# Factorio changelog

> Build and maintain sprawling automated factories on an alien planet.

- Vendor: Wube Software
- Category: Games
- Official site: https://factorio.com
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio)
- Harvested from: Steam (app 427520)
- Entries below: 25 of 28 (newest first; the rest are on https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### Version 2.0.77 released as stable

- Date: 2026-06-23
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/695390213817504546
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-695390213817504546

- **fixed** — Fixed a clipping issue on cargo pods attached to rockets
- **fixed** — Fixed that inserters would deadlock if ammo spoiled while mid-swing towards a turret
- **fixed** — Fixed that rocket silos could deadlock due to mod changes
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when specific entities are killed without a source
- **fixed** — Fixed that time passed wait condition wasn't reset when manually pressing go-to button to the shattered planet while being stopped at a space location
- **fixed** — Fixed that scrolling personal library blueprint books in multiplayer latency did not work correctly
- **fixed** — Fixed a desync related to custom input events and in_gui flag
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue with script-disabling logistic points connected to orbital logistics
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when creating a loader with stack size override
- **fixed** — Fixed rich text tag being accessible through user input
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when loading space-age save files with space-age prototypes removed but space-age flags enabled
- **added** — Added LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_supply_area_distance, LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_inventory_size, LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_capacity, and LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_energy_usage reads
- **added** — Added LuaEntityPrototype::crafting_speed_quality_multiplier, LuaEntityPrototype::energy_usage_quality_multiplier, and LuaEntityPrototype::module_slots_quality_bonus reads
- **added** — Added LuaEntityPrototype::drops_full_belt_stacks read
- **added** — Added additional reads to LuaSpaceLocationPrototype
- **added** — Added LuaEntityPrototype::uses_quality_drain_modifier read
- **added** — Added LuaFluidPrototype::visualization_color read
- **added** — API documentation website now has fulltext search

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed a clipping issue on cargo pods attached to rockets (https://forums.factorio.com/131012)

- Fixed that inserters would deadlock if ammo spoiled while mid-swing towards a turret. (https://forums.factorio.com/133060)

- Fixed that rocket silos could deadlock due to mod changes. (https://forums.factorio.com/132886)

- Fixed a crash when specific entities are killed without a source. (https://forums.factorio.com/133062)

- Fixed that time passed wait condition wasn't reset when manually pressing go-to button to the shattered planet while being stopped at a space location. (https://forums.factorio.com/133073)

- Fixed that scrolling personal library blueprint books in multiplayer latency did not work correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/117199)

- Fixed a desync related to custom input events and in_gui flag. (https://forums.factorio.com/133274)

- Fixed an issue with script-disabling logistic points connected to orbital logistics. (https://forums.factorio.com/133283)

- Fixed a crash when creating a loader with stack size override. (https://forums.factorio.com/133285)

- Fixed  rich text tag being accessible through user input. (https://forums.factorio.com/133343)

- Fixed a crash when loading space-age save files with space-age prototypes removed but space-age flags enabled. (https://forums.factorio.com/133552)

##### **Scripting**

- Added LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_supply_area_distance, LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_inventory_size, LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_capacity, LuaEntityPrototype::quality_affects_energy_usage reads.

- Added LuaEntityPrototype::crafting_speed_quality_multiplier, LuaEntityPrototype::energy_usage_quality_multiplier, LuaEntityPrototype::module_slots_quality_bonus reads.

- Added LuaEntityPrototype::drops_full_belt_stacks read.

- Added additional reads to LuaSpaceLocationPrototype.

- Added LuaEntityPrototype::uses_quality_drain_modifier read.

- Added LuaFluidPrototype::visualization_color read.

- API documentation website now has fulltext search (online version only).

### Version 2.0.76 released as stable

- Date: 2026-03-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/512986184073347442
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-512986184073347442

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed Mods gui showing a dependency warning even for mods to be deleted.

- Fixed Space Map sometimes not using free cursor in controller input method.

- Fixed a consistency issue with cargo pods and variable result rocket-launch-products. https://forums.factorio.com/132687

- Fixed a crash when loading a save file where electric pole removal due to missing mods causes circuit wires rewiring between assemblers that are also being removed. https://forums.factorio.com/132605

- Fixed a crash when modded furnaces are configured with fluid output and no result inventory.

- Fixed a crash with agricultural towers and some graphics definitions. https://forums.factorio.com/132450

- Fixed an ordering issue with ghost trains being built. https://forums.factorio.com/132730

- Fixed another case of cargo wagon door sound stuck playing on deconstruction order. https://forums.factorio.com/132752

- Fixed cargo wagon door sound stuck playing on deconstruction order. https://forums.factorio.com/132623

- Fixed flying text spam when a multiplayer peer was obstructed from building an underground belt. https://forums.factorio.com/132373

- Fixed that LuaItemCommon::get/set_blueprint_entities() did not include rolling stock connections. https://forums.factorio.com/132626

- Fixed that asteroid collectors could get stuck computing. https://forums.factorio.com/132625

- Fixed that blueprint built locomotive ghosts with fuel requests would not switch to automatic mode when the fuel was delivered. https://forums.factorio.com/132428

- Fixed that changing the quality in the cheat crafting GUI would scroll the view to the top. https://forums.factorio.com/132607

- Fixed that cloning resource entities would remove some trees at the destination. https://forums.factorio.com/132405

- Fixed that creating blueprints from rolling stock ghosts would not preserve rolling stock ghost connections. https://forums.factorio.com/132626

- Fixed that fast-replacing inserters with held items could result in the items being removed. https://forums.factorio.com/132635

- Fixed that items with no rocket launch products couldn't be launched manually to orbit. https://forums.factorio.com/132739

- Fixed that items with rocket launch products didn't give any products in modded Space Age when the rocket was launched manually. https://forums.factorio.com/132527

- Fixed that platform auto construction requests could request 1 too many items. https://forums.factorio.com/132787

- Fixed that you could put items into ghost rocket silos. https://forums.factorio.com/132552

##### **Scripting**

- Added LuaEntityPrototype::inserter_max_belt_stack_size read.

- Added LuaEntityPrototype::reversing_power_modifier read.

- Changed LuaEntityPrototype::automated_ammo_count read to also work for artillery wagons.

### Version 2.0.73 released as stable

- Date: 2026-01-23
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/537750912402196422
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-537750912402196422

##### **Gui**

- Mods GUI will show an error instead of restarting the game when trying to confirm it while mod dependencies are not met.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed rocket silo could launch satellites even when cargo landing pad will not be able to hold launch products. (https://forums.factorio.com/131495)

- Fixed fluid boxes with underground pipe connection and non default flow direction could cause unrelated fluid boxes to disconnect. (https://forums.factorio.com/131520)

- Fixed a crash when reading LuaPlayer::blueprints in a simulation.

- Fixed a crash related to give-item modifier not rejecting count of 0. (https://forums.factorio.com/131713)

- Fixed that the default config.ini file would not be written on first startup. (https://forums.factorio.com/131694)

- Fixed that mod dependency links in the mod updates GUI did not work correctly when not default sorted. (https://forums.factorio.com/127927)

- Fixed that LuaPlayer::build_from_cursor() checked reach in forced and super-forced build modes. (https://forums.factorio.com/131816)

- Fixed that pipe connections of different connection categories could cause entity to flip incorrectly. (https://forums.factorio.com/131811)

- Fixed a crash with PlaySoundTriggerEffectItem with distance limits when destroyed due to previous dying trigger effect. (https://forums.factorio.com/131795)

- Fixed inserter would incorrectly consider some assemblers as full when a recipe was changed while assembler had fluid product overload. (https://forums.factorio.com/131831)

- Fixed that trains with a temporary station in their schedule showed in "Trains with this stop" list of an unnamed train stop ghost. (https://forums.factorio.com/131274)

- Fixed inserter control behavior not updating stack size when selecting different signal. (https://forums.factorio.com/131843)

- Fixed that environment sounds could get stuck at lower volume when switching to remote view while travelling to/from a space platform. (https://forums.factorio.com/131872)

- Fixed a crash when ammo spoils in cars or spider vehicles. (https://forums.factorio.com/131885)

- Fixed a crash when mods would create surfaces during built events on space platforms. (https://forums.factorio.com/131858)

- Fixed technologies with craft fluid trigger would queue themselves while dependencies are not met and fluid is produced. (https://forums.factorio.com/131958)

- Fixed a crash when migrations remove a lighting attractor. (https://forums.factorio.com/131884)

- Fixed a crash when mods error during ghost revival. (https://forums.factorio.com/132072)

- Fixed transparent tile sprites on aquilo.

- Added missing Lua defines for cargo landing pad logistic points. (https://forums.factorio.com/131341)

##### **Scripting**

- Added LuaEntity::send_to_orbit_automatically read/write.

You can get experimental releases by selecting the 'experimental' beta branch under Factorio's properties in Steam.

### Version 2.0.72 released as stable

- Date: 2025-10-30
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/700998877127377026
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-700998877127377026

##### **Changes**

- Decider combinator, arithmetic combinator and selector combinator are now primary energy consumers and have buffer size increased to make them more reliable in case of low power.

- Reduced selector combinator energy usage from 5kW to 1kW.

- When using "Entity tooltip delay", the timer is also reset when moving the camera or the character. Fixes blinking entity tooltip when moving.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed scripted technology trigger was unable to load layered icons. (https://forums.factorio.com/131107)

- Fixed tips and tricks item was unable to load layered icons.

- Fixed stomper stomp sound playing way too many times when dying by stomping in a mine field. (https://forums.factorio.com/131100)

- Fixed electric turret was suggesting it is possible to read ammo. (https://forums.factorio.com/131119)

- Fixed a crash when artillery turret didn't have rotating_sound defined even though it's optional. (https://forums.factorio.com/131140)

- Fixed startup crashes on some Intel Macbook Pros. (https://forums.factorio.com/131153)

- Fixed that changing player's character could cause equipment related events to not fire. (https://forums.factorio.com/131165)

- Fixed upgrading programmable speaker would clear settings. (https://forums.factorio.com/131191)

- Fixed that LuaPlayer::can_build_from_cursor would play the not-allowed sound when out of reach. (https://forums.factorio.com/131201)

- Fixed that on_chart_tag_modified was not called when name/icon was modified by script. (https://forums.factorio.com/131176)

- Fixed a crash when a surface is deleted while viewing a ping tooltip for that surface. (https://forums.factorio.com/131146)

- Fixed some OpenGL lighting issues when light occlusion was enabled.

- Fixed color saturation problems on some Intel Macs. (https://forums.factorio.com/128726)

- Fixed crashes on Intel Macs with AMD GPUs by disabling GPU timings for those cards.

