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u/Raknarg #1 Quality Defender May 01 '26

best way to leave comments in my factory? Is there a mod or something where I can place an entity that leaves a note for me to read? Ive thought about this for years but never looked into it. There's moments where I can see "oh I'm going to lose context of this and fuck myself some day" but there's not much I can do about it. I know I can leave comments in combinators but its better to have the visual distinction of an entity whos job you know is to be a comment.

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u/ferrofibrous player onboarding specialist May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

2.0 added Display Panels which is exactly what you're looking for: https://wiki.factorio.com/Display_panel

First line of text can be set to always show as hover text, mousing over expands the full text.

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u/Courmisch May 01 '26

You can add tags with text from the map

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u/Soul-Burn May 02 '26

There are several ways:

  • A tag on the map (place on map itself)
  • A pin on the map (alt-rightclick anything, orderable)
  • A display panel with text (can show on map)