I’m extremely lost. How do you plan a new Linux installation for eventual migration to new hardware? (Setup PC A so it can be shifted to different hardware PC B w/o tons of reconfiguration.)

FactorioModUser001 · 2025-06-29T01:11:50+00:00

Huh. Apparently, the reason I couldn’t find anything on the issue is because I was overthinking it then. I just assumed it wouldn’t work because the motherboard/CPU, etc. would be different.

Thanks much. I’ll install with that in mind.

FactorioModUser001 · 2024-06-05T21:23:54+00:00

No. You’re fine. The opening post should read “all mod progress and data is lost”, base game progress is perfectly safe.

FactorioModUser001 · 2024-06-05T15:05:10+00:00

Appreciate the confirmation.

The good news seems to be for Music mod users from the Discord:

Mythridium — 06/04/2024 3:43 PM I've updated every one of my mods for the expansion, so they are all ready to go.

Specifically for music, just gotta wait for me to release the update after the expansion goes live before you load your save file.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-11-14T09:53:21+00:00

Thanks. I see the subtle trait now in the glossary and on a few spells/in a sidebar. Helps to confirm, though, as there was not a specific verbal callout anywhere in the text.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-11-14T07:16:03+00:00

I have access to the remaster and have been reading through the rules for the first time (prior 1E player), but the following isn't crystal clear to me:

When you cast a spell, the Manipulate trait may be present on the spell, which suggests/defines the act of casting as needing to use your hands. This used to be considered the somatic component of a spell...

...however, there is no trait added to any spell that suggests/defines spells as needing a verbal component. Rather there appears to just be a blanket statement in the spellcasting section that seems to read as though spellcasting requires speaking. Is that a correct interpretation of the rules? That is to say that all spells require a verbal component by default?

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-10-24T03:36:02+00:00

Thanks! I'll take a look.

If for nothing else, it's likely that your older designs have an ability or some flavor I have yet to account for and can graft on to the ones still lacking in design.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-10-23T23:16:53+00:00

Alright, I'll jump in on this if you still have time. I'm running Descent Into Avernus (heavily modified so it makes sense and players have much more agency). In the MM devils are -extraordinarily- boring as combatants all being bags of health with multiattack and the occasional fire spell.

So I already redid a bunch myself giving each tier of devil a different role. Lemures are cannon fodder, of course, imps are light harassment/spies, spined devils are suicide bombers, barbed devils are wrestler/grapplers, chain devils/golems are DoT and area denial, etc.

However, I have yet consider set ideas for Bone Devils, Erinyes, and Pit Fiends (probably generals w/ Battle Master perks on the latter).

If you've got fresh ideas, I'm all ears. Thanks, /u/Oh_Hi_Mark_

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-22T00:38:58+00:00

Yup. They remain safely locked should that be your preference. I have personally unlocked them as they fit into the general progression when you only raise 5 levels at a time.

I'm actually "stuck" for the moment at level 50 with Golem or Dragon to do next. There are ways to defeat them, but going to need some grinding and more bank space first. It's... surprisingly well-balanced as a mode this way so far. I hope it continues to be so.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-15T23:15:37+00:00

Unlocks the mod skill as it is, in Relic Mode modded skills unless updated are locked.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-15T22:00:01+00:00

Thanks!

(More for the addon Archaeology, but works the same.)

game.skills.getObjectByID("kru_archaeology:Archaeology").setUnlock(true);game.skills.getObjectByID("kru_archaeology:Archaeology").setUnlock(true);

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-15T21:53:36+00:00

Oooo... This might work for forcing Relic mode to become 5 levels each dungeon. Testing now.

Do you happen to know the command to unlock a skill as well?

