Hello, I'm going to cover a feature I only just finished. I was thinking about this idea for years already. I always thought the feature is too hardcore to be included, but I learned that it is usually a mistake to underestimate the players, so I gave it a go, and decided to share it right away.
  • sudotstar@kbin.social
    9·
    6 months ago

    This change is interesting. The process of creating parameterized blueprints looks a little tedious, but I’m pretty sure that’s just inherent to the idea in general and there isn’t much room to make it better, and I imagine the ease of using such blueprints that are e.g. downloaded from the internet is perfectly fine.

    I play a lot of Factorio in multiplayer, with a group where not everyone has the same desire to make blueprints, and we in-general resist just downloading designs off the internet and try to do everything in-house. This leads to a lot of asymmetric gameplay, where e.g. I may design a blueprint and others will use them. I think this kind of change will work well overall for that (complex train systems are now a reality) but might come with the cost of the blueprint producer spending more time faffing around with the blueprint UI.

    • Kogasa@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Not much faffing needed. The challenge is in creating blueprints that are truly suited to generic parametrization. It’s the same deal with generics in programming.

  • Spzi@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    Sounds truly amazing! Missed that feature over the last years. Same for the train interrupt, which simplifies refueling.

    When can we expect these features to arrive in-game?

    I also wonder, isn’t a follow-up game coming out soon? How long will they keep making Factorio even better?

    • eluvatar@programming.devEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      Uh, have you heard about v2 and the expansion? Check a few blog posts it’s all there. This feature will be in v2