Bugfixes

• Fixed crashes related to creating tile-ghost entities through the Lua API. more
• Fixed that configuring blueprints and then directly exporting to a string didn't work correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/71977) more
• Fixed that the Lua API would allow the same non-infinite technology to be queued multiple times. more
• Fixed a crash when queuing things to be crafting during the crafting finished event. more
• Fixed train pathfinding bug related to two different station connected to the same rail from different sides when one after another is in the schedule. more
• Fixed rail signal consistency when rail is removed from reserved signal. more
• Added "buffer-rename-workaround" config setting as a possible workaround for rendering glitches on some Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge GPUs. more
• Fixed an issue that made unit group pathfinding fail often, resulting in very few biter attacks. more
• Fixed that the hovering entity tooltip would still follow the cursor while in the menu. more
• Fixed a crash when exiting the campaign during the same tick as a script-triggered autosave.
• Fixed that incompatible dependencies would effect mod sort order.
• Fixed missing fluid icons on new ghosts. more
• Replay button in new game GUI is now remembered after confirm. more
• Changed rendering of belts to use linear interpolation for minification to reduce flickering effect on some zoom levels. more
• Fixed that units could sometimes get stuck forever. more
• Fixed that multiplayer replay would crash the game if it contained a blueprint transferred using the blueprint library. more
• Fixed that LuaEntity::destroy({raise_destroy=false}) would still raise the destroy event. more
• Fixed that the style debug tooltips could in some cases show multiple at once. more
• Fixed that robots could get stuck if the chest they're trying to put items into was blocked. more
• Fixed that the update mods GUI would incorrectly disable the "Update selected" button in some cases. more
• Fixed that building concrete/stone paths wouldn't use all tile variations in some cases. more
• Fixed a performance problem related to large amounts of incredibly fast robots and storage chests. more
• Fixed turret range overlay in map was not rendering correctly. more
• Fixed that turret tooltips could show damage modifiers from the wrong force. more
• Prevented possible number overflow in train condition gui. more

Modding

• Added uses_stack to the thrown capsule item action.
• Removed the rail-category prototype type.
• resource_autoplace_settings has been made public (require('resource-autoplace').resource_autoplace_settings) and the API improved. It will automatically allocate a unique resource index for each patch_set_name. 'patch_set_name' and 'autoplace_control_name' can be independently specified. 'seed1' can be specified as a parameter. The global function 'get_next_resource_index' is obsolete and has been deleted.
• Equipment shapes can be defined as "manual" (a set of points).
• Added optional lamp prototype property "always_on".

Scripting

• Added "entity_to_ignore" to LuaSurface::request_path.
• Added target, orientation, and orientation_target to LuaRendering::draw_polygon().
• Added LuaGameScript::item_subgroup_prototypes, item_group_prototypes, fuel_category_prototypes, resource_category_prototypes, achievement_prototypes, module_category_prototypes, equipment_category_prototypes, trivial_smoke_prototypes, shortcut_prototypes, and recipe_category_prototypes read.
• Added LuaControl::character_mining_progress read.
• Added LuaEntity::can_shoot().
• Added LuaEntityPrototype::always_on read.
• Added LuaGuiElement type "line".