uFactory News

The Exhaustive Update adds rate-based objectives, two new scenarios, and incorporates lots of user feedback to improve the overall gameplay experience.



Enhancements:
-Removed all time limits on the factories. Main objectives are now rate-based rather than total-based.
-Added high-speed time simulation mode, which will simulate your factory as fast as your PC can handle
-Added alert for when a machine receives incomplete input
-Added online stat comparisons so you can see how you perform compared to other players in the results screen.
-Added raw rubber processing
-Added glue manufacturing process
-Added pencil box printing/assembling process
-Added paint can manufacturing process
-Added paint mixing process
-Added "Pigmentation Station" so the other scenarios don't run out of paint
-Added "Back to School II", the hardest scenario yet
-Removed unnecessary processes from converter machine option lists
-Added some optional decorative items to be placed in factories
-Revamped most of the in-game manual to make sure everything is more legible
-Changed Hall-Heroult process to reuse cryolite as a flux while needing replacement carbon nodes
-Updated loan repayment: If you can't afford the payment, then it doesn't take it out of your bank account, but the interest on the remaining loan compounds.



Bug fixes:
-Numerous consistency fixes for different time scales
-Fixed exponential-priced crate exports
-Fixed an error that prevented some save files from loading
-Cleaned up camera turning, especially at low frame rates
-Fixed major bug that prevented pipes from working at all if they just connected two adapters on neighboring tiles
-Fixed bug that prevented a building placed on a pre-existing pipe from connecting
-Fixed bug preventing destruction of liquid buffer tank
-Fixed name of liquid buffer tank
-Fixed bug preventing progression upon scenario completion
-Fixed the giant beer bottle bug! It might still happen when you place a desperately needed mechanical arm, but it will fix itself when that arm puts down the bottle.
-Fixed bug preventing mechanical arm configuration until the game was unpaused
-Fixed bug that allowed the duplicate tool to create more than one object in the same space
-Fixed bug that prevented loans from being saved

Balance:
-Overhauled pricing of all resources
-Overhauled all mission objectives and scoring
-Toned down the motion blur
-Increased interest rates for new loans based on what you already owe

Compatibility:
-Previously saved factories will not load due to the revamp of factory objectives

You can opt in to the Beta Program by right-clicking uFactory in your Steam Library, choosing Properties, and then choosing 'nextversion_publicbeta' from the dropdown in the Betas tab.



This is a big revamp of several systems from community feedback including:

• All time limits have been removed. The goals are now rate-based.
  
• The entire economy has been rebalanced, as well as every levels' objectives.
  
• Added online stat comparisons (once enough people have beaten the level) so you can compare your results with everyone else who has beaten the level.
  
• A lot of bugs were fixed with the time warp, and a new 'Simulate' mode will let you disable rendering to simulate your factory as fast as your CPU can handle!
  
• A lot of bugs were fixed with the handling of liquid piping.
  

Note: There are no new content/levels with this beta update (that's coming later).
Additional note: Tutorials have been disabled in this beta until they can be updated for the new systems.

Full list of changes:
Enhancements:

• Removed all time limits on the factories. Main objectives are now rate-based rather than total-based.
  
• Added high-speed time simulation mode, which will simulate your factory as fast as your PC can handle
  
• Added alert for when a machine receives incomplete input
  
• Added online stat comparisons so you can see how you perform compared to other players in the results screen.
  

Bug fixes:

• Numerous consistency fixes for different time scales
  
• Fixed exponential-priced crate exports
  
• Fixed an error that prevented some save files from loading
  
• Cleaned up camera turning, especially at low frame rates
  
• Fixed major bug that prevented pipes from working at all if they just connected two adapters on neighboring tiles
  
• Fixed bug that prevented a building placed on a pre-existing pipe from connecting
  
• Fixed bug preventing destruction of liquid buffer tank
  
• Fixed name of liquid buffer tank
  

Balance:

• Overhauled pricing of all resources
  
• Overhauled all mission objectives and scoring
  
• Toned down the motion blur
  

Compatibility:

• Previously saved factories will not load due to the revamp of factory objectives
  

You can opt in to the Beta Program by right-clicking uFactory in your Steam Library, choosing Properties, and then choosing 'nextversion_publicbeta' from the dropdown in the Betas tab.

The game has been updated to 0.3.0.5.

Enhancements:

• Added new page in manual for Beer product
  

Compatibility:
No change to save files from 0.3.0.0 - fully compatible

The game has been updated to 0.3.0.4.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed Pencil Sharpeners refusing input after the first
  
• Fixed starter License Plates not spawning from Aluminum Plates
  

Enhancements:

• Added Discord Rich Presence
  

Balance:

• Restored Scenario Unlock Progression (felt it took out too much feeling of progression while playing)
  

Compatibility:
No change to save files from 0.3.0.0 - fully compatible

The Brewmaster Update introduces liquid piping to uFactory, best experienced in the new scenario: Beer Brewing.



Enhancements:
-Added Gameplay System: Liquid Pipes, Liquid Overlay, Liquid Adapters, Liquid Density Filters, Liquid Bridges
-Added Tutorial: T2 - Liquid Piping
-Added Scenarios: Beer Bottling, Beer Brewing
-Updated Cooling Tank, Pressure Cooker, Diluter, and Wood Steamer to use pipes.
-Balance: Increased size of Cooling Tank and Diluter from 1x1 to 1x2
-Balance: Increased size of Pressure Cooker from 1x1 to 2x2 and increased it's recipes' capacities
-Added Machine: Kettle
-Added Machines: Liquid Importers/Exporters/Storage
-Added Machine: Grain Malter
-Added Machine: Crate Emptier
-Added Machine: Dehydrator
-Added Machine: Fermentation Tank
-Added Machines: Bottle Filler, Capper, and Labeller
-Converted Solid Types to Liquid Types: Water, Lye Solution, Sodium Aluminate Solution
-Added Liquid Types: Sweet Wort, Hot Sour Wort, Chilled Sour Wort, Malt Residue, Wort Residue, Stout, Lager
-Added Scenario Start Splash Screens to get you started in the right direction
-Added colored indicator to I/O panels to say where ingredients are supposed to go from/to
-Shifted tutorials around and added placeholders for future content
-Added Shift-R to rotate counter-clockwise
-Added alt-mouse to zoom



Bug fixes:
-Revamped the way machines update. This will cause the framerate to drop at higher time speeds, but it will help maintain consistency of operations and efficiency
-Fixed assemblers hardly ever showing ingredients list.
-Fixed issue with keyboard input spilling past windows like the save page or the feedback menu
-Added cancel option to feedback menu
-Fixed progress-blocking tutorial windows in certain resolutions
-Fixed move tool to allow an object to be moved over itself
-Fixed issue with Child's Play, Printing Money, and Back To School not awarding achievements

Balance:
-Decreased mechanical arm volume

Compatibility:
-Previously saved factories for License Plates likely will not load due to the volume of updates.
-Previously saved factories for Wooden Furniture will need pipes added, and may conflict with water importer.