We need gold to/in the game?

[Anton]

first of all people are obsessed of gold. it bothers me that there is no gold in the game. i really want to see high tech stuff like circuits cost gold. and i dont wont to install a mod to get gold in my game. most high and tech stuff we use has gold inn it in the real world.

[Fel]

The devs decided to keep the raw resources to a minimum in order to keep the complexity from snowballing more than it already is with the longer crafting chains and increased amounts in ingredients in the mid and late game.

If you want to work with gold, tin, lead, nickel, aluminium and other materials that are used in the real world, you have access to a decent amount of mods that specialize in increasing the complexity of the recipes.
Among the older representative that are still updated are bob's mods that revolves around those extra ores as well as electronic circuits (you need to make the boards and components separately before assembling them and each tier is much more complex than the previous).

It is often paired with angel's mods (they are meant to be compatible) that revolves mostly around liquids and ore refining.


Of course there are other mods that add ores like gold but since you mentionned the circuits as well bob's mods seemed apropriate.

[DCYW]

Try market mod

[knighttemplar1960]

Actually silver, gold, and platinum for high tech use. They are frequently found together in the same deposit. The Kennecott copper mine in Utah recovers all the costs of operation from selling the silver, gold, and platinum that is mined. They get the copper essentially for free. So you could role play it or install mods for more complexity.

[THE kilroy]

You arent in planet earth, perhaps gold is simply not available on the surface. Gold is also not available on the surface of earth.

But from a game balance perspective, devs didnt want to over saturate the need for different resources on the map. Adding gold alone still wouldn't fill the realism gap of not needing semiconductors and insulators for curcuits like you mentioned. If they added all those the map could become a rainbow and the progression could be alot harder.

I know you said you dont want to use mods, but there are several that add gold as a resource, and several that add real complexity to circuits specifically. Perhaps its for achievement reasons, but mods are supported for everyone to get thier own micro variant version of the game.

[Mr Blue]

Originally posted by THE kilroy:

You arent in planet earth, perhaps gold is simply not available on the surface. Gold is also not available on the surface of earth.

But from a game balance perspective, devs didnt want to over saturate the need for different resources on the map. Adding gold alone still wouldn't fill the realism gap of not needing semiconductors and insulators for curcuits like you mentioned. If they added all those the map could become a rainbow and the progression could be alot harder.

I know you said you dont want to use mods, but there are several that add gold as a resource, and several that add real complexity to circuits specifically. Perhaps its for achievement reasons, but mods are supported for everyone to get thier own micro variant version of the game.

if you study astronomy and chemistry. gold can be everywhere in this universe.

[Anton]

We need gold in the game. and the campaign is to explain how the game system works. its just bugs my to no end to not have gold in the game.

[AlexMBrennan]

the campaign is to explain how the game system works

The tutorial explains how everything is crafted from iron, copper, stone, coal and crude oil so I don't see what the problem is.

[BlueRock]

Oil in this game is the next best thing... 'liquid gold'. But if you want actual gold without too much extra complexity, try Bob's mods without Angel's mods. Bob's mods have been out nearly as long as Factorio itself and have had much polish over time and very stable. Also, mod portal (mods.factorio.com) and the in game intergration for handling mods have come a long way and make it very easy for someone to use mods with Factorio. I pretty much only play Factorio with mods now.

[ShutEye_DK]

Originally posted by Anton:

We need ...

Speak for yourself, please.

[Mr Blue]

Originally posted by ShutEye_DK:

Originally posted by Anton:

We need ...

Speak for yourself, please.

NO. i need gold too.

[ShutEye_DK]

Originally posted by hellatze:

Originally posted by ShutEye_DK:

Speak for yourself, please.

NO. i need gold too.

No you don't. You WANT gold.

[KatherineOfSky]

Please keep things civil. OP: the resources in the game are designed with gameplay & fun in mind. This is not a real life simulator. If you really desire gold, there are many mods that incorporate it.

For the rest of the discussion participants: everyone is entitled to express their opinion. Please don't take things too seriously. If people have "needs" for gold... then that is part of their universe. Hopefully they will find mods that please them.

[Sanki]

Anton you should really try using mods, I play with only Bob's mods seems like a better vanilla to me, and it has a gold ore! shiny gold!

I also wish that were more features in the game like seasons and natural disasters, floods, sinkholes because of oil drilling etc. etc. but well we can't have everything :(

[NeoVICT]

"..people are obsessed with gold" Speak for yourself.

You obviously are obsessed with gold, which is why you need to have it everywhere.
That in itself would be fair enough.. Install a mod and have it your way..

But you don´t want to install mods that do exactly what you want, instead you want the devs to change the whole game.just to please you..

Got it.

[Mr Blue]

Originally posted by Neophysis:

"..people are obsessed with gold" Speak for yourself.

You obviously are obsessed with gold, which is why you need to have it everywhere.
That in itself would be fair enough.. Install a mod and have it your way..

But you don´t want to install mods that do exactly what you want, instead you want the devs to change the whole game.just to please you..

Got it.

Whay if he didnt speak for himself ?