Workshop support when?

[JAGIELSKI]

Apparently there are already some mods out there. But why doesn't the game support Steam Workshop, modio or even a custom in-game mod download solution (like Factorio does)?

When can we expect such a thing?

[kremlin]

Whatever the back-end (workshop, custom, etc) the game itself needs good native mod management. Workshop doesn't provide that and it gets awkward trying to manually manage mods with it. The game already takes a lot of inspiration from Factorio so having mods that integrated (i.e., load-save having a "synchronize mods" button to download missing mods, mod manager interface available from the main menu) would be a great way for them to go.