Factorio Blueprint Visualizer
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game companion tool
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13 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.53.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Artistic, colourful take on factories
From 3 comments
thank you for the artistic contribution to the factorio community! So much stuff around this game is ruthless efficiency it's very nice to have something with some style.
natebc on HNI like the emphasis on this being beautiful and the pen plotter experiments. There's plenty of productivity tools for Factorio, including several blueprint renderers. This one's…
NelsonMinar on HNThis is really cool. Finally the factories can look like chip designs.
proc0 on HN
Looks like chip or circuit layouts
From 2 comments
Thanks for refreshing and sharing this again! The visualizations are so similar to integrated circuit layouts; they immediately reminded me of some of the coasters that…
spieswl on HNThis is really cool. Finally the factories can look like chip designs.
proc0 on HN
Objections
Does not show production rates or bottlenecks yet
From 1 comment
I wonder if you could add in the production / consumption rates of various machines into this and have the visualizer show bottlenecks and other data
polishdude20 on HN
Requests
Support for mods
From 2 comments
oh wow this is very cool, I can't wait to use it! Does this work with mods?
bloopernova on HNNot out of the box. The easiest way to add mod support is to fork the project and add the buildings from mods:…
piebro on HN
Show production and consumption rates
From 1 comment
I wonder if you could add in the production / consumption rates of various machines into this and have the visualizer show bottlenecks and other data
polishdude20 on HN
Show recipe icons on assemblers
From 1 comment
These would be more useful if assemblers had an icon showing which recipe is selected.
imoreno on HN
Questions
Why was it rewritten from Python to JavaScript?
From 1 comment
why did you rewrite from python to js? just curious
swyx on HN
Alternatives named
Other blueprint renderers for Factorio
From 1 comment
I like the emphasis on this being beautiful and the pen plotter experiments. There's plenty of productivity tools for Factorio, including several blueprint renderers. This one's…
NelsonMinar on HN