Thanks, Bilka. I'll just have to work around it.

The mod I'm working on won't be making use of any blueprints/roboports/exoskeletons (at least not at this stage), so I'd like to relock(?) the shortcuts bar when the player is created (I know this is unorthodox, but it's what's needed for what I'm working on). Can this be done? If not, is there a wa...

I'd like to hide most of the buttons in the side panel, only showing the Research button and the Tips and tricks button, like this: Side panel.png Or maybe even with some text next to the icon, like this: Side panel with words.png Is this something I can do with some code? Or would I have to develop...

I had not.
That's fixed it, thank you.


... It's been a very long day

Thanks Bilka. I'm still getting an error though. I'm guessing I've missed setting something else up somewhere. Error while running event myMod::on_research_finished (ID 18) ...yMod__/scripts/researchFinishedEvents.lua:290: attempt to index global 'force' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...yMod__/scri...

I'm hoping this is a dumb question, but can you change the enabled/hidden property of a technology with an event? I thought it would be data.raw.technology["hidden-technology"].hidden = false (similar for enabled), but that's not working. Can this be done? data:extend( { { type = "tec...

Thank you for the input! I'm still new to modding and still finding my feet. I wasn't aware of the multiplayer issue. Would you mind going over it with a more concrete example/how to? I don't fully understand it. And thanks for the heads up about the force. I'll make sure to change that to "pla...

Thanks for the assistance. Both suggestions put me on the right track. I didn't end up needing a global table, but I got it to work: local function createCargoWagon(new_carriage_coordinates) local cargo_wagon = game.surfaces[1].create_entity{name = "cargo-wagon", position = new_carriage_co...

Hi all, I'm at a bit of a loss with this one. Is it possible to spawn a wagon and attach it to locomotive in response to research finishing? The locomotive already exists in the scenario, and may already have wagons attached to it, and I would like to use research to add an extra wagon. I think I ne...

I think you're right. I can't believe I missed this!
I'm not at my PC right now, so can't test it, but I've just looked at data.raw and none of the problem items are actually "items"

Hi everyone. I'm trying to hide certain items from the splitter's filter menu. I've been successful with most of them, but I've got ten that won't hide, even with the flags set to hidden. My code (in data-updates.lua) is below, with the problem items being the ones at the bottom. None of the items a...

Thanks for the tip. I'll check out Pyanodon.

The edge cases you mentioned wouldn't be a problem, though. I'm building a small custom scenario, and I'm being extremely limiting with what the player has access to, and blueprints aren't on that list.

I'm trying to build a mod that alters an ore refining process, so as players complete a research item, they receive additional output from a recipe. The thing is though, the technology can't be dependant on any other technology. For example, the default recipe is: 1 mixed-ore -> 1 bronze-ore. Then, ...

Thanks Bilka. I knew I was missing something!

I'm making a mod that changes the recipes for several items to require coins instead of the default ingredients. So far I've successfully changed 7 recipes, but I can't get the new pipe recipe to work. As far as I can tell, I've done it the same way I've done the other 7, and the game recognises tha...

That works. Thanks again!

Thank you for your help: I didn't have an item for it, so I added one and that did the trick. I've come up on a new problem though: If one the Max Distance Power poles is placed in world and a player tears it down, they get back the Big Power pole, not the max distance one. I had a look through the ...

Hi everyone, I'm just dipping my toes into modding for the first time, and I've got stuck on applying tints to sprites. I'm working on a electric pole with maximum supply distance, and I'd like it to be a different colour. I've figured out how to tint the icon, but not the sprite. This is what I've ...