Factorio News

Changelog for 1.1.73 and 1.1.74

• Fixed items dropped on underground belts could be inserted at a wrong position when transport lines were facing east or south. more
  
• Fixed DNS CNAME records confusing the SRV lookup on Windows more
  
• Fixed a crash when hovering over some rich text tags and destroying the object they refer to. more
  
• Fixed that "request from buffer chests" option wasn't copied between spidertrons. more
  
• Fixed that "request from buffer chests" option in spidertrons reset to default when prototypes changed. more
  
• Fixed directories in file dialogues not being sorted alphabetically on some systems. more
  
• Fixed dropdown button font color when clicked. more
  
• Fixed a crash when switching preferred audio device failed.
  
• Fixed not being able to remove script areas in the map editor. more
  
• Fixed that LocalisedString didn't support fallback groups in some cases when parsed from Lua. (https://forums.factorio.com/104297, https://forums.factorio.com/104303)
  
• Fixed a crash when a mod defines an entity that kills itself when created. more
  

• Added fallback groups format for localised string which picks the first correct translation. more
  
• Transparent black in RecipePrototype::crafting_machine_tint won't cause the tint to fallback to value of default_recipe_tint. more
  
• Added CarPrototype::immune_to_cliff_impacts, true by default. If set to false - entity will take damage when it collides with cliff prototype entities.
  

• Added LuaPlayer::cursor_stack_temporary read/write.
  
• Added LuaPlayer::request_translations() for batching translation requests.
  

Hello, engineers! I'm a newer face at Wube and have been mainly working on expansion content for about one year now. Today, I'm here to share some exciting non-expansion news for our Mac players.

Read the full blog post on our website.

Changelog for versions 1.1.71 and 1.1.72

• Added preferred audio device output setting.
  
• Added the current binary architecture to the main menu version string.
  
• Improve mod update checking for large mod collections
  

• Added native support for Apple Silicon Macs.
  

• Loaders now show their item filters in alt mode.
  

• Fixed a crash when canceling deconstruction of a pipe to ground while the GUI was open. more
  
• Fixed entity ghosts would draw wires even if prototype of inner entity disabled it. more
  
• Fixed incorrect panning of CyclicSound (for example, flamethrower turret's stream sound). more
  
• Fixed that ScriptRendering requested string localisation during on_init when it was not available. more
  
• Fixed Generator tooltip ignoring fluid emissions multiplier. more
  
• Fixed that teleporting cars between surfaces would create the build effect smoke. more
  
• Fixed a crash related to undoing mining of another forces entities after the other force had been deleted. more
  
• Fixed it was possible to acquire forbidden items in the Transport belt madness levels. more
  
• Fixed that linked-belt was missing from the collision mask defaults. more
  
• Removed 'Fuel emissions' label from Burner info panel. more
  
• Fixed that expansion parties could destroy spidertrons while building new bases. more
  
• Fixed a crash when doing alt-reverse selections in zoomed-in map mode. more
  

• Added Alt reverse selection support for selection tools. more
  

• Added LuaGuiElement::close_dropdown().
  
• Added LuaInventory::is_full().
  
• Added 'include_bar' parameter to LuaInventory::count_empty_stacks().
  

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• Added mod portal bookmarks to install mods gui
  

• Fixed show-player-robots debug option would render lines for characters on other surfaces. more
  
• Fixed using incorrect sound settings when there is no configuration file.
  
• Fixed a crash related to teleporting spider vehicles with burner energy sources between surfaces.
  
• Fixed that the return value of some lualib noise functions didn't have the metatable for noise expression arithmetic. more
  
• Fixed simulation widgets showing savefiles trying to apply migrations in multiplayer. more
  
• Fixed upgrading pair of underground belt ghosts that makes them in reach would flip one of them without updating rotation point of nearby belts. more
  
• Fixed that logistic containers didn't deduplicate filters when importing them from untrusted sources which could crash the game. more
  
• Fixed a hard crash when a mod called deconstruct_area() with mismatched force and the player undid deconstruction of tiles. more
  
• Fixed highlight-box targeting entity not rendering before first update. more
  
• Fixed spider-remote would lose connection when spider changes surface. more
  
• Fixed SpidertronRemotePrototype was silently forcing stack size to 1 and not marking prototype as non stackable. more
  
• Fixed that sounds with fade_out_ticks would synchronize when pausing the game while the sounds are fading out. more
  
• Fixed idle sounds would synchronize when pausing the game. more
  
• Fixed idle sounds for accumulators not starting in certain scenarios. more
  
• Fixed idle sounds playing when they shouldn't for entities with max_sounds_per_type set.
  
• Fixed inserters not highlighting the entity they would pick up from if said entity is a ghost while the inserter is not. more
  
• Fixed a save's suggested save name not being updated when using non blocking saving. more
  
• Fixed a crash when GUI style errors are found during loading. more
  
• Fixed an item duplication when fast replacing underground belts with a damaged item. more
  
• Fixed that loader could get stuck when feeding a burner generator. more
  
• Fixed a crash when opening blueprint book item while tick is paused. more
  
• Fixed a unit group that is building a base could have all its members distracted and still build a base. more
  

• Added LuaTechnology to LuaPlayer::opened.
  
• Added LuaEntityPrototype::ammo_category read.
  

We have a long history of trying to bring Factorio to other platforms, including consoles and mobile phones (not including April Fools). We even worked with some external companies, but the projects never even got to the point where they would run technically, let alone the complicated part of making the game playable using controllers or touch screen. After all the attempts, we even had a Friday Facts prepared that was going to say something along the lines of "we don't plan to bring Factorio to other platforms".

However that turns out to not be the case, and we also have an update about the progress on the expansion. Read the full blog post on our website.