Upcoming features

This is a list of planned additions and changes that will be part of Factorio's next major release 0.18. [1]

Planned features

Final looks and behaviour of new GUI screens as they will be finished [2] [3]
- Improved blueprint library [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Improved character screen [8] [9]
Better sounds [10] [11] [12]
HR icons [13] [14] [15]
Improved color-scheme for the game using post-processing [16]
- Brighter day
- More contrast for map colors
- Night is "blue and cold" instead of being overlayed with a black layer
- Mods will have to adjust their sprites, script for that provided in the FFF
New particle system for improved performance [17]
- Particle emitter [18]
New explosions and particles (mostly visual) [19]
Animated water [20]
Animated trees [21]
Optimizations [22]
- Heat pipes, inserters, rolling stock and more [23]
- Data phase cache [24]
New player experience is cancelled, "First Steps" (old tutorial) will return [25]