Hello, a wave of illness has afflicted the team these last few weeks, but things are starting to pick up again. With the collective health of the office back to normal, progress is advancing well on the features for 0.15.

Mod gui

We offer a lot of freedom to the modders of Factorio, this freedom has been of huge advantage to everyone involved, allowing interesting and fresh mechanics to be implemented with simple Lua script and our API. With freedoms comes the fact that we can't control everything the modders want to do. In terms of visual design we have our own GUI elements under lock down, but mods can put things together in any way they like, and with no style guides or templates, we can end up with situations like this:
The player will understand that it isn't really our 'fault' that the buttons are not in a uniform style, but still it's an issue I wanted to try to address. Typically a mod Gui will be created something like this: function create_gui(player) player.gui.left.add { type = "sprite-button", name = "My_mod_button", sprite = "item/my-mod-item", style = "My-mod-button-style" } player.gui.left.add { type = "frame", name = "My_mod_frame", caption = "My mod frame", style = "My-mod-frame-style" } end This is very simple, and easy enough to understand, but will require each mod to define their own style, or use the LuaStyle script interface to set their style during the game. The issue of odd styling comes from perhaps there being no built in simple and effective styling mods can use. Another problem is that with multiple mods installed, there is no overall control about how and where the Gui elements interact and 'fight' with one another for space. So to begin to help this, I've implemented an optional Lua script that modders can use, which should help unify things, as well as being simple to use for anybody new. require("mod-gui") function create_gui(player) mod_gui.get_button_flow(player).add { type = "sprite-button", name = "My_mod_button", sprite = "item/my-mod-item", style = mod_gui.button_style } mod_gui.get_frame_flow(player).add { type = "frame", name = "My_mod_frame", caption = "My mod frame", style = mod_gui.frame_style } end Which can look something like this:
While this is definitely optional, it really helps to tie together the style of the buttons.The separation of the button and frame flows will help to stop Gui fighting in the main 'left' gui. I'd also be interested in expanding the functionality of the mod-gui utility, so input and feedback from modders will be very helpful.

Stations color

As Vaclav was finishing up the High-res train stop and signal fixes, he enlisted the help of Rseding to add the same color selection for stations as we have for the locomotives.
This minor addition really allows for much greater visual distinction between your different stations, and allow matching up your locomotives to their respective stations. There is also support to copy and paste the color from the train stop to the locomotive and vice-versa, so that you will always have a perfect match. As always, if you have any comments or otherwise, please let us know on our forums.

[ 2017-01-20 17:42:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Factorio is a game in which you build and maintain factories. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. In the beginning you will find yourself chopping trees, mining ores and crafting mechanical arms and transport belts by hand, but in short time you can become an industrial powerhouse, with huge solar fields, oil refining and cracking, manufacture and deployment of construction and logistic robots, all for your resource needs. However this heavy exploitation of the planet's resources does not sit nicely with the locals, so you will have to be prepared to defend yourself and your machine empire.

Join forces with other players in cooperative Multiplayer, create huge factories, collaborate and delegate tasks between you and your friends. Add mods to increase your enjoyment, from small tweak and helper mods to complete game overhauls, Factorio's ground-up Modding support has allowed content creators from around the world to design interesting and innovative features. While the core gameplay is in the form of the freeplay scenario, there are a range of interesting challenges in the form of the Scenario pack, available as free DLC. If you don't find any maps or scenarios you enjoy, you can create your own with the in-game Map Editor, place down entities, enemies, and terrain in any way you like, and even add your own custom script to make for interesting gameplay.

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What people say about Factorio

• No other game in the history of gaming handles the logistics side of management simulator so perfectly. - Reddit
  
• I see conveyor belts when I close my eyes. I may have been binging Factorio lately. - Notch, Mojang
  
• Factorio is a super duper awesome game where we use conveyor belts to shoot aliens. - Zisteau, Youtube