Mr. Powers posted:

If I had to make a complete guess, I would imagine the shutdown function would be like a furnace not having ore, and the partially consumed fuel would sit there.

ultrabindu posted:

How do I stop getting owned by my trains?

Ignoranus posted:

This sounds sarcastic but isn't - I've made a habit of zooming the screen out as far as I can and looking both ways before crossing rails.

Ignoranus posted:

This sounds sarcastic but isn't - I've made a habit of zooming the screen out as far as I can and looking both ways before crossing rails.

ultrabindu posted:

How do I stop getting owned by my trains?

M_Gargantua posted:

When the Player approaches either gate, the gate outputs signal G which causes the signal on the entry to the crossing to close.



When a train approaches the crossing, the entrance signal turns yellow, and when it is yellow or red its output signal blocks the gates, preventing the player from running in while a train is coming.




I have the signal output the red color signal for both non-green states which tie into the completely cosmetic lights.

ultrabindu posted:

How do I stop getting owned by my trains?

M_Gargantua posted:

Dirk the Average posted:

This is coded exactly backwards. When entering the train area, the gates should shut behind the player and trap them next to the train.

ShadowHawk posted:

The correct way to ensure your trains are safe is to lay more hazard concrete.

Ignoranus posted:

Oh, the trains are perfectly safe. It's the squishy bit that keeps getting in their way that's having trouble.

FISHMANPET posted:

ultrabindu posted:

How do I stop getting owned by my trains?

vOv posted:

I've always wondered, what the hell is up with your avatar?

Phssthpok posted:

Honk! Mod

vOv posted:

I've always wondered, what the hell is up with your avatar?

RyokoTK posted:

Also nuclear warheads are coming, which I guess was obvious since they had uranium planned, but I can't wait to nuke some drat biters off of my planet.

GenericOverusedName posted:

"The refineries at the bottom left are utilizing a new 0.15 recipe - coal liquefication to get more oil for the price of coal."

Truga posted:

this is my fav change, finally there's a better alternative to turret creep.

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So far, the changelog looks like this. There are many numbers that were tweaked and are not included in this list.

• Player regains health at a much higher rate, but only after being out of combat for 10 seconds.
  
• Discharge defense equipment pushes back, stuns and damages nearby enemies when activated by the remote.
  
• Decreased the size of Discharge defense equipment from 3x3 to 2x2.
  
• Greatly increased the damage of Personal Laser Defense Equipment.
  
• Flamthrower gun has a minimum range of 3.
  
• The flames created on ground from the flamethrower significantly increase in duration and damage when more fuel is added to them by firing at the same spot.
  
• Increased fire resistance of biter bases.
  
• Increased the health of player non-combat buildings.
  
• Increased player health from 100 to 250.
  
• Increased collected amount and effectiveness of Raw Fish.
  
• Increased the damage, range and health of biters worms.
  
• Decreased health and resistance of Behemoth biters.
  
• Doubled the stack size of all ammos.
  
• Tweaked the cost and crafting time of some ammos.
  
• Increased the damage of most player ammos. Greatly increased the damage and fire rate of Rockets and Cannon Shells.
  
• Increased the collision box of Cannon Shells.
  
• Increased Tank health and resistances.
  
• Added research for Tank Cannon Shells damage and shooting speed.
  
• Tweaked research bonuses and added more end-game research for military upgrades.
  
• Greatly increased the damage of Mines. They also stun nearby enemies when they explode.
  
• Biters stop following player after 10 sec of not giving or receiving damage if the player is more than 50 tiles away.
  
• Other minor changes.

As usual, these changes are not final and will probably change to some degree as we playtest more.
There are still many things to be done. We are always talking about more end-game weapons, so don't worry, the combat in the late-game will be even more worry-free.

There is also one thing that we always talked about trying to remove: turret-creep (destroying biters base building turrets closer and closer). This method is very powerful and usually doesn't cost anything. So far I believe that we did not find a simple, fun and fair solution. Ideas include: large power-up times(annoying and also weakens base defense); simply not allowing turrets to be build near biter bases (makes the player feel cheated); underground anti-turret worms (sugar-coated version of the previous idea). With the combat changes that were done I believe there is almost always an option to destroy bases without being forced to use turret-creep.In the end maybe your ingenuity and effort of building all those electric poles should be rewarded; If the player wants to do it that way, why not let him? Let us know what you think.

GenericOverusedName posted:

Make sure you click through the imgur album they link, it's loving insane.

Dirk the Average posted:

Zerg creep seems like an effective way to stop turret creep. It also would be a good visual indicator as to where biters are, and could grow along paths they want to take towards you. Would be a pretty interesting thing to add to the game, and it seems like it should be doable as something that gets built onto the floor.

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simply not allowing turrets to be build near biter bases (makes the player feel cheated); underground anti-turret worms (sugar-coated version of the previous idea)

Onean posted:

Don't forget, there was a FFF from a few months back that went over some combat rebalancing coming along as well that gives a significant boost to the tools we have in 0.14.


Also, have you tried using Destroyer Capsules? I haven't played a single factory long enough to get to hives full of green biters, but I did play long enough to have them around and I could casually walk through a huge hive with a few MK2 shields and 50 drones (10 Capsules, each makes 5 drones) as if it wasn't there. Even knocking that down to a more reasonable, mid-game to early late-game 10-20 drones plus a flame thrower is more than enough for me to ignore the hassle of dragging power lines from hive to hive for laser turrets or filling bullet turrets with ammo, in addition to the hassle of managing the inventory requirements either one of those needs.

Dirk the Average posted:

Zerg creep seems like an effective way to stop turret creep. It also would be a good visual indicator as to where biters are, and could grow along paths they want to take towards you. Would be a pretty interesting thing to add to the game, and it seems like it should be doable as something that gets built onto the floor.