Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio visualizer in Unreal Engine 5

Post by BlueTemplar » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 11:57 AM UTC

aerio wrote: post #121

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Honestly, I think the feeling of not wanting to have to bust out a spreadsheet to play a video game is entirely reasonable and shouldn't be downvoted. but this is HN in 2023, so he'll get downvoted, while, who does use a spreadsheet will get downvoted when I admit that the spreadsheet I use is from Microsoft. =)

You don't have to though. Base facrorio does not require any spreadsheets or math (other than production lines for efficiency, but that's kind of the nature of the game.) It's a mod, and so not required and already something you decided to optionally add to your game.

Post by BlueTemplar » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 11:59 AM UTC

bufferoverflow wrote: post #108

DDSDev wrote: post #4

As a game dev, factorio has always been a title that I would absolutely love to see the original source code for. Also, for anyone who’s first question was “how is this legal”: “When asked about the legality of this whole endeavour, they showed great understanding and allowed the project to be released, provided it won’t be used for commercial purposes.”

Factorio has a great dev blog. They don't show the code, but they go pretty in-depth on some challenges they have to overcome. https://www.factorio.com/blog/

Post by louwrentius » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 12:35 PM UTC

AnotherGoodName wrote: post #52

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I’m playing Space Exploration right now and it is epic. But beware, a professional YouTuber Dosh Doshington who seems to be one of the best Factorio players in the world (in my opinion) took 300 hours to complete SE with some help. I think SE is amazing but it’s an incredible time sink. I’ve gotten 3500+ hours in Factorio, I think I have a problem. Anyway, seeing Factorio in 3D was amazing though, really cool

Yes that's why I think you should turn biters waaaay down or off for SE. It's a game that can take a few years to play through if you have a full time job+other things. Still a worthy distraction, just understand you'll be playing for years.

Post by Dylan16807 » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 3:57 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #125

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> needing to race the tech tree to keep up Is that actually how it ends up going? Unless your base is extremely small, then going slower means less pollution reaches the biters and they evolve slower. If you won't have 20 drills going after several hours, "play the tutorial" is probably the best advice. "Don't start in the middle of a treeless wasteland" is also important advice.

> "Don't start in the middle of a treeless wasteland" is also important advice. Don't people just take whatever starting position the game gives you? Sometimes the starting position simply is a treeless wasteland. As far as I understand, moving to start far away from your starting position is a bad idea, because there's more biters there and the resources you need are much further apart.

Post by AnotherGoodName » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

automatic6131 wrote: post #118

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another modpack that should be mentioned here is pyanodons [0]. similar to space exploration it also extends the game significantly after the rocket launch, but it also adds additional content before (in fact, the rocket launch itself becomes rather unimportant and is an at first optional blue science tech) pyanodons adds very realistic ore processing chains, petrochemical processes (the main developer, pyanodon, is…

>1500+ hours Ahh, so if I start a game now, and play a reasonable (dedicated, honestly) 2 hours a night, every day, I'll have completed it in 2025. Wild. Not for me!