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** Better rendering performance (CPU side) [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-244] [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-251]
** Better rendering performance (CPU side) [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-244] [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-251]
** Uses OpenGL 3.3 Core and DirectX 11 feature level 10.0 [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-244]
** Uses OpenGL 3.3 Core and DirectX 11 feature level 10.0 [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-244]
** Optimizations [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-281]
* Recipe explorer (mentioned as 0.17 goal here: [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-277])
* Recipe explorer (mentioned as 0.17 goal here: [https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-277])
** Foundation of some kind of in-game "factoriopedia"
** Foundation of some kind of in-game "factoriopedia"

Revision as of 10:33, 11 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]
      • Temporary train stations
      • Map now shows train path
      • Different looks for wagons and locomotives on the map: [27]
      • Trains now drive through stops without stopping if no wait condition is set
  • New graphics back-end, SDL, OpenGL, DX11, v-sync fix, texture streaming, VRAM usage optimizations, shaders [28] [29]
    • New font rendering [30]
    • Better rendering performance (CPU side) [31] [32]
    • Uses OpenGL 3.3 Core and DirectX 11 feature level 10.0 [33]
    • Optimizations [34]
  • Recipe explorer (mentioned as 0.17 goal here: [35])
    • 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 [36]
    • Syncing mod settings to saves [37]
    • Mod browsing improvements [38]
      • Show the mod picture and more smaller things
  • Map editor improvements, both technical and usability wise [39][40]
  • Map generator improvements and fixes, autoplace specification improvements and documentation [41] [42]
    • 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 [59]
    • New science pack names [60]
    • New science pack recipes [61]
    • Separation of nuclear energy and nuclear processing [62]
    • The rocket parts have their own technologies and are used in more recipes besides the rocket [63]
    • Launching a satellite no longer ends the game, instead any rocket launch (with or without a payload) wins the game [64] [65]
    • Better separation of technologies between high tech and production science [66] [67]
    • Military upgrade technology unification [68]
    • The rocket silo and all its prerequisites can be researched without using military science packs [69]
    • Coal liquefaction now produces much more Heavy oil that you can crack into whatever you need, but produces less Light oil and Petroleum gas. [70]
    • Belt item spacing has been reduced to 8 from 9 pixels [71]
    • Worms and spitters now attack with movement-predicting streams of acid instead of homing projectiles [72]
  • Upgrade planner [73] [74] [75]
  • Rich text editing [76]
    • Different fonts, color, and icons
    • Item and recipe references, map positions, and blueprint strings [77]
  • Better plural form localisations [78]
  • More modding support [79] [80] [81]
    • Script rendering [82]
  • Better sounds [83]
  • Copy, paste and cut functionality [84]
  • Ability to undo building, mining, blueprinting and deconstruction [85] [86]
  • Small quality-of-life improvements [87]
    • 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 [88]
    • Fast pipe replacing [89]
    • Train out of fuel alert [90]
    • Better error messages when building/inserting fails (out of reach etc) [91]
    • Selecting an inserter/miner shows what entities it interacts with [92]
    • Trains in blueprints [93]
    • Cliffs can be deconstructed [94] [95]
    • Robots do not leave the player's personal roboport when the player is moving faster than they can fly [96]
    • GUI style inspector [97]
    • Filter inserter blacklist mode [98]
    • Alt-tab no longer toggles "alt-mode" [99]
  • Keyboard bindings now use scan-codes instead of key-codes [100]
  • Steam networking for multiplayer [101]
  • Mining tools (iron and steel axe) are removed [102]
  • Armor has infinite durability [103]
  • The mining hardness and mining power mechanics are removed [104]
  • Stone has the same mining time as the other ores [105]
  • Burner efficiency streamlining [106]
  • The ingredient count limit on assembling machines is removed [107]
  • Resistances are streamlined [108]
  • Option to show the entity info tooltip at the mouse position [109]
  • Better fluid physics [110] [111] [112] [113] [114]

See also