- Fixed a crash when robots try to charge at a roboport that only supports charging when using quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/131253)

- Fixed asteroid collector navmesh would in rare cases be stuck computing forever. (https://forums.factorio.com/130063)

- Fixed crash on Intel Macs with Intel Iris Plus Graphics by disabling GPU timings for those cards.

- Fixed freeze with unknown cause when placing rails. (https://forums.factorio.com/131330)

- Fixed "Entity tooltip delay" causing entity tooltips to never show in controller input method.

- Fixed turrets would clear "read ammo" when migrating a save file. (https://forums.factorio.com/131362)

- Fixed that diagonal connected resources did not group in the map total-patch tooltip logic. (https://forums.factorio.com/131405)

- Fixed a crash when cloning trees/rocks marked for deconstruction.

- Fixed a crash when using roboport requests with spoilable robots. (https://forums.factorio.com/131326)

- Fixed electric poles would connect when checking pole buildability by script. (https://forums.factorio.com/131450)

- Fixed double space in fuel pollution tooltip lines. (https://forums.factorio.com/131453)

##### **Modding**

- Added CargoStationParameters::is_input_station and ::is_output_station to mainly clarify tooltips. (https://forums.factorio.com/126749)

You can get experimental releases by selecting the 'experimental' beta branch under Factorio's properties in Steam.

### Version 2.0.69 released as stable

- Date: 2025-10-02
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/530984728991368541
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-530984728991368541

Hello,
today we have a nice stable version for you

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed (super)forcing entity requiring tile would sometimes not trigger deconstruction of an obstacle despite said obstacle blocking revival of autofilled tileghost. https://forums.factorio.com/130907

- Fixed LuaRendering rich text in game render mode being drawn above fog of war. https://forums.factorio.com/131066

- Fixed LuaSegmentedUnit::acceleration calculations in some situations. https://forums.factorio.com/130515

- Fixed LuaSplitterControlBehavior was missing fields from LuaControlBehavior. https://forums.factorio.com/130978

- Fixed UI scaling and alignment issues when the window content scale is changed during loading. https://forums.factorio.com/130689

- Fixed a charting issue with pentapods. https://forums.factorio.com/130543

- Fixed a consistency issue when copying settings between loaders in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/130707

- Fixed a crash after migrating a frozen assembling machine fluidbox that has fluid contents. https://forums.factorio.com/130973

- Fixed a crash and the back button in map generator GUI when map width or height were out of range. https://forums.factorio.com/130880

- Fixed a crash when a modded character entity without a character corpse defined dies. https://forums.factorio.com/131022

- Fixed a crash when editing decider combinator constants in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/130798

- Fixed a crash when editing interrupts on space platforms. https://forums.factorio.com/130600

- Fixed a crash when entities are removed while their GUI is being interacted with. https://forums.factorio.com/130852

- Fixed a crash when migrating agricultural towers. https://forums.factorio.com/130746

- Fixed a crash when migrating linked containers. https://forums.factorio.com/130815

- Fixed a crash when minimap GUI elements would try to view deleted surfaces. https://forums.factorio.com/130606

- Fixed a crash when script checks if a space platform can leave when it was not yet built. https://forums.factorio.com/131015

- Fixed a crash when selecting an underground belt without an underground_sprite.

- Fixed a crash when showing modded technology effects. https://forums.factorio.com/130741

- Fixed a crash when teleporting or changing the direction of asteroid collectors. https://forums.factorio.com/128604

- Fixed a crash when tile-effect texture filename is invalid. https://forums.factorio.com/130678

- Fixed a crash when writing LuaStyle::clicked_font_color on labels. https://forums.factorio.com/130727

- Fixed a crash with some menu simulations and mods. https://forums.factorio.com/130910

- Fixed a desync when a car or spidertron with toolbelt equipment is destroyed. https://forums.factorio.com/130665

- Fixed a style issue with labels in buttons when changing the enabled state of the button. https://forums.factorio.com/130818

- Fixed biters could be distracted when told not to be distracted in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/130801

- Fixed cancelling deconstruction of entity colliding with both an entity ghost and a tile ghost supporting said entity ghost sometimes crashing. https://forums.factorio.com/130859

- Fixed combinator's red and green wires would overlap when built vertically. https://forums.factorio.com/130464

- Fixed copying train stop settings would send trains to a train stop in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/130751

- Fixed custom tooltip fields were not showing for modded recipes. https://forums.factorio.com/131044

- Fixed demolisher kills being counted twice in the kill statistics. https://forums.factorio.com/130721

- Fixed entities with tile_buildability_rules crashing the game when rotated to non-cardinal direction.

- Fixed heat flow between heat pipes that have different default temperature. https://forums.factorio.com/129438

- Fixed issue with selector combinator random interval and formulas is gui. https://forums.factorio.com/130492

- Fixed multisample noi

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/530984728991368541]_

### Version 2.0.66 released as stable

- Date: 2025-09-05
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536612324936517405
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-536612324936517405

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed LuaEntity::display_panel_icon was not accounting for nil. https://forums.factorio.com/130425

- Fixed a consistency issue when rotated entities are moved by belts. https://forums.factorio.com/130475

- Fixed a crash if a player using the editor equips an equipment with a burner component.

- Fixed a crash related to underground belts when super force building. https://forums.factorio.com/129388

- Fixed a crash when a beam attack trigger destroys the turret firing it. https://forums.factorio.com/130179

- Fixed a crash when a mod puts item request proxies into the player undo queue. https://forums.factorio.com/130369

- Fixed a crash when attempting to render a linked fluidbox connection.

- Fixed a crash when changing research state during the configuration changed event. https://forums.factorio.com/130433

- Fixed a crash when cloning moving trains in some situations. https://forums.factorio.com/129840

- Fixed a crash when furnace that is crafting is cloned.

- Fixed a crash when inserter tries to insert item into a furnace which is currently crafting a recipe with no item ingredients. https://forums.factorio.com/129997

- Fixed a crash when loading a save file with furnaces that are crafting a recipe with custom fluidbox indexes set. https://forums.factorio.com/129656

- Fixed a crash when pressing end, home, page up or page down key while the alerts GUI was focused. https://forums.factorio.com/130143

- Fixed a crash when rendering latency players in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/130150

- Fixed a crash when saving after parametrising a blueprint that caused filters to merge in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/130583

- Fixed a crash when using send_udp fails. https://forums.factorio.com/129992

- Fixed a crash with running replay headless when game wants to show notifications. https://forums.factorio.com/130386

- Fixed boilers consuming hot input fluid would not produce enough steam. https://forums.factorio.com/130021

- Fixed captive biter spawners would not get damaged while not producing if friendly fire was disabled. https://forums.factorio.com/130566

- Fixed crash if a simulation gets paused.

- Fixed frozen pumpjack could not match frozen sprite. https://forums.factorio.com/130107

- Fixed graphics rendering unpausing while still minimized on macOS in some special circumstances. https://forums.factorio.com/128397

- Fixed loaders could get stuck when taking from asteroid collectors when one lane of a belt was blocked. https://forums.factorio.com/130091

- Fixed minimap bobbing up and down when the character is in mech armor.

- Fixed modded mining drills with filters would not keep filters when upgrading. https://forums.factorio.com/130452

- Fixed on-screen-keyboard opening on top of the search field in the technology GUI.

- Fixed pentapod leg mount positions  when the body is rotated.

- Fixed pentapod orientations getting incorrectly warped.

- Fixed remembered zoom levels when going back and forth in the browse history.

- Fixed research completed sound playing for all forces.

- Fixed selector combinator wire connector shadow position. https://forums.factorio.com/129934

- Fixed spider unit graphic layers with 'apply_runtime_tint' would not use the force color. https://forums.factorio.com/130106

- Fixed stomper corpses graphics. https://forums.factorio.com/130099

- Fixed super-forcing gates and walls would sometimes cause deconstruction of adjacent curved rail ghostshttps://forums.factorio.com/116779

- Fixed that --dump-icon-sprites would shift icons south-east by one pixel. https://forums.factorio.com/130128

- Fixed that a player using the editor could not activate electric discharge equipment and other manually-activated equipment.

- Fixed that belts in the blueprint GUI did not animate. https://forums.factorio.com/130131

- Fixed that blueprints made from ghosts would not be included in the on_player_setup_blueprint event. https://forums.factorio.com/1304

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536612324936517405]_

### Version 2.0.60 released as stable

- Date: 2025-07-15
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/836096896714932823
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-836096896714932823

##### **Bugfixes**

- Agricultural tower planting now respects plant's tile buildability rules. https://forums.factorio.com/123248

- Changed the sync mods with GUI "Sync startup settings" and "Load save after sync" so their value is always used. https://forums.factorio.com/129227

- Fix buffer chests having their contents counted twice for 'missing requests' circuit read. https://forums.factorio.com/128924

- Fixed Game Mode not enabling on macOS 26

- Fixed LuaForce::get_logistic_group was not working with constant combinators. https://forums.factorio.com/129484

- Fixed LuaItemStack::transfer_stack was incorrectly reporting success when performing unlimited transfers. https://forums.factorio.com/129406

- Fixed a crash when copying vehicle equipment grids from blueprints. https://forums.factorio.com/129396

- Fixed a crash when entering huge numbers into electric energy interface. https://forums.factorio.com/129518

- Fixed a crash when fast replacing furnaces when old furnace had empty item product stack and new furnace has fluid output. https://forums.factorio.com/129385

- Fixed a crash when game was saved in complete mode (for desync, benchmark or heavy mode) that could happen after a save file was loaded from an older version requiring transport line groups to be reconstructed while there were also blueprints with transport belts present in the save.

- Fixed a crash when item spoils in furnace source inventory while recipe was not yet selected.

- Fixed a crash when loading a save file when asteroid collector arms count and asteroid collector arms capacity were changed at the same time.

- Fixed a crash when migrating cargo bays in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/129004

- Fixed a crash when navigating planets while Factoriopedia was open. https://forums.factorio.com/129766

- Fixed a crash when querying members of logistic group while one of them is a detached character. https://forums.factorio.com/129549

- Fixed a crash when removing transport belts or walls with wires in blueprints.

- Fixed a crash when saving the game while using the spectator controller while a GUI is open. https://forums.factorio.com/129198

- Fixed a crash when trying to custom launch rockets to space platforms. https://forums.factorio.com/129415

- Fixed a crash when using LuaItemStack::deconstruct_area() in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/129573

- Fixed a desync related to circuit network and removing entities. https://forums.factorio.com/129428

- Fixed a disconnect when viewing tips and tricks in multiplayer. https://forums.factorio.com/129596

- Fixed a malformed icon. https://forums.factorio.com/129444

- Fixed beacons with supply area distance of 0 not showing radius visualisation. https://forums.factorio.com/129771

- Fixed blueprint book download progress drawing sometimes being broken.

