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** Action bar [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-191] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-278]
** Action bar [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-191] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-278]
*** Ghost cursor [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-191] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-278]
*** Ghost cursor [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-191] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-278]
** Tool bar [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-280]
*** Access to blueprinting tools directly on the main screen (no longer located in the blueprint library)
*** Ability to toggle personal roboports and exoskeletons
** Settings GUIs [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-277]
** Settings GUIs [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-277]
** Research queue [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-232] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-238] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-255]
** Research queue [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-232] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-238] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-255]
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** Browse mod GUI [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-272]
** Browse mod GUI [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-272]
** Blueprint library [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-249] [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-250] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-255]
** Blueprint library [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-249] [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-250] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-255]
** Train GUI [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-212] [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-279]
** Train GUI [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-212] [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-279] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-280]
* New graphics back-end, SDL, OpenGL, DX11, v-sync fix, texture streaming, VRAM usage optimizations, shaders [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-230] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-264]
* New graphics back-end, SDL, OpenGL, DX11, v-sync fix, texture streaming, VRAM usage optimizations, shaders [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-230] [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-264]
** New font rendering [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-232]
** New font rendering [https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-232]

Revision as of 17:41, 1 February 2019

This is a list of planned additions and changes for Factorio's next major release 0.17, which is planned to be released in February 2019.

Planned features

  • GUI rewrite [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
    • Improve the looks of the GUI [6]
    • Technology tree [7]
    • Changed location of cancel and OK buttons [8]
    • Map generator GUI [9]
    • Action bar [10] [11]
    • Tool bar [14]
      • Access to blueprinting tools directly on the main screen (no longer located in the blueprint library)
      • Ability to toggle personal roboports and exoskeletons
    • Settings GUIs [15]
    • Research queue [16] [17] [18]
    • Different GUI scaling [19]
    • Browse mod GUI [20]
    • Blueprint library [21] [22] [23]
    • Train GUI [24] [25] [26]
  • New graphics back-end, SDL, OpenGL, DX11, v-sync fix, texture streaming, VRAM usage optimizations, shaders [27] [28]
    • New font rendering [29]
    • Better rendering performance (CPU side) [30] [31]
    • Uses OpenGL 3.3 Core and DirectX 11 feature level 10.0 [32]
  • Recipe explorer (mentioned as 0.17 goal here: [33])
    • Foundation of some kind of in-game "factoriopedia"
    • Should provide the player fast ways to get the answer to questions like:
      • "What is this item used in?"
      • "How do I produce this item?"
  • Mod integration improvements
    • Syncing mods with multiplayer game [34]
    • Syncing mod settings to saves [35]
    • Mod browsing improvements [36]
      • Show the mod picture and more smaller things
  • Map editor improvements, both technical and usability wise [37][38]
  • Map generator improvements and fixes, autoplace specification improvements and documentation [39] [40]
    • All combinations of settings should no longer create strange maps such as circles of cliffs.
    • Much more predictable starting area resources that don't overlap each-other and are not covered by water, but the starting area will always contain water.
      • The starting area contains only iron, copper, coal and stone, in very predictable amounts. Uranium and oil are explicitly excluded from the starting area.
      • Starting area resources are usually in one ore patch each (depending on settings).
      • The starting area patches are usually close together.
      • The starting area size setting no longer affects resource placement, it just has a fixed size.
    • The resource generation settings now have a much more dramatic effect (previously they had little to no effect).
    • Increased the number of steps (small, medium, big, etc) for each setting from 5 to 9 for even more customization.
  • High-resolution sprites for the rest of the game, including a few changes to some entities
  • Final game balancing
    • New science pack technologies [57]
    • New science pack names [58]
    • New science pack recipes [59]
    • Separation of nuclear energy and nuclear processing [60]
    • The rocket parts have their own technologies and are used in more recipes besides the rocket [61]
    • Launching a satellite no longer ends the game, instead any rocket launch (with or without a payload) wins the game [62] [63]
    • Better separation of technologies between high tech and production science [64] [65]
    • Military upgrade technology unification [66]
    • The rocket silo and all its prerequisites can be researched without using military science packs [67]
    • Coal liquefaction now produces much more Heavy oil that you can crack into whatever you need, but produces less Light oil and Petroleum gas. [68]
    • Belt item spacing has been reduced to 8 from 9 pixels [69]
    • Worms and spitters now attack with movement-predicting streams of acid instead of homing projectiles [70]
  • Upgrade planner [71] [72] [73]
  • Rich text editing [74]
    • Different fonts, color, and icons
    • Item and recipe references, map positions, and blueprint strings [75]
  • Better plural form localisations [76]
  • More modding support [77] [78] [79]
    • Script rendering [80]
  • Better sounds [81]
  • Copy, paste and cut functionality [82]
  • Ability to undo building, mining, blueprinting and deconstruction [83] [84]
  • Small quality-of-life improvements [85]
    • Better recipe catalyst mechanics
    • Items no longer spill onto belts
    • Separate construction queue for tile ghosts
    • Belt immunity equipment
    • Bots can be shown on the map as a debug option [86]
    • Fast pipe replacing [87]
    • Train out of fuel alert [88]
    • Better error messages when building/inserting fails (out of reach etc) [89]
    • Selecting an inserter/miner shows what entities it interacts with [90]
    • Trains in blueprints [91]
    • Cliffs can be deconstructed [92] [93]
    • Robots do not leave the player's personal roboport when the player is moving faster than they can fly [94]
    • GUI style inspector [95]
    • Filter inserter blacklist mode [96]
    • Alt-tab no longer toggles "alt-mode" [97]
  • Keyboard bindings now use scan-codes instead of key-codes [98]
  • Steam networking for multiplayer [99]
  • Mining tools (iron and steel axe) are removed [100]
  • Armor has infinite durability [101]
  • The mining hardness and mining power mechanics are removed [102]
  • Stone has the same mining time as the other ores [103]
  • Burner efficiency streamlining [104]
  • The ingredient count limit on assembling machines is removed [105]
  • Resistances are streamlined [106]
  • Option to show the entity info tooltip at the mouse position [107]
  • Better fluid physics [108] [109] [110] [111] [112]

See also