Update (29 August 2016)

- the floppy disc version of Simon the Sorcerer is available to play for the OS X version of the game.

Patch 0.73.619381 (29 August 2016)
GENERAL UPDATES / IMPROVEMENTS / NEW FEATURES:

- Expanded Tooltip system: We’ve updated unit and structure tooltips to provide more information. There’s now visual requirements, weapon and armor types and build times for each object.
- Harvesters should now seek out another refinery if the refinery they are dropping off resources into is destroyed.
- Game Manual has been improved to support the following:
- New section added for Damage Types
- Hotkey bindings are now updated in the manual instead of being hard-coded into the text
- Manual broken into two completely different sets of content (one for Hordes, one for Armies)
- Turning on the hide under construction flag for several structures to prevent producing units from clipping factories and showing up on radar.
- Assassination Mode: Regent units can no longer be shattered when under the influence of Blizzard. They will still be frozen as normal. Regent target height has been adjusted so that enemy units no longer shoot at their toes.

BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS:

- Air Elemental: Build time increased by 30%.
- Cyclops: Health increased by 30%.
- Dragon: Fire damage vs. Aircraft increased by 25%.
- General: Armies factions (Renegades and Guardians) now begin the game with a free harvester in skirmish and multiplayer games.
- Deathsworn and Lightbringers Turrets: Health reduced by 10%.

Update 0.93.20 (29 August 2016)
FIXES

- Fixed characters not getting up off the ground

Main features added since 0.93.4:

- Characters get wet, ragdolls now float in water
- Added a dialogue log window
- You can now pickup and carry animals
- Added the functionality to allow game translations
- Resource storages are no longer infinite
- Starvation balancing and difficulty options
- You can now buy and repair ruined buildings that you find
- Added 2 Shek towns and a new zone in the SW of the active map area
- Heat haze effect
- Looting law changes
- Thievery rebalance

0.14.1 (29th August 2016) - Experimental Build

- Fixed that exiting hosting game could stuck Factorio forever.
- Possible fix game not showing in browse game list. (If it happens anyway, we will have more info)
- Fixed that a very big number of biters on a map could cause very significant UPS drop.

Features

- Fixed multiplayer
- 1) Internal reliability and stability improvements.
- 2) Players don't have to wait for other clients to download and load the game.
- 3) Decreased network traffic.
- 4) It is possible to use menu and quit the game when connecting to the game.
- 5) Server doesn't stop/slow down the game when some client is too slow, stops communicating or saves the game longer than the server.
- 6) Players automatically quit game after 3 desyncs.
- 7) Download speed tweaks.
- Added /team command that messages all players from the same force.

Minor Features

- When selecting inventory filters the filter is automatically set to the item in the cursor if any.

Changes

- Disabled loading of saves before 0.11.0 version (You can use 0.11.22 to load older saves and re-save them).
- Removed the option to enable/disable latency hiding, it is always on on clients (and off on the server).

Bugfixes

- Factorio shouldn't crash anymore when Direct3D device is lost due to locking screen or entering sleep mode.

Modding

- Added support for equipment grids in cars, tanks, locomotives, and cargo wagons.
- Changed equipment grids to work as protoypes: defined and referenced by things that use them.
- Changed equipment and equipment grids to have categories that define what equipment can go in what equipment grid.

Scripting

- Fixed game freeze when an error was thrown during the player left game event.
- Removed LuaItemStack::has_grid.
- Removed LuaItemPrototype::equipment_grid_size.
- Changed LauItemStack::grid to return nil if the item doesn't have a grid.
- Added LuaItemPrototype::equipment_grid.
- Added LuaEntity::grid read.
- Added Added LuaEquipmentGridPrototype.
- Added LuaEquipmentGrid::prototype read.
- Added LuaEquipmentPrototype::equipment_categories read.
- Added LauForce::unchart_chunk()

Patch 0.73.619381 (29 August 2016)
GENERAL UPDATES / IMPROVEMENTS / NEW FEATURES:

- Expanded Tooltip system: We’ve updated unit and structure tooltips to provide more information. There’s now visual requirements, weapon and armor types and build times for each object.
- Harvesters should now seek out another refinery if the refinery they are dropping off resources into is destroyed.
- Game Manual has been improved to support the following:
- New section added for Damage Types
- Hotkey bindings are now updated in the manual instead of being hard-coded into the text
- Manual broken into two completely different sets of content (one for Hordes, one for Armies)
- Turning on the hide under construction flag for several structures to prevent producing units from clipping factories and showing up on radar.
- Assassination Mode: Regent units can no longer be shattered when under the influence of Blizzard. They will still be frozen as normal. Regent target height has been adjusted so that enemy units no longer shoot at their toes.

BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS:

- Air Elemental: Build time increased by 30%.
- Cyclops: Health increased by 30%.
- Dragon: Fire damage vs. Aircraft increased by 25%.
- General: Armies factions (Renegades and Guardians) now begin the game with a free harvester in skirmish and multiplayer games.
- Deathsworn and Lightbringers Turrets: Health reduced by 10%.

