prg wrote:You just do global.my_variable = my_value and global.my_variable will still have my_value after a save/load.

Well that worked, I think.

Don't know why it didn't work before when I tried that method. But it works now. Thanks guys.

No, you can't load/read data from script-output.

Use the global table instead: https://wiki.factorio.com/index.php?title=Lua/Data_Lifecycle#global
Everything stored there will be saved in the savegame and is still there after loading the save.

I though as much, though people keep telling to ...

Is there a way to load a file from script-output into our control.lua?

Or in another way, how do we store data for mods?
I would like to know how to store / retrieve data.

That mod is plenty to get the job done I think.

I have in the meantime already created a "placeable tree" using a modified solar panel.
If I modify some stuff I should be able to change this to replace the construction event and swap the constructions.

Thanks for the help.
I will let you guys know ...

probably the flag "player-creation" is needed. Or maybe it's that "tree" type is hardcoded to be ignored in this respect.

If anything else fails, you can have a dummy entity of some surely buildable type and then replace it with real tree whenever player or bot places one.

Yeah i'm pretty sure ...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew.

I am basically working on my own mod, and I wanted to mod some trees that can be grown.
But however I can't seem to get my tree to be auto placed by the construction robots.

And I can not place a building ghost. Despite refusing to do this it does not ...