Factorio:About

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FrozenMan:

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<onlyinclude>'''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 ore and crafting mechanical arms and transport belts by hand, but in a 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.
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Add mods to increase your enjoyment, from small tweaks 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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== Roadmap ==
The [[Roadmap]] is a description of the future goals for Factorio's development. One may consult it to discover what the developers of Factorio have in store for the game.

Look at [http://www.factorio.com/blog The official blog]; Factorio Friday Facts (FFFs) have become a weekly feature and provide good information about the near future of the game.

== Stats ==
* Definition: Factorio is a sci-fi sandbox game.
* First public release date: Mid 2012.

== History ==
* April 1, 2014: [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3026 Interview of Michal Kovarik in CanardPC]
* July 29, 2013: [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1120 Developer Interview]
** English video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuatfFHT9L0
**German video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywJUWYM3Yw
* February 5, 2013: [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125195010 Steam greenlight campaign]
** Released on steam Early access on 25 Febuary 2016. Developers aim for a full release (ie. 1.0) in summer 2018.
**August 14, 2020: Version 1.0 released.

=== What is the game inspired by? ===
* [[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]
* [[wikipedia:Transport Tycoon|Transport Tycoon]]-like games, especially [[wikipedia:OpenTTD|OpenTTD]]
* [[wikipedia:Minecraft|Minecraft]] (especially the [https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/buildcraft BuildCraft mod])
* [[wikipedia:Civilization (series)|Civilization series]]
* [[wikipedia:SpaceChem|SpaceChem]]
* [[wikipedia:Creeper_World#Creeper_World_3:_Arc_Eternal|Creeper World 3]]
* [[wikipedia:Terraria|Terraria]]
* [[wikipedia:Starbound|Starbound]]
* [http://grobots.sourceforge.net/ Grobots]
* [[wikipedia:RimWorld|RimWorld]]
* [[wikipedia:DayZ (video game)|DayZ]]
* [[wikipedia:FTL: Faster Than Light|FTL: Faster Than Light]]
* [http://unclaimedworld-game.com/ Unclaimed World]
* [https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-into-space Into Space] (shortly mentioned that the game will include elements from there)
* [https://yogscast.fandom.com/wiki/Dig-N-Rig Dig-N-Rig]

== See also ==
* [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio Indiegogo-Campaign]
Raised €21,626, started 31 January 2013, finished on 3 March 2013.
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122388.0 Dwarf Fortress forum]
* [[wikipedia:Factorio|Wikipedia page for Factorio]]

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Map editor

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FrozenMan: Start to clean up and expand the map section (will continue to do so as I have time).

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'''''This page is heavily a work in progress.'''''

Factorio includes a fully featured map editor. You can access it by selecting "Map editor" on the Factorio main menu.

The editor allows you full creative control and you can create a map with as much or as little resources as you wish. Movement uses the same controls as you have in game but no player appears.

== Loading a Map From a Game ==

See [[Modding#Creating_a_scenario_from_a_saved_game_.28map.29|Modding: Creating a scenario from a saved game]].

== Saving your Scenario ==
Maps created with the map editor are saved as [[Scenarios|Scenarios]] via the in-game escape menu. These scenarios are saved to the [[Application directory|User data directory]]. The scenario may then be played from selecting Play->Custom Scenario from the Main Menu.

== Placing Entities ==
To place an entity (labs, powerlines, transport belts, mining drills, etc...), select "Entities" from your toolbox, select a tool, select what you want to place down, then click somewhere to place that item down.

You have three tools.
=== Cursor ===
Appropriate for most situations. Places one of the selected entity at the current cursors position. Much like the normal in-game mechanics.

'''Tip:''' Pressing "Q" on your keyboard will put the item you're holding away.

=== Spray ===
Good for resource piles and trees. You can select a size, intensity and speed, the larger the size, the more area that the spray places entities, the higher the intensity, the more often entities get placed, the higher the speed, the more rapidly the spray continues spraying while holding down the left mouse button.

=== Paintbrush ===
The paintbrush is virtually the same as the spray, only difference is that if you hold down the mouse button, the tool won't continue to place entities. Also good for resource piles and trees. Whether you use spray or paintbrush is personal preference, but for rapid controlled placement of resources and other items the Spray option is the best choice.

== Deleting Entities ==
==== Cursor ====
When using the cursor tool, you can hover over the entity you wish to delete, and press "X" on your keyboard.

==== Spray/Paintbrush ====
When using either the spray or the paintbrush, right click to "unspray".

== Placing Items ==
You can place items for the player to pick up in the editor. To do this, select the "Items" tab. From there, select what you wish to place down, then hover your mouse to where you wish to place the item down and right-click.

== Removing Items ==
To delete items that you've placed, just like when placing entities, press "X" on your keyboard while hovering over the item you want to delete. The spray option is the fastest method for deleting items (you need to make sure you have intensity and speed at the maximum setting, and adjust size for the area you wish to clear). On the largest Size setting you can clear all items of one type fairly quickly using this method.

== Placing Items Inside Chests (and other entities) ==

Press Q to deselect everything you currently hold in hand. After that left click on an entity to open its inventory. Now you can place items in that inventory. Based on your game settings you might need to use another event, see in the game-options.

== Set up research ==

http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6219

Official Factorio Wiki - User contributions [en]

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