- Fixed blueprint tile building sometimes not allowing partial builds https://forums.factorio.com/122966

- Fixed cancelling deconstruction of a tile would not remove a tile ghost of the same tile on the same position. https://forums.factorio.com/128391

- Fixed car crashing into a rock at the beginning of campaign level 5.

- Fixed collected asteroid chunks were not showing in item production statistics. https://forums.factorio.com/129520

- Fixed controls GUI in controller input method not updating the icons for the controls when the icons dropdown is changed. https://forums.factorio.com/129101

- Fixed cursor transfer could insert items beyond inventory weight limit. https://forums.factorio.com/129544

- Fixed editor not instantly reviving tile ghosts from blueprints when overbuilt over preexisting tile ghosts. https://forums.factorio.com/128861

- Fixed electric mining drills were able to stack items when at high mining productivity. https://forums.factorio.com/129590

- Fixed force building entities over required foundation marked for deconstruction would result in both decon. proxy and tileghost.

- Fixed ghost overbuilding veh

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/836096896714932823]_

### Version 2.0.55 released as stable

- Date: 2025-06-05
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536604072953774811
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-536604072953774811

##### **Balancing**

- Fuel acceleration bonus and equipment speed bonuses now apply quarter of compound bonus rate to turning rate of tank-driving cars (e.g. tank)

##### **Bugfixes**

- Added missing notification of "too far to connect" for smart belt dragging when the obstacle is exceeding the limit of the related undergrounds.

- Changed pipette of fluid recipes to work the same as pipette of item recipes. https://forums.factorio.com/128512

- Fixed "Any request zero" wait condition triggering when building last item on a space platform. https://forums.factorio.com/127644

- Fixed LuaEntityPrototype::get_inventory_size() returning nil for rocket_silo_rocket and rocket_silo_trash inventories. https://forums.factorio.com/129009

- Fixed LuaForce::platforms read not being mapped by platform index as documented.

- Fixed LuaGameScript::take_technology_screenshot was not processing selected_technology. https://forums.factorio.com/129086

- Fixed LuaRadarControlBehavior was missing LuaControlBehavior fields.

- Fixed a broken menu simulation. https://forums.factorio.com/128891

- Fixed a crash due to item request proxy inconsistency.

- Fixed a crash in map generation when offset_x/y was infinite by adding stronger noise expression argument validation.

- Fixed a crash opening the train GUI in spectator controller. https://forums.factorio.com/117928

- Fixed a crash related to logistic filters that should not have import from configured but kept having one due to missing migration. https://forums.factorio.com/128719

- Fixed a crash when a vehicle with roboport equipment was marked for deconstruction. https://forums.factorio.com/128664

- Fixed a crash when attempting to run RCON commands in single player before the first tick has run. https://forums.factorio.com/128760

- Fixed a crash when calling LuaEntity::launch_rocket() with no character.

- Fixed a crash when clicking on "Show only essential technologies" in technology GUI while a hidden technology is selected. https://forums.factorio.com/128534

- Fixed a crash when defining a local noise expression as empty string and using it. https://forums.factorio.com/128654

- Fixed a crash when game was saved in complete mode (for desync, benchmark or heavy mode) that could happen after a save file was loaded from an older version requiring transport line groups to be reconstructed while there were also blueprints with transport belts present in the save.

- Fixed a crash when ghost of train stop with custom color is upgraded.

- Fixed a crash when interacting with temporary stops in moving trains. https://forums.factorio.com/127258

- Fixed a crash when migrating rolling stocks. https://forums.factorio.com/128667

- Fixed a crash when player uses editor and views surface through remote view and presses shift+right click. https://forums.factorio.com/128840

- Fixed a crash when reading LuaStyle::horizontal_spacing and vertical_spacing of a table which didn't have these values set. https://forums.factorio.com/129013

- Fixed a crash when replacing a buffered fluidbox with an unbuffered fluidbox. https://forums.factorio.com/128933

- Fixed a crash when script requested printing a localised string that has recursion loop. https://forums.factorio.com/113273

- Fixed a crash when setting active=false on logistic/construction robots. https://forums.factorio.com/128560

- Fixed a crash when trying to parameterize infinity pipe filters. https://forums.factorio.com/128626

- Fixed a crash when trying to render corpses without graphics defined. https://forums.factorio.com/128926

- Fixed a crash when trying to render screenshots of entities marked for upgrade in multiplayer latency. https://forums.factorio.com/128431

- Fixed a crash when using --dump-prototype-locale with some mods. https://forums.factorio.com/128838

- Fixed a rare, failing demolisher-related consistency check. https://forums.factorio.com/128720

- Fixed a recursive table in data would cause a crash. https://forums.factor

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### Version 2.0.47 released as stable

- Date: 2025-05-05
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536600910254572103
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-536600910254572103

##### **Balancing**

- Changed piercing ammo recipe to be cheaper.

- Gleba wetlands, lowlands, and water tiles now absorb 3 times as many spores as other tiles.

- Trees no longer take damage from spores nor absorb spores as a result of taking pollution damage.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Added info about not being able to set recipe based on surface condition when parametrising blueprint. https://forums.factorio.com/123512

- Allowed setting blueprint parametetrisation ingredient of by pepetted parameter. https://forums.factorio.com/121422

- Changed asteroid spawning to be consistent regardless of what other game things are happening. https://forums.factorio.com/127656

- Fixed "<user> has paused the game" box moving outside the screen when opening the menu. https://forums.factorio.com/114143

- Fixed "<user> has paused the game" box sometimes appearing outside the screen when pausing the game.

- Fixed Beacon transmission strength graph duplicate number on some scales. https://forums.factorio.com/118259

- Fixed Controller settings section in the Controls settings window not behaving correctly during search.

- Fixed GUI layout issues with relative GUIs when nesting widgets. https://forums.factorio.com/127900

- Fixed Spoilage from section is included in merged recipe/item entries of factoriopedia. https://forums.factorio.com/125996

- Fixed Undo after overbuilding existing entities with blueprint parametrised blueprint. https://forums.factorio.com/124612

- Fixed a consistency crash when disconnecting rolling stock and modifying the train in the same tick through Lua. https://forums.factorio.com/127506

- Fixed a crash on saving when blueprint was made out of a train that contains a non temporary rail target. https://forums.factorio.com/119656

- Fixed a crash when a space platform in orbit is teleported to a distant connection by a script.

- Fixed a crash when clicking on a new tip popup while being dead. https://forums.factorio.com/127440

- Fixed a crash when corpse animations aren't defined correctly. https://forums.factorio.com/127916

- Fixed a crash when drawing combinator with activity_led_sprites missing. https://forums.factorio.com/127661

- Fixed a crash when fast-replacing a train stop ghost with mods listening to 'on_entity_color_changed' event. https://forums.factorio.com/127869

- Fixed a crash when hovering blueprints pasted into chat. https://forums.factorio.com/128059

- Fixed a crash when migrating some mods with assembling machines that have control behaviors. https://forums.factorio.com/127793

- Fixed a crash when on_player_setup_blueprint errors. https://forums.factorio.com/127064

- Fixed a crash when preparing undo/redo camera for tiles which are on a deleted chunk. https://forums.factorio.com/127876

- Fixed a crash when removing modded cargo pods through mod removal. https://forums.factorio.com/127757

- Fixed a crash when rendering a modded pipe that has multiple connections facing the same direction. https://forums.factorio.com/128399

- Fixed a crash when reordering empty filters in asteroid collector. https://forums.factorio.com/128286

- Fixed a crash when robot orders are invalidated while finishing another order. https://forums.factorio.com/128387

- Fixed a crash when script tries to set deconstruction planner's entity filter to contain only quality condition. https://forums.factorio.com/127716

- Fixed a crash when setting resource_patch_search_radius to 0. https://forums.factorio.com/127907

- Fixed a crash when some tile sprites end up with zero size due to scaling. https://forums.factorio.com/128344

- Fixed a crash when trying to open the logistics GUI while dead. https://forums.factorio.com/127693

- Fixed a crash with rocket flying sound after a failed audio device switch.

- Fixed a custom GUI layout issue. https://forums.factorio.com/128385

- Fixed a desync related to demolishers. https://forums.factorio.com/127560

- Fixed a performance issue with lightning on explored planets. ht

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### Version 2.0.43 released as stable

- Date: 2025-03-31
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536597739399546481
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-536597739399546481

##### **Minor Features**

- Added support for volume and speed activity matching for persistent working sounds.

- The swap-players command can now handle basic remote view and players in space platform hubs.

##### **Graphics**

- Changed items to stop drawing health and spoilage bars when the player is zoomed too far out. (https://forums.factorio.com/125880)

##### **Balancing**

- Trees no longer take damage from spores nor absorb spores as a result of taking pollution damage.

- Gleba wetlands, lowlands, and water tiles now absorb 3 times as many spores as other tiles.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed a desync related to demolishers. (https://forums.factorio.com/127560)

- Fixed total raw item icons clipping out of the recipe tooltip. (https://forums.factorio.com/120059)

- Fixed unlimited building reach when train GUI was open from character view. (https://forums.factorio.com/121493)

- Fixed vehicles with portable roboports not being able to insert/remove equipment from themselves. (https://forums.factorio.com/127228)

- Fixed a potential stutter when stopping a variable music track. (https://forums.factorio.com/127454)

- Fixed variable music track intermezzo not being played correctly for subsequent tracks.

- Fixed the collision and selection boxes for many of the Gleba tree/fungi.

- Fixed a performance issue with lightning on explored planets. (https://forums.factorio.com/127611)

- Fixed tile auto-filling logic would sometimes ignore listed entities' (e.g. Asteroid collector's) buildability rules. (https://forums.factorio.com/127249)

- Fixed that picking rocket parts signal by pipette picked the item version of the signal, which wasn't compatible with the recipe version of the signal.

- Fixed that inserters could get stuck inserting items if the item spoiled into one of the crafting machines current recipe ingredients. (https://forums.factorio.com/127583)

- Fixed ghost (non-superforced) rotated fast replace of some fast replaceable entities that have rotation constrains after placement. (https://forums.factorio.com/100956)

- Fixed cutting both tile ghosts and non-(tile ghost) entities would remove the tile ghosts, despite not include them in resulting BP. (https://forums.factorio.com/127588)

- Fixed that remote equipment removal couldn't be cancelled. (https://forums.factorio.com/123069)

- Fixed that Ctrl+Click on empty equipment grid slot in remote view behaved unexpectedly. (https://forums.factorio.com/127251)

- Fixed production score script error when encountering recipe products of type "research-progress". (https://forums.factorio.com/125973)

- Fixed that trees on Gleba were taking damage from and absorbing spores. (https://forums.factorio.com/123472)

- Fixed that some tile types on Gleba were not absorbing spores.

