I've found a few discussions about a write_file type function that's available in data stage, but most are old and end with "just use log()". Has any change occurred in this regard? I find it incredibly useful while debugging mods to look at the data.raw dump, but it makes the log file ver...

Re: your static image - you've replaced an Animation4Way with a single sprite, so that's why it's "static". As it says on the wiki: north Type: Types/Animation Optional. If omitted, the game will not look for any other directions and instead try to load the whole definition as one Types/A...

Could someone please help me understand how Pump.fluid_animation works? Also in general, when an animation speed varies with the entities activity, what properties are used to determine the level of activity? The Pump.fluid_animation prototype indicates it's an Animation4Way , but when I replace the...

Now I think it about, perhaps a good fix is to add drain property to Burner EnergySource?

Might be fun to make burner machine that needs to be kept 'hot' or it breaks.

Thanks.

Raised bug report: [0.17.69] Drain with burner EnergySource on pump

I've modded a pump to use a burner EnergySource. Watching LuaBurner.remaining_burning_fuel, you can see it's slowly draining fuel (once fueled) even when freshly built and not connected to any pipes. Because of: if (!pumpedAnything) this->energySource->extractEnergyAndPollute(prototype.energyUsage *...

I've modded a pump to use a burner EnergySource . Watching LuaBurner.remaining_burning_fuel , I can't figure out why it's slowly draining fuel (once I stick a piece of coal in it) even when freshly built and not connected to any pipes. local ass = util.table.deepcopy(data.raw["pump"]["...

Thanks Bilka.

I'm working on a tool that deals with these kinds of things; an external tool to factorio that parses data.raw and allows visual inspection(and setting) of the entity properties, for example, the vanilla boiler: Did your tool come to fruition? I'm particularly interested in your findings on this......

hi, I'm confused about the following style properties... LuaStyle.horizontally_stretchable LuaStyle.stretch_image_to_widget_size Both are defined boolean , but horizontally_stretchable expects "on" and stretch_image_to_widget_size expects true . local style = data.raw["gui-style"...

Thanks both.

advanced-oil-processing has no main_product, and when the subgroup is removed...

Hi All. I'm creating a LUA code generator with a GUI to allow drag/drop rearranging of groups/subsgroups/icons in the players crafting window. I want to make sure I understand the functionality around Item/fluid subgroups and Recipe subgroups - particularly how it affects when & where icons are ...

... I understand the motivation for putting bots in chemical science, but it feels like an artificial limit. In real life, automated construction robots would obviously be largely a matter of logistic, computer science technology, not chemistry. ... One of the huge issues with mobile automation cur...

I am trying to get the sprites for Quickbar shortcuts, but SpritePath doesn't appear to support all possible LuaItemPrototype types... So I have trouble with these types: blueprint-book deconstruction-planner item-with-entity-data tool upgrade-item (I'm sure there are others). How can I get the spri...

Thanks.

Suggested.

TL;DR Change the active blueprint whilst browsing an open blueprint book without scrolling through them all. What ? Currently the only way to select the active blueprint is by scolling through them all with shift-mousewheel. I would like some method to set the active blueprint without scrolling. My...

I have a blueprint book with ~100 blueprints in it. How can I set the active blueprint without shift-scrolling with the mouse wheel? I'd really like to browse the open blueprint book and (say) middle-click a blueprint to make it active. Currently the only option I can find is to left-click the blue ...

I'm trying to repurpose a Pump for a mod, but can't seem to disable apply_runtime_tint . I've got the main "animations" working fine, but I am struggling with the "fluid_animation"... fluid_animation = { north = { filename = "__base__/graphics/entity/pump/pump-north-liquid.p...

I went to github precisely because I did want to contact you.

I'm intrigued though - what nefarious motives do you think I had? I wasn't hiding anything!

Apologies, but chill man. As you can see above, I initially just gave advice on how to get it working for a private user to update themselves. When they couldn't figure it out, I helped a bit further and got it working, so I looked to share my findings with you via a github pull request on your repo...