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 Let's play Factorio: Biters for Resources  Biters for resources is a mod for Factorio, which can be found here: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/biters-for-resources What is Factorio? Factorio is an ecology simulator where you construct elaborate noodles of belts to ferry resources around into machines to make research bottles to learn how to make a rocket, and then build said rocket. All while the natives (Or are they also aliens? Are the trees native?!) drink up your delicious pollution and convert it into a menace. This modded version replaces the traditional ore patches where you place miners with biter nests that spawn biters that drop resources when they die. I saw this mod and really wanted to try it for myself with some friends. That's you!  I will stream it on my Twitch and/or YouTube and then upload the stream with an edited and unedited version sometime after that. The stream starts 2022/22/Oct at 18:00 CEST! It might be a multiple day event, depending on if we can somehow pull it all off in one go or if we need a few sessions. Twitch link: https://twitch.tv/shadow0144 YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/user/LordShadow144 (VOD not yet available) I want to use this thread to coordinate with goons who want to convert aliens into science and rockets. Let me know in this thread if you'd like to join in! Game info: Server name: Goonswarm Password: mangosteen Engineers: Shadow0 Rosalie_A sigher Squashing Machine K8.0 Regallion RabbitWizard (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) Shadow0 fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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This looks really cool. Sadly I have too much going on right now to join in but I will be following to see how it goes!
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Oct 12, 2022 14:08
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I don't have Factorio, but I am invested in OP's travels. Welcome to Let's Play! Now we just need those posters who said they'd help up to show up itt.
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Oct 12, 2022 15:50
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I appear to be free that evening.
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Oct 12, 2022 20:24
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OP owns, I hope to be there.
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Oct 13, 2022 03:51
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I'll join if I can, OP. Good luck!
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Oct 13, 2022 04:32
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Squashing Machine posted:I'll join if I can, OP. Good luck! Rosalie_A posted:I appear to be free that evening. sigher posted:OP owns, I hope to be there. Thanks! Welcome to the team! 
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Oct 13, 2022 09:48
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Lemme take a look at that mod, it looks fun, the one I use has them just drop bottles of science. E: essentially, if you can create them, they drop. so you basically farm nests for colourful bottles.
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Oct 13, 2022 10:56
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I don't have the game, so I'll rock and stone in your honor in DRG instead.
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Oct 13, 2022 11:08
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staberind posted:Lemme take a look at that mod, it looks fun, the one I use has them just drop bottles of science. Sounds like alien science packs! I started playing the game after these were already patched out so I never got to experience them though.
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Oct 13, 2022 12:40
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They removed alien science because you couldn’t automate it, you had to collect artifacts and drop them into the system manually. So if you built a mega-base you would spend all your time clearing out the largest nests to being back two minutes worth of science. It also forced people to interact with biters to launch their first rocket, which some players hated.
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Oct 13, 2022 13:22
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Chakan posted:They removed alien science because you couldn’t automate it, you had to collect artifacts and drop them into the system manually. So if you built a mega-base you would spend all your time clearing out the largest nests to being back two minutes worth of science. It also forced people to interact with biters to launch their first rocket, which some players hated. Yeah, when I found out about it, I thought it didn't fit the game very well, so I wasn't surprised they removed it. In this case, the biters spawn infinitely from their spawners. As long as we don't destroy the spawners, we can kill them over belts and collect resources from them. They'll very kindly convert our pollution into resources! 
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Oct 13, 2022 16:19
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Time and date may be limiting for me, but I'd love to participate if possible.
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Oct 13, 2022 21:09
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Oh sure, probe yourself. Deprive FYAD of their fun. I bet you wouldn't dare probe a plane jail veteran! 
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Oct 13, 2022 22:40
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lol, it begins. OP, i should note thaf you can still probe others while on probation yourself.
