Factorio Dev Tracker

Originally posted by DrAndros

An other new feature I've noticed is that in the image with the roboport robot request feature in the inventory the red wire doesn't stack. I think the wires are now permanent, so hopefully there is no need to craft a bunch of them when designing circuits.

And the wires are in two places in the inventory. This can't be filtering, because there would be a blue background behind the slot, so maybe it's changed.

Or the inventory sorting could be turned off entirely, but that wouldn't be exciting.

Originally posted by BraxbroWasTaken

Will those capabilities be available for modders when the expansion is installed, then? (though I’m not sure I like locking down the engine to prevent reimplementation of the expansion; that seems more like something that should be a ToS enforcement on the mod portal than something built into the game, in my opinion; is this the plan just because it’s easier on your limited personnel?)

Originally posted by I_IblackI_I

Do the things like the robot improvements come as a free update or require the purchase of the expansion?

Originally posted by Malfuncti0n

I never knew I needed these changes, amazing!

Hope it might come in 1.2 before the expansion, I don't see a reason why not?

Originally posted by iyix

Sorry to hijack your comment, but I am just really wondering about something: did you play Space Exploration for any significant amount of time and how do you like it?

Originally posted by AmasserOfHobbies

I was also annoyed by that!

Do I detect some usage of past tense? :)

Originally posted by Vollgrav

I just imagined a group of developers reassuring each other all the time that wszystko będzie, partly jokingly and party seriously, and it sounds like a nice atmosphere at work :)

Even if some of these thigs arrive many, many years later.

Originally posted by Vollgrav

"Wszystko będzie"? I thought you're Czech, not Polish :) Great attitude, by the way!

Originally posted by BartZeroSix

Well I hope it's like oil in factorio, not something too hard to do.

Originally posted by drewwil000

Ah, yes, why research cliff explosives when nuke do trick.

Originally posted by AgileInternet167

Please tell me you can still have requester chests on the first planet.

Originally posted by djdan_FTW

my guess is that the challenge mostly comes from making tradeoffs between getting to the destination faster and defending your ship when you have very limited space to work with. I think it's a good idea, since space is almost never a limitation in the base game, but some of the most satisfying moments come from figuring out how to pack a production line as small as possible

Inspired by the boardgame Galaxy Trucker, perhaps... (probably not).

Originally posted by StickiStickman

But also sounds like it will have less content overall than the mod, which is a bit disappointing.

Also really not a fan of them removing stuff from the base game like artillery and dynamite and locking it behind specific planets. Having stuff you had before removed just to pad the DLC doesn't really seem like it is rewarding.

Originally posted by ferrofibrous

A very common question/complaint I see here is no train-side logic that lets you stop at a refueling station only when needed.

Originally posted by oForce21o

that feature seems off-putting to me. Whats so important about making the rocket cheaper? can we have the choice to keep prices the same as vanilla and still have a good time in dlc?

Originally posted by lo53n

To not force players to increase production to unreasonable levels on a planet that we will most probably abandon in favour of new places? Having vanilla price is good for normal playthrough, as it is your game goal. In Space Age goal lies somewhere else, there is no point in blocking access to it behind big base and lots of tech - considering they are shuffling tech tree to move techs behind visiting other planets.

Originally posted by ReikaKalseki

The engines look amazing.

However, that center whitish building does not look nearly as good; not only does it look much "cleaner" than the usual more rusty and industrial style of Factorio, but even the art style looks different, being flatter and more "line-art". It looks like something from a cartoon.

Fortunately, this looks to be a one-off (and might in fact be a case of that building still being WIP); the grinder and arm-socket buildings look fine.

I only call attention to it because I have been doing a lot of Subnautica recently, and the style clash between their old and new audio designers is...drastic to the point of being jarring and affecting the experience, and I had an initial moment of fear that something similar was going to happen here.

Originally posted by audigofaster

Moving already existing techs into the space sciences is not something i like. It feels like this one change means the expansion is going to be balanced like space exploration, and that is not a good thing at all. One of space explorations biggest mistakes is taking away some of the best quality of life techs and delaying their unlock, its not fun or challenging, just a pita grind.