News/2014

December 2014

• Dec 25 FFF #66: Merry Christmas; circuit network for v0.12, a preview of Space technology and some more.
• Dec 24 Press: OfficialStuffPlus awards Factorio to his "Game of the Year".
• Dec 22 0.11.8 release: Changelog. Is still quite unstable, not recommended.
• Dec 19 0.11.7 release: Changelog. Cannot be recommended, eventually v0.11.8 after weekend.
• Dec 19 FFF #65: Hello from India.
• Dec 13 Cheatsheet Production flow graph tool.
• Dec 12 FFF #64: The plans.
• Dec 10 v0.11.6 release: Changelog.
• Dec 05 v0.11.5 release Changelog.
• Dec 05 FFF #63: The endless struggle.
• Dec 04 v0.11.4 release Changelog.

November 2014

• Nov 28 FFF #62: Friday Facts #62 The automation of Factorio.
• Nov 21 FFF #61: Into inda....
• Nov 17 Mod: Exchange of blueprints now possible, see Blueprint string and Foreman. (Strings are compatible)
• Nov 16 Tool: Online server list, thanks to Zinal. [direct link]
• Nov 15 Review: Zisteau has picked up factorio.
• Nov 14 v0.11.3 release: Changelog.
• Nov 14 FFF #60: Tests all around.
• Nov 13 v0.11.2 release: Changelog.
• Nov 08 Review: Factorio in Australian TV (Video)
• Nov 07 FFF #59: The New Office.

October 2014

• Oct 31 v0.11.0 release: changelog and v0.11.1 changelog
• Oct 31 FFF #58: It is here.
• Oct 27 News: With v0.11 mods will need a license. (creative commons as default)
• Oct 24 FFF #57: One week left.
• Oct 17 FFF #56: A lot of new stuff. Especially announcing release for 0.11.0 for Oct 31.
• Oct 14 Forum: The Hydra Dilemma comes to it's end: biggest factorio thread, last episode: this saturday Sunday Oct 19, 19:30-21:30 UTC (convert TZ), live. Recommended! (Reddit) - updated
• Oct 10 FFF #55: MP preview: Michal and Tomas playing Factorio together (Video). New native race 'Spitters'.
• Oct 03 FFF #54: Bug in bug reporting of other bug.
• Oct 02 Tutorial: Nice example builds, thanks to CNDAsniper and FireSerpent.

September 2014

• FFF Sep 26: FFF #53. Multikulti Multiplayer.
• Cheatsheet Sep 20: Update version of Tech Tree. (See May 13). Thanks to DaveMcW.
• News: Factorio v0.10.12 is declared stable.
• FFF Sep 19: FFF #52. Ups and Downs.
• v0.10.12 release Sep 16: Changelog. Considered release candidate.
• v0.10.11 release Sep 15: Changelog.
• FFF Sep 12: FFF #51: First MP Game.
• v0.10.10 release Sep 12: Changelog.
• Cheatsheet Sep 08: Useful calculations about productivity modules.
• FFF Sep 05: FFF #50. Growing secretly.
• News Sep 04: Factorio Ripoff. See also FFF #50, what the devs think about it.

August 2014

• FFF Aug 29: FFF #49. Goodbye holidays.
• v0.10.9 release Aug 29: Changelog.
• Roadmap Aug 29: Actualized roadmap.
• Cheetsheet Aug 28: A tool to help you optimise your production lines.
• FFF Aug 22: FFF #48. Effectivity in the long run.
• v 0.10.7 release August 15: Changelog. And v 0.10.8 release August 15: Changelog - fixes a bug when saving game under Windows.
• FFF Aug 15: FFF #47. CRC fun.* News Aug 14: New filename-rules for mods!
• FFF Aug 08: FFF #46. Holidays makes good progress :)
• Interview August 03: Interview with the two main-developers on games.cz (czech)

July 2014

• v 0.10.6 release August 01: Changelog.
• FFF Aug 01: FFF #45. New team member.
• Review July 30: Nerd³ Apparently In Love with Factorio. See also tweet and video.
• v 0.10.5 release June 30: Changelog.
• Review July 28: Chris Livingston from Rock, Paper, Shootgun.
• FFF July 25: FFF #44. Decision making.
• v 0.10.4 release June 25: Changelog.
• Forum July 24: The Hydra Dilemma: Coop Factorio playthrough.
• FFF July 18: FFF #43. Cucumber time.
• FFF July 11: FFF #42. Big brother is watching you.
• v0.10.3 release July 11: Changelog.
• FFF July 04: FFF #41. Planned release v0.10.3 next week.

June 2014

• Cheatsheet June 29: Factoratio. Calculating good ratios between different factory types. Thanks to synopia.
• v0.10.2 release June 27: Changelog.
• FFF June 27: FFF #40: New character design and holidays of the developers.
• Tutorial June 26: Everything on one belt. Highly advanced production. Thanks to Malkasphia.
• Cheatsheet June 26: Calculating throughput. Thanks to SilentSam.
• v0.10.1 release June 20: Changelog.
• FFF June 20: FFF #39: Digging too deep.
• Cheatsheet June 20: Item requirements for belts with modular production. Thanks to MtNak.
• Cheatsheet June 17: Minimum Automated Logistic T3 Tech. Very helpful! Thanks to Daeron.
• FFF June 13: FFF #38. Update for v0.10.1 next Friday.
• v0.10.0 release June 06: Changelog.
• Docs June 06 The changes to the game-API for v0.10. New modding possibilities. How to make screenshots. Thanks to drs9999.
• FFF June 06: FFF #37.
• Interview June 01: Test&Interview on WOTS.

