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Friday Facts #295 - New design for the chemical plant
After some time working on the redesign of the chemical plant, we can finally show the results:
In the old version, we had the problem of not being very clear when the chemical plant was working or not. So apart from the style modernisation and high resolution, this redesign was aimed for solving this readability issue. As an addition, we tried also to be very clear at the time of viewing what kind of chemical recipe the plant is processing. Finally we came with the solution of adding a big window - pipe style - showing the moving liquids inside with the tinted color, and also adding a chimney releasing smoke when the plant is on. As you can see in the animation above, the smoke is also taking the tinted color of the processed chemical, so it should be crystal clear what its going on now with this entity. This tinted smoke is very experimental, and we need to make more testing before releasing it, the point is to avoid a too colorful pollution, but in terms of concept I find it 'very chemical' having colored smoke, which could fit perfectly with the subject. Here you can see the four rotations:
Factorio wouldnt be Factorio if the things would be easy as "rotate the model in 3D and done". Due to readability requirements, camera perspective, and interaction with any other entity in the game, we have to recompose the entity for every rotation. Thats why even rotating the entity 90 degrees the window remains at the front, and the chimney at the back. Basically every rotation is like a new entity that tries to look like its other rotations, but somehow rotated (!?). We truly believe that this new design is going to be a good improvement for the game. Slowly but steady, Factorio is getting to its 1.0 release. As always, let us know what you think on our forum.
[ 2019-05-17 18:44:55 CET ] [ Original post ]
Read this post on our website Hello, the bugfixing period boringly continues, we got down to 159 active bug reports, so in few weeks we should be finally down with this burden. But at least the graphics department has something new to show:
New design for the chemical plant
After some time working on the redesign of the chemical plant, we can finally show the results:
In the old version, we had the problem of not being very clear when the chemical plant was working or not. So apart from the style modernisation and high resolution, this redesign was aimed for solving this readability issue. As an addition, we tried also to be very clear at the time of viewing what kind of chemical recipe the plant is processing. Finally we came with the solution of adding a big window - pipe style - showing the moving liquids inside with the tinted color, and also adding a chimney releasing smoke when the plant is on. As you can see in the animation above, the smoke is also taking the tinted color of the processed chemical, so it should be crystal clear what its going on now with this entity. This tinted smoke is very experimental, and we need to make more testing before releasing it, the point is to avoid a too colorful pollution, but in terms of concept I find it 'very chemical' having colored smoke, which could fit perfectly with the subject. Here you can see the four rotations:
Factorio wouldnt be Factorio if the things would be easy as "rotate the model in 3D and done". Due to readability requirements, camera perspective, and interaction with any other entity in the game, we have to recompose the entity for every rotation. Thats why even rotating the entity 90 degrees the window remains at the front, and the chimney at the back. Basically every rotation is like a new entity that tries to look like its other rotations, but somehow rotated (!?). We truly believe that this new design is going to be a good improvement for the game. Slowly but steady, Factorio is getting to its 1.0 release. As always, let us know what you think on our forum.
[ 2019-05-17 18:44:55 CET ] [ Original post ]
Factorio
Wube Software LTD.
Developer
Wube Software LTD.
Publisher
2020-08-14
Release
Game News Posts:
506
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Overwhelmingly Positive
(164072 reviews)
The Game includes VR Support
Public Linux Depots:
- Factorio Linux64 [306.86 M]
- Factorio Linux32 [300.1 M]
Available DLCs:
- Factorio: Space Age
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.
Discount Disclaimer: We don't have any plans to take part in a sale or to reduce the price for the foreseeable future.
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.
Discount Disclaimer: We don't have any plans to take part in a sale or to reduce the price for the foreseeable future.
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
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- Storage: 3 GB available space
- OS: Linux (tarball installation)
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