Alternative Friday Factorio Fan Facts
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Alt-F4 #65 - Factorio in Unreal Engine 5
Today we’ve got a very fun project to talk about: The FUE5 project, explained in this article by Hurricane. It’s Factorio, but 3D! Dreams do come true sometimes. It’s not quite a game, but more of a stunning re-imagining of its visuals. There’s lots of technical details on how this... -
Alt-F4 #64 - Requesting a Train
New year, same old Alt-F4! Issue #64 is not just satisfying for lovers of the binary format, but hopefully for everyone else as well. First-time contributor OceanPhantom is here to share the exciting recent developments in the space of automating the train network even further via the use of modifications,... -
Alt-F4 #63 - Dana Dev Blog: Spaghetti Recipe Graphs
After a somewhat lengthy pause, Alt-F4 returns with an issue reminiscent of the good ol’ FFF: A dev blog! Only here, it’s not about the game itself, but a very unique and slightly crazy mod. Credne brought Dana into this world, and it took quite a bit of doing to... -
Alt-F4 #62 - AngelBob vs. Space Exploration vs Industrial Revolution
This week’s issue #62 is an exciting one, as first-time contributor Laurence makes their debut by tackling a question that a lot of you probably asked yourselves at some point: What’s the difference between some of these big modpacks again? And why might I enjoy one over the other? Laurence... -
Alt-F4 #61 - Draftsman: A Python module for creating blueprints
For this week’s issue of Alt-F4, we return to the roots of being a spiritual successor to the FFF by going deep on a technical topic. To that end, redruin1 presents his newest invention: Factorio Draftsman. Sure, there have been other projects trying to build a library for generating blueprints...