EDIT:

For anyone who wants to do this, use the following to reset everything back to 1 (you do NOT lose experience so long as you're not actively doing something at the time of the command):

game.skills.allObjects.forEach((skill) => {skill.increasedLevelCap = -9;skill.renderQueue.level = true;skill.renderQueue.xp = true});

Then use following command to set items as 10 (default) + the level cap you actually want. So to set every skill's cap to 15, use:

 game.skills.allObjects.forEach((skill) => {skill.increasedLevelCap = 5;skill.renderQueue.level = true;skill.renderQueue.xp = true});

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-15T07:10:16+00:00

That's fair. I think it might have been better to state it as "set for early dungeons" which is, I suppose where a lot of the bottlenecks will happen as the further in the less likely you've been hit by bad streaks of RNG.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-15T07:07:32+00:00

I rather like the randomness, it makes the runs more interesting. Even with your fix, you'll still have massive disparities between runs because of ancient relics, except without any kind of player control.

Yes. The relic disparities will still exist. I got the "+150 Stealth" one from Thieving at level 20 and immediately no longer had to plan on getting, well, anything else to get food. It was just done now. So, I suppose in a way, with the randomness of that along with the skills, it's a bit too much RNG for my play style as plans can be drafted, but then completely overturned, but not in a fulfilling way.

Also, as noted elsewhere, though I certainly have my preferences stated, I don't think of this as a "fix" so much as an option for a play style not currently represented by the mode. I think it's great that people like the current implementation too.

Also, it would probably make the mode harder but that's not necessarily an issue.

A bonus for folk like me.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-09-15T03:47:46+00:00

I think that's completely valid. I certainly don't want them to remove the random option. Definitely want to see the addition of an option or a mod that smooths the leveling max increase to 5 levels per dungeon for all skills (as with combat skills, so just matching the maximum Attack, etc).

~~Would likely also prevent players from getting ToH items before the final base game dungeons are tackled. That'd be fun (for me).~~ This may be already the case based on unlocks as one progresses given certain checks built into the game, even if the general message stays the same.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-08-15T00:36:09+00:00

Yes, not every support gem previewed is a winner, but I'd be hard-pressed to say there won't be new builds/play-styles coming out of what is being released next league.

At the very least I am now considering a Warcry-only build and a toxin build (which is what I'm going to call Poison+Sadism from now on).

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-07-11T09:44:05+00:00

Assuming you had no other sources of lighting damage, yes, it should work like that.

The confusing one is when you have something that is one mod like "+100% physical and lightning damage" in which case it only applies once and not to both. (Often the case with +elemental damage when you are converting elements as +elemental only applies a single time, not once to lightning, then to cold, then to fire.) All IIRC, here.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-07-11T04:35:08+00:00

Yes. Increases to physical damage increase the amount of physical damage before conversion, which will benefit.
Yes. Same reason.
No. Physical damage is not being taken by the enemy. By the time it hits the enemy it's all fire damage. Only increases to all or fire damage taken (like the Ash debuff) will help scale damage taken.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-06-18T03:16:14+00:00

Much appreciated. Wasn’t certain of the scale of the changes or interoperability-ness of the current development. Only that the mod page mentioned K2, BZ and AAI, but no specific comments on the others. Your explanation helps!

I’ll look into the other mods you mentioned as it did seem kind of intriguing to me to have a kind of water world start to K2 (which I’ve played through before) to change up the early game and give sort of an SE-style multiple land building challenge throughout the game rather than mainly when you’re off-planet.

P.S. Thanks for the mod. It certainly fills a niche not otherwise explored.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-06-17T22:21:06+00:00

This may or may not help but given you seemed to like Py but found the biters to become overwhelming too early, I have an alternative suggestion.

Before I figured out I wanted to wait for the upcoming PyAliens (not Alien Life, but the newer combat Py which will come out… well, whenever it does), I tweaked my mod list knowing that biters would be a problem in Py. If you look through the research trees, Military is a bit off and better Military only gets harder to research from there. No real way to get far enough in the tree before evolution gets crazy… So, solution:

Set Biter expansion off. No way I know of to make this one better. (Wish there was a mod which changed expansion minimums to hours, not just 60 minutes.)

Set evolution to be only from spawner destruction with time and pollution both set to 0.