- Fixed that the train control hint window was showing in remote view of other surfaces. (https://forums.factorio.com/118902)

- Fixed that undoing a fast replace would not restore wires. (https://forums.factorio.com/117356)

- Fixed a crash with rocket flying sound after a failed audio device switch.

- Fixed that it was possible to rotate blueprint with thrusters. (https://forums.factorio.com/125242)

- Fixed custom minimap widget would not restore zoom after save-load, would ignore zoom given during creation and would change zoom incorrectly when writing to zoom. (https://forums.factorio.com/127590)

- Fixed that canceling cliff deconstruction could break cliff deconstruction. (https://forums.factorio.com/127640)

- Fixed that manually placing a real entity on a ghost didn't set item requests properly. (https://forums.factorio.com/127575)

- Fixed a crash when drawing combinator with activity_led_sprites missing. (https://forums.factorio.com/127661)

- Fixed rocket target GUI was showing platforms unsorted. (https://forums.factorio.com/127668)

- Fixed platforms list not updating after platform was renamed. (https://forums.factorio.com/127666)

- Fixed crash related to boilers when configur

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### Version 2.0.42 released as stable

- Date: 2025-03-21
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536597286667419794
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-536597286667419794

##### **Minor Features**

- Added additional information to Landing pad, Platform Hub and Cargo bay in factoriopedia. (https://forums.factorio.com/126753)

##### **Graphics**

- Added more variations to small explosion to improve the visuals when many small entities explode at the same time (happens a lot when a space platform is hit by a larger asteroid).

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed equipment grid ghost interaction for entities that move in some cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/122313)

- Fixed a crash when named logistic sections are removed when entities are removed due to mod removal. (https://forums.factorio.com/127444)

- Fixed that finite infinite levels would show wrong in the technology GUI in some cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/125586)

- Fixed that display panel text wasn't parametrisable by blueprint parametrisation. (https://forums.factorio.com/119866)

- Fixed that switching to remote view while shooting would keep shooting. (https://forums.factorio.com/125299)

- Fixed consistency issue related to downgrading blueprints that contain assemblers that when downgraded can no longer craft the recipe. (https://forums.factorio.com/127413)

- Fixed trains station tutorial would crash when adding a schedule record. (https://forums.factorio.com/127447)

- Fixed that space platform hubs would not auto-trash items correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/127244)

- Fixed a crash when asteroid collector tried to mine an unminable asteroid chunk.

- Fixed migrating logistic containers into storage chest could leave them inconsistent. (https://forums.factorio.com/127490)

- Fixed that fusion generators were highly sensitive to entity update order. (https://forums.factorio.com/122346)

- Fixed that rockets might not launch if there were manual filled rockets and multiple platforms wanting the same items with at least 1 being full. (https://forums.factorio.com/127474)

- Fixed a crash related to drag building ghost belts and script reviving entities. (https://forums.factorio.com/127015)

- Fixed a crash when upgrade-reviving ghost entities that have gui open. (https://forums.factorio.com/127507)

- Fixed a proxy container attached to mining drill module inventory would not wake up inserters when modules are inserted or removed. (https://forums.factorio.com/127550)

- Fixed display panel text was not showing up on screenshots. (https://forums.factorio.com/127545)

- Fixed selector combinator gui was showing input value in the output count signal slot. (https://forums.factorio.com/127556)

- Fixed following robots lifetime modifier was not working with fractions. (https://forums.factorio.com/127558)

- Fixed demolishers were unable to destroy open gates. (https://forums.factorio.com/127517)

- Fixed spoil to trigger was not spawning correct amount of entities.

- Agricultural Tower soil fertility visualisations now renders "growable with different soil" even when acceptable tile is covered by deconstructible tile (https://forums.factorio.com/127291)

- When placing growable tile, Agricultural tower growing spot is highlighted even in a case where tile is placeable as replacement of non-growable tile (e.g. overgrowth soil on landfilled apt wetland tile)

- Fixed a crash and some other zoom-related problems if the window size is exceptionally large. (https://forums.factorio.com/127535)

- Fixed items on splitters were changing sides when rotating. (https://forums.factorio.com/119271)

- Fixed decider combinator gui conditions highlighting. (https://forums.factorio.com/120624)

- Fixed blueprints being able to rotate entites that are not rotatable based on their prototypes (https://forums.factorio.com/127223)

- Fixed that blueprint building parametrisation gui didn't accept unit postfixes and formulas. (https://forums.factorio.com/126397)

- Fixed that blueprint parametrisation number value edit didn't accept unit postfixes and formulas.

- Fixed wire distance checks when entity uses rotated selection boxes. (https://forums.

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### Version 2.0.41 marked as stable

- Date: 2025-03-14
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/537722458840498918
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-537722458840498918

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed GPU-accelerated compressed mipmaps on Apple Silicon Macs. https://forums.factorio.com/127316

- Fixed a crash related to modded enemy behavior. https://forums.factorio.com/127314

- Fixed a crash when a tile cannot be placed due to a missing foundation with default not given. https://forums.factorio.com/127087

- Fixed a crash when trying to create a blueprint out of space platform hub which has wait condition with empty item field.

- Fixed a crash when upgrading underground belts manually through remote view. https://forums.factorio.com/127385

- Fixed a desync when cancelling deconstruction of frozen underground belts or frozen splitters.

- Fixed a graphics artifact when drawing ghost rocket silos. https://forums.factorio.com/126888

- Fixed another bug related to smart underground belt building.

- Fixed deconstruction planner would not respect deconstruction alternatives when they were inside of entity ghost. https://forums.factorio.com/127414

- Fixed extra spidertron ghost being created when ghost-building spidertron snapped to existing spidertron ghost https://forums.factorio.com/119776

- Fixed ghosts of non-blueprintable entities being ghost-buildable in normal mode (e.g. in remote view). https://forums.factorio.com/127375

- Fixed missing blueprint parametrisation number context for ticks waiting in station schedule condition. https://forums.factorio.com/119806

- Fixed nauvis_uranium_processing menu simulation not loading properly in the demo. https://forums.factorio.com/124048

- Fixed parametrisation into requests which would lead into duplicate requests wasn't handled. https://forums.factorio.com/119628

- Fixed rail signal selection box when selection box is off-center. https://forums.factorio.com/119778

- Fixed splash screen progress bar size not scaling with the UI.

- Fixed that beacon fast-replace would allow modules the beacon did not accept. https://forums.factorio.com/125352

- Fixed that building vehicles with pre-configured equipment grids did not always work correctly. https://forums.factorio.com/123758

- Fixed that personal lasers would be offset incorrectly while having a tesla gun equipped. https://forums.factorio.com/122006

- Fixed that pre-2.0 map exchange strings were able to disable cliffs on all planets. https://forums.factorio.com/127071

- Fixed that some frozen rocket silos could get stuck. https://forums.factorio.com/126779

- Fixed that the can't-reach wire sprite would get drawn under some entities. https://forums.factorio.com/124590

- Fixed that the chart drag hotkey did not work. https://forums.factorio.com/127287

- Fixed that the infinity cargo wagon showed in Factoriopedia. https://forums.factorio.com/127394

- Fixed that water cane had the wrong icon. https://forums.factorio.com/123473

- [space-age] Fixed some recipes would recycle to wrong items when playing with quality only. https://forums.factorio.com/127370

##### **Modding**

- Added ElectricPolePrototype::rewire_neighbours_when_destroying.

- Moved the agricultural tower growth area radius to the prototype as growth_area_radius. https://forums.factorio.com/127340

### Version 2.0.39 released as stable

- Date: 2025-03-11
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/498315243308451648
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-498315243308451648

##### **Balancing**

- [space-age] Oil Refinery now collides with ice platform https://forums.factorio.com/124163

- water-mud and water-shallow are now landfillable in vanilla (already landfillable in space age) https://forums.factorio.com/123169

##### **Bugfixes**

- Added more detailed healing values for entities healing < 10/s. https://forums.factorio.com/125223

- Fixed "Any planet import zero" wait condition not ignoring requests with zero amount. https://forums.factorio.com/119181

- Fixed "Send to orbit automatically" tooltip being incorrect when playing Space Age with mods. https://forums.factorio.com/126570

- Fixed 'speed' parameter of LuaPlayer::create_local_flying_text() not behaving as documented. https://forums.factorio.com/118866

- Fixed Galaxy Of Fame upload timeout errors for bigger saves

- Fixed LuaSimulation API crashing the game when used incorrectly. https://forums.factorio.com/125402

- Fixed LuaSurface::calculate_tile_properties() not ignoring unknown variables. https://forums.factorio.com/126849

- Fixed LuaWireConnector was returning wrong values of the electric network index. https://forums.factorio.com/127085

- Fixed Schedule interrupts not reading any-signal signal counts sent to train correctly. https://forums.factorio.com/126480

- Fixed Steam achievements synchronisation issues. https://forums.factorio.com/118242

- Fixed a consistency crash related to super force building and underground belts. https://forums.factorio.com/126394

- Fixed a consistency issue when a mod adds fluid to a frozen fluid box. https://forums.factorio.com/126685

- Fixed a consistency issue when robots deconstruct heat pipes keeping roboports from freezing. https://forums.factorio.com/122880

- Fixed a consistency issue when underground belts with items are cloned. https://forums.factorio.com/126843

- Fixed a crash in latency when character with exoskeletons moves onto ungenerated chunks.

- Fixed a crash related to placing cargo landing pads on space platforms. https://forums.factorio.com/127260

- Fixed a crash when changing GUI scale with the production statistics open. https://forums.factorio.com/126341

- Fixed a crash when changing some modded assembling machine recipes. https://forums.factorio.com/126995

- Fixed a crash when changing the station in some wait conditions. https://forums.factorio.com/127123

- Fixed a crash when flipping an entity with linked fluidbox connections. https://forums.factorio.com/121887

- Fixed a crash when generating a variable track would encounter a filesystem error.

- Fixed a crash when migrating assembler with control behavior into different entity type.

- Fixed a crash when opening the changelog while trying to connect to a multiplayer game. https://forums.factorio.com/118795

- Fixed a crash when placing ghost rail signal on top of existing rail signals that is marked to be upgraded. https://forums.factorio.com/126921

- Fixed a crash when rendering thrusters without fire plumes defined. https://forums.factorio.com/127265

- Fixed a crash when trying to drop items onto game's title bar.

- Fixed a crash when wrapping a rich text image in color tags and pressing backspace. https://forums.factorio.com/120837

- Fixed a crash with a working sound containing an empty main sound. https://forums.factorio.com/126563

- Fixed a desync when deleting chart tags pinned by other players. https://forums.factorio.com/126681

- Fixed a desync when upgrading underground belts in some cases.