May 2014

• FFF May 31: FFF #36. why the release was shifted.
• Release May 31: Release delayed to 6th June.
• Tutorial May 28: GIF mini tutorials. Factorio explained in mini-animations. Thanks to user mpstark!
• Release May 26: Release for v0.10 planned for next Friday.
• FFF May 23: FFF #35. Kovarex is keeping the lighthouse.
• Tutorial May 23: Lars plays Factorio. Recommend tutorial for beginners.
• News May 20: Buying Pay-safe card available.
• FFF May 16: FFF #34.
• Cheatsheet May 13: Interactive Tech Tree. Thanks to DaveMcW.
• FFF May 09: FFF #33.
• Chat May 09: Factorio IRC changes from ##factorio to #factorio. Webchat also possible.
• Forum May 09: New forum skin. Please report small issues with the new style.
• Internal May 05: New Factorio Logo in Wiki and Forum. See also FFF#12
• Forum May 02: Team Speak Server is up. Thanks to Lee_Newsom.
• Press May 02: Slovak article about Factorio.
• FFF May 02: FFF #32. The trailer and new logo.
• Press May 02: Article on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
• Video May 01: The new Factorio trailer!. Awesome!
• Press May 01: Factorio on Redit

April 2014

• Press Apr 29: A German article about Factorio.
• FFF Apr 25: FFF #31. Trailer comes out at 1st of May!
• Cheatsheet Apr 25: A technology tree cheatsheet (and item-cheat-sheet). Thanks to Ehzar.
• Blog Apr 21: Let's try factorio by quill18. Also 10,000 copies of factorio sold.
• FFF Apr 18: FFF #30. V0.9.8 is marked as stable now. (But a v0.9.9 will be still released because of small bugs)
• FFF Apr 11: FFF #29. "So many ideas." About voting game content.
• v0.9.8 release Apr 11: Changelog.
• Mods Apr 07: DyTech v2.
• FFF Apr 04: FFF #28. The pack is back.
• v0.9.7 release Apr 04: Changelog.
• Mods Apr 03: DyTech v1.5.4.
• Interview Apr 01: Interview of Michal Kovařík in CanardPC. Thanks to Rwn.
• Cheatsheet Apr 01: A very nice looking cheatsheet. Thanks to Ehzar.

March 2014

• FFF Mar 29: FFF #27. Going for Steam?!?! Factorio version of 2048
• v0.9.6 release Mar 28: Changelog.
• Roadmap Mar 26: Actualized roadmap. Trailer is coming...
• v0.9.5 release Mar 25: Changelog
• Roadmap Mar 24 Statement about roadmap.
• FFF Mar 21: FFF #26. Different player types.
• v0.9.4 release Mar 21: Changelog
• Roadmap Mar 20: Some definitely planned stuff. Composeable vehicles, valves, fuel stations....
• FFF Mar 14: FFF #25. Own sections for the modders in the forum.
• v0.9.3 release Mar 14: Changelog
• v0.9.2 Mar 10: Loading saves with mods crashes: Any mod that has new GUI elements causes crashing on load with 0.9.2. This bug is acknowledged and will be fixed in 0.9.3
• v0.9.2 Mar 08: Changelog for v0.9.2. Don't forget to remove the hotfix from v0.9.1!
• FFF Mar 08: FFF #24. New inserter design.
• Roadmap Mar 08: Multiplayer: will be developed in a separated branch, so for v0.10 there are only minor changes.
• v0.9.2 Mar 07: Hopefully release of v0.9.2.
• v0.9.2 Mar 06: Announcing longer underground pipes for v0.9.2. See also here.
• v0.9.2 Mar 06: Assemeblies will have a pipe output if needed
• v0.9.2 Mar 06: New chest: active and passive provider chests.
• Roadmap Mar 06: Announcing work for multiplayer for v0.10 and later: "There is big possibility we might have 0.10 without multiplayer with just some tweaks and graphical updates + some small content additions."
• Guide Mar 06: About the usages of weapons. Thanks to Sir Nick.
• Guide Mar 01: Factorio Item Recipes - All recipes in graphical form. Thanks to sparr.

February 2014

• Guide Feb 25: Blue print explained - A "Power base" concept by Lee_newsum. Discuss here.
• v0.9.1 Feb 24: Hotfix-mod for 0.9.1 - see Changelog v0.9.1 for explanations (Update)
• v0.9.1 Feb 21: Changelog v0.9.1
• v0.9.1 Feb 23: Rays step by step guide for a compact factory - how to get from nothing to blue science pack production. Recommended!
• v0.9.0 A first overview is here this nice video' by Malkasphia. Recommend to watch this! Discuss here.
• v0.9.0 Please read the Changelog. Most things are very self-explaining.
• v0.9.0 liquid system is also described at Liquid network/0.9.
• v0.9.0 Forum: Big Z's Guide to Big Oil - nice text