I’ve often thought that Factorio needs a comment block / sign post / notepad for just such a thing
I often leave my reminder on a post-it note on my monitor. Sometimes those get lost and then I have to depend on my own memory (dubious)
Recently I was in the middle of fixing up a facility that wasn’t working right when opposite sides of my base got hit hard by bugs. They broke through walls while I was travelling to repair the first attack, just a mess all around.
Anyway, I decided I didn’t want to deal with the cleanup right away because it was already getting late, so I left a sticky note. Then it took me a couple days to get back to the game and the note went missing. I remembered to clean up and shore up the defenses, but I forgot that the thing I had been working on before the attack wasn’t quite finished. Came back to it a week later to see why my resources weren’t getting shipped before I realized what happened.
I’ve often thought that Factorio needs a comment block / sign post / notepad for just such a thing
They added a display panel just recently for this! It’s actually pretty nice and can display on the mini-map if you wish. It can even display different things based on circuit conditions, if you want to get fancy!
Oh, “always show the first line” makes the line shown “independently of the mouse being over the device” and not “independently of the logical condition”.
This is exactly what I’ve been using since 2.0. Right before I close the game, I plop one of these down nearby with text reminding me what I’m gonna do next.
I’ve often thought that Factorio needs a comment block / sign post / notepad for just such a thing
I often leave my reminder on a post-it note on my monitor. Sometimes those get lost and then I have to depend on my own memory (dubious)
Recently I was in the middle of fixing up a facility that wasn’t working right when opposite sides of my base got hit hard by bugs. They broke through walls while I was travelling to repair the first attack, just a mess all around.
Anyway, I decided I didn’t want to deal with the cleanup right away because it was already getting late, so I left a sticky note. Then it took me a couple days to get back to the game and the note went missing. I remembered to clean up and shore up the defenses, but I forgot that the thing I had been working on before the attack wasn’t quite finished. Came back to it a week later to see why my resources weren’t getting shipped before I realized what happened.
They added a display panel just recently for this! It’s actually pretty nice and can display on the mini-map if you wish. It can even display different things based on circuit conditions, if you want to get fancy!
Oh, “always show the first line” makes the line shown “independently of the mouse being over the device” and not “independently of the logical condition”.
I still think that setting needs a better name.
This is exactly what I’ve been using since 2.0. Right before I close the game, I plop one of these down nearby with text reminding me what I’m gonna do next.