A Verilog to Factorio Compiler and Simulator (Working RISC-V CPU)

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144 points | by signa11 3 days ago

7 comments

  • buildbot 9 hours ago
    Verilog to X compilers always bring me such joy. (There are several ones for Minecraft)

    I wonder with the new Timberborn 1.0 update with automation if there’s enough to build a computer from water gates…

  • skyberrys 22 hours ago
    What a wild idea, but it makes sense! I haven't taken the time to get it working. I've heard a lot about Factorio, but I stayed away from it so far.
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    • brailsafe 18 hours ago
      Factorio is a great game that's easy to compartmentalize and allocate small, discrete periods of time to, especially if you're an engineer of any kind.
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      • 9dev 16 hours ago
        Crack is the best thing you ever can try, my friend, trust me! It’s not addictive at all.
      • BiteCode_dev 18 hours ago
        Sure, in the same way you can easily limit yourself to one cigarette a day.
      • el_isma 13 hours ago
        * "small" as measured by estimated lifetime duration
      • Vasbarlog 15 hours ago
        #not
    • ddlsmurf 20 hours ago
      Well don't if you value sleep and free time. Whilst slightly in jest, sincerely, it is incredibly addictive.
    • wbl 3 hours ago
      The first time I played it I got a little sleepy and went to bed. It was 3 am.
  • ivanjermakov 8 hours ago
    > I had a little bug in the ASCII font, so the smiley face is frowning.

    Happens to the best of us!

  • peaboff 8 hours ago
    hey, I made this!

    Thanks for showing it here!

  • ur-whale 17 hours ago
    Amazing work, and a fantastic idea, congratulations to the author. I am definitely trying this next week-end!
  • tomekowal 16 hours ago
    Can it run Doom?
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    • jlogsdon 9 hours ago
      Yes

      https://youtu.be/0bAuP0gO5pc

    • plasticchris 11 hours ago
      Maybe if you can get it to zoom out far enough and wire up an array of lights on the surface of Nauvis…
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      • ogghostjelly 10 hours ago
        I tried on my 1366x768 display fully zoomed out and it doesn't cover enough space for DOOM's 320x200 display if each pixel is one tile. But maybe you could get the display working on the map? Not sure if that's even possible, are there any Factorio tiles that can change their map color on demand? Or just download some kind of utlra-zoom mod, that works too.
  • jw1294 18 hours ago
    Truly excellent.