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Do not install Space Exploration mode! Save yourself 400 hours.
by nikitoci 3y ago
Do not install Space Exploration mode! Save yourself 400 hours.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoWait for the official Space DLC and all the 2.0 QoL improvements next year instead!
- ls612 3y agoI’ll be surprised if they actually release in 2024 I’d assume 2025 is more realistic.
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y agoHmm, I had to google this mod [1]. Seems really cool, but it also does sound a whole lot like the factorio expansion [2], so what is going on here? (I been eagerly awaiting the factorio expansion for a while now!) 1: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/space-exploration https://mods.factorio.com/mod/space-exploration 2: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/factorio-expansion-space-age https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/factorio-expansion-space-...
- Brybry 3y agoThey hired the mod creator (as an artist) and, from the Factorio Friday Facts blog posts[1], the expansion has some inspiration from the space mod but is not the same. [1] https://www.factorio.com/blog/ https://www.factorio.com/blog/
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y agoOh, that is amazing! Thanks for pointing me to the blog!
- bombcar 3y agoIf you like Factorio and are at all interested in game design I can highly recommend every one of those blog posts. It’s amazing how time and time again a they describe a feature and you’re like wow this is perfect and then later they’re like “here’s how to fix all the problems you don’t even notice”.
- dalkvist 3y agoThe mod is older, and they hired the modder to work on the expansion. From the blog posts the expansion is a lot closer to vanilla then the complex mods.
- sunbum 3y agoThe factorio team hired the person behind the space exploration mod to integrate it into factorio.
- Baldbvrhunter 3y agoEarendel was employed by Wube in February 5, 2021 https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-365 https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-365