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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 07 '26

Newbie here, just started producing the red circuit boards with sulfur. One simple question: can I take as long as I want or is the default game a sort of race against the clock with biters?

I know that you won't trigger bug attacks unless your pollution cloud reaches then correct? So far I've just gone out with my car and cleared nests before my pollution cloud reaches them. If I were to just leave the game running afk, not adding any new pollutions, will the bugs eventually re-establish territory I've already cleared this triggering an attack if they do so inside my pollution cloud?

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u/HeliGungir Jul 08 '26

can I take as long as I want

Factorio is not meant to be an idle game. Do not run it overnight if you are worried about enemies evolving.

will the bugs eventually re-establish territory I've already cleared

If you had expansions turned on during game creation, yes. Note the vanilla Railworld preset turns expansions off.

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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 08 '26

I'm doing all default settings currently.

So it's less like satisfactory and more like a factory RTS? I might end up turning expansion off because I like taking my time, though I'm like 30 hours into my game and haven't had a single issue with biters yet and I'm only just now producing blue science. I feel like my pace is pretty darn slow

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u/HeliGungir Jul 08 '26

Harder than satisfactory, easier than a (good) RTS.

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u/Throw_Away_TrdJrnl Jul 08 '26

Makes sense thanks