Bought this in 2014, didnt play much. Saw it on https://www.youtube.com/user/teamdoubledragon last year and picked it up again.

Later got really deep into modding, the state of it now is incredible and I have over 550 hours on steam.

Now that i have finished my A levels, i'm stating a playthrough ...

what does it do?

if you have subsurface you can dig out, or use the stone from the subsurface to build landfill. i havent played it much myself so couldnt say how tough it is...

I started a new random map-no terrain changing mods, using low terrain segmentation-and i got this: Ultimate-challenge.png here is the map exchange string: >>>AAAMACEAAAACAwcAAAAEAAAAY29hbAMDBAoAAABjb3BwZXItb3Jl
AwMECQAAAGNydWRlLW9pbAMDBAoAAABlbmVteS1iYXNlAwIBCAAAAGl ...

is there a way to make a recipe that changes the health/durability of an item, in a similar way to science packs? i've tried using on_tick and get_output inventory of the specific crafter for the recipe, but it is too complicated. any help?

ah. damn. thanks for that

on the 0.12.30 API page (http://lua-api.factorio.com/), recipe results can be listed as:

result = {{type="item",name="custom-item", probability=0.5, amount_min=1, amount_max=5}}

However, when i use

result = {{type = "item", name="plant-cell", probability=0.75, amount_min=1, amount_max = 10 ...

name: Magical Boxes
Factorio version: 0.12.33
Author: Lutra
Description: adds magical loot boxes

Adds a box that when destroyed(shoot it or drive into it(cannot be mined)) drops up to 20 of a random item(from a list) e.g. inserters, plates, plastic, explosives, small pumps. The boxes are crafted ...

similar topic: is it possible to declare an array in lib.lua, then use the on_init event to copy it to an array that is usable/editable in control.lua then saved in global but not changed in lib so that it can be used for multiple games?

hehehe. should probably change this topic to 'language discussions'.

the devs have also removed the file system included with Lua. i guess it means security, but makes a lot of problems...

i don't mean to steal your work, but i was planning on making a mod that uses surfaces in a similar way to this. what i can't understand(and i've checked the control.lua of your mod) is how to check when the player is standing next to the elevator, and then to teleport them. this is a great mod by ...

when you craft a rocket(not vanilla, my modded one) it launches automatically. i.e. there is an assembler for item small-rocket. when it finishes i want it to launch the rocket. i have all the other code sorted, but not the transition from when the assembler finishes crafting

is there a way to tell when an assembling machine has finished crafting? i haven't seen any events regarding it

im no good with graphics. i can code, and use paint, but thats as far as i go...

currently i need a launchpad(similar to that in ksp-a building with a stretch of concrete) and a small rocket(again,ksp style please). the launchpad entity needs to be 352*384 and the rocket 192*288. icons are 32*32 edit: nvm now. i got some good pictures

Ever get tired of adding 20 items, having to type out "icon = "__mymod__/graphics/icons/item.png" 20 times, and then again for the entities, and then again for technologies? I did.

When starting a prototype file, before entering data:extend, simply add

iconpath = "__mymod__/graphics/icons ...

is there a way to make stone smeltable? i have a recipe that uses stone, but when i put stone in the furnace, it says: "stone can't be smelted"

electronvolts would only be useful if you were to make a mod that involved subatomic mechanics...

ok thanks. i thought that might be the only way to do it, but i was wondering if there was any easier ways