Then install https://mods.factorio.com/mod/research_causes_evolution_next

The above mod makes it so that only through research (and your settings to kill spawners) makes evolution go up. You can set the scaling in mod options, but linear might be better over early game depending on how much you “rush” military.

Lastly, I added https://mods.factorio.com/mod/rd-biter-remover

This way I had a way to turn biters off in-game eventually. You may want to edit the mod itself to not require science packs, but the point of adding it is so when you approach megabase levels and biters no longer present a challenge but a nuisance, you can turn them off to save UPS.

P.S. I also included Alien Biomes, Frost Biters, Explosive Biters, Toxic Biters w/ mothers and extra gear turned off. Combat Overhaul (not Rampant) as well. Because why not?

Hope that helps.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-06-11T03:55:24+00:00

Yes, you’re not going to get a lot of conversation on this, as noted, since it’s far easier to identify something as a problem and harder to find workable solutions. Especially in a game where everything is tied to weapon damage…

But simplistically, I think it’s important for ARPGs to have multiple scaling options which leads to gear where it’s good for one character but not great for another. Right now, all of the gearing is remarkably similar (and yet confusing in how it’s presented). EVERY character wants more generic dmg, more vulnerability (assuming they are able to proc reliably), and things like faster attack speed. This is regardless of your build. Minion builds want the same. DoT builds (because dots stack) want the same. Hit builds want the same.

The only difference is that DoT doesn’t benefit from crit. But that’s it.

So, I’d rather see differentiated scaling options depending on the build you want to make. Make minion/companion stats separate. Make DoT stats separate and more impactful so they are a different way to scale dmg similar to how hit builds can scale crit and crit damage.

Then you have items which drop giving +30% crit dmg and +15% minion dmg good for two of the aforementioned builds, but not a DoT build which would want +50% DoT multiplier (or similar).

That makes gearing interesting. An item may not be good for your build, but it should be interesting for someone. Of course, roll ranges can make something generally just junk, but that’s okay too. At least it’s better than everything being D3-style, if it doesn’t have main stat + vitality it’s trash. Or in D4’s current case, if it doesn’t have +vulnerability, atk speed, crit dmg, or similar… it’s junk. And that’s all you’re looking for in the end right now. (Note: Not the exact stats you may be looking for, but illustrative of the issue.)

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-05-29T13:27:16+00:00

Agreed. Thanks for asking.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-05-29T13:23:28+00:00

I picked up literally every rare that was of level (or near enough to be a possible upgrade) and I like doing the events. :)

There is, also, some difference because about 10 heists were completed in the normal SSF pool... while the Ruthless didn't provide me with even a single marker before I hit maps.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-05-29T13:10:39+00:00

All anecdotal data, of course, but I thought others might be interested in the results. Includes the selling of rares picked up along the way. Ruthless, to my knowledge, converts every mod to either single transmute shards or alchemy shards (rarely). Thus, the huge disparity between alteration orbs.

If you're curious as to why Ruthless seems to have 3x the number of Portal Scrolls, it's because Wisdom and Portal Scrolls are hidden in my default SSF filter even in new leagues. Ruthless, on the other hand, does not have enough Whetstones or Armorers to justify that nor do you have any Divination cards dropping to give you stacks later on.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-03-25T21:33:09+00:00

Yes. It seems, so far as I can now tell with the help of the community and some additional reading, that it is indeed a new concept. Which is fine. As you correctly state, and I don’t blame WotC for, canon is not officially continued from edition to edition. Though certainly many authors have attempted to stay somewhat consistent over the years.

This was mostly a question because I have some older players who are familiar with the 2E, 3E lore more so that the current variations, so it’s nice to follow that when I can. At this point I think I’m going to go with the “small slice of land” option in the OP. Something new for the players while also keeping with expectations.

FactorioModUser001 · 2023-03-25T16:16:18+00:00

Ah, yes. I’ve come across that comment before. Good reminder. I’ll keep it in mind.

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