Factorio News

Factory building and automation sim Factorio has a fresh stable release out, continuing years of free upgrades and it now has gamepad controller support.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/factorio-upgraded-with-controller-support-now-in-the-stable-release

• Added controller(gamepad) support. Change input method in Settings->Controls to play using a controller.
  

• Added contextual hotkey hints. Enable it in Settings->Interface. Useful when playing using a controller.
  
• When connecting wires to entities with multiple sides(combinator, power switch), the hovered side is highlighted.
  
• Changed --dump-data to write infinite values as the string "inf" and "-inf".
  
• It is now possible to blueprint entities of friendly forces.
  

• Updated SDL to version 2.26.5.
  
• Replace "Version" column in mods install menu with "Last highlighted"
  
• Disabled the Command+W keyboard shortcut for closing the game window on Macs. Command+Q will still quit the application. more
  
• On macOS, left and right variants of the Command and Option keys are differentiated when not bound as a modifier.
  
• Improved sounds fading in and out on game resume and pause.
  
• Allow "Pick up items" and "Drop items" actions to be fired at the same time as other actions, in keyboard and mouse mode. more
  
• "Pick up items" will no longer fire at the same time as other actions. This fixes character picking up items when flipping blueprints. more
  

• Fixed wind sound not changing its volume with zoom level.
  
• Fixed that productivity values did not show correctly in some cases. more
  
• Fixed texture compression artefacts on Apple Silicon Macs. more
  
• Fixed that playing music with master volume and music volume set to 100% would mute all other sounds.
  
• Fixed a crash when unit has a composite command with a dead unit group. more
  
• Fixed that recipe category notification icons would draw under the category icon. more
  
• Fixed that inserting invalid items into blueprint books through script would crash. more
  
• Fixed being unable to copy or paste extremely large blueprint strings on Linux more
  
• Fixed a desync between ARM and x86 platforms when the pathfinder was overloaded. more
  
• Fixed a crash when trivial smoke was defined with bad movement speed values. more
  
• Fixed that startup color mod settings would appear as changeable during runtime.
  
• Fixed multiple forces being unable to order deconstruction of the same forceless entity. more
  
• Fixed deconstruction markers being visible to forces which did not order the deconstruction.
  
• Fixed inconsistent rounding in tooltips caused by floating-point inaccuracy. more
  
• Fixed that upgrading modules with fast-transfer could cause the returned modules to overlap with the inventory hand.
  
• Fixed not being able to type in textboxes on steam deck. more
  
• Fixed that dump-icon-sprites did not work correctly for icons using shift values. more
  
• Fixed ghosts could be removed even if they do not collide with built entity. more
  
• Fixed a crash when removing modded pipe-to-ground that connects to a shifted pipe-to-ground. more
  
• Fixed a crash when a mod sets a train's schedule while a temporary stop with no wait conditions is being removed.
  
• Fixed a crash when saving the game after a server disconnect with non-blocking saving enabled.
  
• Fixed that blueprints could have duplicate logistic filters. more
  
• Fixed that LocalisedString ignored 'correct' translation status of its parameters. more
  
• Fixed that some PNGs loaded darker than intended on Macs, affecting some mods.
  
• Fixed remapped modifier keys not registering properly in some environments. more
  
• Fixed that migrating color type mod settings did not work correctly. more
  
• Fixed cancel deconstruction of pipe would not remove colliding pipe to ground ghosts.
  
• Fixed a crash related to construction robots delivering items and upgrading entities in the same tick.
  
• Fixed LuaSurface::force_generate_chunk_requests() did not respect generate_with_lab_tiles. more
  
• Fixed changing recipe from one using custom fluidbox indexes into one not using custom fluidbox indexes could result in incorrect fluidbox layout. more
  
• Fixed some sounds (for example sounds from programmable speaker or rocket silo) not fading out on pause.
  
• Fixed a crash when trying to change direction of a loader simulation with fluid energy source. more
  
• Fixed a loader with energy source would not consume all the energy from internal buffer preventing out of fuel icon from showing up. more
  
• Fixed god/editor/spectator/ghost controller movement in latency when game speed is greater than 1.
  
• Fixed building underground belt over transport belt with target direction set would create incorrect undo action. more
  
• Fixed a desync when reading cursor_display_location in on_gui_click.
  
• Fixed macOS release missing files due to a third party library bug.
  
• Fixed "Enter/leave vehicle" shortcut never allowing other shortcuts to use the same key combination. more
  
• Fixed a crash when downgrading ghost of assembling machine when target machine cannot craft recipe due to missing pipes. more
  
• Fixed IME no longer working on Windows. more
  
• Fixed on_entity_color_changed not being raised for some entities. more
  
• Fixed a crash when trying to start sound fade out when there are no audio devices. more
  
• Fixed that Factorio wouldn't load on macOS versions prior to 10.15. more
  
• Fixed not being able to select assembling machine recipe if Craft, Craft 5 and Craft all were not bound to any button more
  
• Fixed another crash when downgrading ghost of assembling machine when target machine cannot craft recipe due to missing pipes.
  
• Fixed that you could blueprint enemy force tile ghosts.
  
• Fixed that the mod manager would occasionally download updates that are incompatible with the current game version. more
  
• Fixed missing support for wind and ambient category for sound prototypes. more
  
• Fixed selection tool rendering in the chart for ghost rails. more
  
• Fixed enemy expansion would fail to expand into chunks with entities invisible to the enemy. more
  
• Fixed some controls allowing binding to buttons that would not work. more
  
• Fixed LuaGameScript::check_prototype_translations() did not work correctly for manual localised strings with parameters. more
  
• Fixed it was possible to drop cursor items through ghosts. more
  
• Fixed a crash when fast replacing loader into a loader with fluid energy source when the loader type needs to be changed. more
  
• Fixed LuaFluidBox::get_pipe_connections() returning target_index as zero-indexed.
  

• Added CustomInputPrototype::controller_key_sequence and CustomInputPrototype::controller_alternative_key_sequence.
  

• Added optional surface parameter to LuaForce::rechart.
  
• Added LuaGuiElement::auto_toggle read/write.
  
• Added LuaGuiElement::toggled read/write.
  
• BoundingBox accepts orientation from lua.
  
• Added LuaModSettingPrototype::type read.
  
• Added on_entity_color_changed.
  
• Added on_player_input_method_changed.
  
• Added defines.game_controller_interaction.
  
• Added LuaGuiElement::game_controller_interaction read/write.
  
• Added LuaPlayer::input_method read.
  
• Added LuaSurface::find_closest_logistic_network_by_position.
  
• Added optional area to LuaSurface::get_connected_tiles.
  
• Added cursor_display_location to custom input events and on_gui_click.
  
• Added target_fluidbox_index to PipeConnection.
  
• Renamed PipeConnection's target_index to target_pipe_connection_index.
  
• Added dash_offset to LuaRendering::draw_line.
  
• Added LuaFluidBox::get_fluid_system_contents() method.
  
• Added LuaFluidBox::get_pipe_connections() method.
  

Good news for Steam Deck and gamepad fans, as official controller support is coming to Factorio and you can try it out right now.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/06/factorio-adds-controller-support-in-experimental-update