Good points. “Trips completed” shows activity volume, but “planets visited” could track route variety, helpful for seeing if a platform serves multiple destinations or is dedicated.

Distance traveled would be great for spotting inefficiencies, like whether a hub should be relocated or a new one ...

Hey, you can make a hidden lightning rod by creating a dummy electric pole entity with no graphics (__core__/graphics/empty.png) and no collision (collision_mask = {}). Give it a unique name like hidden-lightning-rod and spawn it with your medium pole using the on_built_entity event. Since Factorio ...

Makes sense now, if the "from" side needs to stay non-nil for internal consistency, like how empty logistics filters return {}. Good call raising it, and thank you

I noticed the same thing. The description for the FluidFlowDirection.output enum does seem a bit out of place, or at least not consistent with the others. Could be a leftover from an internal note or maybe a documentation oversight? It might be worth flagging it for clarification or a cleanup if it ...

Sounds like the game isn’t clearing the .lock file properly after closing. Try manually deleting AppData\Roaming\Factorio\.lock (make sure Factorio’s fully closed first). Also check if antivirus or cloud sync tools like OneDrive might be locking the file.