Update 1.0.5 (29 August 2016)
FIXES:

- The leader getting stuck while transporting to the Minotaur's Arena
- People getting trapped when a store closes
- Gryphons that stay in midair if they lose their target
- Some other issues

Patch 1.30 (30 August 2016)
Characters
- Vimme Vivaldi is now sporting a fresh look.
Gameplay
- Fixes issue whereby oil descriptions were not removed from swords.
- Fixes issue whereby it was not possible to obtain certain dye recipes.
- Fixes issue whereby it was possible to skip the entire second phase of the Eredin fight.
- Fixes issue whereby a silver sword was needed to craft the Mastercrafted Legendary Griffin
Steel Sword.
- Fixes issue whereby two NPCs from the "Without a Trace" quest were impossible to defeat.
- The Rabid Rock Trolls near the Dun Tynne crossroads are slightly less rabid on the "Just the
Story" difficulty level.
- Fixes issue that allowed users to switch bolts underwater, resulting in lower damage dealt
during said submersion.
- Corrects the value of the Adrenaline Rush buff during the fight against a group of bandits in
the "Capture the Castle" quest.
- Introduces tweaks to the loot randomization system.
- Dealing a killing blow now generates the correct amount of Adrenaline.
- Fixes issue whereby Roach's tail could vanish. For those affected by this issue, swapping
saddles, saving the game and then loading that save is recommended.
- Adjusts the maximum level for items, quests and NPCs to address level requirement
discrepancies if player started NG+ on a very high level. Item and quest maximum level is
now 100. NPCs maximum level is 105.
- Corrects the statistics of the Hen Gaidth and Tesham Mutna sets in New Game + mode.
- Fixes issue whereby the Toussaint Knight's Steel Sword Diagram was not added to the
crafting page after looting it.
- Fixes issue whereby the Second Life mutation could, under certain circumstances, grant
Geralt infinite health regeneration.
- Fixes issue whereby the Wicked Witch in the "Beyond Hill and Dale..." quest could
occasionally prove invincible.
- Fixes issue whereby the Euphoria buff was not applied correctly following the imbibing of a
decoction.
GUI
- Fixes issue whereby it was possible to place a skill in a mutation slot of a different color.
- Fixes Steam controller issues.
- Adds PlayStation controller prompt icons.
- Fixes issue whereby craftable items in New Game + mode could have incorrect level
requirements.
- Fixes issues affecting the dismantling of mutagens in bulk in the alchemy lab.
Quests
- Fixes issue whereby it was not possible to interact with loot chests in the "Scavenger Hunt:
Wolf School Gear" quest.
- Fixes issue whereby Geralt's entry would disappear from the Glossary once he decided to join
the tourney under his true name.
- Fixes issue whereby two bandits outside the Nowhere Inn could prove impossible to kill
during the "Following the Thread" quest.
- Fixes issue whereby players could occasionally become blocked during the "Contract: Bovine
Blues" quest due to a dracolizard's overly friendly attitude.
- Fixes issue whereby Reginald's statue could not be placed in Corvo Bianco's front yard.
- Fixes issue whereby it was not possible to kill Morkvarg in New Game + mode during the "In
Wolf's Clothing quest".
- Fixes issue whereby it was occasionally not possible to use the Alchemy Table at Corvo
Bianco.
- Fixes issue whereby the progression of the "Equine Phantoms" quest could occasionally be
blocked.
- Fixes issue whereby the objective to wear attire befitting the occasion could be displayed
indefinitely after the player fulfilled it in the "The Man from Cintra" quest.
- Fixes issue whereby the quest "Contract: Bovine Blues" could not be completed if the "Big
Feet to Fill" point of interest had not been completed.
- Fixes issue whereby Vivienne could despawn in the "The Warble of a Smitten Knight" quest.
- Fixes issue whereby the progression of the "Feet Cold As Ice" quest could occasionally be
blocked.
- Fixes issue whereby it was possible to inadvertently reactivate the objective of the "Feet Cold
As Ice" quest.
- Fixes additional instances of an issue whereby the borders meant to exist only during the
"Night of Long Fangs" quest would sometimes become enabled outside the duration of the
quest, preventing users from exploring Toussaint.
- Hughes is now spawned correctly following the "One more day" choice in the "Goodness,
Gracious, Great Balls of Granite!" quest.
- It is no longer possible to get trapped inside The Pheasantry during the progression of the
"Gwent: Never Fear, Skellige's Here" quest.
- Fixes issue whereby the progression of the "Big Feet to Fill" quest could occasionally be
blocked.
- Fixes issue whereby the statues in the "Extreme Cosplay" quest occasionally would not
spawn.
- Fixes issue whereby the bruxa in the "The Beast of Toussaint" quest would display pacifist
tendencies, whereas the progression of the story needed her to turn hostile.
- Fixes issue whereby it was not possible to interact with the footsteps during the crime scene
investigation in the "The Beast of Toussaint" quest.
- Fixes issue whereby it could be impossible to talk to the quest giver in the quest titled "Knight
for Hire."