Roadmap/History

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Refer to the Roadmap/Coming Releases for the future. Please refer also to the Version History, which include also much more details about the changes.

Multiplayer for the brave ones
New player graphics (3 versions depending on armor and colored depending on the player color)
The first (simple) instance of a tank
Gates
VRAM saving optimization

Finish the trailer. This is a #1 priority now :) Together with this we will work on presentation (finish new logo, new forum skin, new screenshots on web, credits page in the game)
Functional replays. This will be a side-effect of multiplayer efforts.
Factory sound background". Entities in the game will have specific sounds that play when player is near.

Automatic Factorio updater
- no need for manual download anymore
Usability improvements
- better visualisation for building railroads
- electricity statistics
- fixes of ongoing bugs
- loads of small improvements (things like alt info for wagons, easier semaphore building, etc.)
Graphics Gui rework
- the design for the new gui is ready and now it will be implemented
Railroads improvements
- Train path finding uses signals for path recalculation
- Train can go backwards (when having locomotives on both ends)
- different Train stops can be merged into one station
God mode
- play without the character

Game determinism and replay
- This is a first step towards the multiplayer
- Involves the replay functionality improvements (pause, fast forward, etc.)
First version of the scenario pack
- There will be three scenarios to start with
Trains
- Originally a stretch goal however we got a lot of requests for this
- There is already some functionality for the trains in the game and we want to finish it
Electricity improvements
- Accumulator entity
- Large electric pole
- Electric substation

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