Hello,
We are a bit busy this week hosting a small LAN party with some fans and community members to playtest the Space Age expansion, so this FFF might be a little bit shorter than normal.

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Hello,
As the 2.0 release approaches, we have been spending time polishing and resolving things which we found during our playtesting.

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• Fixed electric furnace shadow missing on some configurations. more
  
• Fixed a crash when using weak tables in the lua global table. more
  
• Fixed a bonus productivity exploit when crafting machine ingredients were force returned. more
  

Hello,
Make Way for the Pentapods!

Last week we announced two entirely new enemies coming to Factorio: Space Age: Stompers and Strafers. This week, we're going to take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the features, systems, and optimizations that brought these adorable monsters to life. We'll also talk about the techniques we used to prepare last week's announcement. We've got a lot of ground to cover, so let's dive right in.

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Hello,
It is time. STOMPY TIME!

If you don't want spoilers on enemies and want to discover them naturally then you might want to skip this one.

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Hello,
GUI improvements often surprise us with just how impactful they can be, even for simple cases, they can really compound on the quality of life.

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Hello,
It's time for those "tesla items" I mentioned in FFF 399.

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Hello,
We all love building bigger and bigger, but hitting the UPS ceiling puts a real damper on the mood.
Thats why we must continue our endless quest to optimize the game.

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Hello,
I'm sure you're familiar with the good old Nuclear reactor. It's a fission reactor that makes a lot of power in conjunction with its steam turbines. The nuclear energy system is unlocked on Nauvis, and in the context of Space Age, that makes it an early-to-mid game unlock.

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Hello,
Welcome to our facts for the week.

Sign posts or bulletin boards are a common sight in videos games, probably not far behind the ubiquitous wooden crate or explosive barrel. They are a nice clean understandable way to communicate with the player, and it was something we wanted to see in Factorio for a long time...

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