- Fixed a failing SegmentedUnit-related consistency check when loading some saves. https://forums.factorio.com/126642

- Fixed a lua doc error with LuaSchedule::add_wait_condition(). https://forums.factorio.com/127153

- Fixed a roboport network becoming overfilled with robots when a stationing robot went to a roboport which was being refilled by inserters and the network was full.

- Fixed a scaling performance issue related to blueprints with asteroid collector and thruster count on space platforms.

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### Version 2.0.32 released as stable

- Date: 2025-01-23
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/501689139151765824
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-501689139151765824

##### **Changes**

- Disabled achievements "It stinks and they don't like it", "It stinks and they do like it", and "Get off my lawn" in peaceful mode and no enemies mode. (https://forums.factorio.com/125581)

- Adding more effect info to yumako, mash, jellynut, jelly, bioflux and slowdown capsule tooltips.

##### **Optimizations**

- Improved performance when removing roboports in large active networks by 60%. (https://forums.factorio.com/126004)

##### **Graphics**

- Removed reflections from lava. Tile transitions to lava now use the foam channel instead to keep their appearance. (https://forums.factorio.com/125097)

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed mouse cursor showing up when exiting Steam Big Picture in controller input method. (https://forums.factorio.com/115242)

- Fixed belts under elevated rails were not being removed when building a pair of undergrounds. (https://forums.factorio.com/125789)

- Fixed that inserters could grab items from belts that crafting machines no longer wanted. (https://forums.factorio.com/125825)

- Fixed taking screenshot could crash in some cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/125845)

- Fixed that select list background drawing was incorrect for the first row. (https://forums.factorio.com/125864)

- Fixed that inventory rendering did not work correctly if part of it was off the left or right side of the screen. (https://forums.factorio.com/125902)

- Fixed that reset technology effects would clear in-progress research triggers. (https://forums.factorio.com/125790)

- Fixed that writing "nil" to storage_filter did not work correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/125856)

- Fixed that UI sounds would not play when dedicated UI sound resources were exhausted. (https://forums.factorio.com/125831)

- Fixed display panel text and player names were not covered by onboard rocket/cargo pod flight cutscene. (https://forums.factorio.com/120496)

- Fixed that upgrading pairs of underground belts could transform one end of the belt. (https://forums.factorio.com/125896)

- Fixed visualisation of asteroid collector range sometimes being drawn wrong. (https://forums.factorio.com/122048)

- Fixed upgrading a blueprint could fail to upgrade preview icons if the upgrade only changed quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/125484)

- Fixed clicking space connections in factoriopedia would not update selected items. (https://forums.factorio.com/125394)

- Fixed that on_equipment_removed did not fire for robots removing equipment. (https://forums.factorio.com/125919)

- Fixed that some hidden items would show in Factoriopedia. (https://forums.factorio.com/124957)

- Fixed that Sound::audible_distance_modifier and SoundPrototype::audible_distance_modifier would be effectively applied twice.

- Fixed pentapod eggs default import surface. (https://forums.factorio.com/125355)

- Fixed that loading old save files created from a freeplay custom scenario would not load because of outdated scripts. (https://forums.factorio.com/119410)

- Fixed trunk of a specific tree flickered when moving while zoomed out. (https://forums.factorio.com/125036)

- Fixed "Open character logistics/info/crafting" hotkeys sometimes not closing the character gui. (https://forums.factorio.com/118493)

- Fixed a desync related to cliffs and deleting multiple chunks in the same tick. (https://forums.factorio.com/125941)

- Don't auto-focus blueprint parameter fields when using a controller. (https://forums.factorio.com/123006)

- Fixed a crash when interacting with GUIs while auto-save runs. (https://forums.factorio.com/125930)

- Fixed that the steam 'low steam remote storage' warning would show even if all steam remote storage options were disabled. (https://forums.factorio.com/125958)

- Fixed that player.render_mode didn't report chart_zoomed_in for the remote controller. (https://forums.factorio.com/125942)

- Fixed crash when clicking a shortcut rich text link in controller input method.

- Fixed BP of storage chest with filters would be incorectly

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### Factorio version 2.0.30 released as stable

- Date: 2025-01-21
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/569242775933944578
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-569242775933944578

Changes from 2.0.29 and 2.0.30

##### **Minor Features**

- Added smart pipette for items on the ground.

##### **Graphics**

- Improved graphics of Recyclers.

- Added corpse graphics for Asteroid Collectors.

##### **Changes**

- Changed map generated lightning attractors to always produce full-health items when mined. (https://forums.factorio.com/125629)

- Reordered results of scrap recycling to make the recycler stack them on belts more efficiently. (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/better-scrap-stacking) (https://forums.factorio.com/125706)

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed a crash when mods define heat pipes with heating_radius of 0.

- Fixed that deleting a surface with global electric network would leak an electric network. (https://forums.factorio.com/124953)

- Fixed blueprint could be configured with invalid set of grid size and absolute grid position. (https://forums.factorio.com/124937)

- Fixed that the space map would not show when unlocking space-locations. (https://forums.factorio.com/124314)

- Fixed map artifacts on space platforms when removing in-progress builds. (https://forums.factorio.com/118405)

- Fixed that frozen radars still worked. (https://forums.factorio.com/125006)

- Fixed that instant blueprint over-building would not auto fulfill item requests. (https://forums.factorio.com/124805)

- Fixed that marking a space platform to be deleted while a starter pack is on the way would break the platform state. (https://forums.factorio.com/124249)

- Fixed statistics would not include values from a newest sample that is still being created. (https://forums.factorio.com/125025)

- Fixed an issue with memory management in some cases when rotating entities. (https://forums.factorio.com/125108)

- Fixed a crash related to modded triggers on spider legs. (https://forums.factorio.com/125102)

- Fixed that hidden mining drills would still show in "mined by" in resource tooltips. (https://forums.factorio.com/125126)

- Fixed that the artillery wagon auto-targeting checkbox was not shown when the artillery had an equipment grid. (https://forums.factorio.com/121511)

- Fixed LuaTransportLine::get_line_item_position would return incorrect positions. (https://forums.factorio.com/125232)

- Fixed that writing to LuaPlayer::opened did not update the GUI in multiplayer. (https://forums.factorio.com/121678)

- Fixed pumps were setting filter when given negative fluid signals. (https://forums.factorio.com/124825)

- Fixed a crash related to merging forces and gui. (https://forums.factorio.com/125317)

- Fixed trains could switch to manual when due to interrupts the schedule became empty. (https://forums.factorio.com/119054)

- Fixed math expressions were not accepting numbers with positive exponent and + sign. (https://forums.factorio.com/125225)

- Fixed a desync related to worker robots charging when force has worker robot battery bonus set.

- Fixed a crash when installing mods with almost-cyclic dependencies. (https://forums.factorio.com/125281)

- Fixed that changing surface::localised_name did not update the surfaces list in remote view. (https://forums.factorio.com/121352)

- Fixed that quality could add a supply area to an electric pole without one. (https://forums.factorio.com/124841)

- Fixed that the LAN games browser would not show anything if the public-games filter was set to only show favorites. (https://forums.factorio.com/124594)

- Fixed a crash related to cargo pods when loading older save files. (https://forums.factorio.com/124932)

- Fixed bad rendering logic for space platform trash slots. (https://forums.factorio.com/124916)

- Fixed that flying robots did not render quality indicators correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/122584)

- Fixed arithmetic combinator gui not refreshing circuit network selection when combinator parameters are changed externally. (https://forums.factorio.com/124115)

- Fixed solar panels bonus description didn't display correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/123191)

- Fixed c

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### Factorio version 2.0.28 released as stable

- Date: 2024-12-21
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536589029688214332
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-536589029688214332

##### **Minor Features**

- Added radar minimap visualization for roboports and cargo landing pads. https://forums.factorio.com/117994

- Cargo pod scheduling reworked to send larger and more spaced out deliveries. This should improve the frequency of trickling space science and material drops.

- Dragging and dropping a blueprint file into the game window will import the file contents as a blueprint string.

- Dragging and dropping text into the game window on X11 will import the text as a blueprint string.

- Factoriopedia now shows recycling recipes for each item.

- Re-added the sandbox scenario questionnaire.

- [space-age] Added "Nauvis Bus" and "Nauvis Power Up" menu simulations.

- [space-age] Added camera views to Space platform tooltips.

##### **Balancing**

- [space-age] Changed rocket fuel from ammonia recipe to require the same amount of solid fuel as the main rocket fuel recipes to prevent a recycling loop. https://forums.factorio.com/122574

- [space-age] Land mines on space platforms now damage the space platform tiles in a radius.

##### **Changes**

- Attack groups containing stompers or strafers will now contain fewer units.

- Changed selector combinator circuit wire reach to be the same as wire reach of other combinators.

- Inserters (especially ghost long handed ones) spawn in stretched to an appropriate distance.

- Large egg rafts will try to have at least one stomper or strafer spawned at a time.

- Removed default secondary keybinding for redo action on AZERTY keyboards as it collided with super force building while moving up. https://forums.factorio.com/124377

- Reverted fix for god controller being able to zoom out to map view. https://forums.factorio.com/123675

- Small egg rafts no longer absorb pollution because they will never produce stompers or strafers.

- Space age mods no longer count as "has mods" in the server browser. https://forums.factorio.com/117812

- Tweaked how entities are selected in remote view when using a gamepad. The entity directly under the crosshair is much more likely to be selected.

- Wrigglers will no longer proactively attack pollen emitters. However, they will still respond to artillery.

##### **Graphics**

- Aquilo icebergs have longer shadows to integrate with the world better.

- Asteroid collector tentacles have less colourful rainbow effect on them.

- Changed the Rocket part icon to look more like a part of the rocket.

- [space-age] Changed the Space crafting category icon to look like a cargo pod instead of rocket silo.

##### **Optimizations**

- Improved GUI performance when logistics status diode is part of the structure. https://forums.factorio.com/124660

- Improved asteroid collector performance - we estimate it should be 5x - 15x faster when there are thousands of asteroid chunks on the map. https://forums.factorio.com/118736

- Improved asteroid update performance by up to 20%.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Changed graphics setting turret-overdraw-scale-threshold to turret-overdraw-estimated-pixel-overdraw-threshold to fix artillery range overdraw performance. https://forums.factorio.com/123380

- Fixed 'import from' option changing when setting requested item quality on platforms. https://forums.factorio.com/120354

- Fixed Space platform position indicator not updating in some cases. https://forums.factorio.com/120447

- Fixed Space platform tooltip flickering for 1 tick when another platform schedule/location changes. https://forums.factorio.com/122021

- Fixed a consistency issue related to loading script rendered animations when animation is no longer available. https://forums.factorio.com/124044

- Fixed a crash at startup when mods would define fluid with no fuel value as a fluid energy source fuel. https://forums.factorio.com/124177

- Fixed a crash on Mac when driving a car in multiplayer when the player has no character. https://forums.factorio.com/123682

- Fixed a crash when a recipe has a research-progress result. https://forums.factorio.com

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### Version 2.0.23 released as stable

- Date: 2024-12-02
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4442333890575597948
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4442333890575597948

##### **Minor Features**

- Assemblers circuit allows to choose if items in crafting should be included by read contents.

