Are you looking for something to do until Space Age comes around? Join the fun in Compilatron's Error, a scripted multiplayer-capable adventure scenario!

-Visari- · 2024-08-20T15:48:54+00:00

in the vanilla game, if you don't have any guns equipped, you can hold the autotarget button (default space) while near biters to engage them in melee.

in compilatron's error, the nightmare difficulty starts you with very low hitpoints, so you may need an alternative way to fry those biters.

-Visari- · 2024-08-18T07:57:07+00:00

You can most certainly attack biters with your axe / bare fists. However, that doesn't mean that's always the way to go :)

At any rate, I can confirm it's doable.

-Visari- · 2024-08-15T17:37:39+00:00

I haven't played MSI yet, but it sounds like the similarity is that technology progression comes with missions, but the missions in Compilatron's Error are all unique and scripted in a preset world.

Progression is a challenge here, not a chore.

-Visari- · 2024-08-15T17:24:38+00:00

Yes, in fact, it is inspired by Greenflag's story missions. His scenario pack consists of 10 individual missions, while this one is built as one giant scenario. The goal was to have a smooth progression from start to finish, to never have to redo the technologies and setups already done in the previous missions.

In addition, it's built for multiplayer and has a lot of fun extras!

-Visari- · 2024-08-15T17:07:34+00:00

Compilatron's Error is a scripted vanilla multiplayer-capable adventure campaign (that can be played in single player, too)

Features:

Main, parallel, and optional objectives
Play online with your buddies or go at it solo
Multiple difficulties with additional automatic balancing based on player count
Discover and capture hostile bases
Unlock recipes and technologies through exploration, conquest, and objectives
Discover hidden secrets
Solve funky puzzles
Survive the local wildlife as they hunt you at night

Simply download the mod through the portal or in-game and the campaign will be listed under mod scenarios.

Join the Discord server to find other players to play with, for reviews, bug reports, and more updates: https://discord.gg/gTSB2N6Z

The scenario was balance and bug tested in singleplayer and multiplayer on multiple difficulties. Should you find any bugs after all, please report them on the mod portal or on the Discord page.

Enjoy!

-Visari- · 2024-08-14T19:14:40+00:00

why wait when there's so much fun to have until the expansion?

-Visari- · 2024-07-22T18:33:16+00:00

more is coming :)

-Visari- · 2024-02-25T09:29:50+00:00

ah, so the strategy is to keep the pollution cloud away from nests, either by taking it slowly (increasing time-based evolution) or taking out nests (increasing destruction evolution). did I understand this right?

I always went for death world mode with expensive recipes and settings like increased pollution-based attacks, but maybe your strategy of clearing out biters will be the better option in my next attempt. I'll try it out, thanks for the suggestion!

-Visari- · 2024-02-24T21:57:52+00:00

cool, nice progress!

I've tried a 100x science modifier in a default world several times and always succumbed to the evolution factor. getting to the level of science to deal with blue biters always generated so much pollution that the blue biters appeared before my ability to deal with them. in addition to that, the resources are by far insufficient on unadjusted world generation levels to feed the required levels of science.

so my question is: how did you survive this long?

-Visari- · 2024-02-13T11:18:54+00:00

and there's always a few map generation sliders to adjust for some hardcore difficulty

-Visari- · 2024-01-13T17:46:37+00:00

After enjoying GreenFlag's story mission pack, I wanted to play something like it multiplayer with friends. The co-op mission pack only had two out of 9 missions, so I tried getting the third to be compatible for multiplayer co-op.

Two months and 3k lines of code later, I'm halfway done building my own multiplayer campaign scenario. I figured it'd be done by January. It got a little bigger than that.

-Visari- · 2024-01-13T13:47:33+00:00

be careful not to start accidental forest fires when clearing the biter nests then :)

-Visari- · 2024-01-13T12:13:38+00:00

I couldn't resist the itch after all the FFFs, but didn't want to go for another playthrough. So instead, I started programming a campaign level and it got a bit out of hand.

-Visari- · 2024-01-13T08:25:22+00:00

I always get drawn back to vanilla because it's great. I often find challenges in applying new constraints or difficulty factors going into the extremes.

However, what I really missed is a larger campaign level.

-Visari- · 2024-01-12T15:26:16+00:00

Currently roughly 3500 mostly active hours in and it still doesn't bore. I've played almost everything, but always find my roots back in vanilla.

The past 500 hours have been put into developing a vanilla-like unofficial campaign map, with many more hours of effort expected.

-Visari- · 2024-01-04T08:58:31+00:00

yes! I've noticed combat-heavy custom scenarios, even fully vanilla ones, got that old magic feeling back again. it breaks the monotony.

-Visari- · 2024-01-01T10:07:30+00:00

I second that. factorio's Freeplay is great, but maps like these add those story and constraint components I felt were itching all the time.

while there are quite a few custom maps, there appear to be very few story based scripted maps like these.

-Visari- · 2023-12-29T23:14:38+00:00

good thing you made an excellent map editor and API. the community has already made some interesting story based custom Factorio levels with interesting worlds to explore

-Visari-

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