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Friday Facts #434 - Galaxy of Fame

Hello,
You may have noticed we launched Space Age earlier this week :)

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Version 2.0.10 released as stable

Features

Galaxy of fame. Offered when the game is finished. more

Changes

Non-blocking saving setting is no longer synced over the Steam cloud.

Minor Features

Added flying text for more cases of unsuccessful resource mining.

Bugfixes

Fixed that blueprint book tooltips did not look correct when in the quickbar. more
Fixed that movement speed bonus equipment would show garbage values when low on energy. more
Fixed that some fluid-only recipes would allow quality modules. more
Fixed that the "kill with artillery" achievement did not work with artillery wagons. more
Fixed invalid package name in sprite path definition would result in OS error message dialog instead of loading into minimal mode. more
Fixed that continue host menu option didn't respect the port from the config. more
From now on, we wont save blueprint-storage to a file when it was not used yet. This might help preventing cloud storage file by a file representing empty blueprint storage. more
Fixed that the blueprint setup GUI would always confirm to discard changes even if nothing changed when the blueprint had a description. more
Leaked D3D device and swap chain in attempt to avoid AMD driver crash when closing the game. more
Fixed LogisticContainerControlBehavior exclusive mode could get out of sync from the ContainerControlBehavior it derives from. more
Fixed that the debug settings GUI could get stuck behind the normal game logic. more
Fixed that the elem_tooltip type of "signal" did not work correctly. more
Instead of aborting when SDL_DXGIGetOutputInfo call fails, the game will try to initialize D3D device using adapter 0. more
Fixed crashes when using LuaEntity fluid methods when the entity's fluidboxes were not part of a segment. more
Fixed that LuaEntity::insert_fluid would not work on the output FluidBoxes of a crafting machine.
Fixed removal of transport belts under cursor which would be normally fast-replaeable while drag traversing underground gap by belt rebuilding. more
Fixed arithmetic combinator's first constant would not be proposed as parameter. more
Fixed that on_entity_logistic_slot_changed did not fire for constant combinators. more
Fixed a crash in the space platform hub GUI when the inventory size changes at the same time as the limit is changed. more
Fixed turbo underground belts simulation in factoriopedia. more
Fixed a crash when a segmented unit entity causes the entire segmented unit to die. more
Fixed a crash when a platform was traveling to the shattered planet using a temporary stop which expired. more
Fixed fluid conditions not showing fluid amounts. more
Fixed using a custom surface in PvP was preventing Space Age progression. more
Fixed a crash when switching preferred audio output device while a variable music track is playing. more
Fixed train stop GUI being too wide at some smaller resolutions. more
Fixed driven car being drawn on all surfaces in latency. more
Fixed dying enemy would not randomize direction of its dying animation.
Fixed that failed achievement wasn't gettable again without restarting the game. more
Fixed a crash when defining planet prototypes that don't contain any resources. more
Fixed logistic section active state was not preserved in a blueprint string. more
Fixed a crash when showing some modded GUI tables. more
Fixed an issue where entity flagged as not mineable could be marked for deconstruction using undo.
Fixed pumpjacks with low yield would show 0 output rate in the tooltip. more
Fixed Nauvis elevation dropdown missing in map generator GUI, causing incorrect previews from map exchange strings. more
Fixed that it wasn't possible to parametrise virtual signals and space locations contained in text. more
Fixed brightness and contrast sliders being reset to 0 when setting the text field to a negative value. more
Fixed that it wasn't possible to parametrise entities, virtual signals and space locations contained in text. more

Factorio Version 2.0.9 now stable

Changes

Achievement logistic-network-embargo updated with different condition for base game and space age.

Bugfixes

Fixed a crash when viewing the production statistics GUI while switching surfaces. more
Fixed unstable global grid position when re-assigning blueprint. more
Fixed that individual segmented units parts were in the kill statistics.
Fixed a crash when opening the technology GUI focused on disabled technology. more
Fixed migration of rails in blueprints in 1.1 version of blueprint library. more
Fixed a crash when trying to use unsupported audio depth. more
Fixed a crash when loading some blueprint library contents with mods changed. more
Fixed a crash when clicking "upgrades" in the wave defense scenario. more
Fixed Spidertrons receiving up to 8 times extra damage from explosives. more
Fixed that unpowered inserters could grab items.
Fixed that some GUIs could be opened behind the technology GUI. more
Fixed crash in multiplayer when mining modded tree with less stump variants than alive tree variants.
Fixed it was not possible to open loader gui for input loader. more
Fixed crash in mod manager in minimal mode when some text used space-age icon rich text tag.
Fixed that changing surfaces with ghost equipment would not correctly request robots to deliver the equipment. more
Fixed build sound of huge ghost entities not being ghostly enough. more
Fixed a crash when item entity marked to be deconstructed is cancel deconstructed while being over belt. more
Fixed that the runtime server config GUI did not fit on some screen sizes. more
Fixed GUI effects volume set to zero not being applied on start if background simulations were turned off. more
Fixed a crash when setting cursor_ghost of a character not assigned to a player. more
Fixed a crash when reading opened GUIs of a character not assigned to a player. more
Fixed PvP Scenario unlocking all the trigger technologies. more
Fixed a crash when changing the force of cargo landing pads.
Fixed tools items and ammo items could be refilled during cursor split interaction. more
Fixed that it was not possible to mark legacy rails for deconstruction using deconstruction planner configured for straight-rail. more
Fixed that the Fulgora starting island could have no breaks in the cliffs. more
Fixed that deconstruction planner would treat entities with deconstruction alternative as being normal quality.
Fixed crash when running out of disk space when saving preview for a save file.
Fixed that passive provider and active provider logistic points could have sections added through the Lua API. more
Fixed that space platform schedule changes didn't update last user of the space platform hub. more
Fixed a crash when enabling snap-to-grid when a blueprint had no contents. more
Fixed that filter inserter was visible in technology icon for fast inserters.
Fixed that a buffered rocket would briefly render lights south of the rocket silo. more
Fixed commas and quality icons not allowed in save file names. more
Fixed crashes when viewing alerts for entities that then die. more
Fixed incorrect surface condition of a space platform hub. more

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The Factorio Space Age DLC is basically a complete sequel, and it's out now

By the time you've finished Factorio, the world is a very different place. Countless industrial units, rail networks, and manufacturing plants are strewn across your planet's surface, a far cry from the peaceful world you once knew. The minerals, trains, and myriad factories make up a painting even Jackson Pollock would envy, but you leave it all behind in the end. The spaceship you've been working towards finally sets off. Four years later, the new Factorio Space Age DLC opens the lid on what happened next.

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