# Factorio Factorio version 2.0.28 released as stable

- Product: Factorio (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio)
- Vendor: Wube Software
- Date: 2024-12-21
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/427520/view/536589029688214332
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/factorio/releases/2024-12-21-factorio-version-2.0.28-released-as-stable

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- **added** — Added radar minimap visualization for roboports and cargo landing pads
- **added** — Dragging and dropping a blueprint file into the game window will import the file contents as a blueprint string
- **added** — Dragging and dropping text into the game window on X11 will import the text as a blueprint string
- **added** — Factoriopedia now shows recycling recipes for each item
- **added** — Re-added the sandbox scenario questionnaire
- **added** — Added Nauvis Bus and Nauvis Power Up menu simulations
- **added** — Added camera views to Space platform tooltips
- **changed** — Cargo pod scheduling reworked to send larger and more spaced out deliveries
- **changed** — Changed rocket fuel from ammonia recipe to require the same amount of solid fuel as the main rocket fuel recipes
- **changed** — Land mines on space platforms now damage the space platform tiles in a radius
- **changed** — Attack groups containing stompers or strafers will now contain fewer units
- **changed** — Changed selector combinator circuit wire reach to be the same as wire reach of other combinators
- **changed** — Inserters spawn in stretched to an appropriate distance
- **changed** — Large egg rafts will try to have at least one stomper or strafer spawned at a time
- **removed** — Removed default secondary keybinding for redo action on AZERTY keyboards
- **changed** — Reverted fix for god controller being able to zoom out to map view
- **changed** — Small egg rafts no longer absorb pollution
- **changed** — Space age mods no longer count as has mods in the server browser
- **changed** — Tweaked how entities are selected in remote view when using a gamepad
- **changed** — Wrigglers will no longer proactively attack pollen emitters
- **changed** — Aquilo icebergs have longer shadows to integrate with the world better
- **changed** — Asteroid collector tentacles have less colourful rainbow effect on them
- **changed** — Changed the Rocket part icon to look more like a part of the rocket
- **changed** — Changed the Space crafting category icon to look like a cargo pod instead of rocket silo
- **fixed** — Improved GUI performance when logistics status diode is part of the structure
- **fixed** — Improved asteroid collector performance
- **fixed** — Improved asteroid update performance by up to 20 percent
- **fixed** — Changed graphics setting turret-overdraw-scale-threshold to turret-overdraw-estimated-pixel-overdraw-threshold to fix artillery range overdraw performance
- **fixed** — Fixed import from option changing when setting requested item quality on platforms
- **fixed** — Fixed Space platform position indicator not updating in some cases
- **fixed** — Fixed Space platform tooltip flickering for 1 tick when another platform schedule or location changes
- **fixed** — Fixed a consistency issue related to loading script rendered animations when animation is no longer available
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash at startup when mods would define fluid with no fuel value as a fluid energy source fuel
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash on Mac when driving a car in multiplayer when the player has no character
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when a recipe has a research-progress result
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when a robot tried to move in the same tick as it was deactivated by script
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when building terrain in remote view
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when clicking give-item technology modifiers in the technology GUI
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when copying logistic filters into blueprints
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when deleting a space platform which had cargo bays built in a specific order
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when demolishers are killed as a direct result of attacking something
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when drawing EntityButtons with entities with inverted selection boxes
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when fast-replacing the platform hub
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when interacting with modded equipment ghosts
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when loading new modded tips and tricks with a dependencies met trigger but no dependencies
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when mining closed power switch
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when mods cancel deconstruction of a rolling stock while it is being marked for deconstruction
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when mods set ItemRequestProxy active to false
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when mods use fixed recipes with surface conditions in machines that do not have surface conditions
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when opening a planet with empty cliff generation settings in Factoriopedia
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when opening an audio stream encounters a filesystem error
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when opening the console while a platform tooltip was shown

##### **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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