Thanks. So I was blind...

Trees have 4 stages from 0 - healthy to 3 - no leaves. Debug info when hovering over a tree refers to that value as 'progress'.

I'm looking how to check that value. I've failed to find any relevant info in Factorio API docs, but maybe I'm just blind.

The list definitely needs to be grouped. Unless you're an advanced server admin, setting a new public server greets you with 10 minutes of making sure permissions like 'edit permission group' aren't checked. Also some permissions should also be grouped under a 'master' permission, like 'Gui checked ...

kovarex wrote:GUI layout is the great example of piece of software, where fixing one thing breaks some other without you knowing

That's exactly why "clever hacks" multiply.

kovarex wrote:(not in the egyptian brackets style, but in the rest)

Heresy!

In 15.21 placing rails with bots (shift-click to start placing) with shift pressed down used to plan rails ignoring trees and rocks. If then confirmed with shift it would mark them for deconstruction. After update when I've tried to do the same, it only placed a ghosts in free spots. (by the way: pl...