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Oct 13, 2022 22:45
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Sally posted:lol, it begins. OP, i should note thaf you can still probe others while on probation yourself. You and your Dept of PreCrime set me in this path, Sally. You created this self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Oct 14, 2022 11:11
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Oct 14, 2022 18:44
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Sally posted:lol, it begins. OP, i should note thaf you can still probe others while on probation yourself. I can no longer be stopped.  I added all the people that said they might be able to join the game into the OP. Let me know if I misinterpreted your post. XD I'll post the server name and password when it gets closer to the date of the game. I'm not sure if this will be a one-day event. It will depend on how good we are at engineering, so if you are a bit busy that day, you might have your chance later in the day or if we have to have a second day. Edit: thank mr jpg biter on this picture
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Oct 14, 2022 18:47
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thank u mr jpg biter here have this peak efficiency factorio layout https://old.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/y309gc/cursed_iron_smelting/
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Oct 14, 2022 19:00
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Tulip posted:thank u mr jpg biter I think this can be improved with some diagonal belts 
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Oct 14, 2022 19:10
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Okay, mark me down as interested. Not 100% sure i will be available, but this seems fun for a change.
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Oct 14, 2022 19:19
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Regallion posted:Okay, mark me down as interested. Not 100% sure i will be available, but this seems fun for a change.
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Oct 15, 2022 01:52
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Will there be any QOL mods running?
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Oct 21, 2022 15:22
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RabbitWizard posted:Will there be any QOL mods running? No, quite the opposite!
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Oct 21, 2022 20:30
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Can't wait!
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Oct 21, 2022 21:40
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RabbitWizard posted:Can't wait! I'm really excited too! I just tested the mod very quickly. It works great!
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Oct 22, 2022 00:55
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I updated the OP with the concrete start time, sorry I didn't do so sooner. Reminder to everyone that the game goes live in less than 24 hours! I need to do some more audio checks in the morning since I have a new microphone, but after that, I'll add the stream and YouTube and game information to the OP.
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Oct 22, 2022 00:56
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I'm pretty sure I won't be able to make it today. Hope you all have fun, though!
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Oct 22, 2022 13:54
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K8.0 posted:I'm pretty sure I won't be able to make it today. Hope you all have fun, though! Aww, that's a shame.  If you're free later, check by and see if we're still streaming! I think this might take a while, haha.
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Oct 22, 2022 15:55
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I've updated the OP with all the game info. We'll go live in about an hour and five minutes!
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Shadow0 posted:I updated the OP with the concrete start time, sorry I didn't do so sooner. Reminder to everyone that the game goes live in less than 24 hours!
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RabbitWizard posted:Do we communicate via Discord or something? I only realized like a minute ago that that was probably what we should have done, but I've already configured OBS to capture just my mic and the game audio. I don't think it's easy to pipe in Discord. I had been assuming we'd use the in-game chat. If we want to use Discord, then we better set it up quick. I figured that as the Fabrikmeister, I'd just give out orders over the stream; but I see now how it might be annoying to hear your own game audio plus my game audio at the same time.
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Oct 22, 2022 16:27
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I joined your chat in twitch, maybe we can talk there for a few minutes before it is supposed to start?
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Oct 22, 2022 16:47
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I misread CEST as CST
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Oct 22, 2022 18:43
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 only 8 hours in and we are already maybe nearly close to stop hand farming in another hour or two
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Oct 23, 2022 00:47
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10.5 hours and we finally made it to a point where it kinda feels like Factorio.
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Oct 23, 2022 03:28
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Thank you, engineers, for your brave, brave service in the face of overwhelming opposition. 
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Oct 23, 2022 10:16
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Rosalie_A posted:I misread CEST as CST Aww I should have written out Central European Summer Time to make it more clear, sorry. I also get them mixed up sometimes.
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Oct 23, 2022 10:22
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I now have a lot of footage I'll need to edit. Unless someone really needs 10.5 hours of background noise. I'd like to finish the challenge, though it might take at least 2 more sessions. Maybe we can plan how long we want to play for. We can also set up Discord if you want to be part of the stream. My next availabilities are (all times are Central European Summer Time): Today  2022/Oct/28 from 20:00 CEST until whenever 2022/Oct/30 from 12:00 CEST until 00:00 CEST 2022/Nov/05 from 20:00 CEST until whenever 2022/Nov/06 from 12:00 CEST until whenever 2022/Nov/07 from 12:00 CEST until 00:00 CEST
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Realistically I'm more free today than I am any of those other times. If we get a third who wants to spend some time expanding today, I'm down. e - for that matter, I'm down to duo it. My weekend schedule has completely collapsed, so I really don't have anything better to do. K8.0 fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Oct 23, 2022 |
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