For anyone browsing the internet looking for something like this, I'll post a github link to a python library where I've hacked together something that works using pyautogui to monitor the Factorio UI and click on a program in the background (the argb controller) to make changes. I hope it is of use...

Thank you for the suggestions, I'll try both approaches and see what works best. I like the idea of not needing to mod the game so I can still get steam achievements and have it work on online servers, but I see that writing to a log file would be a much more reliable way of achieving this result.

So I'm now thinking I can write a Python script to look for the red warning icon and trigger a batch file from that to control the ARGB. I'll post progress if I make it work.

I'm looking for a way to make my ARGB fans flash red when the on_entity_destroyed() event fires. My ARGB software can link to a batch file, but factorio lua mods cannot execute batch files for mod safety reasons. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions for how I might get the ARGB software (Cooler M...

Without version 2 to play with I can't be sure, but I think this would work. 1) Have all generic loading stations disabled by circuit logic unless they have one train's worth of cargo ready to load. 2) have a depot full of trains waiting to service any stations that are ready to load a train. 3) loa...

Factorio Friday Facts did change huh... I don't like the current ones for two reasons: Upgrades for the base Factorio experience are still golden, but the bittersweet issue is all of that is 2.0 which is more than a year away. I wanted the bot buffs for so long it still feels like we will never get...

You can not red wire something from the map, but you could take a blueprint of it, wire it locally, then place the blueprint back over the top, and the wires would magically change. Thats just frustrating and annoying. It's really dumb. Also changing spliter options or combinator logic or anything ...

I think you're right that red ammo doesn't feel worth the cost to craft. I generally stick on yellow turrets spaced as close together as needed, supporting flame throwers and never need better defense, but it would be good to consider red ammo as worth the extra investment. I think by the time you g...

pointa2b wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:59 am For 1.0, the announcement of its date was 2 1/2 months in advance in FFF #349. Safe to say it'll probably again be in that rough range.

Thank you, that's a manageable lead time.

Not after a release date, but I'm wondering if we might be able to know how far in advance we will get a concrete release date (e.g. 2 months before release). My mates and I are planning a release day LAN, but since we are all adults we would need a bit of notice to get leave from work, book baby si...