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by Hellaciouss
Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:58 pm
Forum: Modding discussion
Topic: Source management and Licensing for Mods
Replies: 65
Views: 40219

Re: Source management and Licensing for Mods

Pardon my ignorance but I have a few questions. For me, I just mod for fun, all this licencing crap to me is confusing and seems dumb (to me). I just like to do random stuff, I don't expect to ever get payed for it. I do it to add things into the game I feel should be in the game, or make balancing ...
by Hellaciouss
Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:43 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: [Unsolved]Technology Descriptions
Replies: 5
Views: 1891

Re: [Unsolved]Technology Descriptions

Anyone able to shed some light onto how this could be done? Still unable to find a way to add a different description to the technology while keeping the -2 (the number 2 on the bottom right hand of the tech icon)
by Hellaciouss
Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:07 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: [Unsolved]Technology Descriptions
Replies: 5
Views: 1891

Re: [Solved]Technology Descriptions

I would advise you to use dashes (-) instead of underscores (_) as word-separator because all entities/items/recipes in Factorio and most other mods are already written that way and it is easier to understand your code if someone else reads it (in code, the _ is already used for function names). I'...
by Hellaciouss
Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:15 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: [Unsolved]Technology Descriptions
Replies: 5
Views: 1891

Re: Technology Descriptions

I've solved my problem and I feel a bit silly.

In my technology.lua file I had

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type = "technology",
name = "solar-energy-2"
And it needed to be:

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type = "technology",
name = "solar_energy_2",
by Hellaciouss
Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:38 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: [Unsolved]Technology Descriptions
Replies: 5
Views: 1891

[Unsolved]Technology Descriptions

Hello, Having an issue here with descriptions for technology. I am trying to create an addition tier of solar power/ Here is the small issue I'm having; http://i.imgur.com/MOFkDXu.png The technology description here is being pulled form the solar_energy technology description I have it set up in my ...

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