- Asteroid collector circuit allow to choose if items held by hands should be included by read contents.

##### **Changes**

- Jelly is no longer mined from Slipstack trees so it is less confusing where to get jelly from.

- Nightvision is less orange.

- Moved the "Any quality" option into the comparison dropdown.

- Disabled spoiling for items created in an infinity chest until the first time they are removed from said chest.

- Removed "Select previous technology" control which didn't work (replaced with the generic back/forward navigation in 2.0). (https://forums.factorio.com/117255)

- Added an error message when manually trying to launch a rocket to a full space platform.

- Changed space platforms to not delete items on the ground when deconstructing them. (https://forums.factorio.com/122383)

- Added back a simple version of the Sandbox scenario. Improved the behavior of god controller.

##### **Optimizations**

- Improved asteroid chunk creation and movement performance.

- Improved chart overlay performance in several cases.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed that undo tooltips could show the wrong surface. (https://forums.factorio.com/122364)

- Fixed quality selector not appearing in infinity chest GUI if qualities are not yet unlocked. (https://forums.factorio.com/122379)

- Fixed quality selectors in unfocused windows reacting to quality cycling. Fixes quality cycling while selecting upgrade planner entity modules.

- Fixed selector combinator using the old quality dropdown UI.

- Fixed a desync when holding blueprints with spidertrons. (https://forums.factorio.com/121954)

- Fixed "option" key name on macOS. (https://forums.factorio.com/109696)

- Fixed modifier key order on macOS.

- Fixed that reaching inventory transfer limit didn't cancel additional item requests. (https://forums.factorio.com/121746)

- Fixed performance issue when long transport line sequence is remerging while having active belt reader. (https://forums.factorio.com/122454)

- Fixed "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish" achievement not triggering with Space Age enabled (https://forums.factorio.com/121106)

- Fixed robots cancelling module upgrade requests if they didn't have enough storage for the old modules. (https://forums.factorio.com/122101)

- Fixed that upgrading a rocket silo destroyed the second rocket if it was prepared. (https://forums.factorio.com/122416)

- Fixed drawing of quality conditions in entity/blueprint preview in GUI. (https://forums.factorio.com/117030)

- Fixed screenshot command crash when passing zoom of 0. (https://forums.factorio.com/122591)

- Fixed it was not possible to copy settings between artillery wagons. (https://forums.factorio.com/122595)

- Fixed another script issue in orbital logistics tips. (https://forums.factorio.com/122042)

- Fixed that undoing a module upgrade didn't update the GUI. (https://forums.factorio.com/119343)

- Fixed missing technology dependencies in quality technologies when playing base+quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/122588)

- Fixed stack inserter would start dropping partial held stack when waking up by control behavior. (https://forums.factorio.com/122439)

- Fixed an issue with obtaining achievements after loading a save file in some cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/121934)

- Fixed construction robots not delivering items to an entity marked for upgrade. (https://forums.factorio.com/121181)

- Fixed rocket silos requesting more items than their inventory size. (https://forums.factorio.com/120671)

- Fixed flamethrower sound still playing after a tank is deactivated or destroyed with its ghost created. (https://forums.factorio.com/122330)

- Fixed a crash when interacting with ghost tanks in some scenarios. (https://forums.factorio.com/122613)

- Fixed persistent working sounds remaining silent after fading out on pause. (https://forums.factorio.com/1

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### Version 2.0.21 released as stable

- Date: 2024-11-25
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4442333105001334995
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4442333105001334995

##### **Minor Features**

- Added drag-to-reorder to the research queue.

- Added "Occlude light sprites" graphics option to allow disabling 2.0 light rendering to improve performance. As a side effect, it disables also lava glow. (https://forums.factorio.com/119530)

- [space-age] Added "Additional terrain effects" graphics option to disable puddles and global terrain tint as alternative to increase performance on Gleba to disabling fog, clouds and animated water.

##### **Changes**

- Replaced the "move forward" and "move backward" buttons on technologies in the research queue with a draggable handle.

- Allowed to set blueprint parameter to be ingredient of other parameter even when it doesn't exist in an assembling machine. (https://forums.factorio.com/117979)

- Added a hidden sound setting to base the music selection on the character's physical location. (https://forums.factorio.com/119140)

- Agriculutral Tower now respects allied ghosts blocking planting spots. (https://forums.factorio.com/120729)

- volcanic-cracks-hot no longer coverable by foundation. (https://forums.factorio.com/120745)

- Added consistency check for overlapping blueprint tiles not being both (non)-foundations. Any inconsistent tiles will be removed on load (analogous already happens when importing blueprint via string or setting blueprint tiles via lua).

- The slider and input field for the minimum payload in orbital logistic requests now enforce a minimum of 1 instead of 0. (https://forums.factorio.com/120811)

- Added a delay before music switches when switching surfaces. (https://forums.factorio.com/119871)

- Added hidden sound setting for controlling music transition stage durations.

- Improved performance of superforced blueprint preview that is autofilling-in tiles.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed double parameter selection in signal selection list.

- Fixed additional invalid state of collector navmesh. (https://forums.factorio.com/119125)

- Fixed "Make it better" achievement not obtained when dropping modules in. (https://forums.factorio.com/116552)

- Fixed dragging sliders with gamepad in free cursor mode.

- Fixed a sound instance leak related to sound priority. (https://forums.factorio.com/120086)

- Fixed that selection tool highlighting would show incorrectly in chart view for 1 frame. (https://forums.factorio.com/121970)

- Fixed a crash when destroying segmented units during the chunk generated event. (https://forums.factorio.com/121998)

- Improved logic for choosing which schedule to keep if trains get connected (https://forums.factorio.com/117696)

- Fixed a crash after deconstructing cargo bays with editor. (https://forums.factorio.com/121978)

- Fixed tutorial missions 4 and 5 missing access to radars and repair packs. (https://forums.factorio.com/117420)

- Fixed spidertrons shooting extra capture robot during tick of projectile creation. (https://forums.factorio.com/119590)

- Fixed condition highlights in decider combinator GUI not always updating if a condition used the "Each" special signal.

- Fixed that energy sources would not update their buffer sizes when the prototype value would change. (https://forums.factorio.com/117669)

- Fixed that asteroids would calculate damage to entities with resistances incorrectly. (https://forums.factorio.com/118788)

- Fixed use of slow GPU timer query operation on macOS.

- Fixed that opening ghost power poles would leave the GUI in a broken state. (https://forums.factorio.com/117823)

- Toggle menu (escape) leaves remote driving. (https://forums.factorio.com/118188)

- Fixed that equipment ghost tooltips did not show quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/122139)

- Fixed incorrect consistency check when trash not requested is used inside of a blueprint and mods are involved. (https://forums.factorio.com/120411)

- Fixed that portable solar panels and power armor tooltips did not report the correct amount of power generation for the current surface. (https://forums.factorio.com/1181

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### Version 2.0.20 released as stable

- Date: 2024-11-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/7213172232675131701
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-7213172232675131701

##### **Minor Features**

- Search is now case and accent insensitive for all official languages.

- Added debug option 'always-show-lightning-protection'.

- Added gamepad stick sensitivity setting for map movement.

- Selecting a spidertron remote selection in the quickbar which is for a different planet than the current one will center on the planet.

##### **Changes**

- [space-age] Changed tree seed default import location to Nauvis. (https://forums.factorio.com/119272)

- Fluid mixing will prefer the fluid with more volume and discard the other.

- Updated SDL to version 2.30.9.

- [space-age] Gleba evolution is smoother and more gradual.

- [space-age] Small stomper pentapod moves more slowly (also decreases stomp DPS).

- [space-age] Stomper pentapod vision range is reduced from 40 to 30.

- [space-age] Medium and big wriggler pentapod health is increased.

- [space-age] Streamlined quality selector to use separate buttons for each quality instead of a drop-down.

- [space-age] Changed crafting machines to reset quality of the in-progress result when module effects change. (https://forums.factorio.com/120270)

- Added inserter stack size override to be parametrised by blueprint. (https://forums.factorio.com/118635)

- Added Vulcanus 8 music track.

- Allowed negative multiplier of logistic (and constant combinator) groups. (https://forums.factorio.com/118684)

- Updated shortcut icons and increased their size to 56px.

- [space-age] Container sizes increase with quality.

- Reviving container ghosts no longer puts colliding items on the ground into the resulting container.

- Loading game for hosting now automatically offers the dialog whether the mods should be synced before continuing (as with normal game load).

- [space-age] Bulk inserter doesn't default upgrade to Stack inserter as they are not functionally interchangeable. (https://forums.factorio.com/121011)

- [space-age] Demolisher health bars will always be visible for at least 1 tick after they take any damage, even if they fully regenerate the damage in the same tick.

- [space-age] Default quality cycling shortcut simplified to alt+scroll.

- [space-age] Changed captive biter spawner to inherit quality from the wild spawner instead of the capture robot. (https://forums.factorio.com/121358)

- Spidertron selections saved into the quickbar will be darkened with a planet icon in the top when the selection leads to a different planet than the current one.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed a freeze when setting logistic/construction robots to active=false through script. (https://forums.factorio.com/119911)

- Fixed that LuaEntity::vehicle did not work correctly for characters controlled by a player. (https://forums.factorio.com/119848)

- Fixed rendering of glowing items on belts would not be batched properly. (https://forums.factorio.com/118863)

- Fixed a crash when reading LuaEntity::robot_order_queue. (https://forums.factorio.com/119764)

- Fixed that the permissions GUI could not be opened in multiplayer as not-the-host. (https://forums.factorio.com/119979)

- Fixed some decorative entities like craters or chimneys not having a tall enough drawing box. (https://forums.factorio.com/116746)

- Fixed that factoriopedia_description would not be used if the prototype didn't also have a regular description. (https://forums.factorio.com/119631)

- Fixed a crash when space platforms are destroyed while specific entity GUIs are open. (https://forums.factorio.com/119136)

- Fixed undoing a copy-settings could void assembler contents. (https://forums.factorio.com/119554)

- Fixed tips not appearing in tutorials. (https://forums.factorio.com/117463)

- Fixed wrong times symbol in a logistic request tooltip. (https://forums.factorio.com/120014)

- Fixed that using pipette on GUI items did not consistently copy the quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/119201)

- Fixed that using pipette on tile items in GUI always selected normal quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/11695

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### Version 2.0.15 released as stable

- Date: 2024-11-08
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4442331835939160223
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4442331835939160223

##### **Minor Features**

- Cars and tanks will auto-refuel. (https://forums.factorio.com/118247)

- Relation between offshore pump and fluid tiles added to Factoriopedia.

