Factorio Access Mod

About

This mod makes the game accessible to the blind and visually impaired, by converting visual features into audio features. The mod follows a philosophy of keeping the original experience of the game as much as possible, and so the focus primarily is to give information that would usually be provided visually, while you do the building and planning as usual. The mod has its own cursor and control schemes, including audio menus, so that using a mouse is not needed.

The mod also has several unique features, but they are primarily meant to be alternatives to the vanilla features that are dependent on vision. Examples include an entity scanner tool, a unique rail building system, and train alerts. The full list of unique features can be found here.

As of the Beta release of version 0.12.0, the mod is in pretty good shape for offering a streamlined single-player experience, with every major system in the game being at least partially accessible.

The mod was started by Crimso in the summer of 2022 with the original "alpha" version, while in the summer of 2023 the development moved to the "beta" version managed by SirFendi. In January 2024, we had our first sightless player complete the game from start to finish.

Demo Video

The mod was showcased in a dev stream, which is now available as a YouTube video. The stream featured update 0.12.3.

Compatibility Warning

Using the vocalizer and configuring the game requires that you run this mod using its own launcher app. Download the releases with launchers from the GitHub page here. More info about the launcher can be found here.

If you have played Factorio before installing this mod, we recommend that you save your original "config.ini" file, or keep this mod on a separate installation of the game, so that you can keep your original configuration settings. More info about the configuration changes being made can be found here.

This mod is not guaranteed to be compatible with other mods. Compatibility may require anything between zero changes and re-creating half of the other mod. We welcome players to test other mods while we update our compatible mods list here.

Some other mods are used as dependencies for some features of this mod, such as driving or automatic walking.

Vanilla Mode for Sighted Players

If you install the mod to play with friends and you do not want to use the control scheme and vocalizer, you can skip using the custom launcher and you can press CONTROL + ALT + V to enable Vanilla Mode.

Links

Find more information on the mod's own wiki: https://github.com/Factorio-Access/FactorioAccess/wiki
Join our discussions on the mod's Discord server: https://discord.gg/gV6TjwHZQa