My Problem
My mod needs to execute code whenever another mod changed the pickup/drop positions of an inserter. Specifically, I am making a surface where inserter pickup/dropoff positions have a certain restriction to them. I would like to have compatibility with adjustable inserter mods.

Current ...

TL;DR
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Full Bug Report

Background: API docs for LuaTechnology say:
LuaTechnology.enabled: Can this technology be researched?
LuaTechnology.visible_when_disabled: = If this technology will be visible in the research GUI even though it is ...

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I was also planning to do something like this, but doing all the machine entity swapping shenaniganery made it much less attractive.

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My Problem:
I am making a planet with a very high wind speed, and would like to use Vulcanus-type fog to make the effect. However, fog moves in the opposite direction of wind, which looks very jarring at high wind speed because ...

Thanks! I appreciate it.

Even if it isn’t exactly what I wanted for my use case, I can at least now detect it on_gui_close and on_gui_checked_state_changed, change it back, play error SFX, and print an error telling the player that they can’t do that. This should be more than enough for me to do my ...

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Right now, I don't see any way to read or write to the value of this checkbox on a given rocket silo entity, nor a way to force it in the prototype. I am making a mod where rocket silos on one planet can export things, but cannot be allowed to make automatic logi bot ...

+1 Blocking (specific) cargo pod drops to a specific surface would be useful for mod planets.
Sad to see that we need some hackey solutions.

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It is part of the reward for beating Gleba for a reason. It also makes sure you CAN’T get space calcite from the same planet that creates demand for calcite on other planets. So you can only get easy calcite anywhere AND use it if you beat two separate planets.

TL;DR
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What?
When selecting the quality of a recipe, adding an "any quality" option for the machine to try to run the given recipe with whatever quality ingredients it might have. The machine will now have an internal buffer to hold ingredients of each quality. Once it ...

Unlocking elevated rails with purple science makes sense. The cliff planet being needed for cliff explosives also makes sense. Vulcanus only has a few items unlocked by its actual research. The progression currently feels good. I don’t see a problem with the current situation.

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Good idea. Good comic.
Agriculture science should indeed enhance your agriculture.

Ag Towers not taking modules nor any prod bonuses really make Gleba fall off in the late game, when you are getting everything in quality with tons of powerful modules/beacons. The proposed edit would help Gleba ...

Space casino is cheese. Being an oversight,

Remember when you called for banning quality modules in crushers ( https://forums.factorio.com/125262 )? That was both an unpopular opinion, and the method was known since the beta. It is not an oversight.

Scaling quality upcycling of raw resources ...

Really? To produce one rocket of blue circuits per minute without modules you need:
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Vulcanus still requires more infrastructure, while having more problems with space

In what universe does Vulcanus have more problems with space than Fulgora?

On vulcanus vs Fulgora: 1) 5 MW requires 1 turbine ...

The only thing you ever deliberately scale on Fulgora is holmium. … What makes you think Fulgora “should” be good at making electronics?

IMO Every planet should be good at something besides their unique science. It drives the player to play more with that planet’s unique mechanics (in pursuit ...

TL;DR
Add a few different types of scrap to Fulgora, each yielding a different distribution of the items present in normal scrap.

What?
Add 3 new types of mineable scrap nodes on Fulgora. The types of scrap nodes and what they recycle to are:
Scrap classic => Standard current scrap
Electronic ...

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By the time you are shipping nuclear fuel, the cost of sending up a ton of uranium rockets becomes negligible. More U238 rocket capacity mostly impacts the early exploration phase when initially going to multiple planets. In this stage of the game, it should be very expensive to blow uranium ...

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When I only get 2 radar channels (2 wires), it makes me value them so highly that it makes me not use the feature at all. Because that is all you get for the surface, and if I use it for one thing, then I can’t add anything more without having the signals all mixed up!

imo, it would work best ...

I just don’t agree. Given how everything else on Aquilo freezes, the freeze-proof status seems to be very intentionally reserved for a few things that really need it. Of all the things that could be freeze-proof, roboports don’t really feel that critical.

If you want a self-expanding base, you can ...

I can make a quality signal for each planet (eg Nauvis). However, I cannot select quality in text for a description for a combinator. The same applies to train stop names.

This bug applies to: planet signals (Nauvis, Vulcanus, Shattered Planet signals...), and quality signals (eg a Rare Uncommon ...

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Since all the circuits for signals get really messy at a hub, maybe it would be good to just have the ability to toggle a logistic group with a circuit signal. Instead of passing in item requests like for a logistic chest, which will lead to a lot of weirdness with whatever is in the hub ...