- Statistic GUI precision is preserved across instances.

- [space-age] Space platforms can be built with quality starter packs. (https://forums.factorio.com/118376)

##### **Changes**

- Increased spidertron walking sound volume.

- Using the "craft all" hotkey on free recipes queues 1 stack of the results. (https://forums.factorio.com/118319)

- Changed the simulated mouse cursor appearance to match the system default on macOS.

- [space-age] Added pollution value to heating tower.

- [space-age] Show recycler output arrow in "Alt-mode". (https://forums.factorio.com/119176)

- Display panels set to "Show in chart" with no icon now hide the default icon until hovered. (https://forums.factorio.com/116844)

- Removed support for 8 bit audio depth.

- Added tooltip to "Spoiled priority" inserter setting to clarify behavior and limitations.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed IME Pad input not working on screens with visible simulations. (https://forums.factorio.com/116118)

- Fixed that the browse-games GUI header labels were not clickable. (https://forums.factorio.com/117697)

- Fixed that kills with chained effects did not count towards statistics or achievements. (https://forums.factorio.com/118420)

- Extended the mute-programmable-speaker command to apply to sounds with both global and surface playback modes. (https://forums.factorio.com/118386)

- Fixed a crash when a player got desynced from a multiplayer game while the Technology GUI was open.

- Fixed a crash when rendering display panel text after loading a save file. (https://forums.factorio.com/119071)

- Fixed a crash when clicking on an orbital request slot with an invalid ghost item in cursor. (https://forums.factorio.com/118847)

- Fixed a crash when rendering certain blueprints with pipe-to-grounds which visually connected to neighbours outside of the blueprint. (https://forums.factorio.com/116456)

- Fixed cargo pod with satellite not despawning after launching to orbit. (https://forums.factorio.com/118913)

- Fixed a crash when teleporting a crafting machine ghost with fluid connections. (https://forums.factorio.com/118607)

- Fixed that space platforms would try to build/upgrade/deconstruct/repair other forces entities. (https://forums.factorio.com/119089)

- Fixed that the production GUI title wouldn't update when viewing different planets. (https://forums.factorio.com/119174)

- Fixed that starting territories on Vulcanus could be merged into one more frequently than expected. (https://forums.factorio.com/117525)

- Fixed that platform requests satisfied wait conditions could be stuck when the platform had unfulfilled ghost item requests. (https://forums.factorio.com/119179)

- Fixed that space platforms didn't fulfill remote item delivery requests if the target slot was already occupied with the same item. (https://forums.factorio.com/119179)

- Fixed that negative movement speed stickers could cause player movement to get stuck in a near infinite loop. (https://forums.factorio.com/118071)

- Fixed a crash when drawing spidertrons on the map if selected_minimap_representation wasn't defined. (https://forums.factorio.com/117889)

- Fixed shattered planet achievements being incorrectly awarded when traveling backwards in a paused platform. (https://forums.factorio.com/119178)

- Fixed that remote view while in the map editor did not ignore fog of war. (https://forums.factorio.com/119152)

- Fixed a crash when using LuaEquipmentGrid::take_all() when the grid contained ghosts. (https://forums.factorio.com/118730)

- Fixed that belt immunity equipment didn't use less power at higher qualities like it said it did. (https://forums.factorio.com/118722)

- Fixed that several specific-item producing entities could not be specifically filtered in the deconstruction planner. (https://forums.factorio.com/1

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### Version 2.0.14 released as stable

- Date: 2024-11-03
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4446834797838336303
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4446834797838336303

##### **Changes**

- [space-age] Changed self-recycling recipe statistics to be ignored in production graph.

- Changed sprites with scale between 0.5 and 1 (exclusive) to apply downscaling to low resolution (affects base game biter sprites).

- Changed cargo landing pad mining time to 1.

- Moved the mods GUI search to be with the content it is searching.

- Added linear interpolation method (used by default now) for audio resampling when playback speed is changed. (https://forums.factorio.com/116936)

- Added an option to disable animated ghosts to aid performance on integrated GPUs. (https://forums.factorio.com/116304)

- [space-age] Added a confirmation box when deleting space platforms.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed that having multiple key bindings could cause some keys to get stuck. (https://forums.factorio.com/118498)

- Fixed that it wasn't possible to parametrised item filter to any quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/118272)

- Fixed a crash when killing segmented units attached to a segmented controller. (https://forums.factorio.com/118639)

- Fixed that tank logistic trash slots did not work correctly when using roboports in the tank. (https://forums.factorio.com/118235)

- Fixed that shortcuts marked as not toggleable still allowed being toggled. (https://forums.factorio.com/115015)

- Fixed that lua shortcuts ignored unavailable_until_unlocked. (https://forums.factorio.com/117464)

- Fixed that teleporting certain entities would delete their fluid contents. (https://forums.factorio.com/117719)

- Fixed that the reactor GUI temperature would flicker when the temperature was < 100 degrees. (https://forums.factorio.com/118121)

- Fixed that some errors related to prototypes would report coming from the wrong prototype. (https://forums.factorio.com/118703)

- Fixed that copying spider vehicle settings between spiders of different quality did not work correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/118711)

- Fixed that pumps would pull fluid from internal machine buffers instead of the connected fluid segment. (https://forums.factorio.com/118688)

- Fixed that mods were able to create item stacks without quality which crashed the game. (https://forums.factorio.com/118677)

- Fixed rocket silo requesting more items even if another rocket wasn't ready yet. (https://forums.factorio.com/118163)

- Fixed incorrect lightning protection visualisation in some cases where shorter range attractor is close to longer ranged one (https://forums.factorio.com/117751)

- Fixed vehicle sounds not playing in some menu simulations. (https://forums.factorio.com/117674)

- Fixed a crash when reading repair state of a character not assigned to a player. (https://forums.factorio.com/118767)

- Fixed asteroid collector navigation not generating in time when a straight platform edge is aligned with chunk border, which caused a crash. (https://forums.factorio.com/118050)

- Fixed consistency issue when removing a turret that was connected to logistic network. (https://forums.factorio.com/117498)

- Fixed a crash when prototype data changes and roboports are requesting specific robots. (https://forums.factorio.com/117618)

- Fixed combinators could get stuck after cancelling deconstruction order. (https://forums.factorio.com/118748)

- Fixed a crash when fast-replacing not-a-heat-interface entity with a heat interface. (https://forums.factorio.com/118778)

- Fixed a crash when trying to recycle blueprint books with contents. (https://forums.factorio.com/118825)

- Fixed being able to enter a frozen rocket.

- Fixed flames not updating on a frozen or deconstructed rocket silo.

- Fixed a crash when viewing players in the players GUI when they disconnect from the server.

- Fixed a crash when copy-pasting settings from an assembling machine to a logistic chest that did not support requests. (https://forums.factorio.com/118716)

- Fixed that the space map GUI would not show until you had visited at least 1 other planet. (https://forums.factorio.com/118

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### Version 2.0.13 released as stable

- Date: 2024-10-31
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4446834797838336101
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4446834797838336101

##### **Minor Features**

- [space-age] Offshore pump speed increases with quality.

##### **Changes**

- Curved rails cost 3 rail items to build.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed Remote View sometimes flickering to the wrong surface when using Next Surface/Previous Surface hotkeys.

- Fixed that the Surface List would react to the Home and End keys after it was clicked (https://forums.factorio.com/116927)

- Improved diagonal character movement which should help slip between things easier. (https://forums.factorio.com/117748)

- Fixed a crash when upgrading the inner entity of a ghost while the GUI was open. (https://forums.factorio.com/118164)

- Fixed that joining LAN games without a username set would allow any characters for the username. (https://forums.factorio.com/107985)

- Fixed that request from buffer chests was not preserved when changing the force of an entity. (https://forums.factorio.com/114099)

- Fixed that flamethrower turret could be manually built to mix fluids. (https://forums.factorio.com/118045)

- Fixed that half diagonal rails would cost only 1 rail item. (https://forums.factorio.com/117484)

- Fixed pipe sound starting and stopping too abruptly. (https://forums.factorio.com/118028)

- Fixed turret behaviour when it has more than 4 directions and the collision box is not affected by rotation.

- Fixed a crash when switching preferred audio output device while a variable music track is being generated. (https://forums.factorio.com/118250)

- Fixed an issue with platform construction requests when copying settings onto the hub. (https://forums.factorio.com/117600)

- Fixed a crash when saving related to construction robots and their work targets moving. (https://forums.factorio.com/118226)

- Fixed that Continue host option didn't offer mod sync to the save to be hosted. (https://forums.factorio.com/107900)

- Fixed Space platform requests would always be checked in the same order, leading to some requests being ignored. (https://forums.factorio.com/117146)

- Fixed base game space science getting throughput limited due to limited hatches. (https://forums.factorio.com/118064)

- Fixed defines.space_platform_state was missing value for paused. (https://forums.factorio.com/118336)

- Fixed solar panel output multiplier flickering in tooltip. (https://forums.factorio.com/117972)

- Fixed that deconstruction of a chest with full trash slots didn't dispatch enough robots. (https://forums.factorio.com/117455)

- Fixed a crash caused by a player sending a space platform which was waiting for departure (not enough thrust) to a location which wasn't unlocked yet. (https://forums.factorio.com/118254)

- Fixed that train interrupts were not checked when passing station without conditions. (https://forums.factorio.com/117530)

- Fixed that the browse-games GUI 'dedicated server' and 'favorite' settings would get confused with each other. (https://forums.factorio.com/118358)

- Fixed that capture-spawner research trigger reported incorrect type. (https://forums.factorio.com/118279)

- Fixed production and electricity statistics would use wrong locale for ranges exceeding 99 hours. (https://forums.factorio.com/117170)

- Fixed that exoskeleton legs would incorrectly consume more energy at higher qualities. (https://forums.factorio.com/118370)

- Fixed that logistic filter upper count wasn't considered by the blueprint parametrisation. (https://forums.factorio.com/117422)

- Fixed technology trigger info showing outside the tooltip. (https://forums.factorio.com/116004)

- Fixed that Lua require didn't accept symbolic links. (https://forums.factorio.com/117061)

- Fixed that migrating logistic cell charger count would corrupt loading. (https://forums.factorio.com/117868)

- Fixed that cars/tanks would not preserve their settings correctly in blueprint strings. (https://forums.factorio.com/118293)

- Fixed that fluids would be duplicated when fast-replacing machines. (https://forums.factorio.com/118323)

- Fixed that the wi

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### Version 2.0.12 released as stable

- Date: 2024-10-29
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4526773057376747977
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4526773057376747977

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed rocket silos requesting more items than necessary. (https://forums.factorio.com/116949)

- Fixed a crash when reading owner_location on simple item stacks. (https://forums.factorio.com/117357)

- Fixed mini-tutorial scripts crashing or not granting items if player switched to remote view.

