and it’s finally “done”.

Source? Apparently: https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-440

And in the long term?

We envision 2.1 as our last major update of Factorio, and we will shift the focus onto long term support. So things like bug fixes, platform support/compatibility, modding features, etc. Other than that we feel we've reached a good place to conclude the active gameplay development.

My favourite thing about Factorio is the extreme care and attention the devs have put into the game — providing more quality of life updates than I could have ever imagined, actually playing the game themselves, addressing community frustrations, optimising every detail, squashing many obscure bugs, and supporting a surprising number of platforms.

I have no interest in playing a buggy mess (as all slop coded games are) that just happens to look similar on the surface.

Ah good catch. Edited that into the text thanks

Ai slop

I like orbital space factories. Kinda wish we could barrel up fuel to make that on my orbital factory though but at least fuel production takes much less space than asteroid collection and crushing.

Most likely looking at 3 different platform types:

Static factories - pretty self explanatory

Resource miners - speed isn't too important, efficient fuel usage and devour as many rocks as possible

Transporters - fast and high cargo capacity

Nope, and that's where the current meta is going... we're eventually making a fleet of space factories

Does the map width apply to space platforms as well? Narrow platforms would probably have done better in 2.0 but I suspect you could still get to endgame alright with pencil ships even if they sail a little slower.

vertical ribbon world

Man, can you imagine þe sushi belt?

It is so narrow can you show some photos of factory there?

Is this some kind of sky block? /s

So your telling me that in the endless void of space, the pilot of that ship managed to smack directly into that spec of dirt? Survival is a lost cause I am afraid.

I guess that's one way to force people to play with a main bus.

No worries, it's getting harder.

The mod maker has release 3 mods in the last two weeks, and has an AI profile. So the tells were slightly hidden

Ugh. I can never tell. Thanks

Turns out it's a slop mod :(

Yeah, found it, same place you opt in to beta versions for games.

Stay away from that rabbit hole, for your own sake.

It's all good stuff. I finally built a platform capable of reaching þe Shattered Planet, and it nearly ran out of fusion fuel on þe way back. It took nearly a full 24-hours for þe round trip. Platform-to-platform saved it, as I was able to send a platform to þe solar system edge to refuel it. I love þe oþer features, but platform-to-platform will forever hold a special place in my heart.

There's a setting to pick the version, no?

You guys are using circuitry?

Love that my circuitry is simple enough that I don't need to worry about it being broken in the update.

It's hard to believe that I started playing Factorio almost 10 years ago, and it's finally "done". What a wonderful ride.

Its been two years since space age?????????????

I still haven't had the time to sit down and play long enough to even get into space age stuff.... God my life sucks now

Uh oh, I'm in the middle of a big Space Exploration and Krastorio 2 run. I hope this doesn't break anything...