mods ?

Originally posted by captainserafinowicz

Oh My God trains in 2.0 are gonna be so much fun to use

Originally posted by BengiPrimeLOL

I don't know if Factorio actually uses it, but there's a system called symantic versioning that is often used and very useful in software, and even when it's not formally used, the fundamental principles are loosely adhered to. Simply, symver says you have 3 basic numbers in your versioning, XX.YY.ZZ (ie 1.2.73) that are defined as such, with possible implications for a game like factorio:

XX - Backward Incompatible Features. major changes _that break previous compatibility_. Changes like this would likely see mods break completely, saves may not carry over or require big conversions that may break some aspects of the save.

YY - New, Backward Compatible Features. minor changes or feature additions that do not break any backward compatibility. Mods would likely work, but mod makers may want to add bits to their mods to tie into new features. Save files would likely be safe.

ZZ - Minor bug fixes. Generally no new features, mods & saves would likely...

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Originally posted by Alfonse215

I agree with this. Except for this:

adding the updated internal name will allow mods to switch over earlier

That's the thing: should they actually change the internal name? Like, ever?

That would break a lot of mods, and it's not like there could be a period where the entity has two internal names as a grace period. Every mod that deals with stack inserters would instantly break with whatever version they change that internal name on. And it would be difficult (but not impossible) for individual mods to have their own version with a grace period, where they work with both the old name and the new name depending on which version of Factorio they're running on.

It would be better for them to keep the internal names the same forever. Yes, it's confusing for mod makers, but most Factorio players aren't mod makers and really don't care about the internal name. But they do care that a bunch of their favorite mo...

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Originally posted by No_Object446

Is this circuit connection limited to assemblers, or does it also work with chemical plants, refineries, centrifuges, etc.

Originally posted by Weppet

Do you plan to rename the Stack Inserter? I feel like it would be confusing if the stack inserter does not stack items. It's almost like the names should be swapped.

Originally posted by TechnicalAnt5890

Any thoughts on swapping stack and bulk inserter name?

Originally posted by Yodo9001

Does this mean that Bulk inserters can pick up upto four stacks of the same item? (Ex: 4 Artillery shells. Stack inserters are limited to one stack.)

Originally posted by Soma91

Absolutely incredible change, but isn't the checkbox to activate the filters redundant?

Wouldn't an inserter set on Blacklist without any filters selected just behave like a normal inserter?

Originally posted by Nazeir

So this means busses now become more compact, my 4 lanes of iron on my bus is now just 1 lane of iron. This is a massive improvement for space platforms and when we are rebuilding bases on other planets, a river of iron plates and copper plates will be reduced to a more manageable smaller area.

Originally posted by TheMiiChannelTheme

Do items with no inventory stack size still stack on belts?

I would very much like to know the implications of having a stack of nuclear reactors carefully balanced on top of each other.