Upcoming features

This is a list of planned additions and changes that will be part of Factorio's next major release 0.18. [1]

Planned features

• Final looks and behaviour of new GUI screens as they will be finished [2] [3]
  • Improved blueprint library [4] [5] [6] [7]
  • Improved character screen [8] [9]
• Better sounds [10] [11] [12]
• HR icons [13] [14] [15]
• Improved color-scheme for the game using post-processing [16]
  • Brighter day
  • More contrast for map colors
  • Night is "blue and cold" instead of being overlayed with a black layer
  • Mods will have to adjust their sprites, script for that provided in the FFF
• New particle system for improved performance [17]
• Animated water [18]
• Animated trees [19]
• Optimizations [20]

See also

• Friday Facts #322 - New Particle system
• Planned releases