Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
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- jztemple2
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
I'm out of stone and almost out of copper. And I'm getting just a bit worn out over the need to keep attacking nests. Is there a good mod or cheat that just allows me to add materials like copper and stone to my inventory? I'm not looking for massive amounts, just enough to fill some storage chests to keep my production lines working while I plan out my new productions. I want to expand my factory at my pace, not at a panic pace to go grab resources.
Or perhaps a mod that will let me spawn some resource fields nearer to me?
Or perhaps a mod that will let me spawn some resource fields nearer to me?
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
I don't know about the mods, but what you are describing is kind of the game. You aren't meant to be able to get all the research up and running on your starter base. Exploration and expansion are an integral part to succeeding. If the nests aren't fun, restart with the Biters turned non-aggressive. You'll still have to clear nests if they are where you want to build something, but finding new sources of RMs will be trivial. Getting them back to your base will still remain the challenge.
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
The way I solved this frustration, IIRC, was mostly just in the parameters I gave my starting map. Slightly bumped up the size or density of deposits, I think... which was enough to kind of shift everything a little more toward my pace of playing.jztemple2 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:42 am I'm out of stone and almost out of copper. And I'm getting just a bit worn out over the need to keep attacking nests. Is there a good mod or cheat that just allows me to add materials like copper and stone to my inventory? I'm not looking for massive amounts, just enough to fill some storage chests to keep my production lines working while I plan out my new productions. I want to expand my factory at my pace, not at a panic pace to go grab resources.
Or perhaps a mod that will let me spawn some resource fields nearer to me?
Is this still your (mostly) first playthrough, or have you restarted several times already?
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
This is my first playthrough and I have more than three dozen hours in it. That's why I was looking for a fix rather than restarting.
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
Oh, that's a good one - totally forgot about that option.Unagi wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:19 amThe way I solved this frustration, IIRC, was mostly just in the parameters I gave my starting map. Slightly bumped up the size or density of deposits, I think... which was enough to kind of shift everything a little more toward my pace of playing.jztemple2 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:42 am I'm out of stone and almost out of copper. And I'm getting just a bit worn out over the need to keep attacking nests. Is there a good mod or cheat that just allows me to add materials like copper and stone to my inventory? I'm not looking for massive amounts, just enough to fill some storage chests to keep my production lines working while I plan out my new productions. I want to expand my factory at my pace, not at a panic pace to go grab resources.
Or perhaps a mod that will let me spawn some resource fields nearer to me?
Is this still your (mostly) first playthrough, or have you restarted several times already?
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
If it means anything, it won't take you 30+ hours to get back to the same spot. You'll be much more efficient next time just because you'll have more concrete plans of where you want to go.
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
and also, just a couple of them, not all of them, IIRC - maybe mostly just coal and ironstessier wrote:Oh, that's a good one - totally forgot about that option.Unagi wrote: The way I solved this frustration, IIRC, was mostly just in the parameters I gave my starting map. Slightly bumped up the size or density of deposits, I think... which was enough to kind of shift everything a little more toward my pace of playing.
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
Yeah, quite unlike Satisfactory and Dyson's Sphere, I would say that most everyone that has played Factorio has a few "Learn and Burn" games behind them. Not a ton - but at least a handful.
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
OK, I went and started a new game. To be more focused on building, which is what I like, but not nerfing the beasties entirely, I set all the Resources sliders to 300% (by the way, they go up to 600%) and on the Enemy page I set the Starting Area Size to 300% as well. This means all the nests are far out towards the edges of the map. I made no other changes to the enemy.
So far I'm doing OK and since it is my second time I'm going to not compress my factory to a small space.
By the way, does the map have finite limits? Or does it spawn procedurally as I approach the edges?
So far I'm doing OK and since it is my second time I'm going to not compress my factory to a small space.
By the way, does the map have finite limits? Or does it spawn procedurally as I approach the edges?
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
You can make it finite, but by default it is infinite and procedurally generated. I'm not sure, though, exactly how much is there at the start and just covered by the fog of war.
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- jztemple2
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Re: Factorio, highly addictive game(alpha)
So after a week off, I'm back playing this again . With my 300/300 layout I have a lot more room to have fun with the game. And as Unagi mentioned, it is better to have started a new game rather than keep trying to expand on my old one.
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