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17 Aug

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Originally posted by triffid_hunter

One of Factorio's devs, /u/v453000, is a huge fan of spaghetti

Does not mean I don’t do planning btw :)


16 Aug

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Originally posted by Marco3104

What makes me realy wonder is that they had, in all 3 trailers, the green polluted water already in it. But it is a feature that was firstly released in the 1.0 update.

It was a special “green water” tile type, now even “normal water” gets turned to green dynamically

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I was wondering how long until people start using it like a huge chest :)))


15 Aug

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It comes from translation of "všechno bude' to polish, which is: wszystko będzie.

"Všechno bude" means something like "(dont worry) everything will be done eventually".

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It used to work like that but since it can walk over everything it meant inserters would randomly take or put items. Even if there was a delay, you would have to be careful where you park or where you linger.

As mentioned, logistic requests for each spidertron are likely to happen. They mostly weren't done due to time constraints and risk of causing technical problems for a feature added directly to stable 1.0

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Originally posted by Linnun

I would guess their system that automatically posts patch notes on Steam is set to always put it in the category 'small update'.

Maybe they should consider manually changing it for this one :)

That system is my hands, in this case :D I'm just used to selecting "small update", I didn't even think about it. They used to not require a "type".


14 Aug

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Originally posted by scarsickk

Well-deserved.

They paid for that, you know...

No, you can't buy this.

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Fun fact. My father is one of the biggest world experts on spiders and scorpions. He even named one Scorpion after Factorio (https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/cj9x2m/til_that_a_scorpion_has_been_named_after_factorio/) When I was implementing the prototype 4 years ago, I specifically asked him to give me pointers how the movement logic should work to make it look organic. So, when the 1.0 release was approaching, I showed him the current spidertron implementation and he approved it.

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We are very well avare that this would make sense, we just had to cut things down to deliver stable product on time. This is one of the major 1.1 finalisation candidates.

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Yeeeah, we probably will eventually, but it's a problem. "alpha" meaning "full version, not demo" is an assumption that's sprinkled around our codebase all over the place. Changing it will break a lot of things, and the moment we do our big release is not when we want that to deal with that. It should have been called "full" or "main" from the start, but hindsight is 20/20.

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Originally posted by yoriaiko

some hype stats - SPOILERS

its big, really

dont need any fuel?!?!?!?! OP!

can move above buildings!

can move above small water (the other edge must be in reachable distance)

can move above cliffs (ok, all spiders can, no big deal)

can move above trains!

if sitting above starting rocket (silo), the animation is slightly weirdo (probably is also immune to shooting artillery, but untested)

IT IS IMMUNE TO TRAINS?! YES!

have 10x6 grid, putting extra exo dsnt add extra leg, just make him faster

coming with 4 rocket launchers

its not made by inserters, like prototype, have new unique fancy design, but not inserters, new players will enjoy, old players will get mods

safe travels and no more Watch your step achievement!!!!!!!!!!

have fancy spiderman-like icon on map

can autoshoot by rockets - its optional and independent switch for both auto mode and with driver/gunner - watch yo...

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BTW it is powered by the fucion reactors in its recipe :) Legit doesn't need fuel, GG

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Originally posted by neumast

What happens when you equip the belt immunity thingy?

Exactly what you would probably expect! :)

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Originally posted by asoftbird

Congratulations on delivering one hell of a management game. It feels like the end of a journey, especially with the FFFs stopping.

Aside from that, why were the sounds from inserters/assemblers/furnaces reverted to 0.17 sounds? l'm not complaining, just wondering what the reason behind that decision is.

We have been trying to iterate many sounds in 0.18 until last minute, but in the end we decided some of them were just better in 0.17. This doesn't necessarily have to mean the end of the road for these sounds, we might still give them another try later, we just need to sit down and think real hard about them.

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Originally posted by Uranium_Isotope

Wait, on the 2020 trailer at 1:50 there is a spider in the top right with lights; yay potential spider vehicle! I wonder if it can walk over objects easily to traverse the factory

It can :)

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Features

  • Added Spidertron and Spidertron remote.
  • Added Freeplay crash site.

Graphics

  • Added polluted water visual effect.
  • Added biter base decoratives.
  • New visual effects for the atomic bomb.

Sounds

  • Significantly reduced the volume of robots deconstructing and entity destroyed alert.
  • Reverted mining drill sound to the 0.17 version with high pitched part removed.
  • Reverted inserter, furnace and assembling machine sounds to the 0.17 version.
  • Changed the checkbox click sound (based on dropdown open sound).
  • Changed the "green button sound" to have a normal button sound.

Modding

  • Added EnemySpawnerPrototype and TurretPrototype properties: spawn_decoration and spawn_decoration_on_expansion.
  • EntityPrototype water_reflection can now be defined inside graphics_set.
  • Added ExplosionPrototype properties: Explo...
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Originally posted by Lurker-in-Chief

Has there been any mention of when the 1.0 update will be made available for download from factorio.com? And are their download servers prepared for the rush?

(Worrying I'll spend two hours waiting for it to download while everyone else is having a party...)

The time is the same as the launch trailer - 11 a.m. Prague time. As far as I know, pretty much all of the downloads are going to go through Steam so servers should hopefully be fine.

Hello,
the atmosphere in the last week was kind of special. We experienced the feeling of the final release being on the horizon many times. And we were shown that it isn't the case time and time again. So it feels very special when it is actually becoming reality. We were trying to be especially careful with any last minute changes to make sure that we don't introduce major bugs into our precious 1.0 release. The image of all the players having the game crash on some simple stupid bug is horrifying.

Thank you

People thanked us on many occasions for the hard work we do. It helped lift our mood in many of the desperate moments, when bugs and problems were piling up and we didn't see the end of the tunnel. We don't say it often enough, but the support from your side has been incredibly helpful throughout the years.

  • We thank all who helped us to save the game before it could even start by supporting the IndieGoGo campaign back in 2013.
  • We ...
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