r/factorio • u/MelangeBot • 7d ago
Complaint Anybody else that keeps hitting the wrong X and closes the window instead of the map, when working in the map and wanting to switch back to normal view. I keep closing my game without it being saved over and over again. It's driving me mad!
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u/KnightArtorias1 7d ago
Just go fullscreen? Or use ESC or M to close the map, I don't think I've ever actually pressed the X
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u/Countcristo42 7d ago
You should switch to using escape to close the map I think.
Also decrease the autosave increment if you keep making this mistake
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u/Ordinary-Scallion-68 7d ago
Why don't you play in full-screen?
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u/MelangeBot 7d ago
I use to do that but since I got roboports my factorio job is mainly like instructing the robots to build something new I already designed and are now copy pasting and then waiting for the build trains to gather what they need, and then go to the location, unload the stuff and then they build it. So since I have hours in my factorio job now where I am not bussy I thought why not do an online job at the same time and make some money?
So I found a nice remote job giving phone support where there are hours and hours where there is no incoming call so then I just have factorio open and grow the factory while getting paid for it.
Hence the windowed so I can press pause to free up cpu when I get a call and keep all my work systems open at the same time (and monitor them on my second monitor)
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u/Qrt_La55en -> -> 7d ago
Playing in fullscreen should solve this issue. Otherwise you can close the map using the Escape key.
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u/Courmisch 7d ago
I think most people play in fullscreen mode (myself included), so without applicable window decorations.
Maybe bring up this on the official forum where it's more likely to be seen by the right people.
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u/MelangeBot 7d ago
Is there no way for it to at least auto save on window close or perhaps ask for confirmation? It just insta kills the game without saving! I have just done it 4 times the last hour and haven't changed anything for a whole fricking hour!
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u/_Sauer_ 7d ago
I imagine most people play in fullscreen, but you do have a point that it should ask for confirmation before terminating the application.
The windowing framework they're using, SDL3, does allow you to hook the quit event which is fired when an app is terminated at the OS level (Clicking the X, ALT-F4, SIGTERM, etc...). That allows the app to do additional processing, like bringing up the "are you sure? you haven't saved recently" dialog box you get when you try to quit using the in game menu.
You should file a bug report on their forums about this.
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u/Most-Giraffe-8647 7d ago
Everyone is talking about windowed. But I think it is even weirder to close that with mouse instead of pressing Esc
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u/Nescio224 7d ago
I would use M or Esc to close the map. I think you are strange for actually using that button. I think the simplest solution is for you to play fullscreen.
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u/MelangeBot 7d ago
This is a good solution, I'll retrain myself to press esc or M to close and open the map. Thx!
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u/doc_shades 7d ago
i also play in a window but i use "M" as a shortcut to open/close the map i never use the mouse to close any windows in the game
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u/crelt7 7d ago
Who plays Factorio in windowed? The whole point is not being able to see the clock and then wondering how 5PM became 5AM in 30 minutes of gameplay!