- Fixed that LuaControl::opened write did not work for several GUI types. (https://forums.factorio.com/117362)

- Fixed that elevated rail entities would still work without owning space-age. (https://forums.factorio.com/117225)

- Fixed that the admin "other player" GUI would open the other player's remote controller invenory instead of physical inventory. (https://forums.factorio.com/117410)

- Fixed a crash related to quickbar interaction with any-quality spawnable items. (https://forums.factorio.com/117206)

- Fixed a crash when building (faulty) blueprint with two hazard concrete tiles in one space (https://forums.factorio.com/117108 and https://forums.factorio.com/117071)

- Fixed game state GUIs being automatically closed when the game was paused. (https://forums.factorio.com/116851)

- Fixed several possible errors related to smart belt building. (https://forums.factorio.com/116660, https://forums.factorio.com/117119)

- Fixed that disconnecting and reconnecting while personal robots were working did not preserve their quality. (https://forums.factorio.com/117448)

- Fixed that cargo pods dropped players to a random location which could make them stuck. (https://forums.factorio.com/117461 and https://forums.factorio.com/117408)

- Fixed that alert icons were rendered into the galaxy of fame.

- Fixed a desync related to space platform hubs reading content and repair packs merging due to inventory sorting.

- Fixed ribbon world preset having too many cliffs on Nauvis. (https://forums.factorio.com/117544)

- Fixed that blueprint parametrisation value formula evaluation didn't work for negative numbers. (https://forums.factorio.com/116342)

- Extended blueprint parametrisation to work on fluid recipe parameters.

- Fixed lua deconstruct_area crashing when deconstructing a ghost (https://forums.factorio.com/117154)

- Fixed inserter status showing "Target full" when swinging towards a belt (https://forums.factorio.com/116626)

- Fixed that drag building context was not carried properly between normal view and remote view. (https://forums.factorio.com/116818)

- Fixed combat robots bobbing. (https://forums.factorio.com/117364)

- Fixed a crash when defining a recipe that does not always produce an item. (https://forums.factorio.com/117476)

- Fixed that filters of a ghost turret could get corrupted in latency when upgrading it with upgrade planner. (https://forums.factorio.com/117708)

- Fixed that re-bound crafting keys did not work correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/117454)

- Fixed that chat icons didn't include layered icons. (https://forums.factorio.com/117024)

- Fixed a crash when super-force-building electric poles in latency state. (https://forums.factorio.com/117620)

- Fixed a debug visualization render crash when the given force no longer exists. (https://forums.factorio.com/117800)

- Fixed visual noise caused by parameter recipes drawing as not researched. (https://forums.factorio.com/117688)

- Fixed selector combinator's constant index was not covered by blueprint parameters. (https://forums.factorio.com/117869)

- Fixed arithmetic combinator was not showing red and green inputs separately in tooltips. (https://forums.factorio.com/117819)

- Fixed superforced overbuilding logistic and non-losistic chests did not transfer limits (https://forums.factorio.com/117353)

- Fixed underground pipe in cursor would sometimes not rotate when rotation key pressed right after placement while playing in latency.

- Fixed loading save files with some entities on planets with lighting when those entities were removed.

- Fixed a crash in multiplayer if you were wearing armor and the force you were on was de

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### Version 2.0.11 released as stable

- Date: 2024-10-26
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4526773057376747763
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4526773057376747763

##### **Features**

- [space-age] Asteroid collector filters can be modified by blueprint parametrisation.

- Programmable speaker can be modified by blueprint parametrisation.

- When imported blueprint is placed, assembling machines will be configured with the recipe even when recipe is not yet researched.

##### **Changes**

- [space-age] Fulgora ruins now also drop iron sticks when mined so electric poles could be crafted without recyclers at the start.

- [space-age] The "Custom minimum payload" slider for orbital logistics now offers more sensible values.

- [space-age] Orbital logistics "Custom minimum payload" is now checked against largest possible payload before setting the filter.

- [space-age] Cargo bays will show a warning icon when they are not connected to a Hub or Landing Pad.

##### **Optimizations**

- Improved performance of technology GUI when viewing only essential technologies. (https://forums.factorio.com/117044)

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed a crash when construction robots attempt to deliver modules in the same tick the target entity is destroyed. (https://forums.factorio.com/116791)

- Fixed that biter base menu simulation had more decoratives over the Wube logo than desired. (https://forums.factorio.com/116882)

- Tips simulation fixed with minor changes to texts (https://forums.factorio.com/116394 https://forums.factorio.com/116854 https://forums.factorio.com/116442)

- Fixed that the map editor couldn't change the spawn point of a force after it was set. (https://forums.factorio.com/116966)

- Fixed that the game would hang when closing the load game menu if the number of mods in the mods directory was too large on Linux. (https://forums.factorio.com/116561)

- Fixed incorrect pump speed reporting when pumping into a fluid wagon. (https://forums.factorio.com/116492)

- Fixed that pumps could not pump into a fluid wagon at full speed. (https://forums.factorio.com/116492)

- Fixed that inserters could get stuck if the crafting machine they're interacting with dies and is rebuilt. (https://forums.factorio.com/116972)

- Fixed a performance issue with ghost building. (https://forums.factorio.com/117023)

- Fixed achievement nucear-power to require building nuclear reactor. (https://forums.factorio.com/116730)

- Fixed a possible exploit of using parametrised blueprint to set unlocked recipes in assemblers. (https://forums.factorio.com/117063)

- Fixed that players in remote view were unable to open menu when the game was paused. (https://forums.factorio.com/116472)

- Fixed turrets sometimes being marked for deconstruction and rebuild if trying to upgrade through overbuilding.

- Fixed position of car driven by local player would be delayed on minimap in multiplayer.

- Fixed a crash related to rocket silos when adding and removing mods. (https://forums.factorio.com/117067)

- Fixed that zooming with buttons(keyboard or controller) would not zoom to pixel-perfect values.

- Fixed a crash when reading cursor record of a character not assigned to a player. (https://forums.factorio.com/116926)

- Fixed that building with modded items did not work correctly in all cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/116862)

- Fixed a crash when merging forces related to chart tags. (https://forums.factorio.com/116931)

- Fixed that blueprinted containers would loose their settings when overbuilt over container without those settings (https://forums.factorio.com/116130)

- Fixed a crash when setting roboport requests to a negative value. (https://forums.factorio.com/116996)

- Fixed RecipePrototype::maximum_productivity was allowed to be negative. (https://forums.factorio.com/117026)

- Fixed rail description would suggest toggle rail layer binding when elevated-rails mod was disabled. (https://forums.factorio.com/116885)

- Fixed blueprints being able to produce two overlaying ghosts of tiles with the same placing item (like hazard-concrete-left/right)

- Fixed technology GUI not updating technology cost label if the tech

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### Version 2.0.10 released as stable

- Date: 2024-10-24
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/4526773057376747621
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/steam-4526773057376747621

##### **Features**

- Galaxy of fame. Offered when the game is finished. (https://www.factorio.com/galaxy)

##### **Changes**

- Non-blocking saving setting is no longer synced over the Steam cloud.

##### **Minor Features**

- Added flying text for more cases of unsuccessful resource mining.

##### **Bugfixes**

- Fixed that blueprint book tooltips did not look correct when in the quickbar. (https://forums.factorio.com/116593)

- Fixed that movement speed bonus equipment would show garbage values when low on energy. (https://forums.factorio.com/116433)

- Fixed that some fluid-only recipes would allow quality modules. (https://forums.factorio.com/116424)

- Fixed that the "kill with artillery" achievement did not work with artillery wagons. (https://forums.factorio.com/116517)

- Fixed invalid package name in sprite path definition would result in OS error message dialog instead of loading into minimal mode. (https://forums.factorio.com/116210)

- Fixed that continue host menu option didn't respect the port from the config. (https://forums.factorio.com/111288)

- From now on, we wont save blueprint-storage to a file when it was not used yet. This might help preventing cloud storage file by a file representing empty blueprint storage. (https://forums.factorio.com/113198)

- Fixed that the blueprint setup GUI would always confirm to discard changes even if nothing changed when the blueprint had a description. (https://forums.factorio.com/116285)

- Leaked D3D device and swap chain in attempt to avoid AMD driver crash when closing the game. (https://forums.factorio.com/108367)

- Fixed LogisticContainerControlBehavior exclusive mode could get out of sync from the ContainerControlBehavior it derives from. (https://forums.factorio.com/116669)

- Fixed that the debug settings GUI could get stuck behind the normal game logic. (https://forums.factorio.com/116413)

- Fixed that the elem_tooltip type of "signal" did not work correctly. (https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=116650)

- Instead of aborting when SDL_DXGIGetOutputInfo call fails, the game will try to initialize D3D device using adapter 0. (https://forums.factorio.com/109955)

- Fixed crashes when using LuaEntity fluid methods when the entity's fluidboxes were not part of a segment. (https://forums.factorio.com/116093)

- Fixed that LuaEntity::insert_fluid would not work on the output FluidBoxes of a crafting machine.

- Fixed removal of transport belts under cursor which would be normally fast-replaeable while drag traversing underground gap by belt rebuilding. (https://forums.factorio.com/113128)

- Fixed arithmetic combinator's first constant would not be proposed as parameter. (https://forums.factorio.com/116716)

- Fixed that on_entity_logistic_slot_changed did not fire for constant combinators. (https://forums.factorio.com/116575)

- Fixed a crash in the space platform hub GUI when the inventory size changes at the same time as the limit is changed. (https://forums.factorio.com/116597)

- Fixed turbo underground belts simulation in factoriopedia. (https://forums.factorio.com/116695)

- Fixed a crash when a segmented unit entity causes the entire segmented unit to die. (https://forums.factorio.com/116551)

- Fixed a crash when a platform was traveling to the shattered planet using a temporary stop which expired. (https://forums.factorio.com/116763)

- Fixed fluid conditions not showing fluid amounts. (https://forums.factorio.com/116686)

- Fixed using a custom surface in PvP was preventing Space Age progression. (https://forums.factorio.com/116513)

- Fixed a crash when switching preferred audio output device while a variable music track is playing. (https://forums.factorio.com/116785)

- Fixed train stop GUI being too wide at some smaller resolutions. (https://forums.factorio.com/116621)

- Fixed driven car being drawn on all surfaces in latency. (https://forums.factorio.com/116587)

- Fixed dying enemy would not randomize direction of its dying animation.

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