[WIP]F.A.R.L. 0.0.9 (Rail Layer) [0.11.11+]

[Choumiko]

(Not yet) FULLY AUTOMATED RAIL LAYER

Latest version: FARL_0.0.9 (Factorio 0.11.11+)

Credits: Kolli (Automatic Rail Laying Machine), rk84 (railnetwork, Test mode)

Current features:

• Places rails while driving
• Removes trees and stone rocks that are in the way (and adds 1 raw wood per tree to cargo)
• Places big electric poles
• Places rail signals

Usage:
Place the F.A.R.L. on the tracks, connect cargo wagons, fill them with rails (and big electric poles if you want them placed too), get in the locomotive. When it's on a piece of straight tracks, press Start, drive it manually like you would a normal train.
Unlike the Automated Rail Laying Machine the placement is controlled by pressing A/D while driving, not the cursor
Recipe gets unlocked with rail signals

Changing the distance between signals, position of poles is done in settings.lua (ui coming in next version)

Console command that should help when the gui isn't showing when your in the train:
/c remote.call("farl", "reset")

Todo:

• improve performance
• Pathfinding and automated driving to location (tough one )

Random ideas:(mainly for my own reference, so i don't forget them)
use up pickaxe/ammo when removing trees/stone rocks,
record placed tracks, then place them in reverse order for 1 way system
deconstruct mode: remove rails behind

[Airat9000]

big steel electric poles?

[hitzu]

use up pickaxe/ammo when removing trees/stone rocks

Maybe adding special craftable item like a chainsaw would be more intresting?

Also look at this https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 339#p64339
Edit: ah, you've already seen this.

[Choumiko]

big steel electric poles?

Yes, maybe even all of them (it would then simply use the ones it has in its wagons)

Maybe adding special craftable item like a chainsaw would be more intresting?

Thought about it, but seems not necessary if it's only purpose is to be used like a pickaxe

Also look at this https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 339#p64339
Edit: ah, you've already seen this.

Lately i get attrackted to every topic containing words like train, rail, signal, wagon like a flie to s*beep*

[hitzu]

Thought about it, but seems not necessary if it's only purpose is to be used like a pickaxe

Well, it could be a real hand instrument for players for more fast deforestation by hands than with pickaxe. Imagine: few gears, few iron plates, motor, equip then vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz — and you got rid of a whole pesky forest within seconds!

BTW, could you add some pictures how your machine looks like?

[Choumiko]

Thought about it, but seems not necessary if it's only purpose is to be used like a pickaxe

Well, it could be a real hand instrument for players for more fast deforestation by hands than with pickaxe. Imagine: few gears, few iron plates, motor, equip then vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz — and you got rid of a whole pesky forest within seconds!
BTW, could you add some pictures how your machine looks like?

Don't know if it's possible to have different mining speeds for trees, if it is it actually might be an idea.
Well, it's the vanilla locomotive, i just changed the red to an orange color (by adjusting the whole image in gimp, so now even the rust is a little bit orange). I'm afraid that's pretty much all i'm capable of in the graphics department

[hitzu]

Don't know if it's possible to have different mining speeds for trees, if it is it actually might be an idea.

Why not, since there are already two different pickaxes with different mining speed? Unfortunately there might be more problems with animation.

[Choumiko]

New version: FARL_0.0.2

Changes:

• raw wood gets added to cargo (1 per removed tree)
• Fixed mod not working at all after loading (don't know if that error was in 0.0.1 at all, just noticed it after a lot of changes

Why not, since there are already two different pickaxes with different mining speed? Unfortunately there might be more problems with animation.

But they increase speed for all resources, not just trees. Mining stone with a chainsaw as fast as with an pickaxe is even worse than chopping trees with an pickaxe (except when it's a pick on one side and an axe on the other )

[hitzu]

But they increase speed for all resources, not just trees. Mining stone with a chainsaw as fast as with an pickaxe is even worse than chopping trees with an pickaxe (except when it's a pick on one side and an axe on the other )

Who the hell mine by hand in a game stage of engines?

[Airat9000]

because mod is not working does not again load game .. ie conservation work and no download, delete it, everything is fine .. waiting for correction.

[Choumiko]

because mod is not working does not again load game .. ie conservation work and no download, delete it, everything is fine .. waiting for correction.

try using

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/c game.player.gui.top.farl.destroy()

in the console, should then work with version 0.0.2
I am working on placing electric poles right now, i'll try and make sure 0.0.3 removes invalid data from earlier versions

[Choumiko]

Just uploaded the latest version:
FARL 0.0.3

Addded placing of big electric poles. Not perfect yet, when doing curves it occasionaly places disconnected poles, but works fine on longer straight tracks.

Saving/loading a game while in the FARL should work, i never had issues in this version, even loading a autosave when the train was going full speed worked.
I don't know if it will work in MP, a short replay of me driving it in SP worked (which is a good thing concerning desyncs i guess)

[Choumiko]

And another one:
FARL 0.0.9

Addded placing of signals. Pole placement fixed for curves (Look at settings.lua to change the distance/positioning)
Use /c remote.call("farl", "reset") when you have issues upgrading from 0.0.3

[hitzu]

And another one:
FARL 0.0.9

Addded placing of signals. Pole placement fixed for curves (Look at settings.lua to change the distance/positioning)
Use /c remote.call("farl", "reset") when you have issues upgrading from 0.0.3

Can you describe on what principle signals are placed?

[Choumiko]

Can you describe on what principle signals are placed?

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curvedWeight = 4, -- count curved rails as this many straight rails
distance = 15 -- straight rails between signals

distance influences the amount of rail pieces (curved or straight) between each signal.
Basically it works like this: (X being curvedWeight, Y being distance from settings.lua

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while FARL is placing rails:
  place one piece of rail
  increase signaldistance by 1 for straight rail or by X for curved rail
  if signaldistance > Y then place a signal
  set signaldistance to 0
end

Hope this answers your question, it does not check if the signal makes sense or not, it simply counts upwards and places a signal.

[hitzu]

Oh, I get. It just places block-signals on the line for one-way tracks. Can we disable this options for two-way tracks?

[Choumiko]

Oh, I get. It just places block-signals on the line for one-way tracks. Can we disable this options for two-way tracks?

Yes:


I'm preparing the 0.1.0 release right now. It will be in the regular Mods section, feels like it's stable enough to be useful